He went into the room quietly ______ make himself ________ by anyone.

A. in order to not; noticed B. in order not to; noticing

C. in order to not; noticing D. in order not to; noticed

Korea is ________ the east of China while Taiwan is ______ the east of China.

A. in; to B. to; in C. in; at D. on; in

In our school, there _____ a number of books on science and the number of them ___ growing larger and larger.

A. is; are B. are; is C. is; is D. are; are

—I hear that a pig from Japan can jump 70cm high. —________ interesting news!

A. What B. What a C. What an D. How

Of the three foreigners, one is from London, two are from New York.

A. other B. some other C. another D. the other

—The exam is coming. I can only spend ________ an hour on my hobbies every day.

—Poor boy! But schoolwork is also important, right?

A. at least B. at most C. at last D. at first

---We spent all our money because we stayed at the most expensive hotel in town.

---Why didn’t you stay at _____one？

A. a cheap B. the cheap C. a cheaper D. the cheaper

—Shall we go to spend the winter holiday in Sanya?

— There must be too many people there.

A. I agree with you.

B. I hope we can go there together.

C. What a good idea!

D. I’m afraid that’s not a good idea.

I was standing in line behind a woman in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the shop owner greeted ______ and asked how she was doing.

The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so ______, my husband just lost his job. I don’t know how I can ______ the holidays.”

Then she gave the shop owner the food stamps（食品券）for poor families.

My ______ hurt, I wanted to help but didn’t know ______. Should I offer to pay for her food, or ask for her husband’s resume（简历）？

______ I walked towards my car, I met the woman again. I remembered something in my wallet. It wasn’t any money or an offer of a job, but ______ it would help.

“Excuse me,” I said, “I heard what you said to the shop owner. It sounds like you’re going through a really ______ time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”

I ______ her the small card from my wallet.

When the woman read the two ______ on the card, she began to cry. Through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this ______ to me.”

To tell the truth, her reply was a little ______, Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what could happen. All I could say was, “Would it be OK to give you a hug?”

After that, I walked into my car and began to ______ too.

The words on the card?

“You Matter.”

A few weeks earlier, a friend gave me a similar ______ as encouragement for my work. When I read it, I really felt ______. So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing them.

1.A. him B. her C. me D. us

2.A. bad B. busy C. funny D. good

3.A. get through B. give up C. put off D. talk about

4.A. hand B. head C. heart D. leg

5.A. how B. when C. where D. why

6.A. After B. Although C. As D. Once

7.A. again B. instead C. maybe D. often

8.A. dull B. hard C. pleasant D. special

9.A. handed B. lent C. read D. sold

10.A. expressions B. letters. C. sentences D. words

11.A. explains B. introduces C. means D. suggests

12.A. boring B. exciting C. relaxing D. surprising

13.A. chat B. cry C. drive D. shake

14.A. card B. resume C. stamp D. wallet

15.A. silly B. sorry C. well D. warm

Mrs. Black’s Shopping List

◆Arnold Brick Oven Bread —— 2 bags

◆ A & W Root Beer —— 2 bottles

◆ Aunt Jemima Paper Bag —— 5 pieces

◆ Annie’s Milk —— 4 boxes

◆ Hunt’s Noodle Sauce —— 1 bottle

◆ Heinz Ketchup (番茄酱) —— 1 bottle

◆ Betty Crocker Oliver Oil —— 1 bottle

◆ Ritz Bits Peanut Butter —— 4 pieces

◆ Apples, Lemons and Strawberries —— 1 kilo each

◆ Marcal Family Toilet Paper —— 4 packs

NAME: Mary Black

DATE: Dec. 17th

TEL: 781-6605

1.According to Mrs. Black’s shopping list, she plans to buy _______.

A. beer B. vegetables C. peanuts

2.Which brand(品牌) will Mrs. Black choose for her ketchup?

A. Annie’s B. Heinz C. Ritz Bits

3.We can tell form the list that Mrs. Black wants to buy ______ kilos of fruits.

A. 3 B. 2 C. 1