Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does______ his boss.

1. A.
   serves
2. B.
   satisfies
3. C.
   promises
4. D.
   support

阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

   Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)   21   bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will   22   you up in the morning! Here is how it   23   .

The bed   24  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   25   music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet   26   , "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording   27   . The sound recording can be loud music or   28   sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss   29   ,“Wake up immediately,     30   you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up   31  the second recording, you   32   be sorry! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few   33  minutes. What! You’re   34   in bed! Slowly the   35   of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.   36   , the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become   37   .

Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   38   a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new   39   . If their ideas win, the employees win   40 .    Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.

1.A. expensive              B. special              C. valuable               D. comfortable

2.A. get                 B. catch           C. make                  D. let

3.A. works               B. runs            C. happens               D. moves

4.A. is separated from               B. is made up of    

         C. is connected to        D. is made into

5.A. loud                B. classical         C. pop                 D. soft

6.A. sound                   B. voice           C. noise             D. way

7.A. sends                  B. turns          C. plays             D. appears

8.A. pleasant             B. interesting     C. unpleasant                  D. funny

9.A. shouts               B. calls          C. whispers           D. persuades

10.A. and                  B. but                     C. so                D. or

11.A. before              B. until          C. since              D. after

12.A. can                  B. will           C. may              D. would

13.A. other               B. another        C. more              D. one

14.A. still                B. yet             C. already             D. even

15.A. end                  B. middle          C. body               D. top

16.A. However               B. Finally                   C. Therefore           D. Otherwise

17.A. angry                 B. asleep        C. happy              D. awake

18.A. achieve               B. win            C. gain               D. defeat

19.A. ideas                B. problems        C. facts               D. ways

20.A. praises                 B. positions      C. prizes              D. medals

The lazy waiter ______ to his boss that he had ______ the table.

A. lay; laid        B. lied; lay        C. lied; laid      D. laid; laid

During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA. One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets.

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the Games in Berlin.

1.

Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

   A. Teach P.E in school.                                  B. Write some books.

   C. Work at a hospital.                          D. Take part in the Olympic Games.

2.

 In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

   A. Summer.                 B. Winter.                 C. Spring.                  D. Autumn.

3.

Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

  A. It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball.

  B. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born.

C. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game.

D. It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played.

4.

At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

   A. Basketball was already a worldwide game.

   B. Basketball was played with 9 players on each side.

   C. Basketball was an Olympic sport.

   D. Basketball was still played using footballs.  

 -- I can’t believe that Jeff _______ have quarreled and fought with his boss.

-- Well, if one _______ ask for trouble, it just can’t be helped.

A. would; will       B. must; may        C. should; must      D. need; dare