My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the1 day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 2, but I couldn’t find 3of my husband’s socks though I had looked 4for it.
The next morning, I got ready for 5as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them 6we were going to do7 .
When I turned 8to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 9. They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was10 the headmaster would be in to see all this.
I asked the class to11, but the12I talked , the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay 13attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.
Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 14came to see15all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started 16, too. “ Good Heavens!” I said . “ Will 17please tell me what is so 18? ” “ Oh, God, ” said the teacher. “ You have a brown 19stuck (沾) to the back of your shirt. ” So that’s 20I found my husband’s missing sock. “ Oh, well, ” I said to the class, “ Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电).”

1.
1. A.
  very
2. B.
  last
3. C.
  next
4. D.
  following
2.
1. A.
  hard
2. B.
  well
3. C.
  fast
4. D.
  slowly
3.
1. A.
  all
2. B.
  both
3. C.
  either
4. D.
  one
4.
1. A.
  nowhere
2. B.
  somewhere
3. C.
  anywhere
4. D.
  everywhere
5.
1. A.
  breakfast
2. B.
  clothes
3. C.
  school
4. D.
  books
6.
1. A.
  which
2. B.
  what
3. C.
  how
4. D.
  why
7.
1. A.
  today
2. B.
  this day
3. C.
  that day
4. D.
  now
8.
1. A.
  around
2. B.
  back
3. C.
  off
4. D.
  over
9.
1. A.
  smiling
2. B.
  laughing
3. C.
  crying
4. D.
  quarrelling
10.
1. A.
  afraid
2. B.
  doubtful
3. C.
  sure
4. D.
  glad
11.
1. A.
  look
2. B.
  write
3. C.
  stop
4. D.
  go on
12.
1. A.
  better
2. B.
  quicker
3. C.
  less
4. D.
  more
13.
1. A.
  further
2. B.
  more
3. C.
  hardly
4. D.
  no
14.
1. A.
  me
2. B.
  mine
3. C.
  us
4. D.
  his
15.
1. A.
  what
2. B.
  why
3. C.
  which
4. D.
  that
16.
1. A.
  writing
2. B.
  asking
3. C.
  talking
4. D.
  laughing
17.
1. A.
  everyone
2. B.
  anyone
3. C.
  someone
4. D.
  he
18.
1. A.
  funny
2. B.
  wrong
3. C.
  pleasant
4. D.
  unforgettable
19.
1. A.
  handkerchief
2. B.
  sock
3. C.
  paper
4. D.
  hair
20.
1. A.
  why
2. B.
  when
3. C.
  how
4. D.
  What

I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a firure that really struck terror into my heart.
I1it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home. It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside2at such a late time. There were3few people on the road at night. Even during the day, the road was used by only some. On that night, it seemed even4. While I was walking, I could hear some5made by creatures that love the night world. I moved really fast towards home. It was6because I was hungry. More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth. All of a sudden, I7an old lady in a short distance away. Her8was covered with a white cloth. She was9to me, I think.
I was a bit10. I wanted to know11she was there at that time of the late night. I stopped walking for a while. As I12there, stories about ghosts (鬼) began to come to my mind one after13. I was soon14fear and started to run as fast as I could. When I reached home I could15speak.
The next day, however, I16that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person. But I could find no footprints there17a banana plant. I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that18like a woman waving her hand. I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the19night’s experience, this20was small relief to me.

