Allan always talks with everyone ________, so we all like him.

A.easily B.politely C.clearly D.luckily

—Jack, did you hear anything strange at 9:00 last night?

—Um... I didn't. I ________ to my favorite CD at that time.

A.listen B.listened C.will listen D.was listening

Jim has a pet dog. I often see him ________ the dog in the morning.

A.walk B.walks C.walked D.to walk

—Tom, ________ your umbrella. It's raining heavily.

—OK, thanks, mom!

A.take B.takes C.taking D.to take

—Listen! ________ beautiful music!

—Yeah. My sister is playing the piano.

A.How B.What C.What a D.What an

—Gina, Could I use your computer?

—________. I'm going to work on it now.

A.Yes, sure B.No problem C.No, you couldn't D.Sorry, you can't

—Jeff, would you like to go hiking with us?

—I'd love to. But we ________ to go out on weekdays.

A.won't allow B.don't allow C.haven't allowed D.aren't allowed

—When will John and Tom arrive?

—I don't know. I have ________ here for about an hour.

A.come B.waited C.left D.arrived

—Did the guide tell you ________?

—No, he just told us to wait a moment.

A.why the bus didn't come on time B.how long will it take to the end

C.what the weather will be like D.where was the nearest toilet

A man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a cleaner.

He was tested by the manager there on sweeping and cleaning. After the ______ , the manager says, "You will get the job, $5.5 an hour. Let me have your ______ address, so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your first day." However, the man says he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means you can ______ expect to get the job."

Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his ______ , he decides to buy 8.5 kilos of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes at 100% profit (利潤). ______ the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And he realized that he could quite easily make a living ______ selling tomatoes.

Getting up early every day and going to bed ______ , his profits increases quickly. By the end of the second year, he is the ______ of a group of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of a hundred people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the ______ of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance (保險(xiǎn)). Talking with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to ______ his new conditions. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the ______ documents electronically.

When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser ______ loudly, "What? You don't have an e-mail? How have you had such wealth ______ the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce (電子商務(wù))? Just imagine where you would be now, ______ you had been connected to the internet from the very start!"

After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course! I would be a floor ______ at Microsoft."

1.A.test B.party C.report D.Rest

2.A.home B.school C.e-mail D.Internet

3.A.clearly B.quickly C.easily D.hardly

4.A.study B.wallet C.mind D.office

5.A.Repeating B.Starting C.Guiding D.Controlling

6.A.for B.by C.at D.in

7.A.early B.late C.fast D.slowly

8.A.driver B.inventor C.maker D.owner

9.A.travel B.health C.future D.past

10.A.change B.improve C.fit D.create

11.A.final B.first C.public D.private

12.A.laughs B.sings C.talks D.shouts

13.A.among B.through C.without D.with

14.A.so B.if C.unless D.But

15.A.seller B.manager C.designer D.cleaner