Try on this red skirt; you will look great  _____ it.

A. on        B. by      C. in    D. for  

--- What date is it? 

    --- It’s _____.

    A. the June seven            B. the seventh of June

    C. seventh June              D. the June seventh

I certainly agree _____ your suggestion. But I wonder if all the members of the board will agree _____ the steps for the coming year.

    A. to; with       B. to; on        C. on; with      D. on; on 

—Who has taken my pen away?

   —__________. He was here a moment ago.

A. It must be Li Ping           B. It is Li Ping take

C. Li Ping is                   D. Li Ping must take

 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The position of children in American family and society is no longer what is used to be. The ___36___ family in colonial(殖民时期的) North America was mainly concerned with survival and     37    that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were ____38___in terms of their productivity(生产能力), and they played the role of producer quite early.   39   they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination(附属).

With the ____40____ of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society ____41____the United States has become, each ___42____ must fulfill a number of personal and occupational___43____ and be in contact with many other member. _____44_____, viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are ____45_____ more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as____46____ participants in the family is reflected in various laws _____47_____ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.

This new ____48____of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also ____49_____an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time___50_____ the proper way to ____51____ children.

Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a ___52____transaction(事务) between parent and child____53_____a one-way, parent-to-child training___54_____ . As a consequence, socializing children and____55____with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems.

36. A. poor           B. ordinary          C. happy              D. wealthy

37. A. except         B. for               C. beyond             D. through

38. A. supported       B. received          C. encouraged          D. valued

39. A. Until           B. After            C. Although            D. When

40. A. movement      B. achievement       C. development         D. requirement

41. A. that            B. where            C. when               D. what

42. A. parent          B. member           C. family              D. relative

43. A. purposes        B. promises          C. roles                D. tasks

44. A. Besides         B. However          C. Instead              D. Therefore

45. A. admired         B. regarded          C. made               D. respected

46. A. willing          B. equal             C. similar              D. common

47. A. enjoying         B. preventing        C. considering           D. protecting

48. A. view            B. faith             C. world               D. study

49. A. led in           B. brought in         C. resulted in            D. taken in

50. A. seeking          B. making           C. fighting              D. working

51. A. nurse            B. praise            C. understand            D. raise

52. A. one-sided        B. many-sided        C. round-way            D. two-way

53. A. more than        B. rather than         C. better than            D. less than

54. A. manner          B. method            C. program              D. guide

55. A. talking           B. living             C. playing               D. discussing

A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.

A. or more       B. instead          C. at most         D. only

This ____  girl is Linda’s cousin.

A．pretty little Spanish                              B．Spanish little pretty

C．Spanish pretty little                              D．little pretty Spanish

It is __________ to spend money on preventing illnesses by promoting healthy living rather than spending on trying to make people ___________ after they are ill.

A. good ;  good    B. well;  better     C. better; better  D. better ; good

The performance of the host, _____ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

    A. had intended               B. intended

  　C. being intended             D. to intend

The joke told by Tom made us _____, so the teacher couldn’t make himself _____.

  　A. to laugh; hearing   

     B. laughing; heard 

  　C. laughing; hear 

     D. laughed; heard