What are doing here? I ________ for you for ages!

      A. have been looked     B. have been looking    C. looked    D. had been looking

My brother gets a_______out of collecting coins and he has got a very large collection.

       A．favor B．career       C．kick  D．habit

 _____ I accept the gift or refuse it is none of your business.

     A. If        B. Whether             C. Even if             D. No matter when

Simply ring me up, _______I’ll come to your help as soon as possible.

       A．so    B．a(chǎn)nd   C．but    D．or

He was reading a very interesting story, completely_______himself in the story.

   A. lost           B.being lost           C.to be lost           D. losing

Reading offers only material of knowledge; without thinking, however, it’s hardly possible to make ____ we read ours.

       A. what      B. that              C. how               D. it

As the sound of footsteps behind her grew louder, she quickened her pace. She didn’t want to turn around as the memory of that morning’s newspaper headline made her afraid of what she would see: “City Killer Claims Fourth Victim.”

“Why did I stop for a few drinks in the bar after work?” she thought to herself. Now it was dark and the streets deserted. She was alone and a sitting duck.

She felt as if she was walking in the rain. Her clothes were damp from nervous sweat and as each short hot breath hit the night air, it turned to steam, coating her glasses in a thin film so all she saw seemed covered in fog.

The footsteps were closer now. She needed to get off this street. Her eyes began a useless search for an open store or lighted window. Passing a small lane she looked through, for a possible escape route. But the lane was a dead - end and she laughed to herself at the irony ( 具有諷刺意味的事 ).

The sound of a car behind her turning onto the street interrupted her self – pity. Escape was at hand. But as she was about to throw herself onto the road and shout for the car to stop, the car’s headlights cast a shadow that paralyzed ( 使癱瘓 ) her with terror.

It was the footsteps’ owner. The figure was huge and in its raised arm it held what looked like a lead-pipe, no doubt the one that was about to claim victim number five.

The shadow dissolved as the car passed by and disappeared into the distance. She felt a hand on her shoulder. It was all happening as if in slow – motion. She was waiting for her life to flash before her eyes like all those novels said it would – but it didn’t. The only thing she thought of was her dear husband. She recalled phoning him from work that very afternoon and joking about, of all things, the city killer. It was a night full of ironies.

There was a voice talking to her now but she was lost in thoughts of her fate and didn’t respond. The hand then began turning her around. It was surprisingly gentle given what was about to come. She allowed it to guide her without resistance ( 抗拒 ).

She looked up. She recognized the face, but she didn’t know from where. Its mouth was still talking to her but she couldn’t understand. Then she remembered. The face belonged to the foreign looking man who had served her at the bar. She looked down to his hand and saw in it not a lead – pipe but a rolled up copy of a work report she had been correcting in the bar as she drank.

His words suddenly started to register in her brain and she could hear him. “Miss, Miss. Are you OK? You left this in the bar and it looked important so I thought I’d better give it to you.”

1. The woman was feeling nervous because        .

       A. she had left her report in the bar

       B. there was a killer in the city

       C. she was being followed by someone

       D. the streets were dark and empty

2. The underlined expression “a sitting duck” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to “        ”.

       A. an easy target           B. a frightened person

       C. a foolish animal        D. a still position

3. What is the correct order of events that happened to the woman on the day of the story?

       a. She went for a drink in a bar.    b. She corrected the report.

       c. She heard loud footsteps.   d. She read the newspaper.

       e. She called her husband.     f. She felt a hand on her shoulder.

       A. d,c,a,e,b,f  B. c,d,a,e,f,b   C. d,a,b,e,c,f   D. d,e,a,b,c,f

4. Why did the woman laugh when she looked into the lane?

       A. She was excited because she thought it may be a way to escape.

       B. She felt bitter because she had no chance to escape.

       C. She was becoming more and more nervous.

       D. She realized that she was behaving foolishly.

5. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

       A. It was raining when she left the bar.

       B. The woman had felt nervous about the city killer for days.

       C. The temperature was very low that evening.

       D. The woman was behaving unreasonably.

       Press this button when the light goes on – you’ll soon get the hang of it.

