19、—How long ____ you ____in Australia?

—For just the weekend. I'll be back next Monday morning．

A．have; stayed          B．are; staying         C．did; stay           D．do; stay

18、Whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than _______on your ability to have fun．

A．it is            B．it was            C．it does          D．it depends

17、On March 14, violent crimes of beating, looting and burning in Lhasa of Tibet broke out, ____ 13 innocent people and with more than 300 ____．

A．killed; injured                            B．killing; injured

C．killed; injuring                           D．killing; injuring

16、Some people think it is how to learn knowledge ____ knowledge itself that counts, and others think they are both of equal importance．

A．rather than                                       B．other than

C．more than                                       D．less than

15、She doesn't like Miss Anderson, so she always avoids ____ with her．

A．being leaving alone                               B．being left alone

C．being leaving behind                            D．being left behind

14、Many little children suffer from kidney stone and the disease is reported _______by the milk powder they eat．

A．to cause                                 B．to be caused

C．causing                                  D．being caused

13、—I'd like to find a part-time job in the restaurant．

—Good idea. In my opinion, ____ it doesn't affect your studies．

A．unless        B．more that            C．even if           D．as long as

12、—Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?

—Yes．He had never praised him ____ he became one of the top students in his grade．

A．after           B．unless             C．until         D．when

11、_________abstract, Galileo's theory was quite difficult to understand of his time．

A．Sounding                     B．Sounded

C．To sound                       D．Having been sounded

10、Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer．I always encourage such people, but also 1   that there's a big difference between"   2   a writer "and writing．In most   3   these individuals （个人） are dreaming of   4   and fame, not the long hours   5   at a typewriter．"You've got to want to write, "I say to  6_, "not want to be a writer"．

    The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and   7   paying affair．For every writer kissed   8   fortune there are thousands more whose desire is   9    rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U．S．Coast Guard to become a freelance writer （自由撰稿人），I had no prospects （chances of success）   10 ．What I did have was a friend who   11   me my room in a New York apartment building．  12    didn't even matter that it was cold and had   13   bathroom．I immediately bought a used manual（手控的）   14    and felt like a genuine writer．

     After a year or so,   15   ,I still hadn't got a break and began to   16 myself．It was so hard to sell a story that hardly made enough to eat．  17   I knew I wanted to write．I had   18   about it for years．I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering．  19   if ? I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of   20   ．This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there．

1．A．demand           B．require             C．explain            D．add

2．A．liking              B．admiring         C．respecting        D．being

3．A．cases            B．conditions        C．aspects        D．ways

4．A．health              B．wealth           C．future               D．happiness

5．A．deeply             B．alone          C．lonely            D．alive

6．A．you              B．him             C．them          D．myself

7．A．high               B．poor            C．rich             D．average

8．A．by                 B．with            C．of               D．to

9．A．ever           B．never              C．even              D．still

10．A．at all             B．in all            C．above all           D．after all

11．A．helped              B．provided         C．supplied           D．found

12．A．He              B．I                C．It                D．They

13．A．no               B．any              C．some              D．each

14．A．bathroom        B．pen              C．typewrite             D．machine

15．A．though          B．however          C．yet              D．therefore

16．A．doubt             B．comfort         C．believe             D．express

17．A．While           B．So              C．But               D．As

18．A．dreamed         B．thought          C．known            D．talked

19．A．Even            B．As               C．Only             D．What

20．A．darkness            B．loss         C．failure             D．change