If you’d like to gain more contents from that website, you have to answer some messages ________ personal information.

A. recognizing B. requesting

C. preferring D. expressing

I think we should ________all the toys to the local children hospital where the children are badly in need of them.

A. give away B. give out

C. give up D. give in

Hundreds of brightly colored balloons were _______ and used as party toys or party decorations on New Year’s Day.

A. come up B. taken up

C. built up D. blown up

They offered a lot of useful information for your report; I can understand how ________ you must be feeling to them now.

A. grateful B. helpful

C. peaceful D. hopeful

German electronic products are popular in China, where they have the reputation(名聲) of being ________ and of good quality.

A. generous B. stubborn

C. reliable D. straight

Countries in Southeast Asia have ________ become familiar with Chinese brands, but there is still a long way to go.

A. actually B. gradually

C. frequently D. entirely

Fishing and seafood harvesting has been forbidden along the coast of Galicia, forcing many fishermen ________.

A. out of order B. out of touch

C. out of sight D. out of work

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be . Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she said, “he’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they .

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what . “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into the house ,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is ,”pointing to one of his friends ,and then pointed to another one and said, “He is Success ,and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband out laughing. “How nice!” he said, “ If so, let us invite . Let him come and our home with wealth!” His wife , “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “Daddy , I to invite Love, so our home will be filled with love!”

“Let us take our daughter’s ,” said the husband to his wife , “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our .” Love got up and started walking the house. The other two also got up and him.

, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love , why are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth Success, the other two of us would have stayed out , but since you invited Love , wherever he goes, we go with him. there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1.A. meet B. invite C. recognize D. see

2.A. thirsty B. hungry C. sleepy D. tired

3.A. replied B. promised C. thought D. agreed

4.A. appeared B. meant C. followed D. happened

5.A. alone B. together C. only D. separately

6.A. Love B. Wealth C. Health D. Success

7.A. discuss B. agree C. fight D. quarrel

8.A. burst B. shocked C. dug D. came

9.A. Wealth B. Success C. Love D. all

10.A. put B. start C. leave D. fill

11.A. disappeared B. disagreed C. disordered D. demanded

12.A. writing B. speaking C. listening D. watching

13.A. prefer B. persuade C. dislike D. devote

14.A. expression B. order C. decision D. advice

15.A. host B. friend C. guest D. servant

16.A. towards B. from C. against D. into

17.A. refused B. followed C. supported D. encouraged

18.A. Surprised B. Excited C. Pleased D. Disappointed

19.A. and B. but C. or D. with

20.A. However B. Whatever C. Whenever D. Wherever

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holiday meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership --- a shop selling cars --- was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the show room.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you”--- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A. to pay at the cash register

B. to see his parents

C. to visit a friend

D. to make a plan with his friend

2.The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.

A. put up B. turned off

C. moved off D. set up

3.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. The couple offered to help him.

B. The couple sent him a business card

C. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

D. He called his friend for help.

4.How does the author explain the importance of expressing thanks in the passage?

A. By telling his own experiences

B. By doing an experiment

C. By explaining cause and effect

D. By using quotations(引語)

As computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly depending on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（筆畫）of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.

Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. Almost all their homework and essays are typed on a computer.

All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer.

It’s faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that’s why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.

“When I'm writing with a pen, I find I often can't remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it.”

“I’m not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper.”

Many students don't feel this is something to worry about. Now that it's more convenient and quick to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?

Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei , the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said “Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic(審美的) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only have their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer’s emotion(情緒). Through one’s handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.”

To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory(必修的)and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.

1.The students interviewed prefer to write using a computer mainly because______.

A. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently

B. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essays

C. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character

D. computers have become popular in China

2. Which of the following statements of the advantages of handwriting is NOT TRUE ?

A. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value.

B. Handwriting can impress people well and build up one’s self-confidence.

C. Handwriting contains the writer’s emotion.

D. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting.

3.The underlined expression “taking stock in”(Paragraph 4) probably means __________.

A. getting bored with B. getting curious about

C. becoming crazy about D. getting dependent on

4.We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. writing by hand will give way to typing by computer one day

B. more and more students will give up writing on a computer

C. more and more students will pay attention to handwriting

D. the typed article better expresses one’s emotion and quality