After studying English for four years in a university,Jane ____ her job as an interpreter  in the capital.?

    A.set out               B.set up  C.took off                   D.took up?

The athlete’s family came to Beijing in August,2008 to watch him play.That was     

   _____they began their contact with the  large country with a long history.?

    A.in which            B.at which? C.why                   D.when?

Mary is ___ honest girl and will go to ___ college after she finishes middle school.

   A. a, a    B. an, the    C. a, the     D. an, /

The flowers in the garden smell ____.

  A. well     B.good     C.nicely     D. sweetly

I____her by____by the back door.

A. advoided; leaving     B. escaped; left   C. advoided; left     D. escaped; leaving

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual(體力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪華地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. 

1. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.

A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts

C. college professors win great respect from common workers

C. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.

2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

A. servants in American are hard to get

B. she takes pride in what she can do herself

C. she can hardly afford servants

D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3. The expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

A. work in a furniture shop                 B. keep accounts for a bar

C. wait to lay the table                        D. serve customers in a restaurant

4. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A. A Respectable Self-made Family             B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor

C. Characteristics of American Culture        D. The Development of Manual Labor

I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people frequent the stoplights. I often gave money to the homeless, feeling  36  for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As a result, I  37  giving and became very  38 .                                   

Things started to 39  for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to   40   myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the  41  , “Will work for food.” I  42  . My daughter commented, “Mommy, you 43   to give to those people in  44  .’’ I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for alcohol or other  45 things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was driving to  46 up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep  47   me said, “Just help him.”  48   I rolled down my window, and he ran over with enthusiasm, saying “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I  49  into my ashtray and strangely enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.

I scooped（抓起）it up and gave it to him. He  50  with joy and tears in his  51  , “Wow, you just made it  52   for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is  53   in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either,  54   I was the one who got the best  55   in life -- GIVING.

36. A. pleased              B. sorry                C. nervous           D. notable 

37. A. stopped             B. refused            C. considered               D. continued  

38 A. bitter                 B. disappointed     C. satisfied           D. happy

39. A. reform                      B. decline            C. end                 D. change

40. A. pull                 B. drive               C. persuade          D. concern 

41. A. gesture              B. symbol            C. sign                  D. sentence 

42. A. passed by           B. gave in           C. stood up            D. held on  

43. A. expected            B. attempted        C. promised             D. used

44. A. shock                 B. happiness         C. comfort                 D. need 

45. A. dim               B. bad                   C. exciting          D. anxious 

46. A. pick                  B. look               C. ring                D. beat  

47. A. beside              B. inside           C. behind           D. above

48. A. So                 B. Otherwise       C. However        D. Moreover 

49. A. climbed             B. jumped          C. saw               D. reached

50. A. turned around     B. broke down     C. burst out          D. spoke up

51. A. eyes               B. face            C. nose               D. mouth

52. A. necessary        B. possible             C. important       D. nice

53. A. taking              B. operating        C. leaving              D. driving

54. A. but             B. or                    C. and            D. nor       

55. A. award                 B. message            C. gift             D. lesson   

The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

  A. extinguish       B. prevent      C. suppress         D. ruin

His father feels ___ his duty to help others.

   A. this   B.it    C.that    D.what