---- Could I borrow your bike?

---- I’m afraid you _______.

A. can         B. can’t          C. could          D. couldn’t

His name is on the _______ of my tongue, but I just couldn’t remember it.

  A. tip          B. top                C. side            D. end

Many years ago my student asked me the question, "Mrs. Kindred, why do you teach?" Without taking time to reflect, I answered, "Because someday I might say something that might make a difference in someone's life." Even though I was sincere, that wasn't a very good answer and my student didn't let it slide.

"Let me get this straight," he said, "You went to college for four years so you could come here every day because you have the hope that someday you might say something that will influence someone?" He shook his head as if I were crazy and walked away looking confused. I'm one of those people who look back and wish they had said something smart or witty, or swift.

Even though that particular student might no longer wonder why I teach, there are days when I wonder. On those days, I remind myself of the real reasons I teach:

It's in my blood. My mother was my most influential teacher, and she was a 6th grade reading teacher until her death in 1990. She instilled(逐漸灌輸) in me a love of reading and the knowledge that education opens doors.

Teaching is a way to make a difference. If you throw a stone in a pond the ripples go on and on until they reach the shore. You can't have ripples without a "stone." Good teachers throw stones that make a positive difference, and that's what I strive to do.

I genuinely love teenagers.

I want to share with others what I know and what I have learned through the years. Life is full of ups and downs, and if I can help students avoid some potholes on the road of life, I want to do so. If they'll allow me to celebrate their victories with them, I want to do too.

Teaching isn't for everyone, but I know I made the right career choice.

Why did the student continue to ask the question about the writer’s being a teacher?

  A. Because he thought her answer was unbelievable.

  B. Because the writer was insincere.

  C. Because the student was naughty.

  D. Because the answer was difficult to understand.

What do you think of the writer?

  A. Stupid.                       B. Honest.                    C. Conservative.                   D. Polite.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

  A. The writer’s mother has the greatest influence on her.

  B. The writer’s answer made the student confused.

  C. In the writer’s opinion, some people in the world are unfit to teach.

  D. The writer annoyed the student who asked the question.

We can infer from the text that _________.

  A. the writer was also a good teacher in school

  B. the writer often plays with her students beside a pond

  C. the writer devotes herself to teaching and her students

  D. the writer often accompanies the students on their way home

So ________that no fish can live in it.

    A. the lake is shallow                   B. shallow the lake is

    C. shallow is the lake                   D. is the lake shallow

Dogs are kept to ______ the houses from thieves at night.

  A. guard        B. defend          C. protect          D. prevent

---- Where is your uncle’s home?

  ---- In New York. But he ______ in Boston for the past four years.

  A. had lived           B. is living         C. lives                 D. has lived

The room was ____with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a table.

　　A. supplied   B. gathered  C. grasped   D. made

That place is not interesting at all. ______ of us wants to go there.

　　A. Neither   B. Both   C. All  D. Some

He said＿＿＿＿＿his sister had passed the entrance examination of college, and＿＿＿＿＿she would go to college in about 20 days.

A.that； ／ B.that； that  C.／； ／ D.that； which

Tom wanted to play football with his friends in the street, but his father told him＿＿＿＿＿.

A.not to B.not to do  C.not do it D.do not to