选词填空

从下列方框里10个单词中选择8个适当单词的正确形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每个单词只使用一次。

graduate career quality partly person

quantity production export brief diagnose

1. The ____ of the service here has improved a lot.

2. What you said is ____ true.

3. If you want my ____ opinion， I think its a good idea.

4. Even today tobacco is grown in large ____ .

5. My son just____from high school last month.

6. Women will soon make up 80 percent of those____with HIV.

7. These events helped to shape her future____.

8. His____visit to London was from many points of view helpful.

句子翻译

1. 他不仅在遗传学领域很有成就，而且还是一位才华横溢的曲作家。

2. 歌手以唱歌为生，而教师靠教学谋生。

3. 新地方政府开始执政后，采取了许多措施防止污染。

4. 简而言之，我们可以通过阅读成功人士的故事学到很多。

单项选择

1. I know clearly that no one likes listening to long speeches， so I decide to make a（n） ___ one.

A. brief B. simple

C. easy D. original

2. Remember to wear more clothes ___ the weather becomes cold.

A. in case B. because of

C. in case of D. so that

3. The man is still young. However， he is known ___ an excellent and smart manager ___ his intelligence.

A. as； as B. for； for

C. for； as D. as； for

4. After the flood， almost all walks of life tried their best to make caring contribution to the ___ of the flood-stricken area.

A. victims B. losers

C. figures D. donators

5. — The doctor told him sadly that his illness was diagnosed ___

stomach cancer.

— Really？ Im terribly sorry to hear that.

A. with B. to

C. as D. of

6. The moving story happened in ___ and our hero was in his ___ .

A. 1950s； twenty B. 1950s； twenties

C. the 1950s； twenty D. the 1950s； twenties

7. Because of his outstanding scores last year， he ___ the prize ___ having the best performance.

A. was awarded； for B. was awarded； by

C. awarded； for D. awarded； by

8. These dishes taste very bad. I guess that they ___ too long.

A. were cooked B. have been cooked

C. are cooked D. had been cooked

9. The professor talked about his ___ opinion after giving us a lively speech.

A. various B. rude

C. personal D. single

10. The island is ___ attractive in spring and autumn because of the pleasant weather in both seasons.

A. hardly B. partly

C. equally D. nearly

阅读表达（阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。）

Some expressions describe people who are important， or who at least think they are. One such expression is “bigwig”.

In the seventeenth century， important men in Europe began to wear false hair， called wigs. As years passed， wigs began to get bigger. The size of a mans wig depended on how important he was. The more important he was—or thought he was—the bigger the wig he wore.

Today， the expression “bigwig” is used to make fun of a person who feels important. People never tell someone he is a bigwig. They only use the expression behind his back.

“Big wheel” is another way to describe an important person. A big wheel may be the head of a company， a political leader， a famous movie star. They are big wheels because they are powerful. What they do affects many people. Big wheels give the orders. Other people carry them out. As in many machines， a big wheel makes the little wheels turn. “Big wheel” became a popular expression after World War II. It probably comes from an expression used for many years by people who fix parts of cars and trucks. They said a person rolled a big wheel if he was important and had influence.

The top of something is the highest part. So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person. The expression is “top banana”. A top banana is the leading person in a comedy show. The funniest comedian is called the top banana. The next is second banana. And so on. Why a banana？ A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object. It was shaped like the yellow fruit： the banana. “Top banana” is still used mainly in show business. Yet nowadays the expression can also be used to describe the top person in any area.

1. Who began to wear wigs in the 17th century？ （no more than 4 words）

2. Why do we call political leader a big wheel？ （no more than 5 words）

3. When did “big wheel” become a popular expression？ （no more than 4 words）

4. Who could be called the top banana in a comedy show？ （no more than 3 words）

5. What person can be described as “top banana” nowadays？ （no more than 8 words）