一 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.         ---Do you know Mo Yan?

---Of course. He won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature _________ the age of 57.

A. in                        B. at                                   C. on                    D. to

2.         ---_________ film do you prefer, Lost in Thailand or Life of Pi, Madee?

---Lost in Thailand. I like comedies because they often make me laugh.

A. What                    B. Whatever                 C. whose               D. Which

3.         ---Why are you so excited today? ---We were told _________ a picnic this weekend.

A. have                     B. to have                     C. having                     D. had

4.         Linda’s father hates waiting in long lines. I think he’s just not very _______.

A. patient                  B. talented                    C. popular             D. powerful

5.         ---Finish your homework __________ you can’t play computer games, Jim.

---All right, Mum.

A. but                       B. till                           C. and                   D. or

6.         There __________ still some apple juice in the fridge. It’s not necessary for us to go to the

supermarket now.

A. was                      B. were                        C. is                      D. are

7.         ---Millie, where is Miss Li?

---She _________ a speech on Chinese art to the first-year students in the hall.

A. gives                    B. gave                        C. is giving            D. has given

8.         ---__________ weather it is! We can’t go boating on the Xuanwu Lake.

---Don’t worry. Let’s go to the Science Museum instead.

A. What good            B. How good                C. How bad           D. What bad

9.         ---Hi, guys. How was your party yesterday?

---Wonderful! We had a big meal and enjoyed __________.

A. themselves            B. myself                            C. yourselves         D. ourselves

10.     ---What’s wrong with you, Eric? You look tired.

---I ________ to prepare for the final exam last night.

      A. picked up             B. woke up                   C. stayed up           D. put up

11.     ---I visited the Purple Mountain Observatory last Sunday.

---__________ Why didn’t you tell me earlier?

A. You did?        B. I hope so.                 C. Have a good time      D. It’s kind of you.

12.     ---You won the first prize in the Physics competition.

---__________. I made several terrible mistakes.

      A.I think so        B. You must be joking   C. You are welcome       D. It doesn’t matter

  13. ―Could you tell me __________ yesterday?

―Because my bike was broken on my way here.

A. why you came late                             B. why do you come late

C. why you come late                             D. why did you come late

  14.―If I work hard at my lessons from now on, can I do well in them?―Sure. ___________.

A. All rivers run into sea                            B. Every day is not Sunday

C. Better late than never                      D. Practice makes perfect

  15.There was a fire in the hotel around midnight last Friday. Luckily, it was soon          .

    A. turned on          B. turned off          C. put on        D. put out