18、Nobody wants to sell his goods ____ a sacrifice.

A．at                  B． in            C． by            D． of

17、Jenny hopes that Mr. Smith will suggest a good way to have her written English ____ in a short period.

A． improved     B． improving   C． to improve     D． improve

16、He accidentally ____ he had quarreled with his wife and that he hadn’t been home for a couple of weeks.

A． let out         B． took care     C． made sure         D． made out

15、I’d like to buy a house --- modern, comfortable, and ____ in a quiet neighborhood.

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

14、---What _______ the taxi drivers in Beijing to take up the study of English?

----The successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.               

A． demands        B． forces  C． comforts      D． inspires

13、Mr. Stevens ____ his business by telephone when he was in hospital.

A．kept in touch with              B． kept track for 

C．broke away from              D． lost track of

12、With the development of the economy, the ____ of electricity cannot meet the demand of the whole province.

A． chain   B． storage         C． connectio       D． supply

11、语音知识.

1．Downtown

      A． dawn             B． background     C． lawyer            D． former

2．resist  

      A． insist               B． vest            C． analysis            D． visa

3．Petrol

       A． previous           B． encouragement C． cheque             D． avenue

4．budget    

       A． gym                B． dignity             C． guidance         D． guarantee

5．currency   

       A． overcome      B． sacrifice      C． productive          D． connection

10、One evening, sitting at the window sewing, my mother called me, “Come here,” she said.  “  1   .” She held my head against her   2   , and after a puzzled moment I felt a   3    foot drumming on my cheek. “You see?” “It’s alive. You can  4     it, can’t you?” I accepted it, as I accepted everything, without   5  . It was as good a place for the baby to be as any other and I never   6    about why it got in nor how it would finally get out.

A baby would come? I   7   noticed. That there were soon to be  8    of us would not make any difference to me. I had my place, star-like in my small universe.   9_, certainly not a baby, could   10     that.

     I was   11    , however. I soon found that things had   12   a great deal. I had never been the   13    . Now I was no longer the youngest. I was simply the one in the  14     . My sister had certain   15     because she was the oldest, and my brother was the baby, the son, the much   16    boy. More than that, he had all sorts of things that never came to me.

      As he grew, it became  17    that my brother had been the center of everything. People smiled when they saw him. He made them happy   18    by being there. And he had the sort of childish beauty that always turns heads and draws a second   19   .He was so charming that he was immediately lovable. Later he also turned out to be   20   , although perhaps not quite clever as I was.

1．A． Look                  B． See                   C． Listen                   D． Stop

2．A． stomach             B． back                  C． side                      D． shoulder

3．A． strong                B． hard                  C． soft                      D． tiny

4．A． believe                B． feel                   C． notice                   D． touch

5．A． surprise              B． delay                 C． trouble                  D． effort

6．A． worried               B． argued               C． regretted               D． doubted

7．A． hardly                 B． certainly            C． possibly                D． willingly

8．A． two                    B． three                 C． four                      D． five

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

10．A． improve             B． threaten             C． compare               D． prevent

11．A． curious              B． careless             C． wrong                  D． anxious

12．A． improved           B． changed             C． increased              D． disturbed

13．A． oldest                B． youngest            C． cleverest               D． dearest

14．A． family               B． house                C． middle                  D． trouble

15．A． manners            B． knowledge         C． opinions                D． rights

16．A． admired             B． blamed              C． favored                 D． loved

17．A． strange              B． obvious             C． serious                  D． special

18．A． usually              B． nearly                C． gradually               D． simply

19．A． look                  B． smile                 C． care                      D． comfort

20．A． ordinary             B． perfect              C． clever                   D． similar

9、Many jokes are made up about famous people. Here is one about Bill Clinton, the former(先前的) president of the united States.

Hillary died and went to heaven. When she was met by the Angel Gabriel she noticed behind her a wall of unimaginable proportions(部分) that was completely covered with clocks.

“What are they?” she asked the heavenly angel in complete surprise.

“They are lie clocks. Each time you lie, the hand moves a little bit to the right. See that one?” the angel pointed to one that hadn’t moved at all, “That’s Mother Theresa’s, who has never told a lie. And that one,” he points to another, “That was Abraham Lincoln’s. He only ever told two lies.”

Hillary looked around with some interest, then wandered back over to the angel again.

“Excuse me,” she asked, “but where is Bill Clinton’s clock?”

“The Lord Jesus is using it in his office for a ceiling fan.”

1．The clock of Bill Clinton is used as a ceiling fan because ____.

       A． the lord Jesus likes him

       B． the wall was already covered by other clocks

       C． his clock moves fastest

       D． his clock moves too slowly

2．It was suggested in the joke that ___.

       A．Hillary couldn’t find her own clock        B．Mother Theresa told the fewest lies

       C．Clinton is a big liar                               D．The Lord Jesus likes clocks very much

3．Who is the most honest person mentioned?

       A．Bill Clinton                                 B． Mother Theresa

       C． Abraham Lincoln                         D． Hillary