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Exercise for 6BU3
I. Choose the best answer.
1. Which one is correct in pronunciation for the word “celebrate”?
A. /’silibreit/ B. /’selibret/ C. /’selibreit/ D. /’silibret/
2. Which underlined part is different from the others?
A. festival B. danger C. remember D. headache
3. We have one day off ______National Day and ________the Dragon Boat Festival.
A. at, at B. on, in C. on, at D. on, on
4. My dream is _______a scientist when I grow up.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
5. ________unusual news it is and _________ useful your advice is!
A. What, how B. How, what C. What a, how D. How a, what
6. _________ important advice they have just told us!
A. What B. What an C. How D. How an
7. -- Do you have ________rice dumplings? --Yes, I do. Would you like _______?
A. some, any B. any, some C. some, some D. any, any
8. He has a lot of quite interesting magazines but I have _______.
A. no B. none C. no one D. neither
9. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. I am had help with the everyday house. B. My dog has been died for five years.
C. The winner of the 100-metre race is Tom. D. I advised he not to be late for school again.
10. I got up very early in the morning ________late for watching the sun-rise.
A. in order not to be B. in order to be not C. so that not to be D. so that to be not
11. -- Is someone hurt in the accident? -- Yes, one is hurt, but not ______.
A. much B. bad C. badly D. hard
12. They stopped _______and _______out to play when they ________the bell ring for rest.
A. working, went, heard B. work, to go, hearing
C. working, go, hearing D. working, going, heard
13. To improve your spoken English, you must practise ________English more.
A. spoke B. speak C. speaking D. to speak
14. Tom ________any help because he can finish the work on time himself.
A. doesn’t need to B. need to C. doesn’t need D. needn’t to
15. Chinese New Year is on _______.
A. 1st January B. 1st August C. the first day of the first lunar month
D. the first day of the fifth lunar month
16. I remember ________the door before I left the office, but forgot _______the lights.
A. locking, turning off B. to lock, to turn off C. to lock, turning off D. locking, to turn off
17. He speaks English ________ his aunt.
A. as good as B. as well as C. as poor as D. as bad as
18. -- Could you lend me your black pen? -- Sorry, I’m using ________. Do you need a blue _______?
A. one, it B. the one, one C. one, one D. it, one
19. I _______at home_______ out.
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A. would rather stay, to go B. prefer staying, than going
C. prefer to stay, rather than go D. would stay, than go
20. The number of the _______ ________200 million.
A. tourist, is B. tourists, is C. tourist, are D. tourists, are
21. _________my brother, I’m quite good at singing English songs, but he just _______ doing so.
A. Unlike, likes B. Like, unlikes C. Unlike, dislikes D. Like, likes
22. Mr. Wilson asked me if these islands ________to Japan.
A. belong B. belonged C. are belonged D. were belonged
23. -- Where ______Miss Zhang ________? I can’t find her. --She went to the USA two months ago.
A. has, gone to B. did, go to C. had, been D. has, gone
24. LuXun _______for about 80 years since his _______in 1936.
A. has been dead, death B. has been dead, death C. died, being dead D. was dead, died
25. Doctors ______we ________after having lunch.
A. advise, not to run B. suggest, not running C. advise, not running D. suggest, not run
26. Although Silvia is overweight, she can't bear ________.
A. laughed at B. being laughed at C. laughing at D. being laughed
27. Qu Yuan’s job was ________ advice to the king and the king always _______his advice.
A. giving, listened B. giving, took C. to give, took D. to give, listened
28. ________his father, Tom is more ________to be a poet when he grows up.
A. Unlike, dislike B. Dislike, alike C. Unlike, likely D. Dislike, likely
29. -- Would you please help me with my English? --_________
A. My pleasure B. Of course not C. With pleasure D. You’d better not
30. -- Tom, I will have a spring outing next week. --_________.
A. That’s all right B. Have fun C. It doesn't matter D. It’s pleasure
I. Write down the words according the phonetic symbols:
31. I was not pleased with the job, but my parents strongly ________ /əd’vaizd/me to accept it.
32. Miss Yan has a very lovely daughter. Yesterday she bought a book of _______/festivlz/ for her.
33. In _________/kəm’pærisn/ with other boys in class, he is quite good at English.
34. He sees the poem as a _______of human love. /,seli’breiʃn/
35. The army won the _________/’bætl/ at last.
II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense.
36. These sweet rice dumplings on the plate _________(buy) by my elder sister only half an hour ago.
37. This cleaner __________(often use) to pick up the dirty things.
38. About 400 years ago, Galileo proved that the earth _________(go) around the sun.
39. When they got to the airport, their flight __________(take) off. They were so disappointed.
40. -- _________you ________(see) the film? -- Yes. I _________(see) it last Wednesday.