1.
1. A.
  realized
2. B.
  recognized
3. C.
  remembered
4. D.
  reminded
2.
1. A.
  alone
2. B.
  asleep
3. C.
  awake
4. D.
  lonely
3.
1. A.
  never
2. B.
  often
3. C.
  seldom
4. D.
  rarely
4.
1. A.
  busier
2. B.
  noisier
3. C.
  quieter
4. D.
  wider
5.
1. A.
  noises
2. B.
  quarrels
3. C.
  songs
4. D.
  voices
6.
1. A.
  completely
2. B.
  mainly
3. C.
  obviously
4. D.
  partly
7.
1. A.
  made sense of
2. B.
  caught sight of
3. C.
  got ahead of
4. D.
  took hold of
8.
1. A.
  waist
2. B.
  leg
3. C.
  head
4. D.
  hand
9.
1. A.
  smiling
2. B.
  waiting
3. C.
  whispering
4. D.
  waving
10.
1. A.
  mysterious
2. B.
  cautious
3. C.
  conscious
4. D.
  curious
11.
1. A.
  why
2. B.
  when
3. C.
  what
4. D.
  how
12.
1. A.
  lay
2. B.
  sat
3. C.
  stood
4. D.
  walked
13.
1. A.
  another
2. B.
  other
3. C.
  others
4. D.
  the other
14.
1. A.
  addicted to
2. B.
  filled with
3. C.
  far from
4. D.
  short of
15.
1. A.
  clearly
2. B.
  easily
3. C.
  hardly
4. D.
  loudly
16.
1. A.
  traveled
2. B.
  visited
3. C.
  appreciated
4. D.
  went
17.
1. A.
  over
2. B.
  without
3. C.
  than
4. D.
  except
18.
1. A.
  felt
2. B.
  looked
3. C.
  smelt
4. D.
  sounded
19.
1. A.
  previous
2. B.
  next
3. C.
  last
4. D.
  following
20.
1. A.
  invention
2. B.
  achievement
3. C.
  contribution
4. D.
  discovery

No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 18651Abraham Lincoln was murdered.
The night after a very busy 2, the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.
Near the theatre 3a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought 4the South himself. As the play 5after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly 6the door through which he could see the President’s 7. He looked 8carefully so as to find the guards 9task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of 10and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun 11in his pocket.
It was quiet in the theatre and everyone12his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of 13broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked 14where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the 15had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to 16the building, but it was too 17! The murderer had already 18from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the19.
The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had 20to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.

1.
1. A.
  as
2. B.
  where
3. C.
  when
4. D.
  how
2.
1. A.
  time
2. B.
  work
3. C.
  day
4. D.
  hour
3.
1. A.
  lived
2. B.
  stayed
3. C.
  stood
4. D.
  worked
4.
1. A.
  against
2. B.
  with
3. C.
  for
4. D.
  under
5.
1. A.
  stopped
2. B.
  started
3. C.
  lasted
4. D.
  ended
6.
1. A.
  towards
2. B.
  into
3. C.
  up
4. D.
  over
7.
1. A.
  face
2. B.
  wife
3. C.
  box
4. D.
  hat
8.
1. A.
  around
2. B.
  behind
3. C.
  back
4. D.
  forward
9.
1. A.
  which
2. B.
  whose
3. C.
  that
4. D.
  their
10.
1. A.
  guards
2. B.
  them
3. C.
  people
4. D.
  soldiers
11.
1. A.
  hidden
2. B.
  put
3. C.
  kept
4. D.
  lain
12.
1. A.
  put
2. B.
  fixed
3. C.
  made
4. D.
  fastened
13.
1. A.
  gun
2. B.
  cry
3. C.
  shot
4. D.
  noise
14.
1. A.
  at
2. B.
  up
3. C.
  down
4. D.
  to
15.
1. A.
  wife
2. B.
  guard
3. C.
  Lincolns
4. D.
  President
16.
1. A.
  search
2. B.
  enclose
3. C.
  search for
4. D.
  looked at
17.
1. A.
  noisy
2. B.
  dark
3. C.
  late
4. D.
  smoky
18.
1. A.
  went
2. B.
  rushed
3. C.
  run
4. D.
  jumped
19.
1. A.
  building
2. B.
  dark
3. C.
  crowds
4. D.
  country
20.
1. A.
  wanted
2. B.
  gone
3. C.
  come
4. D.
  meant

Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city,1was very near the countryside. She worked2 a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of. 3. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she4her classes exciting. But she had a 5point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed6 . In order to improve her notes, she took 7chance that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn't practise8 in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 9the country road. She practised her high notes10walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car11 along the road, she12singing. She did not want her high notes to be13, for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so14and so fast that she didn't15it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her16 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a17expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to 18all the tires (轮胎) carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the 19he had heard really was. The driver found20wrong, got back into the car and drove off.

