The first African-American president of the United States received a(n) _______ welcome in the African countries, where he was received as a returning son.

A. romantic                    B. bureaucratic       C. enthusiastic          D. optimistic

Too much drinking will do________to your health；you should take the doctor’s advice.

A．harm            B．  trouble

C．damage          D．   hurt

Not until I began to work______ how much time I had wasted.

A. did I realize    B. didn’t I realize     C. I realized     D. I didn’t realize

Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is clean and cool. Fox Point is a very new 47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families. The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.

 Fox Point is operated by Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.

ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environmentally friendly building materials. Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.

Michael. Bloomberg, New York's mayor plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for 500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused by housing. So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.

Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.

What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?

A.  To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people. 

B.  To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.

C.  To show how the environment-friendly building works.

D.  To compare old and new boiler rooms.

What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?

A.  Lower running costs.

B.  Costing less in construction.   

C.  Less air to be lost in hot days.

D.  Better prices for homeless people.

It can be learned from the text that, ____________________.

A.  New York City is seriously polluted

B.  people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City

C.  a great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in

D.  some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City

What is the main purpose of this text?

A.  To call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.

B.  To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.

C.  To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.

D.  To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.

---- Did you have ________ fun at the party?

   ---- Yes. It’s ________ shame that you missed it.

A. a; a                   B. /; /                           C. /; a                          D. a; /

She was so proud a person that she would die___ she would admit she was wrong.

A. rather than    B. until   C. after     D. before

Some people think _______about their rights than they do about their responsibilities.  

A. so much           B. much more         C. too much           D. much too  

Lily is popular among her classmates ______ she can be annoying at times.

      A. in case                    B. even if             C. as if                             D. so that

Do you expect 　　 to be a possibility that we shall be able to afford the particular furniture we need？

       A．it     B．there       C．that         D．one

It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance,   36   for the train to take me to my   37   in Boston. The word was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,   38   their steaming cups of coffee.

Reaching into my pocket as the   39  was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $ 20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was   40  ! I searched through my bag and then I felt   41  . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I’d be   42   there.

“What’s the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me.

“Oh, nothing…. Well, I   43   my money and now I can’t pay for the ticket. I’m going to   44   my match class, and the train is leaving.”

“Here, use this.”

The man held a $ 20 bill. I looked up,   45  . People just didn’t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own   46  , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.

“Thank you, but no, I can’t.”

“  47  it – go!” The man pushed me   48   the train.  I bought a round – trip ticket, and he refused the change I   49  to give him back. I did not know what to say – a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood   50  .

For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through   51  eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple   52  .

A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $ 20   53  I saw the man. And there he was.

“excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this.” I   54  the money into his hand.

Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday.” I smiled, content.

The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a   55  stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.

A．watching           B．looking      C．reaching   D．arranging

A．home             B．class          C．office           D．factory

A．serving           B．carrying        C．minding    D．making

A．chance           B．crowd           C．driver       D．train

A．deep              B．empty           C．messy       D．tight

A．hopeless           B．useless          C．relieved    D．dissatisfied

A．blocked           B．drawn           C．stuck     D．tied

A．wasted            B．counted        C．spent     D．lost

A．miss              B．skip         C．fail        D．stop

A．frightened         B．disturbed        C．surprised   D．concerned

A．problems           B．complaints       C．positions   D．challenges

A．Seize             B．Get           C．Catch       D．Take

A．in                B．beyond         C．toward      D．on

A．offered            B．managed       C．happened  D．attempted

A．unconsciously       B．silently         C．seriously   D．uncomfortably

A．curious            B．changed         C．bright       D．widened

A．task               B．act            C．example    D．performance

A．so that             B．even if          C．now that   D．in case

A．dropped           B．pushed          C．pressed     D．placed

A．giving            B．encouraging     C．promising D．respecting