He has spent all his money and now he has to. I’m not going to lend him a penny.
(A)feed me up
(B)face the music
(C)turn me down
(D)meet me half way
In a typical school day, when you walk around the campus, all that can be heard are the teachers’ voicesfrom the classrooms.
(A)emanating
(B)incubating
(C)overhearing
(D)tranquilizing
I wassurprised when hearing about her sudden decision to give up her career.
(A)someday
(B)somewhere
(C)sometimes
(D)somewhat
The house was so packed that the gueststo the backyard and onto the front porch.
(A)fled away
(B)slipped out
(C)hung about
(D)spilled out
The worm habitats differ considerablysize, location, and humidity.
(A)in
(B)from
(C)than
(D)at
Looking at my high school year book, I could not help but feel. How I missed those good old days!
(A)hypocritical
(B)nostalgic
(C)phlegmatic
(D)submissive
It has not rained for months. Many people worry thatwill not be enough water this summer.
(A)there
(B)others
(C)they
(D)it
The volunteer musicians were puttinga little show with Latin music.
(A)out
(B)to
(C)on
(D)in
In many small offices, office management matters are too trivialthe chief executive’s attention, so theresponsibility of maintaining office functions should be delegated to the head clerk or secretary.
(A)for
(B)to be
(C)as
(D)aboutThere are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there,who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and
. Second, there is theNew York of the commuter— the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there isthe New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in
of something. Ofthese three trembling cities the greatest is the last— the city of
, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that
New York’s high-strung disposition, its poetical
, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparableachievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlersgive it passion.40
(A)innumerable
(B)intolerable
(C)inevitable
(D)inconceivable41
(A)lieu
(B)doubt
(C)danger
(D)quest42
(A)initial investment
(B)final destination
(C)tentative plan
(D)temporary accommodation43
(A)results from
(B)accounts for
(C)competes against
(D)disagrees with44
(A)deportment
(B)department
(C)depredation
(D)deprivation
There are no hard and fast conventions about the right and wrong clothes to wear at a party.
(A)There are no quick ways to dress oneself at a party.
(B)There are no rigid rules about how to dress oneself at a party.
(C)It isn’t a convention for someone to dress up at a party.
(D)It isn’t the matter of what you wear at a party but the rules you have to follow.For sushi aficionados, the essence of the Atlantic bluefin tuna is its fat-laced, butter-soft belly meat, called toro.For those who seek the bluefin from Cape Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina to the frigid waters south of Icelandto the balmy Mediterranean, the fish are a potential bonanza, with choice specimens selling for $50,000 or more inTokyo. But the intensifying trade in bluefin may soon empty the waters of this master of the sea. In just the last 35years, exploding markets for sushi-grade tuna, combined with industrial-scale hunts aided by satellites and spotters inairplanes, have devastated not only the fish but also many fisheries. Dozens of Mediterranean towns that maintainedcoastal net traps for half a millennium or more are turning away from now-barren waters. Anglers off New Englandnow scour the seas for scattered fish. Most valuable, marine biologists say, is the apparently distinct population ofbluefin tuna that breeds in the Gulf of Mexico. The threat to the bluefin was underscored recently by researchers whohave tracked hundreds of the fish using electronic tags. They found that the tuna that spawn in the west, which aremost severely depleted, are threatened by an ever-broadening gantlet of hooks, seines, harpoons, traps and nowfarm-style pens, in which netted fish are raised and fattened— all to supply the Japanese sushi trade.
What does the word “choice” mean in the passage?
(A)Option
(B)Variety
(C)High-quality
(D)Mixture
What is the main idea of the passage?
(A)Many people, especially the Japanese, love sushi made from bluefin tuna.
(B)Modern technology has replaced traditional ways to catch the bluefin tuna.
(C)The bluefin tuna is being endangered by man’s excessive hunting.
(D)The best part of the bluefin tuna is its fat-laced, butter-soft belly meat.
What does the modern fishing industry use to help hunt fish on a large scale?
(A)Satellites
(B)Coastal net traps
(C)Angling
(D)Rocket-propelled harpoons
What does “sushi aficionados” mean?
(A)Sushi lovers
(B)Sushi buyers
(C)Sushi sellers
(D)Sushi chefs
According to the passage, can the bluefin fish survive a considerable range of temperatures?
(A)Yes, they are found in a wide range of temperatures.
(B)No, they are only found in warm waters.
(C)No, they are only found in cold waters.
(D)The information is not given in the passage.