Some young people these days, especially the homebodies, just _____go out of their homes to experience the real world.

A. mustn’t B. won’t

C. mightn’tD. shouldn’t

Traffic conditions in Nanchang _____ for decades. At first people only complained about jams during rush hours, but today every hour is rush hour.

A. are worseningB. had worsened

C. have been worseningD. worsened

Perhaps each of us has moments in our lives _____we desperately search for something everywhere but it is just under our noses.

A. whereB. that

C. whenD. what

It made the public heartbroken _____it was officially announced _____the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crashed, killing all the 239 people on board.

A. what; that B. that; which

C. when; thatD. How; which

The mobile phone has become a major means of communication, _____us to keep in touch as well as to surf the Internet to keep us _____of the latest news.

A. permitting; informedB. to permit; informing

C. to permit; to be informedD. permitting; having informed

The cost of organic food is higher than _____ of conventional food because the organic price tag reflects more closely the true cost of growing the food．

A. it B. one C. thisD. that

Without good instructions of the coach, you will probably _____ a lot of bad habits while you are exercising in gyms.

A. pick upB. take up

C. pull upD. bring up

The accused man declared that he was _____of the crime and believed that he would eventually be released from prison.

A. ashamedB. guilty

C. ignorantD. innocent

--- Better get down to your work, Jack.

--- _____.

A. It’s my pleasure B. Not to mention it

C. Mind your own business D. You’re welcome

A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. , before we took off, we heard the pilot’s voice throughout the plane, “sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen. We have no on the plane. We have a generator (發(fā)電機) on the ground right now, and we are going to the engines with it. Once we get them going, we will 4 in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens. ”

See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. “Oh, no! We are going to !” There were sighs of desperation and spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn’t even 7 yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again, “Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time. ”

There was crying we had walked into grave. But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and what happened? --- other than thrust (推力) and lift. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone for still being alive.

Although I do sincerely like to have a plan 14 “see what happens”, it really isn’t such a bad life strategy. All too often, I would see people chasing their goals halt (停滯) with inaction just because they don’t have 16 success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what hap­pens.

If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be ! So don’t stay there trying nothing just because there is no of guaran­teed success.

1.A. HopefullyB. ExcitedlyC. ThankfullyD. Unfortunately

2.A. powerB. serviceC. waterD. captain

3.A. shutB. startC. changeD. fix

4.A. get upB. pack upC. light upD. speed up

5.A. waitB. delayC. crashD. suffer

6.A. rumorB. diseaseC. anxietyD. smoke

7.A. looked overB. taken off C. got acrossD. gone out

8.A. boardingB. checkingC. watchingD. sitting

9.A. puzzledB. patientC. desperateD. embarrassed

10.A. even ifB. only ifC. what ifD. as if

11.A. planB. complaintC. promiseD. comment

12.A. everythingB. nothingC. something.D. anything

13.A. escapedB. cheeredC. sighedD. praised

14.A. better thanB. other thanC. less thanD. more than

15.A. frozenB. annoyedC. concernedD. satisfied

16.A. realisticB. organizedC. potentialD. guaranteed

17.A. sameB. commonC. bestD. last

18.A. interestingB. challengingC. surprisingD. encouraging

19.A. sorrowB. painC. funD. trouble

20.A. meaning B. rewardC. action D. sign