Richard is only too ready to help others,seldom,____,refusing them when they turn to him.

A if never　 B if ever　 C if not D if any

It seems you are not _______. I seldom see you join any activity or play with other.

A. cautious 　　　　 B. outgoing 　　　　 C. curious 　　　　 D. patient

　 Peter the Great(1672-1725)wanted his city to be unique (獨(dú)特的)in Russia. So he filled it with canals like those of Venice, baroque(巴洛克式的)palaces and British townhouses. Now the city has celebrated its 300th anniversary(周年紀(jì)念).

   Naming the city was a difficult matter. At first, Peter the Great called his huge ambitions new Russian city Sankt Pieter Burkh. But, he soon changed this to St Petersburg. When World War Ⅰ broke out in 1914,it was renamed Petrograd. On the death of Lenin in 1924,it became Leningrad. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991,it returned to St Petersburg. Many people call it Plain Peter today. There was a time when all of Russia’s available(可用的) stones were sent there to build Peter’s magnificent(雄偉的)“Window on the West”.?

From the start, St Petersburg was a very modern, international city. It first became the Russian capital in 1712 and, with this in mind, Peter hired a great deal of international talent to build and develop it.?

   The most obvious effect of the arrival of foreigners was in the layout(設(shè)計(jì))of the city’s streets, parks, palaces and government buildings. Although bombed to near destruction by Adolf Hitler’s forces in the 1940s,the city was rebuilt, stone by stone. What you see around you is in the end of Catherine the Great’s reign(統(tǒng)治) in 1796 when, after nearly a century, Peter’s city was one of the finest in the world.

   Peter the Great remains a meeting point for the cultures of Russia and Europe. Maybe you are one of the 49 percent of its population who, in 1991,voted to remain its revolutionary name, Leningrad, or the 51 percent who opted for St Petersburg. To everyone, it remains Peter, an architectural stone of race and fascinating beauty.?

1.In the passage the author wants to_________.?

A. say St Petersburg is more famous than other cities in Russia?

B. introduce the great history of St Petersburg?

C. describe the building styles of St Petersburg?

D. make more people interested in St Petersburg??

2.Which of the following names of the city has the longest history??

A.Sankt Pieter Burkh.          　　 B.St Petersburg.?

C.Petrograd.                        D.Leningrad.?

3.The underlined phrase“opted for” probably means “________”.?

A.were against?    B.chose?      C.rebuilt?      D.moved away from

4.The writer of this passage__________.?

A.is an architect(建筑師)?

B.is a historian?

C.is familiar with the history of St Petersburg?

D.considers St Petersburg the largest city in Europe?

______ team wins on Saturday will go through to the national championship.

　 A. No matter what　　　 B. No matter which　　 C.Whatever　　 D.Whichever

I hate ______ their complains all day. one of these days I’ll tell them what I really think.

A. paying attention to 　 B. to talk about

C. listening to 　 　　　D. to have heard?

What I need is ____ book that contains ____ ABC of oil painting.

　 A. a. 不填　　　 B. the; 不填　　　 C. the; an　　　　　　 D. a; the

His suggestion is worth_____.

A. consider    　 B. considered　　 C. to consider          D. considering

Nothing could __________ the boy from __________ the tall building.

　 A. prevent, risking climbing　　　 B. prevent, risking to climb

　 C. stop, risk climbing　　　　　　 D. keep, risking climb

—Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?

—She_____in the classroom. I saw her there just now.

A. shall be   　　　　　　　　 B. should have been

C. must be    　　　　　　　  D. might have been