Ⅰ.Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each item)

　　從下列各句四個選項中選出一個最佳答案，并在答題紙上將相應的字母涂黑。

　　1. ________ Americans have different views on many issues, they tend to agree on one subject: taxes are too high.��

　　A. Despite B. In spite of C. Because D. Although��

　　2. These little things aren't important ________ themselves, but put together, they can cause troubles.

　　A. by B. in C. for D. at��

　　3. If there were any inhabitants of the moon, they would see our earth reflecting the light of the sun, again like a huge mirror ________ in the sky.��

　　A. hang B. hanged C. hung D. hangs��

　　4. When we call a word “learned,” we do not mean that it is used by learned persons alone, ________ simply that its presence in the English vocabulary is due to books and the cultivation of literature rather than to the actual needs of ordinary conversation.��

　　A. so B. since C. but D. for��

　　5. ________ is accepted as true often is relatively, and not absolutely, true.

　　A. What B. That C. Which D. It��

　　6. I ________ awake for about two hours last night.

　　A. lie B. lied C. laid D. lay

　　7. In theory, every person will have ________ to an unlimited amount of information with the development of telecommunication satellites.��

　　A. entry B. access C. entrance D. opening��

　　8. It is in Iran ________ the family members are involved in the wedding preparations.

　　A. where B. in which

　　C. that D. from which��

　　9. I have never before met ________ as he is.��

　　A. so an intelligent person B. a so intelligent person

　　C. so intelligent person D. so intelligent a person��

　　10. The role of the father in the traditional family was to provide ________ his family.

　　�� A. for B. with C. up D. over