The pen I 　　 I 　　 is on my desk, right under my nose.

　 A. think; lost　　　 　B. thought; had lost

C. think; had lost　 D. thought; have lost

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We are often asked to make a   1  in life. Most of us are afraid of　　 it and don’t do a good   2  . Here are some simple steps to make your speech a　　 successful one. First of all,   3  everything you can about your subject(主题)and   4  the same time find out as   5  as　　 you can about your audience(听众). Who are they? 　　 6  do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your　　 speech. Then try to arrange(整理)your material　　 so that your speech is clear and easy   7  .Use as many examples as   8  . Never　　 forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads   9  talk down to them. When you　　 are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly and look at your audience. Pause(暂停)for   10  seconds  11  time to time to　　 give your audience a chance to   12     13  you   14  . Just remember: be prepared,　　 know your subject and your audience, say what you have to say and be yourself so that your　　 ideas   15  you and your audience together.

I don’t understand how you were fined. I always ____you ____a careful driver.
　 A. think…are 　　　　　　　　 　 B. am thinking…are

　 C. thought…were　　　　　　 　　　 　 D. think…were

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一 个最佳答案。

　　　　     Albert found lessons very difficult. His teacher would tap her pointer (教鞭) against the blackboard impatiently (不耐烦) while she waited 1 him to answer her questions. But Albert always had to think about many things before he 2 answer. After all, he would say to himself, there are 3 different things 4 about before you can say anything that is absolutely certain.

　　     When his teacher wasn't asking Albert a question, Albert would 5 a question to ask her. And often when he did, she would get red 6 the face and angry at Albert 7 thinking up questions she couldn't answer.

　　     The more Albert learned, 8 he found to think about. The more he thought about, 9 questions he thought of 10 .

　　     He knew that the earth, other planets, the moon and the sun are just a part of 11 we call the universe. He knew that the universe is also 12 all the stars we can see 13 our eyes and millions and millions more that we can see only 14 the largest telescopes and still more—we think—that 15 far away they can't be seen 16 . And he also knew 17 all these stars and our own bodies and everything 18 are made up of atoms (原子) so tiny they can't be seen even with the best microscope.

　　     He thought there must 19 some rules to 20 why everything in the universe, big and little, acts as it does. Why don't the stars 21 around in the sky bump (撞) into each other? 22 makes the tiny atoms stick together to form all the different things there are? Albert Einstein thought and thought 23 he believed he had some of the answers. And people started asking 24 questions because he had 25 for many things that scientists had been trying to figure out for many, many years.

Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

　　The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth ---- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

　　I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“Would you like to buy a chair?”He looked it over carefully and said,“Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?”“Twenty pounds,”I said.“OK,”he said,“I’ll give you twenty pounds.”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said.“Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”

　　Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited.“What will you do with it?”I asked.“Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.”“I'll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said.“Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.”“Your must be crazy,”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped.“I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.”“You’re right,”I said.“And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, Would you mend this chair for me　I wouldn't have agreed to do it,”he said.“We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.

We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

　　A. was rather impolite              B. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

　　C. was warmly received          　D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

　　A. changed his mind　　　　　　　 B. accepted the offer

　　C. saw the writer’s purpose　　　　　D. decided to help the writer

How much did the writer pay?

　　A. ￡ 5.　　　　B. ￡ 7.　　　　 C. ￡ 20.　　　　D. ￡ 27.

From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________

A. honest　　　　B. careful　　　　C. smart　　　　 D. funny