— May I have your ____ that you won’t tell anyone about this?

— Sure, I’ll keep the secret.

A. advice B. order

C. attention D. promise

— How’s is your new babysitter?

— We____ ask for a better one. Our kids love her so much.

A. can’t B. mustn’t

C. might D. should

Shopping on TV has made ____ possible for people to buy things without leaving their homes.

A. one B. it

C. that D. this

Peter prefers to sit at the table ____ the cafe to enjoy the fresh air.

A. down B. above

C. outside D. inside

— Marry, it seems you don’t quite understand what we are talking about?

— Sorry, I____ of something else just now.

A. have thought B. had thought

C. thought D. was thinking

All of a sudden, it ____ me that I had left my keys at home.

A. beat B. hit

C. hurt D. came

I really like the photo of my family ____my sister took in the city park last year.

A. which B. who

C. whose D. whom

— Could you tell me ____?

—OK, let me check it for you.

A. where can I buy the movie tickets

B. how will the weather be next week

C. when the last train to Beijing leaves

D. what time will the supermarket close

— Give me a minute to check out, and I’ll meet you at the gate.

—____, Mike, I’m not in a hurry.

A. Enjoy yourself B. Don’t mention it

C. Leave me alone D. Take your time.

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I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. A taxi driver lived in a house with a large garage across the road. He’s single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would _______ his taxi on the road. “ Why he did not park it in the garage?” I asked myself.

Then, one day I _______that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home _______ work, leave his taxi and go out for his _______ car, not in his taxi. I felt it was _______.

I was curious to see his personal car but did not _______ it until I happened to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was _______ and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯)! It shook me completely_______ I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a(n) ________. He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and called him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was _______something he drove for a life.

We go to bed every night and _______ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a _______ as close friends or go for a vacation as a family. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and _______ on how high we climb the social ladder(梯子)—how much bigger and better a_______ we have. And we fail to notice Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should pay more attention to _______ we are than what we do!

1.A. park B. drive C. check D. repair

2.A. learnt B. understood C. told D. remember

3.A. for B. at C. without D. from

4.A. another B. other C. third D. first

5.A. useful B. careful C. wasteful D. painful

6.A. get B. make C. buy D. have

7.A. broken B. closed C. painted D. open

8.A. once B. before C. when D. until

9.A. father B. son C. driver D. engineer

10.A. yet B. never C. just D. still

11.A. stay up B. wake up C. take up D. warm up

12.A. Competition B. Performance C. test D. party

13.A. success B. plans C. beauty D. wishes

14.A. garden B. garage C. car D. taxi

15.A. who B. what C. which D. where