To his disappointment, not a single gift _____ on his birthday．

A．he received B．had he received

C．did he receive D．received he

After a talk with his mother, the little boy has seen to _____ that the same mistake doesn’t happen again．

A．one B．it C．him D．himself

--- I can’t go for a picnic with you because something urgent has _____．

---What a shame!

A．come up B．cleared up C．stayed up D．ended up

Just imagine performing such an opera as Turandot in the Forbidden City---there _____ be a better setting!

A．mustn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t

A strange girl entered the room and told me a story of her own, _____ I suspected the truth．

A．that B．which C．of which D．a(chǎn)t which

---I had practiced my spoken English, but still failed in the oral test．

---Don’t be discouraged．_____ and you will surely pass it．

A．Make a bit more effort

B．To make a bit more

C．Making a bit more effort

D．If you make a bit more effort

The first decade of the 21st century _____ the breathtaking and non-stop development of China．

A．witnesses B．witnessed

C．will witness

D．had witnessed

---Currently it is difficult to find a good job in the fierce job-hunting market．

---_____．But highly-qualified graduates are always in great demand．

A．I hope so B．That’s all right

C．No kidding D．That sounds reasonable

完型填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life．Even though this is a and necessary stage of our growth, it is often painful or if we don’t realize what’s happening．In fact, confusion is often the that tells us a change is taking place within us．These changes happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from babyhood to to teenage years and beyond．With each change from one to another, we find ourselves goodbye to an old friend, the identity（個性，身份）that we in order to move through that particular time．

Sometimes we shape these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we change, those areas of our life become ．Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a change is taking place us．For example, we may go through one whole part of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves we need it in defense of ourselves．One day, , we may find ourselves feeling limited and bored, wanting to move outside the we used to need; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the of the shell our old self needed．

We may feel a strange of excitement and sadness as we say goodbye to a part of ourselves that is and make way for a whole new identity to in its place．We may find inspiration in working and studying when we think of the image of an animal who sheds（蛻毛；蛻皮）in order to way for new skin, fur, or feathers to ．For example, keeping a piece of snake skin, or some other symbols of change, can us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of growing．We can give in to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next stage of life．

1.A．natural B．dusty C．humorous D．rare

2.A．moving B．confusing C．tiring D．scared

3.A．report B．notice C．sign D．idea

4.A．brotherhood B．neighborhood C．a(chǎn)dulthood D．childhood

5.A．a(chǎn)nimal B．people C．school D．stage

6.A．saying B．speaking C．telling D．reading

7.A．showed B．left C．shaped D．realized

8.A．influenced B．remained C．defended D．directed

9.A．of B．within C．for D．between

10.A．a(chǎn)lthough B．while C．until D．because

11.A．moreover B．therefore C．however D．so

12.A．a(chǎn)rea B．shelter C．room D．space

13.A．limits B．contents C．connection D．requirement

14.A．influence B．mixture C．a(chǎn)ppearance D．relation

15.A．dying B．coming C．escaping D．running

16.A．come back B．come down C．come out D．come across

17.A．become B．reach C．name D．make

18.A．a(chǎn)ppear B．disappear C．go D．exist

19.A．convince B．remind C．warn D．tell

20.A．hoping B．imaging C．welcoming D．Supplying

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block．No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat．As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become．

When I was a kid in New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine．Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not desperate steeplechases（障礙賽跑）they have become today．My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek．

The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly．It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there was no housework that couldn’t wait until Monday．Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else．

Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to find that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association．In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday．But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall, to participating in a road race, to Montreal for lunch．If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era．

I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships．Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants（殘余部分）of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries（反復(fù)無常的情況）and a challenging environment．

1.The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when＿＿．

A．everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away

B．everyone seemed to be free for others

C．Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house

D．nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school

2.In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because_____．

A．people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday

B．such answers are rarely heard in our modern society

C．people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday

D．visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past

3.From the last paragraph we may infer that_____．

A．people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment

B．people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new life

C．land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense

D．people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial．

B．We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives．

C．Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest．

D．We should abandon some old tradition．