--- Did you watch the basketball match last weekend?

--- Yes, I did. It was covered      , and I think it was wonderful.

A． lively            B．alive             C．living             D．live

--- The two old friends were      busy      with each other      the time.

--- Yes. They haven’t met for long.         

A．too, to talk; to forget                     B．too, talking; to forget

C．so, to talk; that they forgot                D．so, talking; that they forgot

--- Did you have a good time at Laura’s birthday party?

--- Yes, indeed. It’s several years ________ I enjoyed myself so much.

A．when            B．before            C．since             D．that

---What ______ the forest of Yangzhou in the last 30 years?

---Yangzhou has become much greener.

A．has happened to                        B．was happened to

C．has happened at                        D．is happening

--- When did the old man die ?

--- He ________a rainy winter evening.

A．passed away in                         B．past away in

C．passed away on                         D．past away on

--- _______ are the London Olympics?

--- In about 14 months. We are looking forward to the great scene.

A．How long          B．How far           C．How soon         D．How often

--- Would you help me with the report? It’s too difficult to work with the data.

---          .

A．Never mind        B．With pleasure      C．That’s right       D．Not at all

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was  1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   2  but a failure.”

After five years of   3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best   4 that could have happened to me. I  5  I wanted to do something positive(积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to  6  that what people said about me was   7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my  8  and went to college. My first novel   9 while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   10  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   11  that job to write full time   12  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d   13 school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I   14  wish all the people that have put me down had  15  “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.                A．bright          B．useless         C．simple    D．hopeful

2.                A．anything        B．something       C．everything    D．nothing

3.                A．low            B．poor           C．good     D．useful

4.                A．support         B．happiness       C．surprise D．thing

5.                A．agreed         B．decided        C．planned D．told

6.                A．me            B．them           C．her  D．it

7.                A．wrong          B．right           C．stupid    D．faulty

8.                A．experiment     B．practice        C．writing   D．composition

9.                A．came on        B．came in         C．came out D．came back

10.               A．day            B．night           C．month D．year

11.               A．giving in        B．giving back      C．giving out  D．giving up

12.               A．while          B．if              C．when D．Or

13.               A．left            B．attended       C．changed   D．graduated

14.               A．just            B．exactly         C．so    D．very

15.               A．praised         B．said           C．answered  D．advised

1.If you have only three dollars, what food can you buy?

A．A chocolate        B．An egg sandwich    C．A hot dog         D．An apple pie

2.Jeff has ordered a hamburger, a large orange juice and two apple pies. How much will he have to pay?

A．$13.95.           B．$ 13.75.           C．$ 13.65.           D．$ 9.80.

3.If you want to eat healthily, which is the most proper(恰当的) meal?

A．Some vegetables, sandwiches and fresh fruit. B．Lots of chocolate and some coffee.

C．Some fresh fruit and lots of ice-creams.       D．Nothing but meat.