16、For anyone______ to traffic, this small town might be a disappointment.

A．gets used            B．used          C．to be used           D．got used

15、______ homework did we have to do that we had no time to take a rest.

A．So much               B．Too much               C．Too little               D．So little

14、The speech_______________ by the president’s assistant has been cancelled.

A．to deliver       B．delivered            C．being delivered            D．to be delivered

13、His remarks left me ___________ about his real purpose.

A．wondered           B．wonder         C．to wonder          D．wondering

12、This book is quite_________ me, that is, it beats me.

A．on       B．of         C．to        D．beyond

11、Elbert Einstein would have died a wealthy man, but he ______________money all his life.

A．thought little of                 B．had thought little of

C．cared much for                   D．had cared much for

10、______ a true picture of the new China, he has traveled extensively around the country.

A．Offering          B．Offered         C．To offer        D．Having offered

9、Very generally, grammar is ______ with the relations between words in sentences．

A．regarded        B．satisfied        C．concerned            D．suited

8、Recently my father was selected into the city’s Hall of Fame. This exciting   1  means that not only has he had a special  2   on the lives of most citizens, but when it  3   to being a successful restaurant operator, he is a legend.

         4   a year ago when my elder brother   5   the business Dad was a decision-maker. There didn’t seem to be   6    time that he didn’t work. When kids should learn their ABC’s, he was working in my grandpa’s butcher shop. It was there that he started to   7   about food and meat. But his skills in cooking were   8   at home. My grandma was  9   to cook up delicious meals drawing on very simple ingredients（烹调的配料）. When he joined the army, my father   10    that if he wanted a good meal, he was going to    11    a great deal for it. He came up with the    12   of starting a restaurant that   13   good food, but was affordable to the   14   consumer. So they decided to start a family restaurant. They named their restaurant Little Kitty   15   my grandmother, who was an amazing cook.

       Dad wanted all the foods   16   in a homemade way. His restaurant became a customers’ favorite destination,   17    people would go for a friendly atmosphere, excellent food and good prices.

       Dad believes that employee loyalty is what   18    in keeping his business going. He said, “If you have positive, hard-working   19   , then you’re going to have a successful company.” Dad was so much    20   just a keen boss. To his employees he was a mentor, a counselor and most importantly, a friend.

1．A．respect                 B．honor                 C．victory            D．performance

2．A．relation                B．pressure           C．impression         D．effect

3．A．occurs              B．comes            C．takes               D．refers

4．A．Until                     B．Before            C．When               D．After

5．A．kept up             B．went off            C．took over            D．turned in

6．A．every                    B．some             C．any             D．no

7．A．interest            B．mind            C．find            D．learn

8．A．occupied             B．gathered         C．promoted                                D．developed

9．A．able                   B．free                     C．possible              D．ready

10．A．realized           B．mentioned        C．surprised           D．upset

11．A．pay                B．spend              C．take                    D．cost

12．A．agreement        B．idea                     C．point             D．conclusion

13．A．sent                    B．served               C．grew          D．collected

14．A．wealthy          B．serious               C．average             D．potential

15．A．for                      B．at                        C．after                D．from

16．A．displayed         B．prepared          C．preserved       D．invented

17．A．when             B．what                 C．where                 D．which

18．A．interests           B．causes          C．differs               D．counts

19．A．masters               B．characters        C．managers            D．employees

20．A．more than        B．other than          C．rather than         D．better than

7、It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale. European middle classes took great interest in collecting new plants. This attraction to exotic plants grew as European nations moved into other parts of the world such as Asia and Australia. Brave young men took the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions even though they were to be faced with deadly disease, near-starvation, severe environments and conflicts with the local people.

Sir Joseph Banks was among the brave. In 1760, he collected vast quantities of plants in what is now known as Australia. None of these plants had been recorded by Europeans before. However, Banks was not able to bring those plants back to Europe and let them grow in his homeland because keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyages was a great challenge at that time. Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyage or trips across land far away from Europe.

In 1833 the invention of the Wardian case, a tightly sealed portable glass container, made it possible for two cases of British plants to survive the six-month journey to Australia. And the return trip in 1835 with Australian species lasted eight months at sea, all the species successfully arriving in London.

China was a land the earliest European plant collectors would explore from time to time. . Not only did Europeans collect large numbers of plants to grow in Western gardens, but also they were very excited with the knowledge that China had a vast variety of plants. A British man called Robert Fortune developed his fluency in Chinese and was disguised as a Chinese man so that he could travel around China unnoticed. He managed to ship 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India, where a successful tea industry was established.

1．What in the first sentence does the underlined word botanical mean?

       A．of interest.           B．of value.              C．of science．      D．of plant.

2．Which of the following are not mentioned when people went on botanical expeditions?

       A．They were likely to fall ill.

       B．They would probably go hungry.

      C．They might fight with the natives.

       D．They could not resist animals’ attack

3．What was the major problem Sir Joseph Banks had transporting plants to his country?

       A．The plants did not survive the long journey．

B．There were not good ships to carry the plants.

       C．Only seeds of the plants could be preserved．   

D．Transportation by land was not accessible.

4．What contribution did Robert Fortune made on his many trips to the world?

       A．He invented a tightly sealed portable glass container.               

B．He traveled extensively around China on his own.

       C．More than 20,000 tea plants were transported to Europe.

D．A successful tea industry was established in India．