1Module 1 Unit 1 School life 一、 单项填空 1. Russ and Earl were auto mechanics _the same pay，but Earl had more ambition. A. to earn B. to have earned C. earning D. earned 2. The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle _. A. to be heard B. to have heard C. hearing D. being heard 3. In this country it is recently required that anyone who _ to settle here _ to pass this kind of test. A. want；has B. wants；had C. wants；have D. want；have 4. It was owing to luck _ judgement _the driver succeeded in avoiding an accident. A. better than；when B. rather than；that C. other than；when D. more than；which 5. _ to their own work，most of the parents spend little time with their children. A. Devoting B. To be devoted C. Having devoted D. Devoted 6. The interview he paid little attention to _ him the chance to work in this company. A. being cost B. be cost C. costing D. cost 7. He showed great interest in my field of work. He asked me to keep him _of fresh developments. A. informing B. informed C. to be informed D. being informed 8. The policeman stopped him while he was driving home and _ him of speeding. A. charged B. blamed C. accused D. scolded 9. You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting. Well，now I regret _ that. A. to do B. to be doing C. having done D. to have been done 10. I always have so many things to _ when I come back to the company after a trip abroad. A. add to B. contribute to C. attend to D. appeal to 11. Do you remember to give Mary the money you owed? Yes，I gave it to her _ I saw her. A. while B. the moment C. before D. once 12. I know Jack spends at least as much time reading as he _ A. does writing B. is writing C. writes D. does to write 13. Bob，get this film _. I want to know if this camera works. A. washed B. developed2C. printed D. taken 14. Great as Newton was，many of his ideas _ today and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time. A. are to challenge B. may be challenged C. have been challenged D. are challenging 15. Lets go and have a good drink tonight._ Have you got the first prize in the competition? A. What for? B. Thanks a lot. C. Yes，Id like to. D. Why not? 二、 完形填空In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life，a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory _16_ course about 20 years ago.The professor _17_ the lecture hall，placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆)，and invited the students to _18_ how many beans the jar contained. After _19_ shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin，dry smile，announced the _20_ answer，and went on saying， “You have just _21_ an important lesson about science. That is：Never _22_ your own senses. ”Twenty years later，the _23_ could guess what the professor had in mind. He _24_ himself，perhaps，as inviting his students to start an exciting _25_ into an unknown world invisible(无形的)to the _26_，which can be discovered only through scientific _27_. But the seventeenyearold girl could not accept or even _28_ the invitation. She was just _29_ to understand the world. And she _30_ that her firsthand experience could be the _31_. The professor，however，said that it was _32_. He was taking away her only _33_ for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and _34_， ”the women says， “and I did the only thing I could do. I _35_the course that afternoon，and I havent gone near science since. ” 16. A. art B. history C. science D. math 17. A. searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into 18. A. count B. guess C. report D. watch 19. A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to 20. A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult 21. A. learned B. prepared C. taught D. taken 22. A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show 23. A. lecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman 24. A. described B. respected C. saw D. served325. A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush 26. A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light 27. A. model B. senses C. spirit D. methods 28. A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse 29. A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting 30. A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained 31. A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth 32. A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable 33. A. task B. tool C. success D. connection 34. A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave 35. A. dropped B. started C. passed D. missed 三、 阅读理解 A A new college guide in the United States compares educational requirements in seven subjects. These include math，science，writing and United States history or government. The other subjects are economics，foreign language and literature. The free online guide is from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. The council is a nonprofit group th