Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Male fans love to play football. Football is also a bonding experience for fathers and sons. When male football fans are younger, they probably spend hours1._______ watching football games with their fathers. Male football fans also probably spend a lot of time playing football 2._______ their friends.
Female fans do love the game, too, 3.________ most started watching football because a cute player caught their eyes. This is 4.________ I started watching football. I was5.________ interested in football until I saw the movie Goal. While watching the movie, I spotted Kuno Becker and I quickly became interested in 6.________ game. Other female fans probably became interested after watching a game with a boyfriend 7. ________ their husband. Whatever the reason why people start watching football 8._______, it’s very addictive and hard to stop once you start.
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked
A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was in high school, I didn’t know anything about engineering. At that time, when the car I drove needed repairing, I was afraid to take it to the . Because honestly, the mechanic could have me an electric can opener and said, “This is part of your car and it’s -----pay me to fix it.” Then I wouldn’t have known any better.
At the end of my junior year of high school, I heard about a summer program to interest girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were college credits and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was looking forward to and wanted to stay away from my parents for six weeks.
I was accepted to the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an engineering student. Five years later I had a degree and three good job offers.
I can’t help shaking I hear about studies that show women are when it comes to math. They imply that I am a little stupid. I’m not, but I know that if I hadn’t met with that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.
When I was growing up, I was told, as many students were, to do what I was best at. But I didn’t know what that was. Most people think that when you are something, it comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a subject is to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work hard to get good at it. Once you do, there’s good that you will enjoy it more than anything else.
1.A. engineer B. salesman C. factory D. mechanic
2.A. shown B. given C. brought D. taken
3.A. old B. broken C. fixed D. dirtied
4.A. designed B. performed C. controlled D. described
5.A. sent B. afforded C. offered D. awarded
6.A. independence B. success C. happiness D. beauty
7.A. until B. when C. since D. before
8.A. at a disadvantageB. at a loss C. in a trap D. in a shock
9.A. never B. do C. hardly D. nearly
10.A. good at B. bad at C. interested in D. devoted to
11.A. easy B. funny C. difficult D. interesting
12.A. will B. feeling C. desire D. chance
One main reason comes from the Chinese tradition _______ the mother of the young woman usually requires her future son-in-law to prepare a house for their marriage, which brings financial pressure to the young man and his family.
A. what B. that C. which D. When
Peace is necessary to all. After all, it is the United States and China, as the two largest economies in the world, that ________ most from a peaceful and stable Asia-Pacific.
A. are benefited B. will benefit
C. will be benefited D. had benefited
Wherever you prefer to work after graduation, _______ close contacts with your family members.
A. keeping B. keep C. to keep D. kept
When we entered, we found lying on the ground _______ along with her parents.
A. was a girl B. were a girl
C. a girl was D. a girl were
