You never really understand a person _______ you consider things from his point of view.

A. if B. once C. as D. until

---Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy action comedy film. Wants to come with me?

---I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married, and I won’t _______ it for anything.

A. overlook B. trade C. miss D. forget

---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!

---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!

A. MustB. Can C. Need D. Should

The guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and we spent a lovely evening wandering into places which we ________ straight past otherwise.

A. had walked B. were walking

C. would have walked D. must have walked

Loneliness is a feeling _______ people experience a powerful rush of emptiness and solitude.

A. which B. where C. that D. how

Halfway through the chapter _______ I hadn’t taken anything in.

A. did I realize B. had I realized

C. I realized D. I would realize

If Kate had known what was _______ for her, she would not have married Tom.

A. in response B. in return

C. in reaction D. in store

He started school the same day as I did and ________ to it like a duck to water.

A. appealed B. took C. catered D. saw

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

The opening and closing of doors are the most significant actions of man’s life. What a lies in doors!

No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door. the most familiar room, where the clock ticks and the hearth glows red at dusk may harbor .The worker may actually have called and the leaking pipe. The cook may have been ill and demanded her passport.

There are many kinds of doors. Revolving doors for hotels, shops and public buildings. There are many the busy, bustling ways of modern life. Can you William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a door? There are double doors, sliding doors, stage doors and glass doors. The and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden. A glass door is not a door at all, but a window. The meaning of a door is to what lies inside; to keep the heart in suspense.

Also, there are many ways of opening doors. There is the cheery of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door. There is the sympathetic and awful of the dentist’s maid who opens the door into the operating room and, without speaking, that the doctor is ready for you.

The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the , some sense of moving into a new moment. Even in , the opening of a door may bring relief. But the closing of doors could be , A door closed brings to an end. And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors. A door slammed is a confession of weakness. A door shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life.

The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life. Life will not stay and let us alone. We are opening doors with hope, closing them with despair. Life not much longer than a pipe of tobacco, and destiny knocks us out like the ashes.

1.A. mystery B. relief C. scenery D. pleasure

2.A. So B. Still C. Even D. Also

3.A. wishes B. puzzles C. surprises D. changes

4.A. checked B. fixed C. wrapped D. removed

5.A. essential to B. different from C. consistent with D. typical of

6.A. imagine B. suggest C. catch D. notice

7.A. stage B. sliding C. glass D. revolving

8.A. symbol B. miracle C. sign D. mark

9.A. busy B. hide C. discover D. exhibit

10.A. knock B. bump C. push D. touch

11.A. silence B. noise C. voice D. peace

12.A.announce B. admits C. implies D. expects

13.A. darkness B. certainty C. possibility D. unknown

14.A.vain B. hope C. sadness D. happiness

15.A.easy B. terrible C. dull D. interesting

16.A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

17.A. heavily B. hurriedly C. gently D. firmly

18.A.still B. calm C. silent D. simple

19.A.naturally B. continually C. obviously D. possibly

20.A.measures B. matches C. reaches D. lasts

1.Of the three letters, which is in response to which?

A. A---B B. C---B C. C---A D. B----C

2.Chances for Duke University to change its admission decision in history were_______.

A. none B. big C. slim D. hard to tell

3.What makes it impossible for the applicant to resubmit an application next year?

A. Tying the letter to an owl and send it to UCAS

B. Printing out grade sheet

C. Applying for the Liberal Arts course as an option

D. Improving his scores

4.What can we infer form the letter about college application?

A. It is disappointing for sure.

B. Rejection letters are better written than offers.

C. It is no as fun as on imagines.

D. There could be extra work beyond normal procedure.