    A. learn how to do                  B. hang on

C. hang off                        D. show how to do

Wednesday, October fifteenth, is the first Global Handwashing Day. Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.

Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so–called key (關(guān)鍵的)moments. These include after using the toilet , after cleaning a baby and before touching food .

The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs (細(xì)菌).They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails. Rub for at least twenty seconds. Then , wash well under running water . Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth or wave them in the air.

The Partnership for Handwashing says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing . Soap also helps to break up the grease （油脂）and dirt that hold most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the likelihood that people will wash again.

The partnership says washing with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any vaccine or medicine. It could help reduce cases of diarrhea (腹瀉)by almost half. And it could reduce deaths from pneumonia(肺炎)and other breathing infections by one fourth.

Diarrhea is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year. Pneumonia is the leading cause, killing about two million children under five each year. Hand washing can also prevent the spread of other diseases.

When people get germs on their hands, they can infect themselves by touching their eyes, nose or mouth. Then they can infect others .

1.Why is there the Global Handwashing Day?

A. To increase the sale of soap around the world.

B. To save the chidren in the developing world.

C. To advice people to wash hands more often.

D. To encourage people to wash hands with soap

2.What’ s the correct order of washing hands?

a. Cover the hands with soap

b. Rub the hands for twenty seconds

c. Dry the hands with a clean cloth

d. Wet the hands with a small amount of water.

e. Wash the hands well under running water

A. d,a,b, e,c           B. d,b,a,e,c            C. a,e,d,b,c            B. a,b,d ,e,c

3. Which of the following is NOT the reason why soap can help to remove germs?

A. It makes people spend more time washing hands.

B. It helps break up the grease and dirt on the hands

C. The pleasant smell kills off the disease-causing germs.

D. It raises the possibility of people washing hands again

4. What can we leam from the last three paragraphs?

A. Washing with soap will save our lives instead of medicine

B. Diarrhea and pneumonia get many children killed every year

C. People shouldn’t touch eyes and noses with hands for fear of germs.

D. We won’t get infected if we get our hands washed well.

Bored by the Chinese courses he was majoring in, Zuo Cheng, 18, couldn't imagine having to drag himself into class day after day, week after week, for four years. The Beijing Language and Culture University student decided that enough was enough. After rounds of examinations and interviews, he managed to transfer (轉(zhuǎn)移) to the Department of International Accounting.

   "It may seem like I've wasted a year and have to start college all over again, but now that I've settled on a field, I'll be able to concentrate." Zuo said. Zuo is not alone.

   At the China Three Gorges University in Yichang in Hubei province 53 out of 59 students in the Physics Department took transfer exams last term. Unfortunately only 22 of them got a place on another major.

   Jiang Xin, 20, who was able to switch to electrical engineering and automation from physics, said that physics graduates had few other choices besides going into teaching. He added that a career in education just didn't suit him.

"I should have better job prospects (前景) and the chance to earn more money once I graduate," Jiang said. Many first year college students find their majors uninteresting.

However, Shao Yanfang, who works at the admissions office of a university, advised students to consider both short-term and long-term goals. "After graduation do you want to find yourself in a job very specifically related to your college major? Or, would you like to possess the knowledge and skills that will enable you to work in many areas? These are the questions students need to consider. Above all, your choice of major should be based on your own interests, abilities and personality," Shao said.

1. After Zuo Cheng managed to transfer the collage major, he felt________.

   A. sad          B. happy                C. nervous           D. pitiful

2. Which of the following statements is true?

   A. A lot of students are not accustomed to the life on campus.

   B. Students who attend university want to earn more money.

   C. Students can change their major based on their interests.

   D. Students who are weak in their study can change their major.

3. In the passage, Paragraph 3 functions as ________.

   A. an example        B. an introduction   C. a conclusion        D. an explanation

4. According to Shao Yanfang, students are supposed to think about ________ when changing majors.

   A. present knowledge and skills              B. short-term and long-term goals

   C. future earnings and jobs                  D. relationship between friends

5. The text is written mainly for those ________.

   A. Company managers                     B. Job hunters

   C. Collage directors                       D. College students