1.
1. A.
  that
2. B.
  which
3. C.
  where
4. D.
  there
2.
1. A.
  as
2. B.
  like
3. C.
  with
4. D.
  on
3.
1. A.
  books
2. B.
  pictures
3. C.
  sports
4. D.
  music
4.
1. A.
  got
2. B.
  supported
3. C.
  made
4. D.
  forced
5.
1. A.
  weak
2. B.
  strong
3. C.
  good
4. D.
  special
6.
1. A.
  painting
2. B.
  locking
3. C.
  cleaning
4. D.
  oiling
7.
1. A.
  some
2. B.
  each
3. C.
  a
4. D.
  other
8.
1. A.
  operating
2. B.
  listening
3. C.
  singing
4. D.
  other
9.
1. A.
  across
2. B.
  beside
3. C.
  close to
4. D.
  along
10.
1. A.
  as soon as
2. B.
  while
3. C.
  after
4. D.
  before
11.
1. A.
  coming
2. B.
  disappearing
3. C.
  leaving
4. D.
  driving
12.
1. A.
  kept
2. B.
  went on
3. C.
  stopped
4. D.
  began
13.
1. A.
  found
2. B.
  made
3. C.
  hearing
4. D.
  heard
14.
1. A.
  quietly
2. B.
  quickly
3. C.
  carefully
4. D.
  slowly
15.
1. A.
  recognize
2. B.
  catch
3. C.
  realize
4. D.
  provide
16.
1. A.
  biggest
2. B.
  highest
3. C.
  nice
4. D.
  largest
17.
1. A.
  puzzled
2. B.
  sad
3. C.
  serious
4. D.
  happy
18.
1. A.
  watch
2. B.
  examine
3. C.
  control
4. D.
  notice
19.
1. A.
  fact
2. B.
  note
3. C.
  noise
4. D.
  music
20.
1. A.
  the tires
2. B.
  everything
3. C.
  something
4. D.
  nothing

My husband used to be a workaholic(工作狂).Nothing seemed to be more1 to him than his work，not even his family.
He usually2at 6 o’clock，and our3 and I were still asleep then，and then left4 having breakfast.I asked him to have breakfast5，but he said it’s a waste of6.I didn’t know what kept him so7.He even couldn’t finish all his work in the office.He came back at ten at night.However，I never expected that he would give me a kiss.8he got home，he would start to9.The kids had already been in bed，of course.
“Mom，where is Dad？Why I10 see him？”the kids often asked.
“Well，Dad has to work.He is busy，”I always11like this.As time went by，they didn’t ask where their dad was again.Perhaps they had12that they had a dad.However，the situation changed several months ago.
Jenny，our daughter，suddenly became13.I sent her to the hospital.The14told me that she was seriously ill and that she was calling15all the time.Tears burst into my eyes when I16that.I finally called my17and told him about that.Half an hour later，he came to the hospital and held Jenny’s little hands.
He18another job two weeks later.
“I just wanted to make as much19as possible for you and our kids.But now，I just want to20as much time as possible with you and the kids，”he said and that’s what he is doing now.

