8．When on holidays，the railways put on trains to make people's travel more convenient（ ）
| A． | regular | B． | unusual | C． | particular | D． | special |
7．Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his ．（ ）
| A． | ability | B． | force | C． | mind | D． | strength |
6．While in the university，we were offered a number of after-school activities to our social skills．（ ）
| A． | create | B． | grow | C． | settle | D． | develop |
5．---Why didn't you try to finish the composition？
-I tried to，but I could，the bell ran announcing the end of the examination time．（ ）
-I tried to，but I could，the bell ran announcing the end of the examination time．（ ）
| A． | until | B． | when | C． | after | D． | before |
4．For my 8th birthday my（16）Cwas a shiny blue bike．My older sisters decided to teach me to ride．We lived on Edgewood Avenue at the top of a steep hill．My（17）B，Agnes and Christina，put me on my bike and（18）Dme hard，yelling instructions，"Peddle!Steer!Use the brakes!"Needless to say，I was rushing down the street（19）Ctrying to hold on．
I bumped into the curb（路缘），（20）Bover the handlebars onto the sidewalk，skinning my knees，hurting my hands and crying loudly．Instead of offering（21）D，my sisters yelled at me（22）CI hadn't listened to their instructions．Weeks（23）Abefore I tried again．This time I walked my bike to the（24）Bparking lot behind the schoolyard．I kept repeating the instructions to myself and after a few awkward（25）B and even more painful spills I learned to ride a bike．
Learning life lesson is （26）Clike learning to ride a bike．Some life lessons are（27）Dto learn．We don't always get to choose where we learn them； we don't always have good teachers and we are not always（28）A．Sometimes we find ourselves madly trying to hold on．
But things are different now．
My husband，Rich，（29）Bmy sons to ride a bike．First he raised their training wheels a little and they rode around the block getting used to the unstable（30）D．After he removed the training wheels he would run along the side of the bike holding on to the seat to（31）Bthem．Up and down our street they would go with Rich calling out，"You（32）Ahave it!You're doing great!"until my son would call out"Let go"．Rich would let go but still run along，just（33）D．It was a happy day in the neighborhood．
When the life lessons come along in this New Year you may（34）Dthem from a patient and kind teacher； you may have them surrounded by（35）Cand encouragement．And you may have someone stay by your side until you have found victory．
I bumped into the curb（路缘），（20）Bover the handlebars onto the sidewalk，skinning my knees，hurting my hands and crying loudly．Instead of offering（21）D，my sisters yelled at me（22）CI hadn't listened to their instructions．Weeks（23）Abefore I tried again．This time I walked my bike to the（24）Bparking lot behind the schoolyard．I kept repeating the instructions to myself and after a few awkward（25）B and even more painful spills I learned to ride a bike．
Learning life lesson is （26）Clike learning to ride a bike．Some life lessons are（27）Dto learn．We don't always get to choose where we learn them； we don't always have good teachers and we are not always（28）A．Sometimes we find ourselves madly trying to hold on．
But things are different now．
My husband，Rich，（29）Bmy sons to ride a bike．First he raised their training wheels a little and they rode around the block getting used to the unstable（30）D．After he removed the training wheels he would run along the side of the bike holding on to the seat to（31）Bthem．Up and down our street they would go with Rich calling out，"You（32）Ahave it!You're doing great!"until my son would call out"Let go"．Rich would let go but still run along，just（33）D．It was a happy day in the neighborhood．
When the life lessons come along in this New Year you may（34）Dthem from a patient and kind teacher； you may have them surrounded by（35）Cand encouragement．And you may have someone stay by your side until you have found victory．
| 16．A．dream | B．reward | C．gift | D．aim |
| 17．A．brothers | B．sisters | C．friends | D．classmates |
| 18．A．stuck | B．turned | C．knocked | D．pushed |
| 19．A．slowly | B．carefully | C．wildly | D．instantly |
| 20．A．jumping | B．flying | C．moving | D．leaving |
| 21．A．sadness | B．happiness | C．excitement | D．sympathy |
| 22．A．although | B．until | C．because | D．while |
| 23．A．passed | B．remained | C．happened | D．changed |
| 24．A．crowded | B．empty | C．covered | D．busy |
| 25．A．experiments | B．attempts | C．fights | D．conflicts |
| 26．A．though | B．even | C．much | D．still |
| 27．A．wonderful | B．comfortable | C．dangerous | D．painful |
| 28．A．ready | B．perfect | C．wrong | D．strong |
| 29．A．forced | B．taught | C．allowed | D．ordered |
| 30．A．practice | B．habit | C．development | D．feeling |
| 31．A．repair | B．steady | C．fix | D．move |
| 32．A．almost | B．usually | C．always | D．seldom |
| 33．A．in time | B．in relief | C．in turn | D．in case |
| 34．A．accept | B．avoid | C．refuse | D．learn |
| 35．A．blame | B．complaint | C．support | D．criticism |
3．Planning so far ahead makes no________---so many things will have changed by next year．（ ）
| A． | sense | B． | room | C． | choice | D． | effort |
2．I'll have all of the essays________by the end of this term if my plan goes well．（ ）
| A． | completing | B． | to complete | C． | completed | D． | being completed |
1．________for many years，the novelist suddenly became famous．（ ）
| A． | Having ignored | B． | Having been ignored | ||
| C． | Ignoring | D． | To be ignored |
20．This product contains no_________colors； only natural substances are used．（ ）
| A． | commercial | B． | beneficial | C． | official | D． | artificial |
19．China Daily is ______ a newspaper，it is helpful to us all．（ ）
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