The role of the police is to_______ that the law is obeyed．

A．be certain            B．be sure              C．ensure             D．determine

American Indians _______ about five percent of the U．S．population．

A．fill up              B．bring up             C．make up              D．set up

Please remain______; the winner of the prize will be announced soon．

A．seating             B．seated            C．to seat             D．to be seating

I would appreciate ______ back this afternoon for the doctor’s appointment．

A．you to call               B．you call            C．your calling             D．you’re calling

Along with the letter was his promise______ he would visit me this coming Christmas．

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

The prices of the goods in this shop ____ but I don’t know whether they will remain so．

A．have gone up           B．have been gone up       C．has gone up        D．is gone up

With a lot of difficult problems ________, the newly-elected president is having a hard time．

A．settled             B．settling              C．to settle             D．to be settled

It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful．   1    that time, mountains were    2   by the people living on the plain,                 3   by the city people, to whom they were wild and   4   places in which one was easily           5   or killed by terrible animals．

Slowly,  6  , many of the people who were living unhappily in the towns began to grow 7   of them．They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement．  8  , in the   9    century, people began to turn away from the man-made  10   to the untouched country, and particularly   11   places where it was dangerous and wild．High mountains began to be  12   for a holiday．

Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport．To some people, there is something greatly   13   about getting to the   14    of a high mountain: a struggle against nature is finer than a battle  15   other human beings．And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult 16  , what a  17  reward it is to be able to look  18   on everything within   19  ! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down   20   ．

1．A．After                        B．In                           C．At                          D．Before

2．A．hated                        B．liked                       C．feared                     D．observed

3．A．however                   B．further                    C．sometimes                     D．especially

4．A．exciting                    B．interesting               C．dangerous               D．a(chǎn)lone

5．A．fallen down               B．lost                         C．discovered                     D．trapped

6．A．however                   B．therefore                 C．but                         D．despite

7．A．tired                         B．excited                    C．puzzled                   D．confused

8．A．Yet                           B．So                          C．However                 D．But

9．A．last                          B．recent                     C．eighteenth               D．early

10．A．country                  B．houses                    C．town                      D．planet

11．A．to                           B．a(chǎn)t                           C．in                           D．for

12．A．important                B．right                       C．necessary               D．popular

13．A．pleasant                  B．interested                C．dangerous               D．terrible

14．A．foot                        B．spot                        C．top                         D．tip

15．A．with                       B．to                           C．a(chǎn)gainst                    D．between

16．A．fight                       B．climb                      C．walk                       D．running

17．A．surprising               B．satisfactory             C．disappointing         D．a(chǎn)stonishing

18．A．behind                    B．up                          C．down                            D．a(chǎn)round

19．A．miles                      B．minutes                   C．seeing                     D．sight

20．A．a(chǎn)bove                     B．below                     C．under                            D．a(chǎn)way

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona．He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends．

My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children．As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him．He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was．Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard．

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor café．We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions．Gone was my father’s critical（挑剔的） air and strict rules．Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood．Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment．After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father．And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend．My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was．

1．Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult?

     A．He was silent most of the time．                  B．He was too proud of himself．

     C．He did not love his children．                      D．He expected too much of her．

2．When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel ______．

     A．nervous                B．sorry                    C．tired            D．safe

3．What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

     A．More critical．                                           B．More talkative．     

C．Gentle and friendly．                                  D．Strict and hard-working．

4．The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to ______．

     A．the author’s son                                         B．the author’s father

     B．the friend of the author’s father                    D．the café owner

Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent（具備智能的）．They will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill．

The touch-screen devices（觸摸屏裝置）are on show at the Food Marketing Institute’s exhibition here this week．“These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker,” said Michael Alexander, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc．, which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge．

Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July．A similar device, IBM’s “Shopping Buddy”, has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts．

Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale．The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf．

“The whole model is driven by advertisers’ need to get in front of shoppers,” said Alexander．“They’re not watching 30-second TV ads anymore．”

People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists．Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system（系統(tǒng)）that will organize the trip around the store．If you’re looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them．

The device also keeps a record of what you buy．When you’re finished, the device figures out your bill．Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay．

The new computerized shopping assistants don’t come cheap．The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $ 160,000, and the Concierge will cost stores about $ 500 for each device．

1．The underlined word “they” （paragraph 1） refers to ______．

    A．supermarkets                                             B．shop assistants       

C．shopping carts                                            D．shop managers

2．Which of the following is the correct order of shopping with computerized shopping carts?

    a．Start the system．                                       b．Make a shopping list．

    c．Find the things you want．                          d．Go to a self-checkout stand．

    A．a(chǎn)bdc                       B．bacd                       C．a(chǎn)cbd                       D．bcad

3．We can learn from the last paragraph that ______．

    A．intelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of money

    B．the Concierge is cheaper than the Buddy devices

    C．shop assistants with computer knowledge are well paid

D．a(chǎn)verage stores prefer the Concierge to the Buddy devices

4．What might be the most suitable title for the text?

    A．New age for supermarkets．

    B．Concierge and Shopping Buddy．

    C．New computers make shopping carts smarter．

    D．Touch-screen devices make shopping enjoyable．