1.
1. A.
  possible
2. B.
  interesting
3. C.
  important
4. D.
  relaxing
2.
1. A.
  sat down
2. B.
  got up
3. C.
  stoop up
4. D.
  came up
3.
1. A.
  kids
2. B.
  pets
3. C.
  neighbors
4. D.
  parents
4.
1. A.
  on
2. B.
  with
3. C.
  without
4. D.
  after
5.
1. A.
  in the office
2. B.
  on the way
3. C.
  in school
4. D.
  at home
6.
1. A.
  money
2. B.
  time
3. C.
  energy
4. D.
  food
7.
1. A.
  tired
2. B.
  busy
3. C.
  fast
4. D.
  excited
8.
1. A.
  As soon as
2. B.
  In the end
3. C.
  Long before
4. D.
  Long after
9.
1. A.
  eat
2. B.
  sleep
3. C.
  work
4. D.
  write
10.
1. A.
  often
2. B.
  never
3. C.
  sometimes
4. D.
  cheated
11.
1. A.
  shouted
2. B.
  asked
3. C.
  replied
4. D.
  cheated
12.
1. A.
  thought
2. B.
  forgotten
3. C.
  ignored
4. D.
  minded
13.
1. A.
  fine
2. B.
  worse
3. C.
  ill
4. D.
  angry
14.
1. A.
  teacher
2. B.
  boss
3. C.
  officer
4. D.
  doctor
15.
1. A.
  mom
2. B.
  sir
3. C.
  dad
4. D.
  madam
16.
1. A.
  noticed
2. B.
  realized
3. C.
  heard
4. D.
  felt
17.
1. A.
  mother
2. B.
  child
3. C.
  brother
4. D.
  husband
18.
1. A.
  received
2. B.
  lost
3. C.
  changed
4. D.
  found
19.
1. A.
  money
2. B.
  happiness
3. C.
  value
4. D.
  laughter
20.
1. A.
  spend
2. B.
  make
3. C.
  set
4. D.
  steal

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I1most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we2ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to3his family as cold. When we got into the 4to go home, his father suddenly appeared.5, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often6me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant7or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his8me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his9morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I10him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt11. For example, I always return phone calls12and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the13: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger14as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I15and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was16at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be17. Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their18expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my19. Over the years, however, I’ve learned to20other persons, love signs.

1.
1. A.
  remember
2. B.
  enjoy
3. C.
  value
4. D.
  admire
2.
1. A.
  excitedly
2. B.
  nervously
3. C.
  silently
4. D.
  instantly
3.
1. A.
  regard
2. B.
  treat
3. C.
  take
4. D.
  think
4.
1. A.
  bus
2. B.
  train
3. C.
  car
4. D.
  plane
5.
1. A.
  Punctually
2. B.
  Carefully
3. C.
  Proudly
4. D.
  Coldly
6.
1. A.
  visited
2. B.
  interrupted
3. C.
  warned
4. D.
  telephoned
7.
1. A.
  greeting
2. B.
  meeting
3. C.
  apology
4. D.
  explanation
8.
1. A.
  interested
2. B.
  angered
3. C.
  encouraged
4. D.
  surprised
9.
1. A.
  long
2. B.
  short
3. C.
  warm
4. D.
  polite
10.
1. A.
  praised
2. B.
  remembered
3. C.
  blamed
4. D.
  thanked
11.
1. A.
  content
2. B.
  guilty
3. C.
  curious
4. D.
  disappointed
12.
1. A.
  in order
2. B.
  in turn
3. C.
  without delay
4. D.
  without difficulty
13.
1. A.
  feeling
2. B.
  suggestion
3. C.
  judgment
4. D.
  belief
14.
1. A.
  disappeared
2. B.
  grew
3. C.
  helped
4. D.
  declined
15.
1. A.
  opened
2. B.
  refused
3. C.
  hosted
4. D.
  invited
16.
1. A.
  depressed
2. B.
  upset
3. C.
  fascinated
4. D.
  shocked
17.
1. A.
  uncaring
2. B.
  dishonest
3. C.
  unhappy
4. D.
  uncooperative
18.
1. A.
  unique
2. B.
  common
3. C.
  pleasant
4. D.
  familiar
19.
1. A.
  opinion
2. B.
  way
3. C.
  mind
4. D.
  life
20.
1. A.
  send
2. B.
  read
3. C.
  give
4. D.
  express

