—What do you think________ an important part in their lives?

   —Pop music.

A. plays                B. takes             C. makes           D. acts

I am sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but it will still be some time __________ Brain gets back．

       A．since      B．before   C．till        D．after

I believe we could face delays if we travel by bus,_____traffic jams.

A. thanks to              B. despite                   C. regardless of                D in spite of

Can you lend me the magazine _____ last week?

A. you bought it        B. that you bought

C. that you bought it    D. which you bought it

I’m sorry I got caught in the traffic；_________, I could have been here sooner．

       A．besides            B．although    

       C．anyway          D．otherwise

--- Any good way to get there on time ?    ---Only by ________.

A. speeding up     B. turning up 

C. taking up                D. putting up

Only by working hard        your dream of becoming a doctor.

   A. you can achieve                            B. can you achieve 

C. can you be achieved                             D. you can come true

In fact, he ___ in bed all the morning without doing anything, but he _____ to me about that.

A. lied, lied        B. lay, lay     C. lied, lay        D. lay, lied

In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射) so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of stores. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.

People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

The passage mainly talks about ________ .

A. how to keep disease from pets      B. pets in Canada

C. how to take good care of pets       D. life of the old in Canada

They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ___ .

A. the pets are sick        

B. the pets are wild

C. they want to stop them from carrying disease

D. they want them to sleep on the way home

This passage shows that Canadians ________ .

A. hate animals           B. often kill animals

C. love animals           D. don't keep pets inside house

In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because _____ .

A. they don't love their parents any more

B. they can only find jobs far from their parents

C. their parents' houses are too small

D. they wouldn't depend on their parents any more

One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

   He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert , the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture , in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

   When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

Who wrote the story?

   A. Rupert's teacher.                           B. The neighbor's teacher.

   C. A medical school teacher.                    D. The teacher's neighbor.

Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

What happened at the airport?

   A. The skeleton went missing.                 B. The skeleton was stolen.

   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.              D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

   A. He was angry.                            B. He thinks it very funny.

   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.             D. He feels good without Rupert.

Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

   B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.