As is reported, it will be more than 20 years ________ humans are able to walk on Mars.

A．before B．when C．since D．a(chǎn)fter

—________ you interrupt now? Can't you see I'm on the phone?

—Sorry Sir, but it's urgent.

A．Can B．Should C．Would D．Must

—Did you know more about the mine accident?

—Oh，sorry，I had no idea. I ________ the Rescue Center now.

A．will be phoning B．a(chǎn)m to phone

C．will phone D．phone

I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions ________ she stopped working because of ill health.

A．that B．when C．where D．which

________ for children, the album became popular with parents ________ it came out.

A．Designed; when B．Designed; immediately

C．To design; as soon as D．Designing; as

Help me out in the kitchen and I ________ you to some western?style food.

A．treat B．was treating

C．will treat D．have treated

—I have to go and get the clothes from the laundry.

—________？ I can pick them up on my way home this afternoon.

A.So what B．How come

C．Why bother D．Why not

He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a ____. “Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won't take me long.” He said, “____，my name is Joe.”

She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She couldn't thank him ____ and asked him how much she ____ him. He told her that if she really wanted to ____ him back, the next time she saw someone in ____ of help, she could give that person the ____ he needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”

She drove off with gratefulness. A few miles ____ the road the lady saw a small ____. She went in. The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant, ____ her with a sweet smile. The old lady ____ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could ____ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions. Then Joe's words ____ her. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her ____ from a hundred?dollar bill. ____， the lady stepped right out of the door.

When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table, ____ “I'm helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here is ____ you can do—Do not let the chain of love ____ with you.”

The waitress went home that night with the ____ tip and what the lady had written. With the baby ____ next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”

1.A. surprise B．hand C．sympathy D．glance

2.A. Just in case B．As you wish C．For one thing D．By the way

3.A. enough B．right C．straight D．extra

4.A. charged B．provided C．owed D．offered

5.A. pay B．bring C．put D．hold

6.A. honor B．favor C．need D．possession

7.A. guidance B．a(chǎn)ssistance C．a(chǎn)cquaintance D．consequence

8.A. down B．off C．beside D．beyond

9.A. bank B．grocery C．gas station D．restaurant

10.A. introduced B．greeted C．identified D．spotted

11.A. thought B．suspected C．wondered D．questioned

12.A. taste B．measure C．remain D．maintain

13.A. struck B．moved C．obtained D．reminded

14.A. tip B．change C．order D．service

15.A. Moreover B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually

16.A. writing B．showing C．going D．saying

17.A. how B．which C．what D．whether

18.A. combine B．end C．disagree D．deal

19.A. honest B．generous C．modest D．graceful

20.A. due B．ready C．born D．likely

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day

Gift No. 1

Offer to Be your mother's health friend. Promise to Be there for any and all doctor's visits

whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The Best part ? This one is free.

Gift No. 2

Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.

Gift No. 3

Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortaBle pillows to encourage Better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."

Gift No. 4

Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day By picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善機構) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful But inexpensive things -many of which are "green" - and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will Be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

【 小題1】.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

A．Take notes.

B．Be with her.

C．Buy medicine.

D．Give her gifts.

1.What can be a gift of organization for your mother?

A．Keeping her medical information together.

B．Buying all gifts for her from one company.

C．Making a list of her medical check－ups.

D．Storing her medicines in a safe place.

2..Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother's sleep?

A．In Gift No. 1.B．In Gift No. 2.

C．In Gift No. 3.D．In Gift No. 4.

3..Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to________．

A．enjoy good sleep B．be well－organized

C．get extra supportD．give others help

It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnson’s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.

Bill Bryson, for ezample, concludes that,as the English weather is not at all exciting,the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that”To an outsider,the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.

Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says,because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.”The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.

Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs ,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings,conversation starters or the blank”fillers”, In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.

1.The author mentions Dr.Johnson’s comment to show that________.

A.most commentators agree with Dr.Johnson

B.Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation

C.the comment was accurate two hundred years ago

D.English conversations usually start with the weather

2.What doe s the underlined word”obsession” most probably refer to?

A.A social trend.   B.An emotional state.

C.A historical concept.   D.An unknown phenomenon.

3.According to the passage,Jeremy Paxman believes that________.

A.Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather

B.there is nothing special about the English weather

C.the English weather attracts people to the British Isles

D.English people talk about the weather for its unccrtainty

4.What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A.To explain what English weather-speak is about.

B.To analyse misconceptions about the English weather.

C.To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.

D.To convince people that the English weather is changeable.