7.The number of people invited________fifty，but a number of them________absent for different reasons.

A.were;was B.was;was

C.was;were D.were;were

解析：选C。the number of...指“……的数目”，此结构作主语时，谓语用单数;a number of...指“大量，若干”，此结构作主语时，谓语用复数。

8.Many students believe that the choice of their courses and universities should________their own interest.

A.be based on B.base on

C.be basing on D.base at

解析：选A。be based on...“以……为基础”，为固定搭配。

9.________the warm and sunny weather，bananas grow very well in Hainan.

A.Next to B.Such as

C.Instead of D.Because of

解析：选D。海南的香蕉长得好与温暖、晴朗的天气之间是因果关系，故选Because of。

10.My parents and I are flying to London for a holiday and I’ll________the chance to practice my spoken English.

A.come up with B.make use of

C.get along with D.get tired of

解析：选B。句意为：我会“利用(make use of)”和爸妈一起到伦敦度假的机会练习英语口语。come up with提出建议;get along with与……相处;get tired of对……厌倦。

Ⅳ.阅读理解

If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice：There are four skills in learning English.They are reading，listening，speaking，and writing.The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.

Read as much as you can.But your reading must be active.It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence，the meaning of the unfamiliar words，etc.There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you_come_across，but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them，for example in other passages or books，is enough.It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.

As for listening，there are two choices：besides reading，you can listen every day for about 30 minutes.You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading，then you can catch up on your listening.Si nce you have lots of inputs in your mind，you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say.This never means that you should not practice listening.

For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children.Their languages are easy.Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day.Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.

If you follow these pieces of advice，your speaking and writing will improve automatically，and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.

1.According to the author，which should you improve first among the four skills?

A.Reading and listening.

B.Readin g and writ ing.

C.Writing and speaking.

D.Speaking and listening.

解析：选A。细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知，作者认为要想提高说和写的能力，首先要掌握读和听。