— It is important for you to find appropriate course at college．

    —I can't agree more．It's          decision that affects the whole family．

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

It ____in this new hall ____ was just set up last month ________ we held an important meeting yesterday.

A. is; which; that                    B. was; which; what

C. is; that; which                    D. was; which; that

--- Everyone says you are a good student. You never fall asleep in class?

   ---        .

   A. Yes, sometimes      B. Yes, I did            C. Yes, never          D. No, I didn’t

The whole morning we just checked our own things. We were looking for items to give away. We thought of blankets, food and clothing. Our aim was not to find things we no longer wanted, but things we use every day and would be useful to others.

We made up boxes with the things and added some small toys. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed, reading:

“Please take these items and know that your life is important. Times are difficult but they will pass. We share what we have, believing it will matter. Use the blanket to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human spirit can overcome（战胜） anything. Don’t hold your head down. Someday please do the same when you can. How you do it and when, your heart will tell you.

This kind act was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was simply because it was the right time to do. We have often seen homeless people at the park where we left the belongings. The city would say that it isn’t a problem but I see the lives walking to and from it.

  I noticed that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was sure about it and she simply replied that it had a hood (风帽). She liked the coat but knew the hood could shelter (遮挡)someone from the rain.

We don’t know where these gifts of compassion（同情）will go. We never go back and see what happens. It’s unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that counts. On the way my wife started to cry. When I asked why, she said because some things felt so right.

What can we learn from the first paragraph about the couple？

   A. They had deep feelings of their work

B. They often threw the useless daily items away

C. They liked helping others by sharing their things

D. They often gave away the daily items they didn’t use

 The couple placed the letter inside the box mainly to_______________.

A. help the poor go through the difficulties

B. let the poor know who gave away the things

C. tell the poor how to use the items correctly

D. tell the poor to pass on the spirit to others

Why did the author ask his wife if she was sure about giving away her green coat?  _________.

   A. Because he thought the coat was very valuable

   B. Because he thought the coat was of a very high price

   C. Because he thought he liked the coat very much himself

   D. Because he thought she liked the coat very much herself

The couple liked this kind act because _______.

A. they thought it was the right thing to do

B. they had a good habit of saving things

C. they often received telephone calls for help

D. they hated being troubled by homeless people

What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Boxes filled with compassion        B. Good behavior leading to happiness

C. The most important thing in our life   D. Happiness coming from sharing things

Today, _______ people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.

A. many         B. some          C. more          D. most

Since mid July, many areas in Shaanxi       continuous heavy rain, leading to frequent natural disasters.

    A．saw  B．had seen C．has seen D．have seen

Tom’s        towards guests really makes me feel embarrassed in the party.

    A. advantage    B. ability  C. activity D. attitude

Armed only with iPhones, the inventive rock band Atomic Tom has gone viral（广为流传） by way of the New York subway． The band has scored an Internet hit with the video to the song “Take Me Out．”

Singer Luke White says the production was a top-secret operation．

“We didn't tell anyone about this． It was completely top-secret from our family, from our friends, from our label, our management, everybody． So the first time that people saw this video was last Friday when we put it on YouTube,” explained White．

Since uploading the video to YouTube, band members have spent several days refreshing the page to watch the number of hits rise．

The video has also made its way around Twitter as many people have shared it with their friends．

“I mean, it still hasn't quite hit． It's just kind of blowing our minds right now that we're getting this: many people are fond of it, and they're sharing it with their friends． We don't know what it's like really to have something that's viral, so all of this is very new to us．” said Eric Espiritu, the lead guitarist of the band．

White explains how the video came together:

“We did our research with the applications（ 应用程序） and found applications that worked out really well with the instruments and then we plugged them all into, plugged our phones into mini-battery powered amplifiers（扩音器） that we put underneath our seats, and we did a lot of, you know, practices, in terms of figuring out what the balance of the sound and like who was overpowering, who was too loud or who was too soft．”

The idea for the video came from Espiritu's younger brother Benjamin． The younger Espiritu directed the video from his initial concept through the final edit and upload to the Internet．　

“I've seen a lot of the music applications come out, and I've never actually had the chance to play with them," says Ben Espiritu． "When I started hearing about how they sound and everything, I thought it might be unique to take it one step further and then create an entire band just performing solely（单曲） on the iPhones, and I thought it would be a pretty cool idea．”

Ben says the success of the band’s music video is a credit to the talent and ability of the musicians, but it's also a sign of the times．

“It really comes down to seeing something different, seeing something unique, and I think that that's always, in any type of art form, what will speak to people, and I think it does reflect the times that we live in, taking a smart phone and then being able to turn it into an instrument, not only just an instrument, but making it sound really good．”

Who first saw the video of the song “Take Me Out”?

   A． Their friends       B． The people on line

    C． Their family        D． Their management

What is the band members’ attitude towards the sudden fame?

   A． They are thrilled．

   B． They are quite used to it．

   C． They are kind of confused．

   D． They are so excited as to tell everyone they know．

How did the video come into being?

   A． The band copied from it other musicians．

   B． It had already existed in the iPhones before they bought them．

    C． The band created it with the help of the applications in the iPhones．

    D． The band made full use of the traditional instruments to make the song．

What is the significance of the success of the band's music video?

    A． It has introduced us several talented musicians．

    B． It has made the musicians into millionaires．

    C． It teaches the young a big lesson．

    D． It reflects the talent and ability of the musicians and the times that we live in．

__________ is often the case with her, my mother talked about my study for at least half an hour nonstop before she drove me to school yesterday．

    A． As      B． Which  C． What   D． That

After a thorough search, the rescue team finally brought the mountain climber back, ________.

    A. safe and sound                           B. safely and sound    

C. safe and soundly                         D. safely and soundly