._______in the city for thirty years,the old man moved back to the countryside.

  A.Having worked    B．Working    C．To have worked    D．To work

Can you give me a reason to ___________ you absense yesterday?

       A.beg for       B. ask for      C. speak for   D. account for

Only when Tom fully recovered______back to work.

       A．did he go        B．he went    C．had he gone     D．he had gone

 I had only a few _____________ with Miss Gao, though we work in the same school.

   A. laughter         B. handshakes           C. amusement          D. contacts

Mary wrote an article on _____ the team had failed to win the game.

A.why    B. what   C. who    D. that

It was too dark, and I couldn’t _______ the words written on the blackboard.

   A. look at            B. turn up          C. decide on        D. make out

C

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had stumbled over something and dropped all of the books he was carrying along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and  that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if Ihad killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1. The underlined word “stumbled” in Paragraph One probably means    .

A. stopped himself                  B. came to life

C. trapped himself                   D. lost one’s balance

2. It can be inferred that________ according to the passage.

A. The boy took so many books with him because he was about to take an exam soon.

B. From the beginning, in fact, Mark knew Bill was to kill himself.

C. Bill valued the days when they spent talking and laughing together

D. Bill was dismissed for his breaking the school rules

3. What was it that saved Bill’s life in fact?

A. Friendliness and kindness.          B. Understanding and Honesty.

C. Bill’s confidence and strong will     D. Bill’s mother’s encouragement

4. From the passage we can learn that    _____.

A. Bill would have remove to another school if Mark hadn't met him that day

B. Bill had planned to go to kill himself for the loss of his girlfriend.

C. From the first meeting, they often talked and play together.

D. Mark found out Bill’s secret and saved his life.

5. Which of the following should be the best title for this passage?

A. A little but meaning thing

B. Just a Little Smile

C. Unforgettable School Life

D. Friendship and Life

My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t much good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.

The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy（糖果）while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn’t eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer（下水道）. Why, is it only because they have money? There is more happiness than money in the world, isn’t there?

Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn’t rich, but she knows things, she understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I’d like to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.

This passage mainly suggests that the writer ______.

A. is easy to get along with       

B. is unhappy with the life they are living

C. is good at observing and understanding

D. is never pleased with her neighbours

What do you think of the McGarity girl?

A. She is proud and hungry      B. She is selfish and cruel

C. She is lonely and friendless    D. She is unhappy and misunderstood

In this text, the writer tries to tell us that______.

A. money is the key to everything

B. the more money you have, the less happy you’ll be

C. there is something more important than money

D. when talking to people we should look into their eyes

Pick out the one that does NOT describe the writer’s view on money.

A. Why, is it only because they have money?

B. There is more to happiness than money.

C. Miss Jackson isn’t rich, but she knows things

D. The money we have saved isn’t nearly enough

  Tess still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive, hardly knowing whether to return or move forward, when a figure came out from the dark door of the tent. It was a tall young man, smoking.

He had an almost black face, though red and smooth. His moustache was black with curled points, though he could not be more than twenty-three or –four. There was an unusual force in his face, and in his daring rolling eyes.

‘Well, my beauty, what can I do for you?’ said he, coming forward. And seeing that she was quite at a loss: ‘Never mind me. I am Mr. d’Urberville. Have you come to see me or my mother?’

This differed greatly from what Tess had expected. She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face. She tried to keep calm and answered---

‘I came to see your mother, sir.’

‘I am afraid you cannot see her---she is ill in bed,’ replied the representative of the house; for this was Mr. Alec, the only son of the noble family. ‘What is the business you wish to see her about?’

‘It isn’t business---it is ---I can hardly say what!’

‘Pleasure?’

‘Oh no. Why, sir, if I tell you, it will seem--- ’

Tess’s sense of a certain ridicule was now so strong that, despite her general discomfort at being here, her rosy lips curved(弯曲) towards a smile, much to the attraction of the young man.

‘It is so foolish’, she stammered(结结巴巴地说); ‘I fear I can’t tell you!’

‘Never mind; I like foolish things. Try again, my dear,’ said he kindly.

‘Mother asked me to come,’ Tess continued; ‘and, indeed, I was in the mind to do so myself. But I did not think it would be like this. I came, sir, to tell you that we are of the same family as you.’

‘Ho! Poor relations?’

‘Yes.’

‘Stokes?’

‘No; d’Urbervilles.’

‘Ay, ay; I mean d’Urbervilles.’

‘Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are d’Urbervilles. The local scholars hold the view that we are, ---and ---and we have an old seal(印章) and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we’ve lost our horse by a bad accident; we can hardly make a living.’

‘Very kind of your mother, I’m sure.’ Alec looked at Tess as he spoke, in a way that made her uneasy. ‘And so, my pretty girl, you’ve come on a friendly visit to us, as relations?’

‘I suppose I have,’ looking less confident and uncomfortable again.

‘Well---there’s no harm in it. Where do you live? What are you?’

                                     ---Tess of the d’Urbervilles By Thomas Hardy

63. How does Tess feel in the whole course of the meeting with Alec?

   A. Excited and hopeful.                 B. Nervous and uncomfortable.

   C. Surprised but comfortable.            D. Pleased but embarrassed.

64. In the eyes of Tess, Alec is ______.

   A. forceful and daring                  B. unfriendly and talkative

   C. a gentle and reliable man             D. older than she had expected

65. Why does Tess pay the visit to the d’Urbervilles?

   A. To see Alec himself.

B. To see Alec’s mother.

   C. To confirm that they are of the same family.

   D. To make known their relationship and seek help.

66. Alec appears quite friendly to Tess mainly because ______.

   A. Tess is his distant relation             B. Tess looks polite to him

   C. Tess is a pretty girl                  D. Tess looks ridiculous

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Some Americans judge success on the length of his vacations. The man who gets a month’s vacation each year consider himself more successful than the man gets two weeks. Many people want to be teachers because it was teachers who can get three-month vacation every year. Some college teachers who teach three classes consider themselves more successful than that who teach only one or two , or none in all . In a short, the less work American do, the less successful they consider themselves.