1.(单选题)—Jeff,I'dappreciateitifyoucouldhelpmewiththeopeningspeechI'mgivingnextweek.
—___________________________,butI'llhavesometimebetweenfiveandsixp.m.
A.Don’t mention it
B.Yes, it’s so quiet as we expected
C.Well, it's pretty busy this morning
正确
2.(单选题)—Whaterrandsdidyouhavetodotoday
—___________________________.
A.I’m in no hurry
B.Done one, and another one to do.
C.You can’t be serious
正确
3.(单选题)—Oh,bytheway,howwasyourreportofthenewbatteriescomingalong
—___________________________.
A.It's going pretty well
B.Just go ahead
C.Well, I'm afraid so
正确
4.(单选题)Hewouldmuch______itifyoucoulddohimthefavor.
A.award
B.apply
C.appreciate
正确
5.(单选题)Itis_______aninterestingstorythatIwanttoreaditagain.
A.so
B.such
C.many
正确
二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Climatechangehascausedariseinsealevels.Thishasincreased《在此填空1》saltinfreshwaterusedoncoastalfarms.Asaresultfarmersareincreasingly《在此填空2》tousefieldsclosetothesea.
Scientistscallthisprocess“salinization”whichmeansamixtureofsaltandwater.Salinizationisreducingtheworld’sirrigatedlands《在此填空3》1to2percenteveryyear.
ButafarmerintheNetherlandsisnowusingamixtureofseaandfreshwatertogrowhealthyandtastyvegetables.MarcVanstartedwithan《在此填空4》.“Weputinalotofplantsinthefieldsandthenweputin,puttheminfreshwaterandinseawaterandallthevarietiesbetweenit,andthenweseewhichvarietyissurvivingandwhichvarietyis《在此填空5》.”
1.
A. an amount of
B. the amount of
C. a number of
2.
A. unable
B. able
C. possible
3.
A. to
B. by
C. at
4.
A. investment
B. examination
C. experiment
5.
A. living
B. dead
C. dying
正确答案：1： the amount of、2： unable、3： by、4： experiment、5： dying