Are you a social butterfly, or do you prefer being at the edge of a group of friends? Either way, your genes and evolution may play a major1, US researchers reported on Monday.
While it may come as no surprise that genes may help explain 2some people have many friends and others have 3 , the researchers said, their findings go just a little farther than that.
"Some of the things we find are4uncommon," said Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University in Massachusetts, who helped5the study.
"We find that how interconnected your friends are6on your genes. Some people have four friends who know each other and some people have four friends who don't7each other. 8Dick and Harry know each other depends on Tom's 9 ," Christakis said in a telephone interview.
Christakis and colleague James Fowler of the University of California San Diego are 10known for their studies that show obesity, smoking and happiness spread in networks.
For this study, they and Christopher Dawes of UCSD used national data that11more than 1,000 identical(同卵的) and fraternal(异卵的) twins’ genes. Because 12share an environment, these studies are good for showing the impact that genes have13various things, because identical twins14all their genes while fraternal twins share just half.
"We found there appears to be a genetic tendency to introduce your friends15each other," Christakis said.
There could be good, evolutionary reasons16this. People in the middle of a social network could be secret to useful gossip,17the location of food or good investment choices.
But they would also be at risk of catching effects from all sides -- in which case the advantage would18more cautious social behavior, they wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"It may be that natural selection is19not just things like whether or not we can resist the common cold, but also who it is that we are going to come into 20with," Fowler said in a statement.

1.
1. A.
  role
2. B.
  rule
3. C.
  roll
4. D.
  pole
2.
1. A.
  where
2. B.
  why
3. C.
  when
4. D.
  how
3.
1. A.
  a few
2. B.
  several
3. C.
  few
4. D.
  some
4.
1. A.
  generally
2. B.
  mainly
3. C.
  mostly
4. D.
  frankly
5.
1. A.
  conduct
2. B.
  introduce
3. C.
  conflict
4. D.
  instruct
6.
1. A.
  depends
2. B.
  bases
3. C.
  take
4. D.
  put
7.
1. A.
  see
2. B.
  inspect
3. C.
  learn
4. D.
  know
8.
1. A.
  When
2. B.
  Where
3. C.
  What
4. D.
  Whether
9.
1. A.
  genes
2. B.
  brains
3. C.
  appearances
4. D.
  figures
10.
1. A.
  much
2. B.
  best
3. C.
  very
4. D.
  least
11.
1. A.
  recorded
2. B.
  illustrated
3. C.
  described
4. D.
  compared
12.
1. A.
  brothers
2. B.
  sisters
3. C.
  twins
4. D.
  cousins
13.
1. A.
  with
2. B.
  on
3. C.
  for
4. D.
  to
14.
1. A.
  share
2. B.
  have
3. C.
  own
4. D.
  show
15.
1. A.
  into
2. B.
  to
3. C.
  in
4. D.
  from
16.
1. A.
  for
2. B.
  with
3. C.
  to
4. D.
  at
17.
1. A.
  in addition to
2. B.
  due to
3. C.
  as for
4. D.
  such as
18.
1. A.
  lie on
2. B.
  bring in
3. C.
  lie in
4. D.
  send in
19.
1. A.
  acting on
2. B.
  putting on
3. C.
  relying on
4. D.
  sending on
20.
1. A.
  contract
2. B.
  face
3. C.
  join
4. D.
  contact

Taking Care
From a very early age, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I have always1her and the way she took care of everyone. I wanted to be just like her.
So, here I am, a2for the last seven years. I love my work. Now, my father is quite3. He is 71 and has heart failure, and a lot of other medical4. Up until April of this year, he was able to live alone, drive, and5all of his own needs. His health has broken sown swiftly. I’m the only girl out of the five children. Being the only girl and a nurse6me at the top of the caregiver list. Taking care of a sick parent is very7, not at all like taking care of other patients. I have to8my own family to be here with Dad. I know this is9I need to be but it is still hard. I10abut 12-15 hours day taking care of him. I want to spend all of the time that I can with him because I know that our11left together is short.
At the same time, I find myself12that my brothers don’t help more. Sometimes, it is days between their13. they all have families of their own and busy lives but…so do I. My eldest brother does help some. He14at night. He comes in at 8 or 9pm and lets me go home. But he is up and15to hit the road at about 6 am. My16brothers pop in for 10-15 minute visits. It is17annoying. They say they18stand “to see Daddy this way” which I understand. It hurts me to see him so sick19weak, too. But …he’s our Dad. He has taken care of us our whole lives. I just20like we should all do our part to take care of him now.

