--- Jim failed again in the maths examination.

   --- Don't scold him too much. _____ , he has tried his best.

   A. After all            B. Above all         C. At all            D. In all

Never in my wildest dreams _______  these people are living in such poor conditions.

   A  I could imagine           B could I imagine

  C  I couldn’t imagine         D couldn’t I imagine

Jack was once a common name，      ,I think, that is seldom chosen nowadays．

A．it         B．one     C．who      D．which

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the   21   day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked   22  , but I couldn't find 23  of my husband's socks though I had looked  24  for it.

    The next morning, I got ready for 25   as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them   26  we were going to do  27  .

    When I turned   28   to write on the blackboard, the class burst out  29  . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was  30   the headmaster would be in to see all this.

    I asked the class to  31  , but the 32 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay  33   attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.

    Before long, the teacher who had the room next to   34   came to see  35   all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started   36  , too.

    "Good  Heavens ! "I said. "Will   37   please tell me what is so  38  ?"

    "Oh, God," said the teacher, " you have a brown 39 stuck to the back of your shirt. "

    So that's   40   I found my husband's missing sock.

    "Oh, well," I said to the class, "let's just say  you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)."

A. very          B. last           C. next       D. following

A. hard          B. well          C. fast        D. slowly

A. all            B. both          C. either      D. one

A. nowhere       B. somewhere    C. anywhere   D. everywhere

A. breakfast      B. clothes        C. school      D. books

A. which         B. what         C. how        D. why

A. today         B. this day       C. that day     D. now

A. around        B. back          C. off         D. over

A. smiling       B. laughing       C. crying      D. quarrelling

A. afraid         B. doubtful       C. sure        D. glad

A. look          B. write         C. stop         D. go on

A. better         B. quicker       C. less         D. more

A. further        B. more         C. hardly       D. no

A. me           B. mine         C. us          D. his

A. what          B. why         C. which        D. that

A. writing        B. asking        C. talking       D. laughing

A. everyone      B. anyone       C. someone     D. he

A. funny         B. wrong       C. pleasant      D. unforgettable

A. handkerchief   B. sock         C. paper        D. hair

A. why          B. when        C. how         D. what

Although the US is so big and its people have so many different racial backgrounds, it is in some ways less varied than Europe．The English language is used almost everywhere in its American form．The American way of speaking has developed independently of English and is on the whole closer to what can be heard in Ireland.

Another example of uniformity(一致)is in habits and ways of living．From Boston to Los Angeles it is as far as from France to Central Asia, and from east to west there are five time zones; but everywhere people get up and go to bed at about the same time, eat the same kind of food, buy in the same kind of shops, work and rest at the same time of the day and have the same pattern of holidays．In most of the things that matter there is less difference between rich people and ordinary people or between town and country, than in any single European nation.

Although far more food is produced than the present population needs, America is actually an urban society．Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in (从事) agriculture and most of the rest live in or around towns large and small．Here the traditional picture is changing; most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now live in some thirty metropolitan (大城市的) areas.

The fact that the United States has always been a single economic unit has contributed to uniformity．Modern industry favors large organization, and it is no accident that the world’s biggest commercial firms are American．The people can choose between the products of competing manufacturers (制造商) but the products are all much alike.

In describing the uniformity in the U.S．the author does not mention that the American people       .

A．get up and go to work at the same time   

B．spend their holidays in the same pattern

C．buy and eat the same kind of food       

D．have more or less the same income

What can we learn from the passage about the U.S．agriculture?

A．The American farmers need more land.

B．Americans are interested in farming.

C．It is now going backward.

D．It is quite developed.

The last paragraph suggests that ___       .

A．the production size in the United States is very big

B．a single economic unit produces the same kind of products

C．there are more and more competing manufactures

D．people can choose from all kinds of products that are similar.

The underlined part “In most of the things that matter” probably refers to       .

A．in most basic things such as food, clothing and houses

B．in the more expensive things such as cars, TV sets, etc

C．in their land, housing and bank savings

D．in their wealth and income

The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

       A．strange     B．amusing    C．curious     D．satisfied

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

   Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)   21   bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will   22   you up in the morning! Here is how it   23   .

The bed   24  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   25   music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet   26   , "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording   27   . The sound recording can be loud music or   28   sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss   29   ,“Wake up immediately,     30   you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up   31  the second recording, you   32   be sorry! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few   33  minutes. What! You’re   34   in bed! Slowly the   35   of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.   36   , the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become   37   .

Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   38   a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new   39   . If their ideas win, the employees win   40 .    Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.

A. expensive             B. special            C. valuable             D. comfortable

A. get                 B. catch           C. make                D. let

A. works               B. runs          C. happens              D. moves

A. is separated from             B. is made up of    

         C. is connected to        D. is made into

A. loud                B. classical       C. pop                D. soft

A. sound                 B. voice         C. noise             D. way

A. sends                 B. turns          C. plays                    D. appears

A. pleasant             B. interesting     C. unpleasant                D. funny

A. shouts               B. calls          C. whispers           D. persuades

A. and                 B. but                  C. so                D. or

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

A. can                 B. will           C. may              D. would

A. other               B. another        C. more              D. one

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

A. end                 B. middle         C. body               D. top

A. However             B. Finally             C. Therefore           D. Otherwise

A. angry                B. asleep        C. happy              D. awake

A. achieve              B. win          C. gain               D. defeat

A. ideas                B. problems       C. facts               D. ways

A. praises                B. positions      C. prizes              D. medals

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有

两项为多余选项。并将答案填入答题卡。）

Mike：Oh, Mr. Ding , my wife and I would be very happy if you and your wife could come and have dinner with us on Friday evening .

Ding：     What time would you like us to come ?

Mike：      

Ding：Yes, that’ ll be fine . But I’m not sure that I have your address .

Mike：     Here’s my card with my address and phone number .

Ding：Thank you .      I’ll just take a taxi .

Mike：That’s the best way , I think . Well , we’ll be seeing you on Friday evening then .

Ding：Yes.   

A．That’s right .

B．I’ve never been to your part of the city , but I think I can manage .

C．I’ve enjoyed the evening very much .

D．I quite agree with you .

E．Thank you very much for your offer , Mr. Mike .

F．Would seven o’clock be all right with you ?

G．Why , that would be very nice .

Judging from _______ number of seats, ______ number of people were present at the meeting．

      A．a; the                      B．the; a             C．a; a                 D．the; the

 --- Does the idea of staying over night to watch the 2010 World Cup ______ to you?

   --- Well, it depends.

  A. attract           B. suit              C. appeal            D. match