英 语
National Matriculation English Test (NMET ９９)
（考试时间120分钟）
第一卷（三大题，共95分）
Ⅰ.单项填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）
A）从A、B、C、D 中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
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B）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
例：We________last night, but we went to the concertinstead.
A.must have studied
B.might study
C.should have studied
D.would study
答案是C。
6.—I had a really good weekend at my uncle's.
—___________.
A.Oh,that's very nice of you
B.Congratulations
C.It's a pleasure
D.Oh,I'm glad to hear that
7.—I'm going to the post office.
—_______you're there, can you get me some stamps?
A.As B.While C.Because D.If
8.Paper money was in_______use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in________ __thirteenth century.
A.the;不填 B.the;the C.不填;the D.不填；不填
9.—Are the new rules working?
—Yes.________books are stolen.
A.Few B.More C.Some D.None
10.—Alice,you feed the bird today,_________?
——But I fed it yesterday.
A.do you B.will you C.didn't you D.don't you
11.________you've got a chance, you might as well makefull use of it.
A.Now that B.After C.Although D.As soon as
12.________him and then try to copy what he does.
A.Mind B.Glance at C.Stare at D.Watch
13.—I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week.
—Is that________you had a few days off?
A.why B.when C.what D.where
14.Robert is said__________abroad,but I don't know whatcountry he studied in.
A.to have studied B.to study
C.to be studying D.to have been studying
15.—Will you stay for lunch?
—Sorry,________.My brother is coming to see me.
A.I mustn't B.I can't C.I needn't D.I won't
16.The price________,but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A.went down B.will go down
C.has gone down D.was going down
17.Few pleasures can equal_________of a cool drink on ahot day.
A.some B.any C.that D.those
18.You should make it a rule to leave things—youcan find them again.
A.when B.where C.then D.there
19. Carol said the work would be done by October,_______personally I doubt very muc h.
A.it B.that C.when D.which
20.—Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?
—Yes, They have better players, so I ________them to win.
A.hope B.prefer C.expect D.want
21.The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier,________it more difficult.
A.not make B.not to make
C.not making D.do not make
22.We'll have to finish the job,__________.
A.long it takes however
B.it takes however long
C.long however it takes
D.however long it takes
23.Your performance in the driving test didn't reach therequired standard——__________,yo u failed.
A.in the end B.after all
C.in other words D.at the same time
24.—Hey,look where you are going!
—Oh,I'm terribly sorry.__________.
A.I'm not noticing B.I wasn't noticing
C.I haven't noticed D.I don't notice
25.When I got back home I saw a message pinned to thedoor________"Sorry to miss you;
will calllater."
A.read B.reads C.to read D.reading
Ⅱ.完形填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26～50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound ofbells. Four students from Burli ngton College of HigherEducation are in the bell tower of the ____26____and havemade u p their minds to_____27_____the bells nonstop for twoweeks as a protest （抗议）against
heavy trucks whichrun____28____through the narrow High Street.
"They not only make it_____29_____to sleep at night, but theyare_____30_____damage to our
houses and shops ofhistorical_____31_____," said John Norris, one of theprotesters .
"____32____we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,"said Jean Lacey,a biology studen t,"why don't they build anew road that goes_____33_____the town?Burlington isn't muchmore than a____34____village. Its streets were never____35____for heavy traffic."
Harry Fields also studying____36____said they wanted tomake as much____37____as possi ble to force the____38____to realise what everybody was having to____39____."Most of themdon' t____40____here anyway, "he said,"they come in for meetingsand that, and the Town Hall
is soundproof （隔音）,____41____they probably don't____42____the noise all thatmuch.It's high time they realised the____43____."
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought thepublic were____44____on their side ,and even if they weren'tthey soon would be.____45____asked if they were____46____thatthe police might come to____47____them.