The students hurried to the classroom _______ the bell rang.

A. when          B. so               C. until          D. although

--- What do you think of Mr. Read’s speech?

--- He _______ for nearly two hours but didn’t _______ anything important.

A. spoke; speak    B. said; say          C. spoke; say     D. said; speak

Simon is _______ to make us all _______ .

A. enough funny; laugh                 B. funny enough; laugh

C. enough funny; to laugh               D. funny enough; to laugh

_______ of fans have voted online _______ their favorite singers.

A. Thousand; to    B. Thousand; for     C. Thousands; for   D. Thousands; to

Xiao Li has _______ homework and she really doesn’t know ______ first.

A. much too; what to do                B. too much; to do what

C. much too; to do what                D. too much; what to do

The guide said that much attention must _______ these details.

A. pay           B. be paid           C. pay to         D. be paid to

Jack and Susan _______ each other since they were children, so nobody was surprised to hear that they were married.

A. knew          B. had known        C. have known    D. were known

Mr. Smith told me that he wasn’t used to ______ by plane and he used to ______ sick a lot.

A. traveling; feel                      B. travel; feeling    

C. travel; feel                         D. traveling; feeling

--- I had a really good weekend at my uncle’s.

--- _______ .

A. It’s a pleasure                      B. Yes, that’s all right

C. Oh, I’m glad to hear that             D. Oh, that’s very nice of you

Collectors（收藏家） know just what to look for in a comic book. They always check the   __1   first. They like to find the books that came out between 1938 and 1945. These years   2   the Golden Age of comic books. Now these books are very expensive. The first copy(冊) of Marvel Comics cost a little money   3   it came out. Now it is worth more than $100,000.

Collectors also look for the books in which a character   4   for the first time. The first Superman story tells how Superman came to Earth. This comic book might cost as much as $125,000.   5   a character from one comic book turns up in another one. When Batman（蝙蝠俠）is   6   in a Superman comic, the price of the book goes up. These books are called crossover books. They are worth more because there are not   7   of them.

Don’t let the high prices   8   you from starting a collection of your own. Comic books that came out after the Golden Age don’t cost so much. Today’s comic books are even   9   . You can enjoy them now and   10   them for their future value(價值).

1. A. place       B. date       C. size          D. price

2. A. followed    B. reached    C. marked       D. divided

3. A. when       B. if         C. before        D. but

4. A. appears     B. travels     C. acts          D. fails

5. A. Suddenly   B. Luckily     C. Actually      D. Sometimes

6. A. lost        B. wanted     C. shown        D. protected

7. A. any        B. some       C. all           D. many

8. A. keep       B. make       C. leave         D. throw

9. A. better        B. cheaper      C. more         D. thicker

10. A. record      B. borrow      C. save         D. change