14、        from other continents for millions of years, so it has many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

A．Having been separated                                 B．Separated

C．It has been separated                                   D．Having separated

13、Her question was so difficult that I could hardly make any        of it at all.

A．sense        B．meaning    C．explanation       D．idea

12、Well, that’s just the deal.        Price will be out of my reach.

A．The higher       B．A highest   C．The highest      D．A higher

11、        , I have never seen anyone who’s as capable as John.

A．As long as I have seen much of the world

B．Much as I have seen the world

C．Now that I have seen much of the world      

D．As I have seen much of the world

10、New York        second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.

A．occupied   B．ranked      C．arranged   D．classified

9、—You look so upset, Jane.        ?

—I have been told my father has got lung cancer.

A．What’s up        B．What’s for              C．So what    D．Guess what

8、His plan was such a good one        we all agreed to put into practice.

A．so     B．which       C．that   D．as

7、—Have you seen the film “the Song of Music?”

—Not yet, but I        .

A．expect to  B．think so    C．expect so  D．expect not

6、        action to be taken will come too late for many poor people in Iraq.

A．Whenever        B．However          C．Whatever         D．Whichever

5、Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often  1  that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so  2  with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily  3  in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly  4  . Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along  5  and had to wait  6  in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant  7  on his door that were clear in the   8  night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered. Terry had no  9  in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be  10  . So he went to the door and opened it  11  . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door  12  . “What a nuisance（讨厌）!” he complained over it with his wife, “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to   13  things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.  14  this time she was   15  two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles, She   16  me here to give you these.” Terry was   17  dumb by what he saw.

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   18  in life. It was his   19  and harshness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   20  nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred（蒙蔽）by his unsympathetic mind.

1．A．complaining           B．reflecting             C．praying               D．pretending

2．A．inspired                 B．disappointed         C．thrilled                D．encouraged

3．A．abandoned             B．wasted                C．absorbed             D．occupied

4．A．went on                B．went down          C．went out             D．went through

5．A．candles                 B．matches              C．lights                  D．flashlights

6．A．happily                  B．patiently              C．willingly              D．helplessly

7．A．steps                    B．words                 C．knocks                D．screams

8．A．dark                     B．quiet                   C．noisy                  D．crowded

9．A．acquaintances        B．enemies               C．neighbors            D．bosses

10．A．offered                B．disturbed             C．embarrassed        D．panicked

11．A．  cheerfully           B．contently             C．impatiently           D．relevantly

12．A．gently                 B．deliberately          C．slightly                D．abruptly

13．A．lend                    B．sell                      C．purchase             D．borrow

14．A．And                    B．But                     C．So                      D．For

15．A．holding                B．hiding                  C．fetching              D．seeking

16．A．suggested            B．forbad                 C．sent                    D．forced

17．A．frightened            B．disturbed             C．confused             D．struck

18．A．failure                 B．success               C．complaint            D．determination

19．A．warmth               B．coldness              C．kindness              D．sympathy

20．A．doubtfully          B．hardly                 C．actually              D．specifically