I failed in the exam but ________ teacher refused to give me _________ second chance.　 

A. a, the                       B. a, a                          C. the, a                       D. the, the

He offered to drive me to the airport,         I felt so grateful.

A. to whom                  B. to which            C. for which          D. for whom

Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some degree our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random(随机地) from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical (完全相同的) twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.    

Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Para. 1?

　　A. To some degree, intelligence is given at birth.

　　B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.

　　C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.

　　D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.

It is suggested in this passage that_______.

　　A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

　　B. close relations usually have similar intelligence

　　C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be

  in intelligence

　　D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees

　 　　of intelligence

In Para. 1, the word "surroundings" means_______.

　　A. intelligence 　 　 B. life      C. environments 　 　D. housing

The best title for this article would be_______.

　　A. On Intelligence              B. What Intelligence Means

　　C. We are Born with Intelligence  D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示 2）首字母提示 3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整的写右边相对应的横线上，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Li Lei,

       I’m sorry to hear that you are having trouble in coping with the

new college life. Here I would like to give you some a           1___________

First of all, you should s         no efforts to work hard at all    2___________

your lessons and develop your different a          . Only in     3___________

this way are you l        ___ to get an ideal job for a better      4___________

future. Secondly, communication skills are also r        if you   5___________

want to get along well with your friends ________ college campus  6___________

Last but not least, living _________ (独立) is of great significance  7___________

to you, _______means you should learn to face all challenges by   8____________

yourself, and this will surely b      you a lot when you step into  9____________

_________(社会). I’ll be glad if you find my advice practical.    10 ___________

We shouldn’t think barefoot running strange. It’s normal, fun and comfortable if _____ properly.

       A. doing                B. to do                        C. done                        D. being done

Every country ______ to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others, as they are similar to or different from it.

  A. appeals        B. tends       C. desires     D. applies

The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecrafts, the most recent ________at the end of last March.

A. has been launched    B. having been launched   C. being launched     D. to be launched

It remains doubtful whether the project _____________ next month will bring profits to the company.

A. accomplished                                               B. to be accomplished   

C. having accomplished                                    D. being accomplished

On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been   36   so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that   37  , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no   38   who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed   39  .

I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it   40   that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see.   41  , they gave me the room number of a(n)   42   lady, who needed some comfort.

I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me   43  . She was greatly moved when I told her about my   44   in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried   45   they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “  46 ”leg, she would be in  47  .

Later, in the following two hours, we  48  a lot and both felt very happy. I  49   until it was dark. I will always remember how   50   she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a   51  . She called me her angel and said she had no more   52  .

I   53   that story with my neighbor and she   54  that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will   55  others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.

A. shown            B. told                  C. given                D. bought

A. dusk              B. afternoon          C. hour                 D. night

A. belief            B. sense                C. message            D. idea

A. paying attention to              B. cheering up

         C. looking after                    D. looking down upon

A. strange        B. lucky              C. difficult         D. true

A. Instead        B. Still               C. Besides          D. Therefore

A. young         B. old                C. happy           D. strong

A. angrily        B. suddenly        C. quickly          D. confusedly

A. purpose       B. experience      C. failure            D. trouble

A. unless         B. but                     C. because         D. until

A. thin          B. long                    C. short            D. new

A. surprise       B. pain                    C. need            D. sight

A. talked         B. asked             C. imagined        D. smiled

A. left            B. stood             C. stayed          D. rested

A. painful      B. shy               C. embarrassed   D. moved

A. stranger     B. friend             C. relative       D. doctor

A. fun            B. interest            C. fear                  D. challenge

A. repeated    B. shared             C. said             D. told

A. agreed         B. forgot            C. joked         D. promised

A. force          B. warm                   C. allow         D. encourage

The average person learns most of the 30 000～40 000 words whose meanings he or she recognizes by hearing them or getting familiar with them in the context or simply absorbing them without conscious(意识到的) effort. The best way to build a good vocabulary, therefore, is to read a great deal and to participate in a lot of good talks. There are relatively few words that we learn permanently(永久的)by purposefully referring to dictionaries or keeping word lists. However, even those extra few are of value, and no one will make a mistake by working on developing a larger vocabulary. Here are some suggestions of how to do it.

Read plenty of good books. When you come across a new word, or a new meaning of an old word, stop and see if you can understand it from its context. If you can't, and if you can manage without interrupting the thought of the book too much, look it up in a dictionary or ask somebody and then repeat its meaning to yourself a couple of times. If you are really conscientious(认真的), write the word and its meaning in a personal vocabulary list — preferably using it in a sentence, or you can keep a special vocabulary notebook. Go over the list from time to time. Further, try to use a new word in writing or conversation a few times over the next several days.

Listen to good talks and be alert to new words you hear or to new meanings of words you already know. Then treat them just as you treat the new words you read.

Learn and be alert to the parts of words: prefixes, suffixes and roots. Knowing them enables you to make intelligent guesses about the meaning of words.

If you are studying a foreign language, be alert to words in that language which relate to words in English. English has inherited(继承) or borrowed much of its vocabulary of 500 000～600 000 words from Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and German.

When you meet a new word in reading, what should you do?

A. Guess its meaning.                              B. Ask somebody.

C. Look it up in a dictionary.                     D. All of the above.

According to this passage, the best way to build a good vocabulary is ___.

A. to remember a lot                                 B. to read a great deal

C. to take part in a lot of good talks            D. both B and C

The phrase “be alert to” in the third paragraph may best be replaced by “___”.

A. look at                                               B. pay attention to 

C. write down                                         D. learn by heart

In the fourth paragraph, the word “them” refers to ___.

A. the parts of words                                 B. prefixes

C. suffixes                                                D. roots