He apologized for his mistake, saying that he ___________no offence．

A．supposed           B．intended            C．considered         D．pretended

--- How do you like your college life?

---Terrible．Not only ____less spare time, but ____myself even busier than before．

A．do I enjoy; do I find                            B．I enjoy; I find

C．do I enjoy; I find                               D．I enjoy; do I find

---Now more and more Chinese senior students are applying for admission to American universities through SAT．

---________．But taking an SAT may cost one more than 10,000 yuan．

A．I hope so                                                B．Not really

C．That’s the case                                         D．That sounds reasonable

_______ you call me to say you are not coming, I’ll see you at the theatre．

A．Until           B．If           C．As             D．Unless

It makes his life quite different ________he has received education abroad．

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

--- Ring me at six tomorrow morning, will you?

--- Why that early? I ______ ．

A．will be sleeping                                           B．have slept

C．have been sleeping                                      D．will sleep

When on holidays, the railways put on _______trains to make people’s travel more convenient．

A．special           B．regular          C．particular           D．unusual

The news is made ________ to everyone throughout the world that our Chinese athletes have won 5 gold medals in the Winter Olympics．

A．be known          B．to be known             C．to know        D．known

---$ 500, but this is my last offer．

---OK, it is a __________．

A．cost            B．price           C．reward           D．deal

If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it   1   to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows   2  ．

I do not 3  hearing the words from my father when I was growing up．  4  , I could not recall （回憶） when I had   5  said those words to him either．

One day, I decided to  6  the ice and make the first   7 ．So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my   8   and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”

There was a   9 at the other end and he awkwardly  10  , “Well, same back at ya!”

I was unexpectedly   11 and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say．”

Fifteen minutes later my mother called and   12   asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad   13  our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you．” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 14  ” the love．As I sat there in tears I realized that this   15   moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new   16 ．Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly  17  death following heart surgery（外科手術(shù)）．Many times   18 , I have   19   if I had not taken the first step and Dad not   20   the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love．

1．A．works out             B．breaks out          C．comes out          D．turns out

2．A．wiser                 B．busier               C．weaker              D．older

3．A．remember            B．enjoy                C．mind                   D．regret

4．A．Truthfully             B．Fortunately          C．Naturally             D．Obviously

5．A．only                      B．last                     C．once                   D．first

6．A．melt                      B．break                  C．strike                  D．build

7．A．complaint              B．promise               C．move                  D．impression

8．A．strength                B．ideas                   C．words                 D．a(chǎn)ttention

9．A．sigh                      B．silence                 C．voice                  D．cry

10．A．refused               B．shouted               C．replied                 D．explained

11．A．touched               B．frightened            C．shocked              D．a(chǎn)nnoyed

12．A．excitedly             B．nervously            C．willingly              D．sadly

13．A．continued            B．checked              C．concluded           D．interrupted

14．A．a(chǎn)ccepted             B．expected              C．learned                D．heard

15．A．quiet                   B．difficult               C．special                D．different

16．A．level                    B．idea                     C．world                  D．end

17．A．managed             B．escaped               C．a(chǎn)voided               D．faced

18．A．then                    B．a(chǎn)go                     C．before                 D．since

19．A．realized               B．found                  C．doubted               D．wondered

20．A．challenged           B．experienced         C．survived              D．received