15、The stone under her feet rolled; and as she was        into the river, she called out for help.

A．being jumped              B．jumped                C．pulling                 D．being pulled

14、Please come and help me with this application from because I don’t know how to        it.

A．set about         B．set out          C．set up          D．set aside

13、It’s all       , isn’t? Someone who is poor in this country might be considered well off in another.

A．relative            B．related           C．relation          D．relationship

12、So difficult         it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English well.

A．I have felt         B．have I felt         C．I did feel          D．did I feel

11、Believe it or not, weather forecasts seven days in advance are,        , wrong half the time, according to a US survey.

A．at first           B．in brief          C．on average          D．by chance

10、—If he       , he      that food.

—Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

A．was warned, would not take                        B．had been warned, would not have taken

C．would be warned, had not taken                   D．would have been warned, had not taken

9、He is such a lazy man       nobody wants to work with      .

A．as; him          B．that; /           C．as; /        D．whom; him

8、I don’t want       any more trouble, you see?

A．there being            B．it to be          C．it being         D．there to be

7、Statistics show that nearly three-quarters of 30-year-of Italian males still live at their parents’ home.

The Italian（1） grows up thinking his other is the Virgin Mary, and so （2） he thinks he is Jesus, or God’s gift to the world. It is not （3） that Italian males find it very difficult to （4） home. Their mothers make sure that their（5） are so cosseted（宠爱）that they have no real wish to leave. Even when they are （6）, they continue to behave as if they aren’t, taking their（7） home at least once a week for their mothers（8） and iron.

They （9） treating home as a hotel, just like teenagers in northern European countries. Why give up a life of luxury and financial（10） with a woman who treats you as the Son of God for an （11） future with a woman（12） might ask you to do things around the （13） that you have never （14） to do, like making your bed or drying the dishes?

In fact young Italian males （15） no choice. There is little tradition of them（16） away from home during their student years, and it is（17） for them to find decent jobs until they are in their thirties;（18） the absence of suitably priced accommodation makes it practically（19） for them to afford to move out. They find themselves（20） in a trap: wanting to live on their own, but unable to leave the nest and under fire for not doing so.

1．A．child                     B．male                    C．student                D．female

2．A．hopefully               B．naturally              C．happily                D．generally

3．A．surprising              B．exciting               C．easy                    D．convenient

4．A．go                        B．come                  C．leave                   D．return

5．A．sons                     B．sisters                 C．friends                D．children

6．A．married                 B．well                    C．tried                    D．ill

7．A．books                   B．clothes                C．cars                    D．bicycles

8．A．make                    B．cook                   C．wash                  D．see

9．A．turn up                 B．end up                 C．get up                 D．pick up

10．A．difficulty             B．problem               C．trouble                D．security

11．A．  bright                B．uncertain             C．splendid              D．promising

12．A．when                  B．who                    C．what                   D．which

13．A．house                  B．corner                 C．place                   D．school

14．A．remembered        B．forgot                 C．stopped               D．learnt

15．A．like                     B．prefer                  C．hate                    D．have

16．A．going                  B．living                   C．putting                D．getting

17．A．unusual               B．usual                   C．worried               D．nervous

18．A．but                     B．when                  C．while                  D．where

19．A．different              B．impossible           C．important            D．casual

20．A．dressed               B．convinced            C．determined          D．caught

6、Autumn means different things to different people. It all depends on your personality, said British naturalist Richard Mabey. "Personality shapes your view of the season," he said. "You may see it as a fading away, a packing up（结束）, or as a time of packing in another sense – the excited gathering of resources before a long journey."

If this is true, perhaps it tells us a little about, for instance, Thomas Hood, the 19th Century English poet. About November, he wrote:

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees

November!

On the other hand, another English poet John Keats, already sensing he was seriously ill, was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language, To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.

According to Richard Mabey, Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down, but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example, just at the moment that Keats's "gathering swallows" （in To Autumn） are departing for Africa, millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland, Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists, before falling, the leaves transfer their chlorophyll（叶绿素） and carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safe-keeping over winter. What remains are the natural antioxidants（防老剂） in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids（类胡萝卜素）, and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn, the bright-red anthocyanin（花青素）. High color is not a signal of deterioration（退化） and decline, but of detox（排毒的） ability and good health.

A century after Keats, the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: "Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn. [And that we could] disintegrate（瓦解） like autumn leaves…dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Would not our attitude towards death be different?"

1．From Thomas Hood’s poem, we may infer that _______.

       A．he suffered a lot from cold November

       B．he missed the shining summer days very much

       C．he had a negative attitude towards autumn

       D．he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much

2．Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley’s attitude towards autumn?

       A．Optimistic.          B．Fearful.              C．Doubtful.            D．Realistic.

3．In autumn, leaves turn yellow before falling because ______.

       A．they can’t bear the freezing

       B．they can’t get enough water from the wood part

       C．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves

       D．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part

4．What does the underlined sentence mean?

       A．Man can never live long, just as leaves must leave the tree annually.

       B．Man is different from autumn leaves, which will come again the next spring.

       C．Man should treat death calmly, just like autumn leaves fall to the ground.

       D．Man should have a positive attitude towards death, quite different from autumn leaves.