– Is Jack getting on well with his classmates?

– ________, and he never ____．

A． Yes…h(huán)as           B． Yes…is             C． No…h(huán)as         D． No…is

The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which they ________ of cold and hunger．

A． would                                         B． will die

C． would be dead                                 D． would have died

One will probably lose his way while wandering around the shopping mall, in spite of the signs ________ the way．

A． pointed       B． pointing       C． having pointed    D． to be pointing

The bullet hit him in the left shoulder— _____ he should have been killed．

A． being a little lower, or                       B． if a little lower, and

C． unless a little lower, or                       D． a little lower, and

– ________, isn’t it?

– Yes, a bit cold, though．

A． It’s cold           B． Bad weather         C． Freezing        D． Nice day

–Does it matter if I give it up this time?

－It ____if you do． You won’t have ______chance．

A． does; the other                             B． does ; second

C． does matter; another                              D． does matter; the other

Now that energy prices are rising so rapidly, further prices are very uncertain, and the risk ________ a new investment depending on them may fail is greater．

A． by which          B． of        C． that         D． in that

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling．Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables． In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me．I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor．

    “Frank！” I cried in astonishment．He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine．

    My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London．The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night．Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank．

      7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8  each other very well．Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth． His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has．His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more． Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely． He needed all the   15   of a baby．

    One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder．She   16   nearly everything she owned．

    When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones．So before we   18  that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19  my right foot against his．They were about the same size．That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank． But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine． After that, his   20   to me was always the same．

1．A．work                     B．stay               C．live                D．expect

2．A．a(chǎn)nswer                   B．speak              C．smile                D．laugh

3．A．covering                 B．moving              C．fighting            D．pressing

4．A．minds                  B．memories            C．thoughts          D．brains

5．A．better                     B．dark              C．younger             D．old

6．A．cave                      B．place             C．sight                   D．scene

7．A．Discussing              B．Solving              C．Sharing              D．Suffering

8．A．learn from                   B．talk to                 C．help                    D．know

9．A．needed                   B．recognized          C．interested               D．encouraged

10．A．normal                 B．common             C．unusual              D．quick

11．A．more                   B．worse               C．fewer               D．less

12．A．word                   B．speech             C．sentence             D．language

13．A．not                     B．no                   C．something           D．nothing

14．A．fed                      B．kept                   C．lived                  D．depended

15．A．a(chǎn)ttention                    B．control             C．treatment            D．management

16．A．lost                      B．needed               C．destroyed                  D．left

17．A．troublesome            B．unlucky                   C．a(chǎn)ngry                D．unpopular

18．A．separated               B．went                C．reunited                                D．returned

19．A．pushed                 B．tried                C．showed                D．measured

20．A．nodding              B．greeting                         C．meeting                                                      D．a(chǎn)cting

DNA is a substance that makes up genes．Everything alive has genes. Plants have genes. Animals have genes. You have genes. Genes are the basic units of heredity. Heredity means all the characteristics you inherit from your parents. You get your genes from your parents. You inherit half of your genes from your mother． You inherit half of your genes from your father． Genes are a kind of code． A tree’s genes tell what shape its leaves will be． A cat’s genes tell what color its fur will be． Your genes tell what color your eyes will be．Your genes tell what color your hair will be．Everything about you comes from the code in your genes．Genes line up on strands called chromosomes in cells．Everything alive is made up of cells．Chromosomes are in the center, or nucleus, of cells．

    An Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first saw inherited patterns in pea plants．He experimented with pea plants in the 1860s．One of the things, or traits, Mendel studied was what makes some pea plants tall and some short． He said that the traits （特征） must come from units of heredity （遺傳）passed from the parent plants．These units were called genes．

In the mid-1900s, scientists discovered that genes are made of DNA． In the 1970s, scientists learned how to change DNA with genetic engineering．Scientists also learned that problems with certain genes cause diseases．Muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, and hemophilia are some genetic diseases—diseases caused by problems in genes． Today, scientists are looking for ways to cure genetic diseases by altering genes through a process called gene therapy．

1． If one's father has blue eyes, while his mother has grey ones, _________．

A． their son will have blue eyes．

B． Their son is sure to have grey eyes．

C． their son's eyes will share both that of father's and mother's．

D． It is probable that their son will have either blue eyes or grey ones．

2． Which is the correct from large to small? 

A． genes---chromosomes---cells                          B． cells---chromosomes---genes

C． chromosomes---cells---genes                        D． cells---genes---chromosomes

3． In the second paragraph, the author tells us ___________．

A． Gregor Mendel discovered genes 

B． Gregor Mendel was an expert in plants

C． Gregor Mendel did a lot of experiments with pea plants     

D． Something that happened to an Austrian monk

4． In the last sentence, the word "altering" can best be replaced by __________．

A． changing               B． preserving             C． deserving              D． digesting

As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” （DIY） trend in the US continues to grow．

“we needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it． So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs．” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high．The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school． Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house．

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died．He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory．Last month, he received a car repair bill for $520．“ I was deeply upset about it．Now I have finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself．”

John and Jim are not unusual people． Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living．If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes．And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself．

1． We can learn from the text that many newly married people_______．

A．find it hard to pay for what they need  

B．have to learn to make their own furniture

C．take DIY courses run by the government

D．seldom go to a department store to buy things

2． John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______．

A．run a DIY shop                               B．make or repair things

C．save time and money                        D．improve the quality of life

3． Jim decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when______

A．his car repairs cost too much                       B．the car repair class was not helpful

C．he could not possibly do two jobs                 D．keeps house and looks after his children

4． when the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim____．

A．makes shoes in his home                          B．does extra work at night

C．does his own car and home repairs          D．keeps house and looks after his children