英语科第九周提高班练习B一、单项选择（ ）1. The task was very hard, so _ were needed. A. ten more men B. ten men more C. more ten men D. men more ten （ ）2. He wanted to read more, so he asked his friend if there was _ to read. A. something easy enough B. something enough easy C. enough easy something D. easy enough something （ ）3. The room is very large and only little room _by the new piano. A. are taken up B. takes up C. is taken up D. is taking up （ ）4. What _ time it is to listen to a speech having nothing to do with you!A. waste B. wastes C. a waste of D. a waste for （ ）5. When and where to build the new factory _ yet. A. is not decided B. are not decidedC. has not decided D. have not decided （ ）6. It is necessary _ me _my studies before a new term. A. for, to make a plan for B. of, making a plan for C. for, to make a plan of D. of, making a plan of （ ）7. He _ the club and _ its activities. A. took part in; joined B. joined; took part in C. joined; took a part in D. took part in; took part in （ ）8. The noble（贵族的）man prefers _money to him _sorry to him. A. giving; to saying B. giving; to say C. give; to say D. to give; to saying （ ）9. Tom was so angry with Bob that he hit _. A. Bob in the head B. Bobs head C. Bob on the head D. on Bobs head （ ）10. Only a fool enjoys _ in public. A. making fun of B. to make fun of C. being made fun of D. to be made fan of （ ）11. I like _ _ of the two stories, for this story is _ than that one. A. both; not more interesting B. neither; no more interesting C. neither; not more interesting D. either; no more interesting （ ）12 The stubborn（倔强的）boy didnt _so that he missed the chance. A. take advice B. follow an advice C. give some advice D. ask for advice （ ）13. They were _ inventors than pure scientists. A. more B. less C. many D. worse （ ）14. The teachers are doing what they _ their students. A. can to teach B. can teach C. can teaching D. can to teaching （ ）15. Dont have your children _for hours reading books in _ dark a room. A. sitting; so B. sit; such C. to be sitting; so D. to sit; such （ ）16. I want to know _. A. what the matter is B. what matter it is C. whats the matter D. the matter is what （ ）17. After so long a walk, he was too _ further. A. tired for walk B. tire to walk C. tiring to go D. tired to go （ ）18. Why not trust and use David? He is still as strong as_ _ in the team. A. somebody else B. everybody else C. anybody else D. nobody else （ ）19. George spent _ studying. A. the whole day B. the all day C. altogether a day D. entirely a day （ ）20. -_ will the meeting _?-In about 20 minutes. A. How long, last B. When, last C. How often, finish D. How soon, end （ ）21. While _ in the room, we were all very excited. A. waited B. waiting C. to wait D. wait （ ）22. _ you _ to go to watch the football match with me? A. Would; like B. Would; rather C. Do; feel like D. Do; would like （ ）23. She asked _ we were getting on well with our work. A. how B. if C. what D. that （ ）24. Im wondering_ he expects will win the gold medal in Mens Single. A. whom B. which C. who D. what 二、看图填词One evening, Li Lei(1) home (2) work by bike. Suddenly he (3) “Bang”. He turned (4) and saw his bike(5) . “Oh, dear! What should I do?” he said to (6) . Just then two boys nearby came to help him (7) his bike. Soon they (8) it. Li Lei (9) them and said (10) to them and went home.三、阅读理解What will man be like in the future in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on the average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively(相对地) short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller.Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity(容量.) As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too. The head, especially the forehead, will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are being used too much. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend (有的趋势) to make less use of our arms and l