15、His disabled legs _______ him to a wheelchair all his life.

A．condemned         B．fastened         C．applied          D．cast

14、Don’t always think you are _______ to the others; in fact, you are just an ordinary person.

A．inferior             B．superior            C．sensitive            D．sensible

13、I’m really ________ this weather – why can’t it be sunny for a change?

A．fed up to            B．fed on         C．fed to       D．fed up with

12、The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 is believed ______ more than 90,000 people and made thousands homeless, _________ it perhaps the most destroying earthquake in history.

A．to kill; making                               B．to have killed; making

C．having killed; to make                         D．killed; made

11、Washing machines made by China have won_______ worldwide attention and Hairer has become__________ popular name.

A．a; the              B．/ ; a                 C．/ ; the              D．the; a

10、The best job is _______ which uses your skill in doing something together with your interest in the subject.

A．something           B．the one            C．one          D．it

9、--- I’m sorry I can’t go to your party tonight.

--- _________? Haven’t we agreed on it?

A．What is it                                                B．Why don’t you

C．What do you think                                    D．How is it

8、When high school started, Becky and I became best friends．We __1__ many interests and quickly became inseparable．When high school ended, we both cried _2__ we would attend different colleges in the fall．

Our first term of university life was _3__．We had a huge telephone bill and our e-mails were incredibly long．In the second term I found some new friends with whom I felt very __4__．These were friends with whom I could be myself and _5_ out my feelings．I was eager to share my new friends with Becky.

When Becky finally visited me at my school, we were excited．She __6__ a toy bear to me as a present and told me about her college life．However, something unexpected happened when I __7__ her to my new friends．Her eyes grew dark and I could see the __8_ within them．My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Becky seemed __9__ to accept it．I didn’t understand __10_ the people I loved most couldn’t love each other.

Becky left．I knew she was not happy．I thought long about what had happened．After many unanswered questions, I understood that she was __11__．She saw me with my new friends and _12__ that we no longer shared the same experiences．She saw all the fun I was having __13__ her and wished she could be a part of it．She wished she could be in their __14__.

I wrote a letter to Becky __15__ she’s always my best friend．I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life’s greatest __16__．Becky wrote me back soon．She was in __17__ and felt sorry about what she had done.

I think Becky and I both learn an important lesson from it．__18__ can influence our friendship and change the experiences we’ve shared．We are now walking on two different paths of __19_．While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are always there, __20__ to share their heart and soul, no matter how far apart.

1．A．showed              B．developed           C．protected          D．shared

2．A．because               B．unless                C．although            D．while

3．A．modern               B．peaceful            C．hard                  D．normal

4．A．anxious             B．comfortable         C．familiar              D．strange

5．A．figure                  B．make                C．pour                  D．hold

6．A．brought               B．returned             C．donated             D．recommended

7．A．admitted             B．introduced           C．mentioned          D．referred

8．A．concern               B．doubt                  C．curiosity           D．hurt

9．A．ashamed             B．cautious            C．unwilling           D．calm

10．A．how                  B．why                    C．that                   D．whether

11．A．aggressive         B．discouraged         C．proud               D．jealous

12．A．regretted            B．argued               C．promised           D．proved

13．A．for                    B．from                 C．without             D．across

14．A．expectation          B．position               C．reception            D．relation

15．A．recognizing       B．predicting            C．assuming           D．explaining

16．A．gift                     B．spirit                  C．achievement        D．sign

17．A．sympathy         B．agreement            C．surprise               D．confusion

18．A．Nothing             B．Anything             C．Something           D．Everything

19．A．success          B．happiness            C．research           D．life

20．A．choosing            B．planning             C．waiting              D．demanding

7、I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage．For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father．Totally loving．No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio．The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives．Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will．A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband．Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did．On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased．Maybe a little puzzled．After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read．Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach．I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went．Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums．Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed．I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.?

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however．Evelyn and I still laugh about it today．On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression．

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to be understood．Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms．“You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

1．From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.

       A．with his family     B．with Evelyn      C．alone                  D．with his children

2．During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

       A．she looked lovely in her new clothes

       B．he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

       C．he was determined to be a good husband

       D．the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

3．The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

       A．He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

       B．He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

       C．He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

       D．She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

4．By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.

       A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

       B．he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

       C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

       D．he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

6、Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.

Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists．In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception（观察力） of some people, using pictures of some orange circles．The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people．The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.

The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background．One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one．Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time．Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.

Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles．Here’s where the trick lies in．In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles — making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one．And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles — so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle．

When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren’t fooled — they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before．Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well．Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time．

As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context．In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle．As a result, they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.

1．Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate        .

       A．children’s and adults’ eye-sight

       B．the influence of people’s age

       C．children’s and adults’ brains

       D．people’s ability to see accurately

2．When asked to find the larger circle,         .

       A．children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones around

       B．only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones around

       C．children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones around

       D．adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around

3．Visual context may work when children get older than        .

       A．4                        B．6                        C．10                      D．18

4．Why are younger children not fooled?

       A．Because they are smarter than older children and adults.

       B．Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.

       C．Because people’s eyes become weaker as they grow older.

       D．Because older people are influenced by their experience.