The movie ________ by a new director is ________ one I have ever seen．

A. directed; the better

B. was directed; the best

C. directed; the best

D. which directed; the better

He told me that he ________ here for five minutes．

A. has come

B. had arrived

C. had been

D. had come

I can hardly hear the radio． Would you please ________?

A. turn it on

B. turn it down

C. turn it off

D. turn it up

It is impossible for ________ little sheep to eat ________ much grass in a short time．

A. so; so

B. so; such

C. such; so

D. such; such

________ of the road ________ broken down． It needs ________．

A. Three-fourths; was; repaired

B. Three quarters; has; to repair

C. Three-fourth; was; to be repaired

D. Three quarters; has; repairing

— Is there ________ milk in the fridge?

— Sorry, there is ________ left． I'll go and buy some．

A. any; nothing

B. some; nothing

C. any; none

D. any; no

They never realized the importance of the wetland ________ we told them about it．

A. if

B. until

C. so

D. because

— Kathy, what do you think of my painting?

— ________．

A. That's all right

B. Pretty good

C. Good idea

D. Not at all

One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to __________ their time．He gave an example that those students would never forget．

He pulled out a wide jar (罐子) and put it on the table． He also took out several rocks and carefully put them into the jar one at a time．When no more rocks would __________ inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class shouted, "Yes．"The teacher replied, "Really?" He pulled out a box of small stones．He dumped some in and __________ the jar．The stones went down into the spaces __________ the big rocks．He then asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?"

"Probably not," one of them answered．"Good!" he replied．He brought out a glass of sand and dumped the sand into the jar and it went into all of the spaces __________．Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted．Once again he said, "Good!" Then he poured a cup of water in __________ the jar was full．Then he asked, "What is the key point here?" One student put up his hand and said, "The key point here is that even if you are busy, you can __________ plan everything well if you try really hard!"

"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point．The point is if you don't put the big rocks in __________ , you'll never get them in．What are the 'big rocks' in your __________ ? Time with your loved ones, your education, or your dreams? Remember to put these big rocks in first, or you'll never get them in __________．"

1.A. spend B. take C. kill D. arrange

2.A. drop B. fall C. fit D. set

3.A. threw B. broke C. shook D. hit

4.A. between B. in C. under D. among

5.A. added B. made C. offered D. left

6.A. before B. until C. after D. when

7.A. only B. even C. also D. still

8.A. first B. later C. immediately D. finally

9.A. life B. family C. education D. study

10.A. at least B. at first C. at once D. at all

A little boy was playing in his sandbox on a Saturday morning．While he was building roads and houses in the soft sand, he discovered a large stone in the middle of the sandbox．

The little boy pushed and pulled, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the stone tipped (倾斜) and then fell back into the sandbox．The little boy tried his best, but his only reward was to have the stone roll back．

Finally the boy cried．All that time the boy's father watched him from his living room window．At the moment tears fell, his father came to the boy and the sandbox．Gently but surely he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had?" The boy said sadly, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had! "No, son," corrected the father．"You didn't ask me．"With that, the father reached down, picked up the stone and removed it from the sandbox．

Do you have "stones" in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you are too weak to lift them? There is ONE who is always ready to give us the strength we need．Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things on our own?

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us ________．

A. it was Saturday that day

B. the boy had a sandbox

C. the boy created roads and houses

D. the boy found a large stone in the sandbox

2.Why did the boy cry?

A. It was too boring for him to play with the stone．

B. His father just watched him from the window．

C. He was too weak to remove the stone by himself．

D. His fingers were hurt when he tried to remove the stone．

3.From the passage we can know that ________．

A. we can do anything on our own

B. we should continue doing everything

C. we should learn to ask for help sometimes

D. someone is always ready to give up the strength