——Could I use your English dictionary for a few moments?

—— ________．I’m not using it myself．

       A．Come on       B．It depends C．Go ahead            D．That’s great

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. “Oh, dear!” I cried, “ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures ( 可怜的人 ) in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .

A. asleep             B. working in bed     C. outside             D. quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________. 

A. it was too late at night

B. he was very tired

C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.What do you suppose happened to the author？

A. He went to a church to pray again

B. He passed the exam by luck

C. He failed in the exam

D. He was punished by his teacher

4.The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A. The Night Before the Examination

B. Working Far into the Night

C. A Slow Student

D. Going Over My Lessons

– Could I ask you a rather personal question?

– Sure, ____.

A．pardon me        B．go ahead          C．good idea         D．forget it

Directions: For each blank in the passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through some exceedingly picturesque (如画的) countryside. Suddenly, dark clouds piled up overhead and rain began to fall, but strange to ___50___, several hundred yards ahead of me the sun shone brilliantly. Riding, however, as rapidly as I could, I found it ___51___ to get into the clear. The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward. I continued this unequal contest for an exhausting half hour, ___52___ realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area ahead of me.

Then it dawned upon me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry, while paying no attention whatsoever to the landscape ___53___ which I was making the trip. The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not unendurable. Indeed, there was much to look at which might ___54___ have escaped me. As I gazed about with sharpened ___55___, I saw colours and lines and shapes that would have appeared differently under brilliant light. The rain mists (薄雾) which now ___56___ the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were entrancing (迷人的). My annoyance at the rain was gone and my eagerness to ___57___ it disappeared. It had provided me with a new view and helped me understand that the ___58___ of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand within the ___59___ of one’s own sensibilities.

It made me think, then and later, about other matters to which this incident was related. It helped me realize that there is no sense in my ___60___ ever to flee from circumstances and conditions which cannot be avoided but which I might bravely ___61___ and frequently mend and often turn to good account. I know that half the battle is won if I can face trouble with courage, __62__ with spirit, and triumph with humility. It has become ever clearer to me that danger is far from disaster, that defeat may be the forerunner of final ___63___, and that, in the last analysis, all achievement is dangerously weak ___64___ based on enduring principles of moral conduct.

1.                A．ask            B．relate          C．understand    D．call

2.                A．easy           B．likely           C．impossible D．comfortable

3.                A．before         B．after           C．as   D．while

4.                                  A．in front of B．on account of

C．for the sake of                     D．atthe convenience of

5.                A．therefore       B．consequently    C．accordingly    D．otherwise

6.                A．puzzle          B．appreciation     C．wisdom   D．shock

7.                A．crowned        B．covered        C．swept    D．floated

8.                A．enjoy          B．embrace        C．surround D．escape

9.                A．resources       B．sources         C．causes   D．courses

10.               A．distance        B．help           C．range     D．comprehension

11.               A．requesting      B．waiting         C．attempting D．expecting

12.               A．meet          B．avoid          C．decline    D．change

13.               A．happiness       B．joy            C．disappointment D．surprise

14.               A．failure         B．victory         C．relief D．decision

15.               A．if             B．though         C．until  D．unless

—Could I use your car tomorrow morning?

—Sure. I ______ a report at home.

A．will be writing                          B．will have written

C．have written                           D．have been writing