20．We have not estimated the proper price for the contract yet．——青夏教育精英家教网——

20．We have not estimated （估计，估算） the proper price for the contract yet．

19．Don't eat chocolate； it will spoil yourappetite （食欲）for dinner．

18．A simple life means getting rid of many of the things you do so that you can spend more time with people you love and do the things you love．（36）FIt's often a journey of two steps forward and one backward．
Evaluate your time．（37）C What things do you do from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep？Make a list，and evaluate whether they're in line with your priorities．If not，remove them and focus on what's important．Redesign your day．
Limit your communications．Our lives these days are filled with a vast flow of communications：email，cell phones，paper mail，Twitter，forums，and more．（38）E Instead，set a limit on your communications：only deal with emails at certain times of the day．Limit phone calls to certain times too．It is the same with other communications．Set a schedule and stick to it．
Try living without a car．OK，this isn't something I've done，but many others have．（39）D Walk，bike，or take public transportation．It reduces expenses and gives you time to think．A car is also very complicated，needing not only car payments，but insurance，maintenance，repairs，gas and more．
（40）A If you rid your home of stuff，you might find you don't need so much space．I'm not saying you should live on a boat （although I know some people who happily do so），but if you can be comfortable in a smaller home，it will not only be less expensive，but easier to maintain，and greatly simplify your life．

A．Consider a smaller home．
B．Have a place for everything．
C．How do you spend your day？
D．It's something I would do if I didn't have kids．
E．They can take up your whole day if you let them be．
F．However，getting to simplicity isn't always a simple process．
G．Most people don't know what"enough"is，and thus they keep buying more．

17．Keeping fish as pets is a popular hobby．Fish take up very little room，are inexpensive to feed，and provide an interesting and colorful display in any room．
A tank，or an aquarium，must be chosen carefully．Many new aquarium owners buy too many fish for their tanks．Fish can't be crowded．Two fish can live comfortably in each gallon of water，only ten fish can live in a five-gallon tank．Can you see why a goldfish would not live long in a tiny，round bowl？
If too many fish are kept together，they will not have enough oxygen or room to swim about freely．They will have more diseases．Also，some kinds of fish can't be kept together．As your interest in fish grows，the number of fish you have may grow，too．Then you may want to invest in another tank．
If you start with a ten-gallon aquarium，what kind of fish would be best？The two major groups of tropical fish are those that lay eggs and those that give birth to live young．If you want to raise young fish，guppies would be the best choice because they can produce many babies in a short time．
You can buy fish and aquariums in most pet stores．Ask the owners to help you choose the right fish．You can also find many books about tropical fish in the library．

25．If nine fish live in three gallons of water，the fish mayC．
A．breathe easily
B．swim about freely
C．get ill
D．not get enough to eat
26．The underlined phrases"invest in"in Para 3is closest in meaning toA．
A．buy
B．borrow
C．make
D．sell
27．In the passage the author provides us with some useful tips on how to keep fish well EXCEPTB．
A．selecting a suitable tank size
B．feeding enough oxygen into the tank
C．choosing the right group of fish
D．reading some books about fish
28．From the passage we can knowB．
A．very few people are interested in keeping fish．
B．the size of your tank decides how many fish you can keep．
C．guppies are a kind of fish that are good at laying eggs．
D．you can raise different kinds of fish together．

16．My father and I were very close，I loved pleasing him，and he was always proud of my success．If I won a spelling contest at school，he was on the top of the world．Later in life whenever I got a promotion，I would call my father right away and he would hurry to tell all his friends．In 1970，when I was named President of the Ford Motor Company，I don't know which of us was more excited．Like many native Italians，my parents were very open with their feelings and their love---not only at home，but also in public．Most of my friends would never hug their fathers．But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity---nothing could have felt more natural．He was a curious man who was always trying new things．He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle．Unfortunately，my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well．He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it．As a result，he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels．Because of that motorcycle，I wasn't allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up．Whenever I wanted to ride a bike，I had to borrow one from a friend．On the other hand，my father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen．

21．When I won a contest at school，my father wouldB．
A．tell all his friends about it
B．feel most happy over it
C．get very surprised it
D．hug and kiss me
22．Which of the following statements shows that my father liked to know about new thingsB．
A．He was always proud of my success．
B．He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle．
C．I wasn't allowed to have a car when I was growing up．
D．He was very open with his feelings and his love．
23．My father trusted no vehicle with less than four wheels becauseA．
A．he had trouble in riding his motorcycle．
B．he thought that cars were faster than motorcycle．
C．he liked every new model made by the Ford Motor Company．
D．he did not like the way I always borrowed bicycles from friend．
24．Which of the following sentences is NOT trueC．
A．My father was always proud of what I did．
B．When I was just 16I was allowed to drive a car．
C．My father rode his motorcycle in the streets of Allentown every day．
D．My father bought a motorcycle，but got rid of it because he fell off it so often．

15．It is recommended that the project _____ until all the preparations have been made．（　　）

	A．	is not started		B．	will not be started
	C．	not be started		D．	is not to be started

14．_____ the workers'working conditions，the boss will allow them to have a coffee break．（　　）

Having improved

13．_____ writing the article，the author forgot that he had a meeting to attend．（　　）

	A．	Absorbed in		B．	Absorbing in
	C．	To absorb in		D．	Having absorbed by

12．No sooner _____ the case of cheating than the public gave us some clues．（　　）

had we reported

we had reported

11．There is no doubt _____ he is an honest boy，so there is no doubt _____ his honesty．（　　）

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