1.
1. A.
  missed
2. B.
  admired
3. C.
  cheered
4. D.
  loved
2.
1. A.
  nurse
2. B.
  mother
3. C.
  doctor
4. D.
  daughter
3.
1. A.
  stubborn
2. B.
  healthy
3. C.
  lonely
4. D.
  ill
4.
1. A.
  puzzles
2. B.
  difficulties
3. C.
  problems
4. D.
  matters
5.
1. A.
  give up
2. B.
  take care of
3. C.
  watch over
4. D.
  take up
6.
1. A.
  put
2. B.
  encouraged
3. C.
  obliged
4. D.
  showed
7.
1. A.
  necessary
2. B.
  easy
3. C.
  important
4. D.
  difficult
8.
1. A.
  refuse
2. B.
  support
3. C.
  abandon
4. D.
  own
9.
1. A.
  when
2. B.
  how
3. C.
  where
4. D.
  why
10.
1. A.
  waste
2. B.
  spend
3. C.
  kill
4. D.
  pass
11.
1. A.
  money
2. B.
  pleasure
3. C.
  emotion
4. D.
  time
12.
1. A.
  angry
2. B.
  calm
3. C.
  enthusiastic
4. D.
  anxious
13.
1. A.
  trips
2. B.
  favours
3. C.
  visits
4. D.
  meals
14.
1. A.
  lives
2. B.
  appears
3. C.
  sleeps
4. D.
  stays
15.
1. A.
  likely
2. B.
  ready
3. C.
  sorry
4. D.
  glad
16.
1. A.
  other
2. B.
  dear
3. C.
  busy
4. D.
  pitiful
17.
1. A.
  even
2. B.
  ever
3. C.
  still
4. D.
  really
18.
1. A.
  mustn’t
2. B.
  needn’t
3. C.
  can’t
4. D.
  shouldn’t
19.
1. A.
  or
2. B.
  and
3. C.
  yet
4. D.
  but
20.
1. A.
  feel
2. B.
  sound
3. C.
  smell
4. D.
  look

I have said enough to you about the fact that no two native speakers of English speak it alike, but perhaps you are clever enough to ask me whether I myself speak it in the same way.
I must1at once that I do not. Nobody does. I am at present speaking to an audience of many thousands of gramophonists(学话者), many of2are trying hard to follow my words, syllable by syllable. If I were to speak to you as carelessly as I speak to my wife at home, this record would be3; and if I were to speak to my wife at home as carefully as I am speaking to you, she would think that I was going mad.
As a public speaker I have to take care that every word I say is heard clearly at the far4of large halls containing thousands of people. “But at home, when I have to consider only my wife sitting5six feet of me at breakfast, I take so little pains with my speech that very often,6giving me the expected answer, she says, “Don’t mumble, and don’t turn you head away when you speak. I can’t hear a word you are saying.” And she also is a little careless. Sometimes I have to say “what” two or three times during our meal. And she7me of growing deafer and deafer, though she does not say so, because, as I am now over seventy, it might be true.
We all have company manners. If you were to8a strange family and to listen through the keyhole before going in---not that I would suggest for a moment that you are capable of doing such a very unladylike or ungentlemanlike thing; but still, if, in your enthusiasm for studying languages you could bring yourself to do it just for a few seconds to hear how a family speak to one another when there is9listening to them, and then walk into the room and hear how very10they speak in your presence, the change would surprise you. Even when our home manners are as good as our company manners---and of course they ought to be better --- they are always different; and the difference is greater in speech than in anything else.

