Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Most of the early houses built in America were suited to farm life, as it was not until cities became manufacturing centers that colonists could survive without farming as their major occupation. Among the earliest farmhouses in America were those built in Plymouth Colony. Generally they consisted of one large rectangular room on the ground floor, called a hall or great room and having a fireplace built into one of the walls, and a loft overhead. Sometimes a lean-to was attached alongside the house to store objects such as spinning wheels, firewood, barrels, and tubs. The furnishings in the great room were sparse and crudely built. Tabletops and chest boards were split or roughly sawed and often smoothed only on one side. Benches took the place of chairs, and the table usually had a trestle base so it could be dismantled when extra space was required. One or two beds and a six-board chest were located in one corner of the room. The fireplace was used for heat and light, and a bench often placed nearby for children and elders, in the area called the inglenook.
The original houses in Plymouth Colony were erected within a tall fence for fortification. However, by 1630 Plymouth Colony had 250 inhabitants, most living outside the enclosure. By 1640, settlements had been built some distance from the original site. Villages began to emerge throughout Massachusetts and farmhouses were less crudely built. Windows brought light into homes and the furnishings and décor were more sophisticated.
As more diversified groups of immigrants settled the country, a greater variety of farmhouses appeared, from Swedish long-style houses in the Delaware Valley to saltbox houses in Connecticut, Dutch-Flemish stone farmhouses in New York, and clapboard farmhouses in Pennsylvania. From Georgian characteristics to Greek revival elements, farmhouses of varied architectural styles and building functions populated the landscape of the new frontier.
The main idea of the passage is
A.The history of the American farmhouse
B.Where immigrants settled in America
C.How to build an American farmhouse  
D.life in Plymouth Colony

It is not polite ________ a party without thanking the host.
A.leave
B.leaving
C.to leave 
D.a leave

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
______ my business trip to Hanoi last month, I was able to attend his wedding.
A.Because
B.According to
C.Thanks to
D.But for

Winter's almost here and it's time ________ against the flu.
A. to protect yourselves
B.you protect 
C. you protect yourselves 
D.you protected

It is hard to learn about a country's culture from books because such books........
A.concentrate on the dangers of the foreign culture             
B.exaggerate national character
C. take no notice of culture difference 
D.contain little information about culture

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to Indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
There is a wide range of organisms by their population whose lives mostly depend on how they hunt or are hunted. And most living organisms have some way of protecting themselves from natural predators. Some mammals, like the platypus, carry internal toxins to transmit to predators via biting or other means, and some plants protect themselves by being poisonous. The African crested rat was originally thought to be poisonous because predators that tried to eat it often became paralyzed. But scientists have recently learned that's not actually the case.
The crested rat chews on the poisonous bark of a certain tree, and then smears the chewed-up substance onto its fur, where a strip of special quill-like hairs soaks up the poisonous mixture. Though similar to a porcupine's, the quills do differ: whereas the porcupine defends itself by poking predators, the African rat uses its quill-like hairs to deliver poison to them. When a predator comes after it, instead of running away, the rat stays put and parts its hair to reveal the strip of fur on its back where the poison is being stored. That raised strip is the first thing that receives a bite, and the poison inside disables the predator. These hair tubes are unusual. In fact, scientists do not know of another animal that uses plant poison in this way.
Scientists are puzzled that the rat doesn't appear to be affected by the poison. Because it affects heartbeat regulation, understanding how the rat can keep its heart rate regulated effectively while using the poison could help scientists develop new medicines for people with heart trouble. And they hope that those suffering from heart diseases will benefit from this.
What would scientists like to investigate further?
A.Medicine used to counteract poison.
B.Other animals like the crested rat.
C.Health effects of a chemical.
D.Rats with unhealthy hearts.

Choose a word in each line that has the different stress pattern.

A.sneaky
B.notice
C.open
D.around

Would you mind ______ for a moment?
A.waiting
B.wait
C.be waiting
D.waited

"I'm working in a restaurant, and don't care much for it."she said
A.She said that she was working in a restaurant and wasn't caring much for it.
B.She said that she was working in a restaurant and didn’t care much for it.
C.She said that she has been working in a restaurant and didn’t care much for it.
D.She said that she was working in a restaurant and didn’t care many for it.

______(65)
A.reach    
B.come 
C.arrive  
D.get