【题目】 fire, all exits must be kept clear.

A. In place of

B. Instead of

C. In case of

D. In spite of

【题目】Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom (繁荣), and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city, so the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning.

The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After arriving in Europe, tango dances began to draw the interest of the public. Though not everyone liked the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity of the tango continued to grow all over the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and made tango dancing spread throughout South Korea.

【1】The origin of the tango came from ________.

A. belly dances B. American soldiers

C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

【2】Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It first came from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. It was often danced by two men in the beginning.

D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

【3】 Before World War I, the tango spread to ________.

A. America B. Japan

C. France D. South Korea

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango D. The Modern Tango Boom

【题目】I haven’t heard _【1】___ you for weeks. Is everything OK with __【2】___ ? Do you still go to the gym every day? I used _【3】__ go to the gym three times a week, __【4】__ I don’t work_【5】__ any more. Most young people want a slim figure these days, especially here_【6】__ Canada. I __【7】___ trying to lose weight because I am so ashamed of__【8】__ body.

【题目】Nobody knows exactly ___【1】_____St.Valentine was，although some historians suggest he was ___【2】___Roman killed in the third century AD by a Roman Emperor.

【题目】Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it 【1】 expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting 【2】 attractive option if you live far away from family and friends, 【3】__ you are on a budget.

You can also complete 【4】___ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation 【5】__ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage 【6】___ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.

Because you can do kinds of tasks【7】_ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to, 【8】 can make it difficult to complete other tasks.

【题目】Technological developments have also played their part ______ keeping Valentine’s Day relevant in the 21st century. Valentine’s ecards have been very popular in recent years.

【题目】 tomorrow, our ship will set sail for Macao.

A. However the weather is like

B. However is the weather like

C. Whatever is the weather like

D. Whatever the weather is like

【题目】It seemed that the water led to cholera．John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets．He found that it came from the river, 【1】 had been polluted by the dirty water from London．Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the water pump so it could not be used．Soon the disease began to slow 【2】 ．

John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas． 【3】___ addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day．

【题目】用所给动词的适当形式填空。

【1】How I wish every student ______________ (have) a scientific and good study method!

【2】Without electricity, life ______________ (be) quite different today.

【3】Mr. Green demanded that Rose ______________ (leave) class before nine.

【4】If it ______________ (rain) tomorrow, the sports meet ______________ (put) off.

【5】I don’t know the word. If I ______________ (know) the meaning of it, I wouldn’t have to look it up.

【6】He made the suggestion that we ______________ (go) by train.

【7】I’d rather she ______________ (come) tomorrow.

【8】When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it ______________ (be) broken.

【9】I don’t know the French much. Or I ______________ (help) a lot in translating the novel.

【10】I ______________ (buy) that house if I ______________ (have) enough money

【题目】---Could you do me a favour?

----It depends on it is.

A. which

B. whichever

C. what

D. whatever