1.
1. A.
  admit
2. B.
  accept
3. C.
  refuse
4. D.
  deny
2.
1. A.
  them
2. B.
  who
3. C.
  whom
4. D.
  us
3.
1. A.
  useful
2. B.
  important
3. C.
  useless
4. D.
  helpful
4.
1. A.
  side
2. B.
  end
3. C.
  distance
4. D.
  length
5.
1. A.
  within
2. B.
  at
3. C.
  from
4. D.
  by
6.
1. A.
  other than
2. B.
  except for
3. C.
  apart form
4. D.
  instead of
7.
1. A.
  excuses
2. B.
  suspects
3. C.
  thinks
4. D.
  accuses
8.
1. A.
  call at
2. B.
  drop by
3. C.
  drop in
4. D.
  call on
9.
1. A.
  nobody else
2. B.
  nobody
3. C.
  someone else
4. D.
  someone
10.
1. A.
  strangely
2. B.
  politely
3. C.
  differently
4. D.
  calmly

I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area.My parents1the necessities of life2they couldn’t give much more.If I asked my father3a pair of jeans,he would say,“If you want them,make the money and buy them4.”He wasn’t being mean;he just couldn’t5them.From age 12 on,I did part-time jobs after school.
When I6from high school,I joined the navy.Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island,S.C.,where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily7.These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles.Completing these tasks successfully8discipline,team-work and responsibility.It didn’t9whether you were black,white or Asian;everyone worked together for the10of the company.
I went11to graduate from the U.S.Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy.The part of my job I12most was the consueling(咨询) meetings I13with the family members of the men and women in my14,trying to help them deal with the long periods of15.These proved popular and word of them spread.16I was being asked to give encouraging17to business groups,educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real18,and my life is still guided by the19lessons I learned there.It taught me discipline,friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to20it.

1.
1. A.
  provided
2. B.
  got
3. C.
  made
4. D.
  bought
2.
1. A.
  while
2. B.
  but
3. C.
  so
4. D.
  or
3.
1. A.
  about
2. B.
  with
3. C.
  for
4. D.
  of
4.
1. A.
  themselves
2. B.
  ourselves
3. C.
  yourself
4. D.
  myself
5.
1. A.
  pay
2. B.
  find
3. C.
  produce
4. D.
  afford
6.
1. A.
  came
2. B.
  returned
3. C.
  escaped
4. D.
  graduated
7.
1. A.
  drills
2. B.
  tasks
3. C.
  exercises
4. D.
  reports
8.
1. A.
  included
2. B.
  asked
3. C.
  required
4. D.
  met
9.
1. A.
  matter
2. B.
  mean
3. C.
  exist
4. D.
  work
10.
1. A.
  good
2. B.
  boss
3. C.
  rest
4. D.
  right
11.
1. A.
  out
2. B.
  on
3. C.
  away
4. D.
  off
12.
1. A.
  took
2. B.
  hated
3. C.
  enjoyed
4. D.
  did
13.
1. A.
  ended
2. B.
  began
3. C.
  continued
4. D.
  held
14.
1. A.
  charge
2. B.
  situation
3. C.
  position
4. D.
  choice
15.
1. A.
  lessons
2. B.
  meetings
3. C.
  training
4. D.
  separation
16.
1. A.
  Long before
2. B.
  Before long
3. C.
  As usual
4. D.
  Once again
17.
1. A.
  performances
2. B.
  descriptions
3. C.
  speeches
4. D.
  gifts
18.
1. A.
  vacation
2. B.
  place
3. C.
  job
4. D.
  travel
19.
1. A.
  important
2. B.
  bitter
3. C.
  normal
4. D.
  difficult
20.
1. A.
  gain
2. B.
  achieve
3. C.
  show
4. D.
  match

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