It is not who is right but what is right ______ is of importance.  

A. which                      B. it                      C. that                  D. this

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) ________ birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.   

A. is said to be buying                               B. is said to have bought

C. . had said to buy                                   D. has said to have bought

—What do you think we can do for our aged parents?

—You ________ do anything except to be with them and be yourself.

A. don’t have to           B. oughtn’t to        C. mustn’t           D. can’t

Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree ______ they can be controlled on purpose.  

A. with which              B. to which            C. of which           D. for which

She’s having a lot of trouble with the new computer, but she doesn’t know whom to _______.

A. turn to                     B. look for             C. deal with           D. talk about

—Do you have any idea what Paul does all day? 

—As I know, he spends at least as much time playing as he _______.

A. writes                      B. does writing       C. is writing           D. does write

—When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. Where______.

A. did you go               B. have you gone    C. were you          D. had you been

_______, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A. Strange as might it sound                       B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound                             D. Strange as it might sound

—I’ve studied growing plants as one of my interests. Could I make some suggestions?

— ______.  

A. You will make it        B. Go right ahead. C. Don’t mention it D. Take it easy

In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __1__, it was the same score.

       Later that evening, I _2_ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our _3_ much better than an IQ(智商) test. We _ 4_ that Michael’s score must have been a __5___ and we should treat him ___6___ as usual.

       We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _7 _ grades in the school, especially _8_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

       Michael _9_ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _10_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

       On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I _11_ the ceremony (典禮) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the _12_ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say _13_, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the _14_ we had in him.

       Interestingly, Michael then _15_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _16_ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _17_.

       Children often do as _18_ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, _19_ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ _20_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

1. A. joy                B. surprise             C. dislike                      D. disappointment

2. A. tearfully  B. fearfully            C. cheerfully                 D. hopefully

3. A. student          B. son                   C. friend                       D. doctor

4. A. argued           B. realized              C. decided                    D. understood

5. A. joke        B. mistake             C. warning                   D wonder.

6. A. specially B. strictly                     C. naturally                   D. carefully

7. A. poor              B. good                 C. average                    D. standard

8. A. in                 B. about                C. of                            D. for

9. A. visited           B. chose                C. passed                            D. entered

10. A. allowed        B. described           C. required                   D. offered

11. A. missed         B. held                  C. delayed                    D. attended

12. A. high             B. same                 C. low                          D. different

13. A. curiously      B. eagerly              C. calmly                      D. jokingly

14. A. faith            B. interest              C. pride                        D. delight

15. A. looked for    B. asked for           C. waited for                D. prepared for

16. A. received       B. accepted            C. organized                 D. discussed

17. A. imperfect     B. impossible         C. uncertain                  D. unsatisfactory

18. A. honestly       B. much                C. well                        D. bravely

19. A. hear            B. learn                 C. expect                      D. speak

20. A. wise            B. rude                  C. shy                          D. stupid