It was ________ the old clock the old man spent the whole morning at home.

A. repair      B. repairing     C. to repair     D. in repair 

—It’s been raining for a whole week. I think it’ll get fine soon.

　 — ______. We are getting into the rainy season now.

A. Yes, it will　 B. Of course not　 C. It’s possible　 D. It’s hard to say

I, __________ your good friend, will try my best to help you out.

A. who is 　　　 B. who am 　　　　 C. that is 　　　　 D. what is

Once a New Zealand teacher asked where I live. “In the white building,” I answered.

“At our university both girls and boys live in the same dormitory.” I added.

Beyond my expectation（出乎意料）, however, my attempt（努力）to show I am speaking American English（AE） turned out to be something else. The New Zealander seemed very puzzled（迷惑）at my answer.

With a half smile, she asked, “Really？Do they live in the same room?”

“Oh, no. They live in different rooms but in the same building.” I reacted（反应）quickly.

Later I got to know the word “dormitory”. In AE it means one building, whereas（而，却）it means one room in British English（BE）.

The New Zealander misunderstood me because she spoke New Zealander English（NE）, which, as we know, is much related to BE.

Nowadays, not a few English learners, who try to catch up with the fashion（时髦）, choose to speak AE.

Yet, the problem is that they cannot speak pure AE, but half AE and half BE instead.

I think it necessary to keep one style in order to avoid（避免）misunderstanding.

1、Which of the following is right？

　 A、AE and BE are two different languages.

　 B、There are some differences between AE and BE.

　 C、New Zealanders speak BE.

　 D、New Zealanders cannot understand Americans.

2、What I said to the New Zealander is 　　　.

　 A、really pure AE　 　　　　 B、really pure BE

　 C、half AE and half BE 　　 D、not English at all

3、According to the passage , 　　　.

　 A、few people speak AE　 　 B、more people speak BE

　 C、BE is becoming fashionable　 D、AE is becoming fashionable

4、The writer wrote the passage in order to 　　　.

　 A、tell us a funny story

　 B、warn us not to make mistakes

　 C、tell us the differences between AE and BE

　 D、encourage us to speak one style of English

  ______ a certain doubt among the people as to the practical value of the project.
  A. It has                    B. They have
  C. It remains                D. There remains

The manager, ________ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, left the meeting room. (江西2005)
A. who has made   B. having made     C. made        D. making

The first textbooks　　 for teaching English as a foreign 1anguage came out in the

16th centry．

　 A．have written　 B．to be written　 C．being written　 D．written

The editor’s job is to keep the newspaper    and     to the readers.

A. balanced; interested

B. balancing; interesting

C. balanced; interesting

D. balancing; interested

When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　　A. fall short of 　　　B. fall through 　　　C. fall back on 　　　D. fall in with

I _____ hope that every one of us will be successful in our studies.
   A. do    B. did   C. does   D. doing