After a heated discussion at the meeting, a new plan came ______ being, which would have a great effect ______the cultural life of the people.

A．into; for B．to; to

C．from; at D．into; on

It is______that my new classmates are_____helpful.

A．sure; very B．right; rather

C．exact; fairly D．certain; quite

In order to continue to learn by ourselves when we have left school, we must ______ learn how to study in the school now.

A．in all B．a(chǎn)fter all

C．a(chǎn)bove all D．a(chǎn)t all

When the teacher came in, the students pretended _____ the text.

A. to read B. reading

C. to have read D. to be reading

—I think G.E.M. is a talented singer.

—I agree with you ______.

A．in a way B．on the way

C．by the way D．in the way

______ the help of the teacher, the student who wasn’t good at math ______ the difficult problem quickly.

A．Under; worked out B．With; worked on

C．Under; solved D．With; solved

______ about the missing Beijing-bound Malaysian flight that he decided to look for more information about it.

A．So curious he was B．So curious was he

C．Such curious he was D．Such curious was he

We had to be patient because it ______ some time ______ we got the full results.

A．was; since B．had been; since

C．was; before D．would be; before

In many countries, packets of cigarettes come with a government health warning ______ them.

A．a(chǎn)ttaching withB．a(chǎn)ttached with

C．a(chǎn)ttaching toD．a(chǎn)ttached to

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about ____ in work and life. Offering his __ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____ with a large pot of coffee and a ____ of cups---porcelain(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ____ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you have ____all the nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”

“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”

“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ of life we live. Sometimes , by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ____ you...enjoy the coffee instead.

1.A. stress B. dreamC. sorrow D. truth

2.A. friends B. customersC. fellows D. guests

3.A. carriedB. returnedC. arrived D. reached

4.A. kindB. varietyC. sort D. number

5.A. devote B. expose C. help D. apply

6.A. searched B. witnessedC. noticed D. discovered

7.A. taken upB. brought inC. sold out D. cut down

8.A. expensiveB. cheapC. beautiful D. usual

9.A. point B. answerC. source D. result

10.A. by itselfB. on its ownC. for itself D. itself

11.A. At no time B. At timesC. In no case D. In most cases

12.A. everB. evenC. never D. hardly

13.A. WhatB. ThatC. Which D. Whether

14.A. butB. soC. and D. for

15.A. lookingB. likingC. envying D. looking at

16.A. LoveB. LifeC. Future D. Failure

17.A. They B. WeC. You D. What

18.A. quantityB. styleC. quality D. standard

19.A. have B. hesitateC. forget D. fail

20.A. force B. driveC. puzzle D. amaze