[单项选择]I cannot （　） the truth of your words, although they go against my interests.
A. but admit
B. but admitting
C. help but to admit
D. help but admitting

[单项选择]Not for a moment （　） the truth of your explanation about the event.
A. we have doubted
B. did we doubt
C. we had doubted
D. doubted we

[单项选择]Not for a moment（）the truth of your explanation about the event.
A. we have doubted
B. did we doubt
C. we had doubted
D. doubted we

[单项选择]Although cats cannot see in complete darkness, their eyes are much more ______ to light than are human eyes.


A. sensitive
B. glowing
C. brilliant
D. gloomy

[填空题]Neither your unkind words nor your unfriendly attitude (cause) ______ me any great sorrow.

[单项选择]To tell you the truth, I did extract several passages from the speech when writing my speech.
A. take out
B. take off
C. take on
D. take up

[单项选择]I was completely at a loss for words, because I felt sorrier than angry at what had happened.（　）
A. at a loss
B. sorrier
C. than
D. at

[单项选择]________a few words, I do not know any Japanese at all.


A. Apart from
B. As to
C. Due to
D. Thanks to

[单项选择]

Passage 2
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown, in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feeling, action, and things, so that they could communicate with each other. And later, they agreed upon certain signs, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written, we call words. The power of words lies in their associations with the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience. The longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past. The more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming use of word
A. a legend handed down from the past
B. a matter that is hidden
C. a question that is difficult to answer
D. a puzzle not yet solved

[单项选择]From her words I realized that she was really looking forward ______ us.


A. to see
B. seeing
C. to seeing

[单项选择]To tell you the truth, I cannot help but ______his courage and wisdom after I heard of his stories.
A. admiring
B. admire
C. to admire
D. admired

[简答题]I want neither your sympathy nor do I want your pity. (sentence with parallel structure)

[简答题]Discuss in your own words the advantages of the Direct Method.

[单项选择]the truth, I don't like to be laughed at ______.


A. Tell; public
B. To tell; in public
C. Telling; in public
D. I tell; the public

[单项选择]Your improper words will give （） to doubts concerning your true intentions.
A. rise
B. reason
C. suspicion
D. ground