一、1.Vocabulary and Structure
0. If fire is not stopped in time, it will______the forest.
A.injure
B.harm
C.hurt
D.destroy
1. In summer people wear dark glasses to______their eyes______the sun.
A.keep, from
B.provoke, against
C.protect, from
D.prevent, from
2. In all English towns there is a speed______of 30 miles an hour.
A.control
B.limit
C.condition
D.allowance
3. There are______contests, where each athlete competes alone.
A.individual
B.private
C.single
D.personal
4. The temperature______enormously — the days were very hot, the nights very cold.
A.reflected
B.modified
C.varied
D.departed
5. Tennis is a______invented by an Englishman one hundred years ago.
A.game
B.play
C.contest
D.match
6. I could tell he was surprised from the______on his face.
A.sight
B.shock
C.appearance
D.look
7. When he was at school, he won the first______for good behavior.
A.reward
B.price
C.prize
D.present
8. I am very______to you for having taken so much trouble.
A.grateful
B.pleased
C.agreeable
D.appreciative
9. Once again I had to abandon the route I had______planned.
A.firstly
B.presently
C.originally
D.primitively
10. Mary never tells anyone what she does for a______.
A.job
B.work
C.profession
D.living
11. The current political______of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
A.weather
B.climate
C.temperature
D.state
12. Do it now,______, it will be too late.
A.therefore
B.otherwise
C.consequently
D.doubtlessly
13. The manager______one of the hotel servants of stealing the money.
A.blamed
B.scolded
C.complained
D.accused
14. It"s so long since I saw him that I almost failed to______him.
A.accept
B.recognize
C.approve
D.receive