--- I’m sorry to keep you waiting.
--- Oh, not at all. I ______ here for only a few minutes.
A.was B.have been C.will be D.am
--- Whose bike is this?
--- It ______ belong to Adam. Look! His bag is on it.
A.must B.may C.will D.can
The woman behind the girls ______ a famous actress.
A.is B.are C.have D.has
She will write to you as soon as she ______ to Guangzhou.
A.got B.will get C.gets D.get
I hate people _______ talk much but do little.
A.whom B.whose C.which D.who
A new cinema ______ in the city last year.
A.built B.was built C.was building D.is built
She won’t let her daughter _____ by the river.
A.play B.plays C.to play D.playing
Things made by hand are usually more expensive than ______ produced in factories.
A.these B.this C.that D.those
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert(沙漠). During the trip they had a 1 , and one friend hit the other in the face. The one who was beaten was hurt, but without saying 2 , he wrote in the sand: “ Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They 3 on walking until they found a lake, where they decided to take a bath(洗澡). The one, who had been beaten, fell into the lake and started drowning(溺水), but the friend saved him. After he came back to life from the near drowning, he wrote on a 4 : “ Today my best friend saved my life.”
The friend who had hit and 5 his best friend asked: “ 6 I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you wrote on a stone, why?” The other friend 7 : “ When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand 8 wind can blow it away. 9 , when someone does something good for us, we must write it down in stone where no 10 can ever blow it away.”
( )1. A.talk B.joke C.fight D.picnic
( )2. A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
( )3. A.kept B.continued C.lasted D.tried
( )4. A.sand B.stone C.tree D.wall
( )5. A.killed B.hurt C.saved D.made
( )6. A.Before B.While C.Until D.After
( )7. A.replied B.asked C.questioned D.required
( )8. A.which B.how C.where D.when
( )9. A.Although B.Or C.But D.If
( )10. A.wind B.water C.air D.sand
A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles(款式), my neighbor took the manager aside. “ When she picks out a pair that she likes,” he said, “ just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I’ll pay the regular(正常的)price. I don’t care how much it is.”
The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized (认出)him and called him in.
“ What’s the problem?” asked my neighbor as he entered the store.
“ Wasn’t my check any good?”
“ That’s not it,” answered the manager, “ The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!”
( )1. My neighbor went to Boston ________.
A.to buy shoes for his mother
B.to see his mother
C.to pay for the shoes he had bought for his mother
D.to see the manager of the shoe store
( )2. The regular price my neighbor had paid must be _______.
A.12 dollars B.lower than 12 dollars
C.higher than 12 dollars D.unknown to himself at all
( )3. It seems very probable that my neighbor wanted to _______.
A.please his mother B.cheat his mother
C.cheat the manager D.please his mother’s friends
( )4. The manager called my neighbor in when he saw him because______.
A.he didn’t have enough shoes for his customers(顾客)
B.my neighbor’s mother had taken a wrong pair of shoes
C.there was something wrong with his check
D.he found it hard to satisfy his customers
( )5. What do we know about the character(个性) of my neighbor’s mother?
A.She would like to buy expensive things.
B.She would like to buy cheap things.
C.She would like to help others when they’re in trouble.
D.She would like to have her son pay for her shopping.