2014版中级英语测试指导语法练习

（1）（A）

Many adults believe that somehow boys need friends less than girls do. In truth, though, no by is an island; boys value their friends throughout childhood and adolescence.

(1) ___________ the common belief that girls are better at relationships, most boys consider their friends a very important part of their lives, and boys may actually be (2) ___________ (good) at keeping friendships than girls are. According to a recent study of 10- to 15-year-old boys and girls, it is girls’ friendships (3) ___________ are actually more fragile (脆弱的).

Boys are the living definition of the phrase “peer group”; they love games with rules, competition, and doing things together. Boys seem to enjoy, even need the opportunity to test themselves against others, and many lsting friendships begin in karate (空手道) class or on the basketball court. Competence and skill are widely respected; (4) ___________ (leave) out altogether is an experience that can haunt (萦绕心头) a boy for years.

As boys mature, the friendship becomes even (5) ___________ (important). During the teen years, friends can become the most important part of a boy’s life – and a part with his parents (6) ___________ (exclude). The confusion of being a teenager leads boys to form close relationship with friends. There is the sense for many boys (7) ___________ a friend is someone who is “always there for me”! The friendship of adolescent boys can run surprisingly deep.

(B)

British band Duran Duran is going to be the first pop group to perform online concerts on the online game Second Life. Second Life is an online digital world, (8) ___________ is imagined, created and owned by the players – people all over the world.

It is thought (9) ___________ 370,000 computer game players worldwide have Second Life characters (Avatars) who exist in the Second Life world, on the Internet. In May 2006, Radio 1 held a music festival in Scotland, but also (10) ___________ (create) a festival inside the Second Life game (11) ___________ _____________ people all over the world could take part on their computer.

One of the members of the band, Nick Rhodes, told the BBC News Website: “When I first saw Second Life a few months ago, I couldn’t believe my eyes. When I started looking at the people on the screen, (12) ___________ (walk) around doing normal things, I thought this is somewhere between a strange TV show, a strange experience and a video game. I wanted Duran Duran (13) ___________ (be) part of it.”

Each band member has a 3-dimensional person (Avatar), which (14) ___________ (reveal) next month, and it is hoped they will do their first concert soon. Rhodes said new technologies like Second Life will become more and more important in the music industry in the future.

(15) ___________ number of people joining the Second Life game is growing quickly. Some computer experts said (16) ___________ probably would be the “Next Big Thing” in the future.

(2)(A)

Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Though I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find satisfying work.

I was driving a school bus (1) ___________ (make) ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. To make matters (2) ___________ (bad), I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. “Why has my life become so bad?” I though painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl, she handed me an earring, saying I should keep it (3) ___________ ____________ somebody claimed it. The earring (4) ___________ (paint) black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it hit me – I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to (5) ___________ list. That night there was a phone call for (6) ___________ from a lady who was director at a larger hospital. She asked me (7) ___________ I would give a one-day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know it was because I changed my way of thinking (8) ___________ I completely changed my life.

(B)

Cold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter (住所) (9) ___________ they are. Some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to (10) ___________ (live) outdoors. This can put their pets in danger of serious illness. There are things you can do to keep your animal (11) ___________ (feel) warm and safe.

Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you (12) ___________ __________ take them out, stay outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are to. If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.

If (13) ___________ (leave) alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of god quality. Keep an eye (14) ___________ your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl (15) ___________ and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, (16) ___________ may contain something unhealthy for them.

(3)(A)

Firefighters are trained professionals who save lives and property. They go into burning buildings. They rescue people who are blocked, scared, or hurt. They save people (1) ___________ in car wrecks and cave-ins. Some are also trained to help

keep people alive on the way to a hospital.

What kind of peoson becomes a firefighter? It is important and necessary for the person to be strong and healthy enough (2) ___________ (lift) heavy loads, climb ladders, and crawl through smoke. Besides, he or she (3) ___________ have a sharp mind and calm nerves.

Who can be a firefighter? Each city or town sets (4) ___________ own standards. But (5) ___________ wants to be firefighter has to finish high school. Then (6) ___________ (come) special training. EMT (Emergency Medical Technicians) classes teach first-aid skills. College classes might include science, math, and building construction. There classes (7) ___________ (need) to earn a fire science certificate. Then there are written or oral tests. If they are passed, there is an agility (灵敏度) test, which shows strength and endurance. (8) ___________ __________ a person is hired, training won’t stop.

(B)

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about eighty miles. It was dark and late. Several times I got stuck behind a truck (9) ___________ (move) slowly on a narrow road. I became increasingly (10) ___________ (patient). At one point along an open road, I came to a crossing with a traffic light. As I drove near the light, it turned red and I made a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of car lamps. But there I sat, waiting for (11) ___________ light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.

I started wondering (12) ___________ I stopped. I was not afraid of (13) ___________ (catch), because there was clearly no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.

Much later that night, the question came back to me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract we all have (14) ___________ each other. It’s not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don’t go through red lights.

It is trust, rather than distrust, (15) ___________ the whole construction of our society depends on. We do what we say we’ll do; we show up when we say we’ll show up; and we pay when we say we'll pay. We trust each other in these matters, and we’re angry or disappointed with the person or organization (16) ___________ breaks the trust we have in them.

I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.