It was playing computer games that cost the boy plenty of time that he ______ have spent studying.

  A. might                     B. must                     C. could                  D. ought to

 — Must I take my own sleeping bag for the camp?

— You _______.We have prepared one for each of you.

A. mustn’t        B. can’t         C. may not        D. don’t have to

. It’s a miracle that Mike ____the final exam last week.

A. might have passed                   B. should have passed  

C. would have passed                  D. could have passed

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.

Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ‘You are completely crazy,’ ” Saunders says.

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.

46. The turning point in Saunders’ life came when _______.  

A. he started to play ball games

B. he got a mountain bike at age 15

C. he ran his first marathon at age 18

D. he started to receive Ridgway’s training

47. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.                               

A. dismissed Saunders’ dream as fantasy

B. built up his body together with Saunders

C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

48. What do we know about Saunders?      

A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.

B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.

C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.

D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.

49. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_______.     

A. Excited       B. Convinced       C. Delighted       D. Fascinated

50. It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole ________.                 

A. was accompanied by his old playmates

B. set a record in the North Pole expedition

C. was supported by other Arctic explorers

D. made him well-known in the 1960s

---Where ________he go?

   ---I’m not sure, Madame. I think he said he had an appointment.

       A．does  B．will   C．did    D．would

---Does the museum have a gift shop? I want to get something for my friend.

   ---_____________.

A. No, I’m sorry to say I’m still working for it

B. No, I need to see your passport

C. Yes. I think I saw one on the first floor

D. Yes, I do agree that it’s a good shop

1.Which is the main idea of the passage?

In America, there are more households with pets than those with children.

Pets have a right to be treated well.

In America, pets are leading a better and better life.

Pets are as basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pie.

When he was there, he _____ go to that coffee shop for the corner after work every day.

   A. would            B. should      C. had better       D. might

 ---Is that the small town you often refer to?

---Right, just the one _______ you know I used to live for years.

A. that                  B. which               C. where               D. what

Just as Professor Scotti often _____ it, success is 99 percent mental attitude.

   A. gets             B. makes            C. puts              D. means