What an accident it is! If you had been careful, things wouldn’t be _______.

A．a(chǎn)s it is          B．a(chǎn)s it was             C．a(chǎn)s they are      D．a(chǎn)s they were

Children are told to ______ strangers when they are out without parents.

A．watch out for        B．come up with         C．get along with        D．a(chǎn)llow for

In some western countries, demand for graduates from MBA courses has _____

A．turned down  B．turned over     C．fallen down   D．fallen over

---I went to work on foot yesterday, though it ______rats and dogs.

---You _______by bus. It was likely to get a cold.

A．is raining;  must have gone                  B．rained; would go

C．was raining; should have gone              D．have rained; could have gone

Getting a right job can be difficult ____the students ___prepared to deal with the job interview.

A．if ; won’t be                                           B．unless; are    

C．unless ; will be                                        D．if;are

Having been praised by the teacher, the little girl ran back home ,______.

A．happily and satisfied                         B．eager and excitedly 

C．happy and satisfied                          D．a(chǎn)nxiously and excitedly.

---Bill. Could I use your phone for a while?

---___.Go ahead, please.   

A．By all means           B．Couldn’t be better   

C．With pleasure       D．No wonder

Are you   1   that you will miss about one-third of this coming year? You will “miss” it by   2  . Researchers tell us that the   3   person sleeps about one-third of each year – or one-third of a   4  .

But the experts also tell us that something important   5   when we sleep –we   6 . Apparently all people dream, even if they don’t   7   dreaming. And over the next twelve months, most of us will have about a thousand dreams.   8   is important. But   9    important those are “dreams” we have for our   10   -- those plans, hopes and goals we will draw up   11   our relationships, our spiritual growth, self-improvement, our   12  health and our world. The dreams, or wishes, we have for our lives are just as   13   as dreaming while we sleep.

Dr Norman Vincent Peale used to tell of a 79-year-old woman who was   14   by a hit and-run driver. She was expected to   15   from her injuries. When he visited, he found her   16   in plaster from her hips to her heels. He   17   around the room, full of mementos（紀(jì)念品）of a lifetime. He saw a paisley shawl（披肩），a child’s drawing of a horse (lavender) and shelves of much loved, much-thumbed books.

One shelf was a row of brand new books—the only new items in the room. They looked as if they had never been   18  . Dr Peale asked her if she cared for poetry. Her   19   was a beautiful tribute （證明，標(biāo)示）to hope and dreams, “I love poetry, but I haven’t read those yet.” Her face   20   up. “I’m saving them for my old age.”

She did, too. She lived to read those books many times. When she finally died at 91, she was planning a trip to Europe.

1．A．a(chǎn)ware                   B．sure                    C．glad                    D．ready

2．A．living                    B．playing                C．sleeping               D．working

3．A．usual                    B．a(chǎn)verage               C．common             D．ordinary

5．A．goes                     B．happens               C．comes                 D．takes

6．A．play                      B．work                   C．dream                 D．speak

7．A．forget                   B．say                     C．remember            D．want

8．A．Working                B．Dreaming            C．Playing                D．Living

9．A．equally                  B．specially              C．quite                   D．possibly

10．A．work                  B．lives                    C．programs            D．purpose

11．A．including             B．resulting              C．concerning          D．a(chǎn)ccording

12．A．mental                 B．normal                C．spiritual               D．physical

13．A．necessary            B．important             C．possible               D．good

14．A．hit                      B．struck                 C．a(chǎn)ttacked              D．fought

15．A．survive                B．live                     C．die                      D．pass

16．A．slept                   B．wrapped              C．lay                      D．stood

17．A．walked                B．examined             C．checked              D．glanced

18．A．read                    B．touched               C．moved                D．a(chǎn)rranged

19．A．a(chǎn)nswer                B．word                   C．speech                D．response

20．A．made                 B．lit                        C．woke                 D．set

One day, Moyer sat down with his mother, Janne O’Donnell, to talk about his goal of going to law school. Don’t count on it , O’Donnell told him. She couldn’t afford the cost and Moyer doubted if he could get a loan, given how much he owed already. “He said he felt like a failure,” O’Donnell recalls. “He didn’t know how he had gotten into such a mess (混亂).”

