1. London Olympic organizers said 2 years ago tickets for the London 2012 Olympics ______in the U.S and shipped 4,500 miles back to Britain.

A. would be printed B. would print C. were being printed D. had printed

2. Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets ______ in circular orbits around the sun.

A. do not move B. didn’t move C. hadn’t moved D. haven’t moved

3. ---I’m exhausted. I _____on a design day and night.

---You’d better have several days off after finishing it. Otherwise you might break down.

A. have been working B. have worked C. work D. worked

4. One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I _____to arrive.

A. had ordered B. ordered C. was ordering D. would order

5. At the end of the tour, we will drop you off right where you _______ up.

A. are picked B. picked C. will be picked D. are picking

6. One day all of us may have to pay the carbon tax, which is an environmental tax ______ on fossil fuel.

A. charging B. charged C. having charged D. to charge

7. Kind words can be short and easy_______, but their echoes are truly endless.

A. to speak B. speaking C. to be spoken D. being spoken

8. Although the economy is bad, there is no excuse for the restaurant ________ substandard material.

A. to use B. being used C. using D. to be used

9. When ______ to give advice on success in an interview, Cameron said, “ The biggest piece of advice is to just get started.

A. asking B. being asked C. asked D. to ask

10. After driving over a hundred miles from my previous hotel, I unpacked my luggage only _____ that my passport was missing.

A. discovering B. to discover C. discovered D. discover

11. These years, a large number of students have gone abroad for further study, some of ________ end up with being unable to fit in.

A. whom B them C. who D. that

12. Was this research center ______ they visited the modern equipment last month built a century ago?

A. which B. where C. that D. what

13. Thinking that you know _________ in fact you don’t is a serious mistake.

A. what B. that C. when D. how

14. Hearing this, tears came to my eyes as I realized ______ a fool I had been to judge Jim’s father as a failure.

A. how B. that C. what D. why

15. _______ improving your brain takes work, the good news is there are some accessible ways to go about it.

A. While B. Since C. When D. Once

16. Experts have warned that too much attention ________ also be a problem for the birds in the wetland.

A. could B. must C. should D. shall

17. —But for your timely warning, we _________ into great trouble.

—You know we’re friends.

A. would get B. must have got C. would have got D. couldn’t have got

18. I wish the school could reduce the study load. It was not until midnight ____I finished my homework yesterday.

A. that B. when C. before D. since

19. Globalization has brought competition from developed countries where costs are higher ____ developing countries.

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

20. ---What can I do for you, madam?

---Well, I am just looking for a tie, ______ to match my husband’s suit.

A. the one B. one C. that D. it

21. He purposely ignored her call because he just didn’t feel like _____.

A. disturbing B. to disturb C. being disturbed D. to be disturbed

22. The Palace Museum _______ its space for public viewing, and in five years' time, all the administrative offices will move out.

A. enlarges B. has enlarged C. enlarged D. is enlarging

23. How do you understand the saying “It is the soldier, not the poet, ____ has given us freedom of speech?”

A. who B. which C. whom D. what

24. The committee members agreed to the suggestion that the issue _____ to immediate voting.

A. is to be put B. be put C. should put D. must be put

25. ---Why do you keep looking out of the window? Expecting someone?

---______ for the mailman.

A. I wait B. Wait C. Be waiting D. Waiting

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Every year, it costs British students more and more to attend university. Students are graduating with larger and larger debts. ________1_________

In 2006, the UK government started to allow universities in England and Wales to charge British students tuition fees. More than 80 percent of students in England and Wales now take out a student loan in order to go to university. They use the loan to pay for tuition fees, books and living expenses. The average student in England and Wales now graduates from university with debts of around ￡12,000. Students of medicine usually have debts of more than ￡20,000. That is a lot of money. It means graduates cannot afford to buy a house for many years. They even struggle to pay rent on a flat, because they have to start paying back the student loan after graduating. If you start to earn over ￡15,000 a year, the government takes repayments directly from your monthly salary. ________2_______

You might think that a British person with a degree will find it easy to get a well-paid job. However, most people in white-collar jobs seem to have a degree these days, so there is a lot of competition. Also, British companies tend to value work experience over a piece of paper. Like everyone else, graduates usually have to start at the bottom and work their way up. That can be very frustrating for them, since they are often over-qualified for the work they are doing. ________3_______ Therefore, life after university ends up being quite disappointing for a lot of graduates.

_______4_______ Even before the credit crunch started, the BBC stated: “The number of British students at UK universities has fallen for the first time in recent history, It looks like the figures will continue to decline, since loan companies are now telling some students that there are no loans available for them.

By contrast, things are now easier for students from other countries coming to study in the UK, since the value of the British pound has fallen. More international students come to Britain each year. The British universities offer more and more of the available places to richer international students rather than poorer British students. ____5______

A. Some British people fear that, one day, there won’t be any university places left for British students at all.

B. Most British students expect to have to get a loan, part-time job or summer job.

C. So is a university degree really worth it?

D. Although the interest on student loans is quite low, it begins as soon as the student receives the loan.

E. Is it any surprise, therefore, that the average British person does not leave their parents’ home until they are 30 years old?

F. All of the above is beginning to make British people question whether a university degree is really worth the money.

G. While at university, they have dreams of getting an exciting, challenging job.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes are essentially funnels of air rotating as fast as 300 miles per hour. Of course, not all tornadoes are so dangerous.6_____________ Such small tornadoes occur in many places around the world, even in southern Taiwan, where several are usually reported every spring.

It is, however, the big tornadoes that receive the most attention. 7_____________

There can be flocks of dead birds dropping out of the sky, chickens still alive but with all of their feathers gone, pieces of straw stuck in trees. In a 1999 US storm, violent winds from one tornado lifted a church into the air and dropped it onto a house. In the same storm, a baby was whipped from its mother’s arms and, miraculously, found alive in a nearby tree.

8______________ Although scientists now know a great deal about tornadoes, they still cannot determine exactly when and where one will form. In addition, the path of a tornado can also be impossible to predict. It is unlikely to move in a straight line, and will often turn quickly. A tornado might blow down a line of houses, then suddenly lift up and leave one home unhurt, then touch back down and destroy the rest of the line．

To better understand tornadoes, scientists have developed special heavy—duty vehicles and weather—Monitoring equipment that allow them to make close—up observations of these dangerous storms.

Radar equipment is put on trucks and driven near a tornado, where it records wind speeds and other weather data. 9____________

In addition, better communication and warning systems are also helping to reduce deaths and injuries in many tornado—prone areas. Radio and television warnings as well as sirens help to alert people to potential danger. Public awareness is also important．When tornadoes do occur，people must act quickly. They should move immediately to a safe place such as a basement or under a strong stairway and cover themselves with blankets or heavy coats. 10________

A. Scientists often have to drive the radar hundreds of miles to chase down a tornado—a job that can be quite dangerous!

B. These bring not only death and destruction，but also stories of strange phenomena.

C. Many more are small storms that form quickly and disappear，causing little or no damage.

D. A tornado can arrive so unexpectedly that a matter of seconds can mean the difference between life and death.

E. Driving the radar hundreds of miles to chase down a tornado is a best job that can be quite dangerous.

F. What makes tornadoes so dangerous is not just their great power but also t