4．---Did Friend come to school last week？
---No，I didn't know ___________．（ ）
---No，I didn't know ___________．（ ）
| A． | what's the matter with him | B． | what the matter is with him | ||
| C． | what was the matter with him | D． | what the matter was with him |
3．_________ unusual experience you had in the USA!（ ）
| A． | What a | B． | What an | C． | What | D． | How |
Electronics were among the most requested gifts this holiday season．The Consumer Electronics Association（CEA）has studied holiday gift buying in the USA for the past 18years．Jim Barry is a spokesman for the CEA．He said，"The top five，such as tablet（平板）computers，laptops，e-readers，TVs and video games，is what people are actually buying．"Tablet computers were the most popular electronic gift this year．Laptop computers finished second．Apple released（推出）its iPad 2tablet computer last year．The company is expected to release the iPad 3this year．Jim Barry says probably 80percent of the tablets being sold up until now have been Apple iPads，which continue to lead the way in the tablet market．He says there are now more choices and less costly tablets available．They include the new Kindle Fire from Amazon．com．E-readers were No.3on the CEA's holiday gift wish list this year．Jim Barry says，"Some people thought that the popularity and success of the tablet computer would mean sales of e-book readers would go down．However，sales of e-book readers have more than doubled this year．The leaders there continue to be the Kindle from Amazon and the Nook from Barnes & Noble，along with the e-reader from Sony．"
20．I love to roller-skate，although I really couldn't skate well until a few years ago．I began skating at my neighborhood skating rink（滑冰场）．Every Monday night a group of young people would （36）C at the rink．It seemed that （37）C else in the group could skate well and most of them could （38）A skate backwards．But not me．In the end，I told myself：I'm going to learn to skate backward．It took a while，but my hard work finally paid off．I could skate backwards!
（39）B I hadn't been to the rink for a couple of weeks，no one in my group of skating friends knew about my new skill．I looked forward to showing it （40）A to them．Another Monday night finally came．As I turned round，I felt a little shaky，and I almost （41）B my balance．But I didn't fall．I picked up speed，and all my friends cheered me on．
Feeling a little（42）A，I started skating a little too fast．I made the turns a little too wide．Suddenly I realized that I was out of （43）B，and I knocked into the rink wall．Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head．
But along with the （44）A pain of my accident，I felt the pain of shame．Before opening my eyes，I already （45）D that my friends were laughing at me．When I came to my senses，though，my friends were helping me get up to my skates again．And not one of them was laughing at me．A few of them even （46）D me，"Keep going!You're doing well，"they said．
That day I learned a very important lesson．Falling is part of any leaning （47）C．And picking yourself up and going on，is too．
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（39）B I hadn't been to the rink for a couple of weeks，no one in my group of skating friends knew about my new skill．I looked forward to showing it （40）A to them．Another Monday night finally came．As I turned round，I felt a little shaky，and I almost （41）B my balance．But I didn't fall．I picked up speed，and all my friends cheered me on．
Feeling a little（42）A，I started skating a little too fast．I made the turns a little too wide．Suddenly I realized that I was out of （43）B，and I knocked into the rink wall．Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head．
But along with the （44）A pain of my accident，I felt the pain of shame．Before opening my eyes，I already （45）D that my friends were laughing at me．When I came to my senses，though，my friends were helping me get up to my skates again．And not one of them was laughing at me．A few of them even （46）D me，"Keep going!You're doing well，"they said．
That day I learned a very important lesson．Falling is part of any leaning （47）C．And picking yourself up and going on，is too．
| 36．A．study | B．talk | C．gather | D．communicate |
| 37．A．someone | B．anyone | C．everyone | D．whomever |
| 38．A．even | B．ever | C．nearly | D．possibly |
| 39．A．Although | B．Since | C．After | D．Unless |
| 40．A．off | B．around | C．out | D．up |
| 41．A．got | B．lost | C．missed | D．kept |
| 42．A．overconfident | B．overslept | C．overdone | D．overjoyed |
| 43．A．mind | B．control | C．breath | D．place |
| 44．A．physical | B．great | C．littlet | D．present |
| 45．A．realized | B．knew | C．felt | D．imagined |
| 46．A．believed | B．called | C．advised | D．encouraged |
| 47．A．method | B．result | C．experience | D．importance． |