They want to make _____ clear to the public that they are doing an important and necessary job.

A. that B. this C. it D. one

The mountains lie near our hotel. There is a fine ________ of the mountains from our hotel window.

A. scenery B. picture C. view D. screen

Xi’an was the last city ______ he visited in China.

A. where B. which C. that D. in which

______ is the richest man in our city?

A. Whom do you think B. Who do you think

C. Do you think who D. Who you think

This is the house _______ I once lived

A. which B. in whichC. that D . in that

Only ____from university ____how difficult it was to make a good career.

A. when did I graduate; I realized

B. when did I graduate; did I realize

C. when I graduate; did I realize

D. when I graduated; did I realize

Mr. White _____ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t show up.

A. should have arrived B. should arrive

C. should have had arrived D. should be arriving

It was not until late in the evening _____ her husband arrived home.

A. which B. when C. that D. How

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（馬車）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of   to where he was going. Pretty soon he  that he was lost, but he   to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to someone who could tell him how to get back to the .

    It was a long   road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost ，he saw in a a tall farmer ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

    “Hello，yourself，”the farmer replied，   ploughing.

    “Where does the horse ？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

    “I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It  stays right where it is，”said the farmer， stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little .

    “Don’t know. I never it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I  saw.”

      stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time   at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”

1.A. signs         B. orders         C. attention       D. direction

2.A. realized      B. recognized     C. accepted        D. received

3.A. stopped       B. used           C. wanted          D. continued

4.A. miss          B. meet           C. look            D. lose

5.A. town          B. country        C. capital         D. village

6.A. lonely        B. busy           C. dirty           D. crowded

7.A. at noon       B. at night       C. raining         D. dark

8.A. truck         B. pile           C. field           D. store

9.A. strong        B. tired          C. weak            D. tiring

10.A. but           B. went on        C. stopped         D. still

11.A. go            B. lead up        C. get             D. show

12.A. always        B. often          C. sometimes       D. seldom

13.A. began         B. still          C. without         D. already

14.A. clearly       B. lower         C. more loudly     D. more politely

15.A. judged        B. measured        C. saw             D. studied

16.A. sad           B. lovely         C. friendly        D. angry

17.A. ever          B. often          C. even            D. never

18.A. Still         B. Not            C. With            D. Finally

19.A. gladly        B. immediately    C. in silence      D. excitedly

20.A. Really        B. Perhaps        C. Certainly       D. Fortunately

More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.

Having been in the school for 2 months, I’m getting used to school life, and I am starting to make the most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have 2 hours of activity time, when you can choose from a wide range of activities, including all the major sports, such as rugby and football, and also the minor sports such as basketball and tennis.

As a boarder（寄宿者）, the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional(專業(yè)的） catering（飲食） company, and the quality of food is excellent, and also they take issue(問題) of a healthy diet really seriously: I remember once I was asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(工作人員) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(負責(zé)) for yourself. One of the huge advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!

1.The passage mainly tells us about________.

A. the author’s school life in the UK as a boarder

B. the author’s opinion of the school life in the UK

C. the differences in school life between China and the UK

D. the boarder life in a British middle school

2.According to the second paragraph, we can learn that the author ______.

A. has not enough time to study

B. likes to play tennis and basketball

C. went to the school two months ago

D. finishes school at 4 o’clock

3.How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?

A. 15 B. 45 C. 27 D. 18

4.The underlined words “ let me down” in the last paragraph means _______.

A. made me disappointed B. made me pleased

C. encouraged me D. amazed me

5.As a boarder in the school, the author ______.

A. is not used to the food there

B. has learned to have healthy diets

C. is specially taken good care of

D. sleeps as much as day pupils