We all knew from the very _____ that the plan would fail.

A. outcome 　　B. outset 　　　C. income 　　D. output

________ the same mistakes again made his parents very angry.

　 A. His having made　 B. He has made 　　C. He had making D. His making

An Announcement

It was a small town which lay by the coast.Most people there lived by catching fish.The hurricanes often struck the area from July to October.Some of the people died on the sea when their boats were blown over by the high winds.So they paid much attention to the weather forecasts.They were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the sea.Each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themselves and listened to them at any time.

It was September.A hurricane attacked the town one night.Plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken.People couldn’t watch TV,or call their friends,or go to work.To their anger,they couldn’t listen to the weather forecasts the Town Radio Station broadcast.The food and fresh water would soon be short and the patients couldn’t be given medical care—no medicine could be carried there.People didn’t know what would happen and they looked anxious.

On the fourth day they read an announcement（通告）on the Town Weekly.It was written,“Recently we have to stop the weather forecast because of the bad weather.We usually get the forecasts from the airport.But the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones.Whether or not we’ll be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather！”

1.The people in the town often took radios with themselves because______.

A.they felt lonely when catching fish on the sea and listened to the weather forecasts

B.they were interested in the weather forecasts

C.they couldn’t watch TV on the sea

D.they hoped to listen to some good news

2.The writer writes the passage mainly to ______.

A.desrcibe the importance of weather forecast

B.give a news report

C.describe a bad effect of natural disasters

D.to warn people to be careful against hurricane

3.Read the announcement,the people were______.

A.encouraged　　　　 B.happy　　　　　　 C.excited　　　　　 D.disappointed

A left-luggage office is a place where bags _____ be left for a short time, especially at a railway station.

 A.should              B. can                   C. must                      D. will

A modern city has been set up in _____ was a wasteland ten years ago.

[天津2004]

A. what　　　　 　B. which　　　　　

C. that　　　　 　D. where

—Look! This is ______.　 —Very beautiful. When did she take it?

　 A. my mother’s picture　 B. my mother in the picture

　 C. a picture of my mother D. a picture of my mother’s

He ______stay up a few years ago. But now he is used to _____ to bed early.

A. was used to …going　　　　 　　　　　 B. used to …go

C. used to …going　　　　 　　　　　　 D. was used to …go

_______ David says sound right to Helen. That’s why he has made up her mind to leave the matter to him _______ happens.

A. Whatever; whatever　　 B. No matter what; whatever　

C. No matter what; no matter what　 D. However; no matter what

There _____ a pen, two pencils, and three books on the desk.

    A. are               B. is                 　　 C. has             　　 D. have

I am delighted to _____ your acquaintance, Mr．Baker.

　 A．put　　 　　 B．make　　 　　 C．take　　　 D．have