--- Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?

--- Oh, that’s _____ .

During a recent holiday I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression   1   me. I arrived at Dussedorf airport at 7 pm. It was already  2  outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to    3 . I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the phone I needed some   4   , I asked a lady for help. To my  5   she gave me three coins to use. But all the phones in the   6   needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be bought at post offices during the   7   . I was   8   I would not be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English   9   understand that I needed to   10   a phone call. He showed me where the phone was and inserted  11   phone carD．I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.

The   12   of the German people made me feel that I was not   13   my first day in Germany wasn’t as  14   as I expecteD．Whenever I went, I asked people for   15  . It surprised me that   16   every young German could speak English fluently. Older Germans couldn't speak English very well, but they would try to help me   17   they coulD．One middle-aged man I asked for directions even   18   me to the place I was looking for.

My   19   in Germany totally changed my impression of Germans. Now I think the people couldn't be more 20    .

1．  A．on    B．for   C．to     D．about

2．  A．late B．dark        C．light        D．early

3．  A．visit        B．eat    C．stay D．keep

4．  A．cards       B．information     C．money     D．coins

5．  A．joy   B．disappointment       C．emotion   D．surprise

6．  A．hotel      B．airport     C．city D．pavement

7．  A．night B．daytime   C．trip   D．rush-hour

8．  A．afraid      B．sure C．glad D．eager

9．  A．or    B．but   C．and   D．so

10．A．make       B．have  C．do    D．answer

11．A．another     B．a      C．my   D．his

12．A．use   B．success     C．care D．kindness

13．A．really      B．nearly out of   C．far from   D．close to

14．A．interesting       B．good        C．bad   D．busy

15．A．direction B．distance   C．travel       D．serve

16．A．almost     B．even        C．only        D．already

17．A．whenever        B．whatever C．wherever D．however

18．A．drove       B．reached    C．moved     D．came

19．A．experience      B．victory     C．visit  D．memory

20．A．friendly    B．unfriendly       C．cold-hearted    D．valuable

The map is one of the best tools a man has __ he goes to a new place．

A．whenever                             B．whatever

C．wherever                             D．however

This college allows students to develop their own interests, to ______　extent they wished．

I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. What set him so far apart from others?

He1.that, in his opinion, it all came from an2.from his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old. He had been trying to3.a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his 4.on the slippery(光滑的) bottle and it 5., making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of6.at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said: “Robert, what an(a)7.and wonderful mess you have made! I have8.seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to9.down and play in the milk for a few10.before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said: “You know, Robert,11.you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and restore everything to its proper12.. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you13.?” He chose the sponge and together they14.up the milk.

His mother then said: “You know, what happened just now is a15.experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s16.out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can17.a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy18.that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

This scientist then19.that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make20..

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?