- Do you know what Jack does all day?

-- He spends at least as much time watching TV as he ________.

A. studies　 　 B. does studying　 C. is studying　 　　　 D. does study

 

—Do you know what Jack does all day?

—He spends at least as much time watching TV as he ________.

A. studies　　　　 　 B. does studying　 C. is studying　 　　　 D. does study

Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School，where she　　 　

English for a year.?

A.studies　　　　　　　 B.studied?　　　　　　

C.is studying　　　 　 D.has been studying

 

Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling’s life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling 　1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 　2 a table in a café during her daughter’s naps – and it was Harry Potter 　3 rescued her.

Rowling 　4 that she always wanted to write and that the first 　5 she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit 　6 Rabbit. Many of her favorite 　7 center around reading – hearing The Wind in the Willows 　8 aloud by her father when she had the measles（麻疹）, enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The little White Horse.

At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and 　9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to 　10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was　 11 up stories on the computer when no one was 　12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea 　13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn’t know it. He 　14 a school for wizardry – she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train 　15 into Kings Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully 　16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in 　17 and cafes over her lunch hours.

After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and 　18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and 　19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter’s carriage around the city to escape their 　20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.

1.　　 A. read　　　　　　　　　　 B. recited　　　　　　　　 C. wrote　　　　　　　　　 D. copied

2.　　 A. on　　　　　　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. around　　　　　　　　 D. at

3.　　 A. what　　　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　　　　 D. who

4.　　 A. remembers　　　　　 B. thinks　　　　　　　　　 C. reminds　　　　　　　 D. supposes

5.　　 A. book　　　　　　　　　 B. story　　　　　　　　　 C. novel　　　　　　　　　 D. fiction

6.　　 A. naming　　　　　　　　 B. published　　　　　　 C. called　　　　　　　　　 D. replaced

7.　　 A. songs　　　　　　　　　 B. sports　　　　　　　　　 C. things　　　　　　　　　 D. memories

8.　　 A. spoken　　　　　　　　 B. said　　　　　　　　　　 C. told　　　　　　　　　　 D. read

9.　　 A. cost　　　　　　　　　　 B. spared　　　　　　　　 C. took　　　　　　　　　　 D. spent

10.　 A. regard　　　　　　　　 B. consider　　　　　　　 C. work　　　　　　　　　 D. treat

11.　 A. searching　　　　　　 B. reading　　　　　　　　 C. listening　　　　　　　 D. typing

12.　 A. noticing　　　　　　　 B. watching　　　　　　 C. observing　　　　　　 D. seeing

13.　 A. came to　　　　　　　 B. struck to　　　　　　　 C. stuck to　　　　　　　 D. hit on

14.　 A. studies　　　　　　　　 B. attends　　　　　　　　 C. builds　　　　　　　　　 D. goes

15.　 A. entered　　　　　　　　 B. pulled　　　　　　　　　 C. reached　　　　　　　　 D. arrived

16.　 A. organized　　　　　　 B. taken　　　　　　　　　 C. formed　　　　　　　　 D. appeared

17.　 A. theatres　　　　　　　 B. pubs　　　　　　　　　　 C. cinemas　　　　　　　 D. concerts

18.　 A. chapters　　　　　　　 B. books　　　　　　　　　 C. magazines　　　　　　 D. newspapers

19.　 A. set about　　　　　　　 B. set off　　　　　　　　 C. set up　　　　　　　　　 D. set out

20.　 A. splendid　　　　　　　 B. large　　　　　　　　　　 C. comfortable　　　　　 D. tiny

Languages are always changing . 1 English of today is very different from 2 of 500 years ago. In time, some languages become more 3 and others become less important.4 　　　even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago English was a little 5 language.

If a language has a large 6 of speakers, or 7 it is very old, there may be difference 8 the way it is spoken in different areas. 9 , the language may have 10 dialects (方言). Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese 11 for thousands of years by many millions of 12 . The differences between the dialects of Chinese are 13 great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand each other.

There are other kinds of dialects. In some languages we find words or expressions and even grammatical forms, which are used 14 by men and others used by women. What’s more, each generation 15 its own expressions and grandparents and grandparents and grandchildren may sometimes have difficulty in understanding each other.

1. A. An　　　　　 B. The　　　　 C. /　　　　 D. A

2. A. that　　　　　　 B. it　　　　　　　　 C. this　　　　　 D. one

3. A. important　 B. simple　 　 C. easy　　　　 　 D. impossible

4. A. Anyone　　　　　 B. None　　　　　　 C. Any　　　　　 D. Some

5. A. known　　　　　 B. to know　　　　　 C. knowing　　　 D. knew

6. A. amount　　　　 B. deal　　　　　　　 C. number　　　　 D. numbers

7. A. if　　　　　　　 B. as　　　　　　　 C. as if 　　　　　 D. even if

8. A. on　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　 D. by

9. A. However　　　　 B. That is　　　　　 C. But　　　　　 D. So

10. A. few　　　　　 B. several　　　　　　 C. no　　　　　 D. little

11. A. has been spoken B. has spoken　　　　 C. is spoken　　　 D. have been spoken

12. A. speakers　　　　 B. talkers　　　　　　 C. tellers　　　　 D. writers

13. A. very　　　　　 B. too　　　　　　　 C. such　　　　　 D. so

14. A. both　　　　　 B. only　　　　　　　 C. neither　　　　 D. either

15. A. studies　　　　 B. uses　　　　　　　 C. produces　　　 D. makes