Exactly意为“确实是这样”，表示同意对方的观点。

----- Sorry, I must be leaving now, because there's a meeting

----- _______.
A. Oh, no, you can't.　　　　　 B. Yes, you can leave if you like.
C. Do you really have to go?　　 D. Oh, no. I don't understand.

The missing boys were last seen____ near the river.

A.     playing  B. to be playing  C. play  D. to play

Internet, as well as the telephones, ________ an important part in our daily life.

A．is playing          B．have played        C．are playing        D．play

Daniel stays home on workdays. He starts his personal computer in order to connect with the office which is about three hundred miles away in another city. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Daniel doesn’t talk to any other human beings, and he doesn’t see any people except the ones on television. Daniel is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.
The world of business is one area in which technology is separating us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals (终端) in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they’re dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers’ salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts. Many companies and consumers have already changed the way they sell or buy products. E-commerce, or business done on the Internet, is becoming more and more popular. This, therefore, makes it possible for people to do shopping without going out of their homes.
Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for example, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living-rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing as well. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living-rooms.
【小题1】After work, Daniel likes to ______.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My __36__ began when I was just a kid．I __37__ becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic．Through her work, she observed that __38__ people spent a lot more time reading than they __39__ watching television. She announced that my brother and I __40__ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and __41__ her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a __42__. My mother was illiterate. 

When I entered high school I was a(n) __43__, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to __44__ the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from __45__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __46__ food and pay the bills. With everything __47__, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very __48__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was __49__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __50__ our heads and any kind of food on the table, __51__ buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my __52__ and became an A-student again, and eventually I __53__ my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother's story—a woman with __54__ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job __55__ than parenting. This I believe.

36．A．belief       B．work C．education  D．promise

37．A．majored in      B．got used to      C．dreamed of      D．got tired of 

38．A．lazy B．easy-going      C．successful        D．reliable

39．A．spent       B．paid C．took        D．did

40．A．could only      B．could not        C．must not D．should often

41．A．read to    B．present to        C．teach       D．explain to

42．A．joke        B．means      C．tool D．trick

43．A．A-student        B．B-student        C．C-student        D．D-student

44．A．get rid of       B．hang out with C．break away from     D．keep in touch with

45．A．making    B．stopping   C．working         D．getting

46．A．your brother    B．yourself   C．your sister       D．the family

47．A．left over B．paid off   C．used up    D．carried out

48．A．angry      B．pleased    C．disappointed    D．bored

49．A．anything        B．everything       C．something       D．nothing

50．A．put an idea into             B．gave an impression on  

       C．keep a roof over             D．have eyes in the back of       

51．A．let alone         B．let out      C．let in       D．leave alone

52．A．guys       B．mother    C．studies     D．play 

53．A．made       B．fulfilled   C．changed         D．tried

54．A．little        B．much       C．few         D．high

55．A．more interesting      B．less important   C．more important       D．less interesting