16、They decided to ________ their partnership．

A．break up        B．break in        C．break out         D．break down

15、Dad is used to smoking and drinking．There’s no chance ____ I’m able to talk him into _____．

A．whether; giving it up                B．of whether; giving them up

C．that; getting rid of them              D．which; stopping it

14、If you are traveling ___ the customs are really foreign to your own, please do as the Romans do．

A．in which         B．what         C．when          D．where

13、The women carrying babies, get on the bus first, _______?

A．will you         B．will they          C．don’t you         D．don’t they

12、He made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation ________ it got worse．

A．until          B．when         C．before          D．as

11、--- Do you know that not until the winter of 2005 ______ to know each other?

--- Yes, I know．It was not until the spring of 2007 that ____ married．

A．they got, they got                       B．they got, did they get

C．did they get, did they get                 D．did they get, they got

10、When I go out in the evening I use the bike _______ the car if I can．

A．rather than        B．regardless         C．in spite of          D．other than

9、As it turns colder, the old are given the suggestion _____ out for physical exercise too early．

A．they shouldn’t go                             B．they can’t go

C．that they not go                                  D．that they mustn’t go

8、The room with the windows _____ north wants ______．

A．facing; cleaned                               B．faces; cleaning  

C．faced; to be cleaned                            D．facing; cleaning

7、I used to find notes left in the church’s collection basket, beautiful notes about my homilies （讲道）and about the writer’s thoughts on the daily readings．The  1   fascinated（吸引）me, but it was a long time   2   I met the author of the notes．

    One Sunday morning, I was   3   that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she  4  all the notes． When I saw her I was   5  , since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes． She was sitting in a chair in the office．Her  6  was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could barely  7  without pain． Her face was disfigured（畸形）, so smiling was very  8  for her．

    We  9  for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week．

    As it   10  , we went to lunch several times and told each other about our  11  ．We spoke of authors we had both  12  , and it was easy to tell that  13  were a great love of hers．

    She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look  14  ．I know that her condition  15  her deeply．Yet there was beauty to her that had nothing to do with  16  ．She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded but   17  heart． She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty．Her only   18  in life was the loss of a friend．

    The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the   19  for a glimpse of what it is that matters．She found beauty and   20  and they befriended her, and showed her what is real．

1．A．questions                 B．ideas                     C．notes                     D．basket

2．A．since                       B．after                      C．when                    D．before

3．A．told                         B．warned                  C．informed               D．showed

4．A．lost                         B．left                        C．dropped                 D．collected

5．A．shocked                 B．satisfied                 C．frightened              D．disappointed

6．A．hand                       B．arm                       C．head                      D．body

7．A．stand                      B．smile                     C．speak                    D．sit

8．A．pleasant                   B．bitter                     C．beautiful                D．difficult

9．A．chatted                    B．discussed              C．drank                    D．greeted

10．A．turned out              B．turned up               C．came out               D．came up

11．A．families                  B．beliefs                   C．hobbies                 D．lives

12．A．known                  B．read                      C．met                       D．heard

13．A．friends                  B．churches               C．writings                 D．books

14．A．friendly                 B．happy                    C．attractive               D．normal

15．A．hurt                      B．impressed              C．changed                D．helped

16．A．fame                     B．wealth                   C．interest                  D．looks

17．A．cheerful                B．interesting              C．loving                   D．exciting

18．A．fear                       B．wonder                  C．defeat                    D．regret

19．A．dream                   B．surface                  C．imagination            D．time

20．A．success                 B．hope                      C．grace                    D．help