There's a red car under the tree．Do you know _________ it is?
A．who B．where C．whose
--Peter，_________ to meet me at the airport．I'll wait for you there．
--OK，no problem．
A．won't forget B．don't forget C．doesn't forget
Could you please tell me _________?
A．where is the post office B．how can I get to the gym
C．when April Fool’s Day is
--Is there _________ in today's China Daily?
--No，there's _________．It's too boring．
A．anything special；nothing unusual B．anything special；something unusual
C．something special；nothing unusual
--Hello! Could I speak to James，please?
--Speaking．_________?
A．Who are you B．Who's that C．What's that
Hurry up，Tom! We'd better not keep your mother _________ us for a long time，or she will be angry．
A．talking with B．waiting for C．catching up with
--I'm going to take part in the 800-meter race．
-- _________
A．Not too bad． B．Run quickly! C．Good luck!
Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight（减肥）．Some people eat less food，__1__ do running，exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations（手术）．So losing weight is __2__ work，and it costs a lot of money．But __3__ do so many people want to lose weight?
Many people worry about their looks of bodies．__4__ many people，looking nice also mean to be thin．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight（超重）is not good．Most people want to find a __5__ and easier way to lose weight and this kind of books is very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year，a lot of new books like these are __6__．Each book says it can __7__ help people lose weight．
Men and women spend several hundred dollars a day losing weight at the health centers．People live there for one week or two taking exercise，eating different foods．Food there may be just a little．All the work is for loosing weight．After 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Walt __8__ five pounds（2.27 kg）．At $400 a day，it took her $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still __9__ to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all __10__ a lot of money．So in the United States，losing weight may mean losing money．
1．A．other B．another C．others
2．A．good B．hard C．easy
3．A．why B．when C．how
4．A．As B．In C．For
5．A．worse B．harder C．faster
6．A．written B．bought C．taken
7．A．easy B．hardly C．easily
8．A．lost B．lose C．loses
9．A．angry B．glad C．sorry
10．A．have B．want C．need
Jeff Keith has only one leg．When he was 12 years old，Jeff had cancer．Doctors had to __1__ most of is right leg．Every day Jeff puts on a plastic leg．With the plastic leg，Jell can ski，ride a bicycle，swim，and play soccer．He can also run．
Jeff made a plan with his friends who have plastic legs，too．They decided to run across America．__2_ twenty-two，Jeff Keith ran across the USA from the east to the west．He ran 3200 miles．Jeff __3_ thirty-six pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs． He stopped in different cities on the way to Los Angeles．In every city people gave Jeff money for the American Cancer Society．The American Cancer Society used the money to know more about cancer．
On the way to Los Angeles，Jeff talked to people about __4__．Jeff is disabled，but he can do many things．He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer．Jeff says，“People can do anything they want to do．I want people to know that．I ran __5__ for disabled people．I ran for everybody．”
1．A．take off B．put off C．cut off
2．A．At the end of B．At the age of C．By the end of
3．A．wore out B．wore C．broke
4．A．Los Angeles B．cancer C．legs
5．A．not only B．only C．no longer
Vickers was very stingy．He hated spending money．Whenever he had to buy something，he always wanted to pay less money，even for the cheapest things．If he wanted to buy a bottle of beer，for example，and the shopkeeper asked for $2，Vickers would say，“Make it $1.9 and I'll buy it．”
Although the shopkeepers didn't like Vickers，sometimes they had to agree with him．They thought，“If I make it $1.9，the man will be happy，and it won’t hurt me very much．” In this way，Vickers saved a few cents（美分）here and a few cents there，and he had saved several hundred dollars by the end of the year．
One day he had a bad toothache and had to go to see the dentist．The dentist looked at the tooth and said，“This tooth will have to come out．”
“How much will I have to pay?” Vickers asked．
“Forty dollars．” the dentist said．
“Forty dollars!” Vickers thought it was much too expensive．“How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he said．
“About two minutes．” the dentist said．
Vickers could not believe what he was hearing．“Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted，“That's robbery（抢劫）．”
“You are right，” the dentist said with a smile，“Thank you for telling me．Let me spend half an hour on that．will you?”
“OK，but I'll pay only-thirty-five dollars!” he answered．
1．The word “stingy” means ________ in Chinese．
A．吝啬的 B．刻薄的 C．贫穷的
2．The shopkeepers ________．
A．gave Vickers more than what he wanted
B．didn't like Vickers C．usually made the price high
3．Then dentist thought Vickers was ________．
A．lovely B．silly C．friendly
4．If Vickers wanted to buy a bottle of beer that was $2，how much would he like to pay?
A．$1.9． B．$2． C．$2.1．
5．From this story，we know that Vickers ________．
A．usually had a toothache B．was very poor
C．didn’t like spending money