第一部分  选择题

I. Vocabulary and Structure

1. The fixed star was       a planet.

      A. made of      B. made from      C. made up for  D. mistaken for

2. Some students       from asking questions in class.

      A. shy away      B. blow away      C. do away      D. carry away

3. Mrs. Weinstein bravely and persistently used every skill and power she had to       her attacker to simply take her car and not her life.

      A. trust      B. credit      C. convince      D. believe

4. Let’s       personal feelings in making judgment.

      A. set off      B. set aside      C. set back      D. set up

5. A good worker in a key spot could,       he kept up production, take all the coffee breaks he wanted, and the bosses would very likely look the other way.

      A. as long as      B. as though      C. as soon as   D. as if

6.       the bosses cannot do without profit, workers have an edge.

      A. Though      B. For      C. Since      D. So

7. Decision makers must have some way of determining       of several alternatives is best.

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

8. In August 1977, a satellite       to gather data about the 10 million black holes which are thought to be in the Milky Way.

      A. launched      B. was launched      C. has been launched           D. is launched

9. In studio recordings, new techniques made possible effects that not even an electronic band could produce       .

      A. live      B. alive      C. lively      D. living

10. It is essential that everything       in advance.

      A. should decide      B. be decided      C. decided      D. will be decided.

II. Cloze Test

The money and the time we spend on pets is simply not our own to spend as we like in a time of widespread want and starvation. A