A week later, the 22-year-old boy hanged himself in his bedroom, where his mother found him. “He tried to pay his debts off,” she says. “And he couldn’t manage it.”

To be sure, suicides (自殺) are extremely rare. But despair is common – and it sometimes leads students to rethink whether college was worth it. In fact, there are quite a few jobs that don’t require a college degree, yet pay very well. On average, though, college graduates can expect to earn 80 percent more than those with only a high school diploma (文憑). Also, all but two of the 50 highest paying jobs require a four-year college degree. So quitting a college education is often not a wise choice.

Merit Mikhail, who graduated last June from the University of California, Riverside, is glad she borrowed to get through school. But she left Riverside owing $20,000 in student loans and another $7,000 in credit card debt. Now in law school, Merit hopes to become a public-interest lawyer, yet she may have to put off that goal – which bothers her. To handle her debt, she’ll probably need to start with a better legal job.

Like so many other students, Mikhail took out her loans on a kind of blind faith that she could deal with the consequences. “You say to yourself, ‘I have to go into debt to make it work, and whatever it takes later, I’ll manage.’” Later has now arrived, and Mikhail is finding out the true cost of her college degree.

1．The reason why Moyer hanged himself was that _______.

       A．he had a quarrel with his mother            B．his mother didn’t allow him to attend college

       C．the bank refused to give him a loan        D．money pressure was too much for him

2．According to the author, _______.

       A．most students are satisfied with their college education

       B．most high-paying jobs require a four-year college degree

       C．college education does certainly mean good job chances

       D．a(chǎn)ll college graduates get better paid than those without a college education

3．Which of the following words can best describe Mikhail’s feeling now?

       A．Excited                                               B．Frightened                

       C．Relaxed                                              D．Disappointed

4．What’s the best title for this passage?

       A．Go for Your Dream                              B．Education in California

       C．Is College Really Worth the Money?       D．A College Degree, a Bright Future

Vocabulary learning is a continuing process. It continues all your life. When you are young you learn something day in and day out. You should keep squeezing every moment of the day into a new and different learning situation. You continually ask questions and drive yourself to learn more. The more you learn, the more vocabulary you will know. No matter what your age, you must continue to learn. Words are “symbols (符號)”for ideas. These ideas make knowledge and knowledge is gained largely through words. The following are some suggestions which may help you increase your vocabulary.

Read books from fields other than your major.

Read books which interest you and concentrate while you read.

The more you read, the more words you will come in contact with.

Use new vocabulary in your everyday communication (writing, speaking).

Become familiar with the vocabulary in your text books.

Become familiar with the dictionary. Understand the pronunciation rules as well as the multiple (眾多的) meanings of words.

Try to learn 5 words a day. If you know these words, use them in your communications. Without using these new words, it is a waste of your time.

1．The main idea of the passage is ______.

       A．how to remember vocabulary                B．how to learn vocabulary

       C．how to use vocabulary                        D．how to teach vocabulary

2．The underlined word “ squeezing” probably means “_______”.

       A．壓出                   B．利用                   C．浪費                      D．?dāng)D出

3．Which of the following statement is NOT suggested in the passage as a way of vocabulary learning?

       A．Use the new words you have learned when you write and speak.

       B．Use your dictionary and be familiar with it.

       C．Concentrate only on the books on your major.

       D．The more you read, the more words you will get.

4．From the passage we know ______.

       A．most of your knowledge is gained through words.

       B．dictionary is the most important way of vocabulary learning.

       C．if you learn a new word, just keep it in your mind.

       D．you should spend most of your spare time on vocabulary learning.