_____ environmental damage is done does it take many years for the ecosystem to recover.

  A. Even if       B. While        C. Only if        D. Once

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas．While most people were 36_their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to _37_early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he _38__his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After _39_

10 hours of labor, his returned to find his bike  40 ．

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool．Trevor used it to get to  41  , putting in 60-hour weeks to __42__his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries,  43  us from having to walk long distances from where we live．

I was so  44_that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that, several people in our area   45  to help．One wonderful stranger   46 bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up． 47  my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is a (an)  48   that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．People say that a smile can be  49  from one person to another, but acts of kindness from  50  are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it  51  our faith in humanity as a whole．And it has _52   us to be more mindful of ways that we, too, can  53  with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone  54  ．And the results can be   55  ．

A．cooling down  B．warming up C．speeding up          D．slowing down

A．get up      B．wake up             C．turn up        D．rise up

A．piled         B．pushed         C．parked          D．paused

A．putting in    B．putting on   C．putting off           D．putting away

A．broken    B．robbed    C．hidden              D．gone

A．study    B．shop          C．work               D．deliver

A．live     B．support       C．serve               D．protect

A．getting   B．protecting C．saving      D．allowing

A．surprised       B．thrilled    C．puzzled     D．sad

A．offered  B．supported  C．provided   D．agreed

A．still       B．finally      C．even  D．yet

A．Now and then B．Once in a while C．Once again    D．Sooner or later

A．honor    B．pity   C．sympathy  D．respect

A．thrown   B．passed      C．sent D．got

A．friends   B．strangers   C．relatives   D．parents

A．weakened      B．spread      C．reduced    D．strengthened

A．moved   B．forced      C．urged       D．influenced

A．share     B．connect     C．deal   D．work

A．likes      B．cares C．worries     D．wonders

A．short      B．promising C．permanent       D．temporary

“You know, these cups bring to mind a tea quote(说法) I heard.” Mary’s aunt said.

She poured tea. There were four of them and there were four totally different cups on the table.

They took their tea cups.

“What quote?” Mary asked.

“Well, maybe I should rather say it is a story,” aunt said, “I heard that there was a wise teacher who took all his students for tea. They were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. Each of them took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher let them do that for a while and then said,‘ Do you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and I can see some of you with the broken ones are even envious(羡慕的) of the finer cups of others. Is this not so?’ ”

The students agreed, amused by their own behavior.

“You may have wondered why you all had different cups, but I put them here on purpose. You see they represent (代表) life itself. Life is like that tea and the cups are like the physical circumstances(状况) of your life. You all got the same thing in your cups — tea. And yet you can not truly enjoy it in your envy of another’s cup. It’s just the same with life. You forget to enjoy your own life when you concentrate on envying the circumstances of someone else’s life.

So now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. Really taste it. And tell me — did it matter from which cup it came from?”

Aunt finished telling her short tea story and they all sat in silence for a while, tasting their tea. A sleepy fly buzzed(嗡嗡作响) past, a bird sang in the tree. And it really did not matter one bit from which tea cup they drank.

When the students found they had different tea cups, they_____________.

A. were satisfied with their own cup

B. were angry about the broken cups they had been given

C. asked the teacher to get new cups for them

D. were curious about the difference between the cups

From the text, we know that _____________.

A. the teacher prepared different tea cups for each student

B. the teacher should have given the students the same cups

C. the teacher made the tea cups different by mistake.

D. each student took their time to choose a cup they liked

According to the passage, by comparing the cups to the physical circumstances of people’s life, the teacher meant that people_______.

A. should try different ways of life

B. shouldn’t focus on envy others’ physical circumstances

C. can never change their physical circumstances

D. should work hard for a better life

In the passage the teacher’s message to the students was that _______.

A. life is hard and boring for everyone

B. it is strange to be envious of the lives of others

C. everyone should learn to enjoy his own life

D. people act differently in different circumstances

What can be the best title for the passage?

     A. More than tea in a cup                           B. The value of tea

       C. Tea vs cup                                            D. Enjoying tea with a broken cup

--- Would you please give me a hand and take the bookcase upstairs?

--- _______.

A. With pleasure                                       B. My pleasure  

C. Of course I do                                   D. Yes, that’s all right

--- You promised to call me last night.

   --- I called, but I just couldn’t _______.

 A. get through    B. get across    C. get down        D. get around

East of Xiamen Island _____ several modern buildings, on whose tops we can see as far as Jinmen Island．

       A．lies   B．lay   C．stand      D．has

I meant to help him . ______， he didn’t accept my offer.

    A. But        B. As a result       C. Therefore       D. However

I’ll show you a store_____ you may buy all _____ you need.  

A. in which; /   B. which; that      C. that; that      D. where; which

When I came to the cinema, the film had already been on. So I _______ my way to the seat.

A. went            B. walked             C. moved           D. felt

Sometimes people have no belief ________ his choices about their eating habits.

   A. on which to base        B. which to base on     C. to base on    D. to be based on