2. The railway is still under (建设) and it may be completed next year.

1. The ancient vases and paintings were (破坏) by the sudden fire yesterday.

1. For how long was the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world?

   A. For 75 years. B. For 42 years.

   C. For 31 years. D. For 72 years.

2. Which building has the most storeys in the world?

   A. Taipei 101 .   B. Empire State Building.

   C. Sears Tower. D. Petronas Tower 2.

3. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. To build the Empire State Building,people only used ten billion bricks.

   B. Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a month.

   C. There was once a plane,which crashed into the Empire State Building.

   D. The Empire State Building has 78 floors.

    When I began teaching in a university,I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had 1 a long time learning what to teach,but not learning how to 2 it. Somehow,my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would 3 for that. My colleagues presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their 4 , but do not remember a thing they said.

   At a coffee break during the lectures,finding myself 5 , I turned to a mathematics professor standing near-by. I asked him what his favourite teaching 6 was. “A cup of coffee,” he said. “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble  7 me. So when I've said 8 that I want my students to think about,I would 9 and take a sip of coffee. It lets what I've just said sink in. ”

When we were called to the next talk,he put down his cup and I 10 there was not a trace of coffee in it.

    My doctor 11 me to stop drinking coffeehe explained. “So I have always used a (n) 12 cup. MI decided to try his 13 in my class.

    I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses,as I 14 the coffee,not only gave my students 15 to think about what I had said,but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my 16 to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their 17 wander,! tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had 18 ,I gave another example. My 19 became less organised and less brilliant,but my students seemed to 20 me better.

1. A. wasted   B. cost

   C. killed   D. spent

2. A. manage   B. copy

   C. teach   D. consider

3. A. put up   B. build up

   C. take up   D. make up

4. A. experiences   B. plans

   C. presentations   D. designs

5. A. alone   B. absent

   C. lonely   D. awkward

6. A. method   B. material

   C. tool   D. skill

7. A. following   B. grasping

   C. seizing   D. imitating

8. A. everything   B. something

   C. nothing   D. anything

9. A. pretend   B. stop

   C. prevent   D. delay

10. A. observed   B. noticed

   C. glared   D. proved

11. A. suggested   B. protected

   C. allowed   D. advised

12. A. empty   B. clear

   C. large   D. false

13. A. discovery   B. invention

   C. magic   D. idea

14. A. dropped   B. made

   C. drank   D. changed

15. A. space   B. time

   C. room   D. schedule

16. A. chances   B. pauses

   C. situations   D. conditions

17. A. attention   B. focus

   C. energy   D. devotion

18. A. translated   B. expected

   C. explained   D. solved

19. A. speeches   B. memories

   C. documents   D. lectures

20. A. realise   B. understand

   C. admit   D. admire

12. —Is Peter there?

— ，please. I'll see if I can find him for you.

   A. Hold up   B. Hold on

   C. Hold out   D. Hold off

10. —What's that building construction?

一It looks like a hospital.

   A. on      B. in

   C. under   D. through

9. They are visiting a tower the 15th century.

   A. that dates back from   B. which dated from

   C. dated back to         D. dating from

8. 1 was always longing to visit the Shanghai Expo,and at last my dream .

   A. came true   B. realised

   C. was come true   D. realising

7. Our English teacher our buying an English- Chinese dictionary.

   A. asked   B. ordered

   C. suggested   D. required

6. —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