14、The easily _______ computer system is unsafe from hackers．

A．accessed          B．crushed           C．sealed          D．refreshed

13、This special school accepts all disabled students, _______ educational level and background．

A．according to          B．in addition to          C．regardless of           D．in terms of

12、The temperature will fall sharply the day after tomorrow, when a snowstorm ______ to strike our area．

A．is expected           B．expects         C．has expected         D．will be expected

11、Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ______ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems．

A．skeptical       B．sensitive           C．addicted          D．available

10、He was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette．

A．to stop          B．stopped          C．having stopped          D．stopping

9、— Was it there _______ you were away to answer the phone?

— There is no doubt about it．

A．that          B．which           C．while            D．where

8、Miss Li ______ as a secretary for five years in the company, and now she is general manager of it．

A．served           B．has served            C．had served           D．serves

7、“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker．“You can work along with a partner．”

My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other．We always worked on projects   1  ．

The   2   of the Challenge was simple — to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when   3   the stadium wall．

I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie．  4   the butter-cream gave me an idea．

“I have a brilliant design for our   5   container!” I said when Cassie arrived．“We can   6    the egg with some butter-cream．”

“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute （降落伞）   7   ?” Cassie rolled her eyes．“The parachute is better than that stupid idea．”

I couldn’t believe it．Of course we’d had our little   8    in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “  9  ” before．

“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”

  10    words had been out, our friendship was challenged．

When Friday finally arrived, I had to   11    Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good．  12   , my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific．We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall．Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived  13   three more steps and dropped them again．This would go on till the last egg broke．

After four rounds, only Cassie and I were  14   ．I let go of my box．I heard someone say “ew” after seconds．Had my egg broken? I raced down the   15   ．The sidewalk was dotted with egg shells from those   16    drops．Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream．

“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said．She was holding her Egg Force One．My   17    raced．Had she won? I looked at her basket．  18  ．

“My egg bounced   19  ,” she explained, pointing to a broken shell．

“A tie （平局）,” Mr. Baker said．

Cassie looked at me, and her glare  20   ．I laughed．She smiled…

1．A．patiently                B．silently                C．together              D．alone

2．A．function               B．goal                    C．reason                 D．result

3．A．rolled down           B．pushed against     C．thrown at            D．dropped over

4．A．Spreading             B．Boiling                C．Baking                D．Holding

5．A．butter                   B．sandwich             C．cream                D．egg

6．A．protect                  B．replace                C．carry                  D．mix

7．A．followed               B．covered              C．attached             D．supported

8．A．ideas                     B．fights                  C．worries               D．challenges

9．A．wrong                  B．stupid                  C．brilliant               D．scientific

10．A．Since                  B．While                  C．But                     D．And

11．A．explain                B．deny                   C．admit                 D．prove

12．A．Therefore            B．Anyway              C．Otherwise           D．Besides

13．A．paced down         B．turned around      C．walked up           D．went back

14．A．left                     B．wanted                C．chose                 D．discovered

15．A．steps                   B．way                    C．wall                    D．sidewalk

16．A．intended              B．unexpected          C．failed                  D．desired

17．A．eyes                    B．hands                 C．feet                    D．heart

18．A．Lost                   B．Dirty                  C．Broken                D．Empty

19．A．around                B．out                      C．in                       D．down

20．A．returned              B．remained             C．increased             D．softened

6、"How come the boys always get to go somewhere but we have to stay here?" Toby, my cousin, complained．Soon we had an idea of finding a hidden treasure, but we had to find out how to make this happen．We went upstairs to my parents' bedroom which was always tidy and smelled like my mother's perfume．Opening the silver lid of the glass jar, we looked nervously inside and removed my mother's pretty pearl ring and diamond ring．Mom only wore them when she got dressed up to go somewhere, so Toby believed she wouldn't miss them．We wrapped them up tightly in toilet paper and quickly ran out into the big field where we often pretended to ride wild horses．

We brought along a big kitchen spoon to dig a hole and buried the rings．"Don't tell anyone．" Toby made me promise．For some unknown reason we forgot to go back later．

It was almost a week before my mother realized her rings were missing and she was driven mad．The look on my face must have been a dead give-away and it wasn't long before I told the whole story about my adventure with Toby．Only then did I realize the seriousness of my crime．

"Show me where," my mother demanded．So off we went for the rings．But I couldn't remember exactly where! We dug in several places without success．Eventually we gave up, and amazingly my mother didn't shout at me．

One day about six years later, a farmer found a pearl ring in the soil and he kindly handed it over to my mother, who was overjoyed．This discovery started an exciting new search．But the other was never discovered．

Many years later, I noticed my sister wearing the pearl ring．When I asked my mother how, she answered, "Well, I always planned to give my good rings to my daughters someday and you were supposed to get the diamond one!"

1．The author and Toby decided to find a hidden treasure, because _______．

       A．they wanted to do something exciting

       B．they were told the author’s mom had hidden some

       C．they had found somewhere suitable for hiding treasure

       D．Toby was wise enough to know where to find a hidden treasure

2．Probably, the author's mother _______．

       A．was not strict with her children

       B．had quite a lot of jewelry

       C．was not very wealthy

       D．had a pair of valuable jars

3．The best title for the passage could be _______．

       A．Just Punishment                              B．Hidden Memory

       C．Happy Childhood                           D．Serious Crime

5、Western New Bridge Library Announcement

2008-3-10

1．To attend the annual Children’s Gathering, one has to _______．

       A．buy a ticket

       B．apply in advance

       C．make a reservation

       D．contact the call-down service

2．According to the passage, Enzo Monfre will _______．

       A．show the children around a zoo

       B．tell stories to children over seven

       C．be present at the science show in person

       D．lead the children to the Ellen DeGenerse Show

3．The Help Desk in this library supplies service _______．

       A．only during the daytime

       B．in case of emergency

       C．till the end of the Spring Break

       D．after 22:00 p．m．every day

4．We can learn from the passage that children can _______．

       A．attend all the activities with their parents

       B．borrow some relevant books for the activities

       C．participate in the activities from 8:00 a．m．to 4:00 p．m．

       D．choose only one of the activities according to their interest