III. Word Transformation:
41. At last, the doctors found out that it was the _________ poison which caused her _______. (die)
She’s very ill and I’m afraid she’s ________.
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42. After the exam, Miss Huang asked her students to make corrections but some of them still had _________ mistakes.
(correct)
43. The boy rushed out of the room ________./ with _________. (sad)
44. Some animals feign death (装死) when they are in _________. (dangerous)
45. Does she accept to hostess (主持) my birthday _________? (celebrate)
46. I don’t know how my mother found her _________ ring. (lose)
When Mr. Lu asked Tom a difficult question, he was at a _______how to answer it.
47. It took me two hours’ ________from Beijing to Shenyang. (fly)
48. Jogging is one of the most _________aerobic (有氧) activities. (enjoy)
49. Peter ________the pictures of Mozart and Beethoven on the walls yesterday. (hang)
50. This curtain material is very good ________. (clothes)
IV.Sentences Transformation:
51. The new king lost a battle because he didn't take Qu Yuan’s advice. (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ the new king _______a battle?
52. The manager was sympathetic but not helpful. (划线部分提问)
________ did you _________ of the manager?
53. Jack could hardly believe the good news. (改为反意疑问句)
Jack could hardly believe the good news, _________ __________?
54. Tony is a very honest boy. (改为感叹句)
_________ __________honest boy Toney is!
55. He had to do morning exercise every day. (改为否定句)
He ________ _________ to do morning exercises every day.
56. Susan will come back in ten minutes. (对划线部分提问)
_________ ________ will Susan come back?
57. What does this sign mean? (保持句意不变)
________ the _________of this sign?
58. I was born on November 11th, 2000. (对划线部分提问)
________ _________you born?
59. I have done a lot of homework. (改为否定句)
I ________done ________ homework.
60. The doctor is giving advice to his parents. (保持句意不变)
The doctor is making _______ _______ his parents.
61. Daniel can read 75 words per minute. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ can Daniel read?
62. Tom has to go to school on weekdays, ________ ________? (反意疑问句)
63. I liked sweet rice dumplings better than salty ones. (同意句转换)
I ________ sweet rice dumplings ________ salty ones.
V. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
A.
David goes to school in New Zealand. When he was at primary school, he didn't have any homework to do. He only
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had to read for 15 minutes very evening:that’s all! His school had a huge sports field that was big e___64___ for four
football fields.He loved to run around with his friends. His teacher was nice, too. Sometimes she would say, “Stop your
maths work please, children. It’s a beautiful day o___65___. Let’s go out and play a game!”
Things have changed since David stared high school.He still plays lot of sports, but the work is a bit harder. He has to
do some homework, but not too m___66___, only one hour each night.
But the b 67 thing David loves about his high school is all the sports he can play. The sports ground has a
running track, a swimming pool and four football fields. David plays sports every day after school.
David is looking forward to g 68 to university. After he has finished his studies, he wants to t
69 around the world. He dreams and hopes that day he can.
B.
In the early 2014, more than 10 music festivals were held almost at the same time in China. Among them were the
Strawberry Music Festival, MIDI Festival, Modern Sky Music Festival and some others. In these festivals, music lovers can
e____70____Rock n’Roll, Alternative, Metal, Electronic and many other different kinds of music.
We can see that l___71___ music has become part of people’s lives in some Chinese cities. The Strawberry Music Festival
was first h____72____in 2008. It soon became a hit among young people because it includes many famous bands and
musicians. The MIDI Music Festival emphasizes (强调) rock music. But why are these so many music festivals in recent
years?
With the failing of the CD market, the music industry is now looking for a new r___73___ to success. Live music can be a
good c___74___. It is a way of gathering talented musicians to expand the influence of music. The bigger a music festival is,
the more sponsorship (赞助) and support it can get. These supports e___75____the artists to work harder.
Many music festivals make our city lives more colorful. We are looking f___76__ to more, better music experiences in the
future.
KEY:
1-5. CDCBA 6-10. ABBCA 11-15. BACCC 16-20. DBDCB 21-25. DBDAA 26-30. DCDCB
31. advised 32. festivals 33. comparison 34. celebration 35. battle 36. were bought 37. often used 38.
goes 39. has been taken 40. Have seen, saw
41. death, death, dead 42. uncorrected 43. sadly, sadness 44. danger 45. celebration 46. losing 47. loss
48. fly 49. enjoyable 50. hung 51. clothing
52. Why did lose 53. How think 54. could he 55. What an 56. How soon 57. What’s meaning 58. When
were 59. haven't much 60. advice for 61. How much 62. does, he 63. prefer than
64. enough 65. outside 66. much 67. best 68. going 69. travel
70. enjoy 71. listening 72. held 73. road 74. choice 75. enable 76. forward