–---I’ve decided to spend the summer holidays traveling in Australia.

   ----Oh, ________!

       A. if only I could go with you                    B. what a good news it is

       C. how happily I was to hear that         D. what exciting to hear the news

. Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV; there are pictures

 in your mind instead of _______ before your eyes.

       A. to form          B. form              C. forming               D. having formed

. He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ________ from the outside world.

       A. cut out              B. cut off                      C. cut up              D. cut through

_____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

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

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It’s not just an American phenomenon:   1   the globe, single-parent homes are on the  2  . Numbers for one-parent families increased from England to Australia during the 1990s, mirroring demographic (人口统计学的) changes reflected in the US census.

Just as in America, those changes   3   new questions about how  4     government should be in helping single-parent families, which often are less well-off   5   than those led by a married mom and dad.

Should single parents be afforded tax breaks to help pay for child   6   ? Should employers be monitored to make   7   flexible work hours are offered?

Annie Oliver, a 32-year-old single mother from Bristol, England, thinks so. “You wouldn’t believe   8   becoming a single parent suddenly made me a second-class   9   ,” said Oliver, who struggles to   10   a full-time job and give the extra care her disabled son needs.

(   ) 1. A. on B. in     C. across       D. through

(   ) 2. A. rise      B. way  C. fall   D. decrease

(   ) 3. A. asked    B. answered  C. avoided    D. raised

(   ) 4.A. included       B. concluded C. involved   D. intended

(   ) 5. A. physically    B. financially       C. mentally   D. spiritually

(   ) 6. A. care      B. growth     C. happiness  D. concern

(   ) 7. A. clear     B. known      C. out    D. sure

(   ) 8. A. when    B. what C. how  D. why

(   ) 9. A. employee     B. citizen      C. partner     D. mother

(   ) 10. A. keep   B. look for    C. find  D. own

The plan looks good on paper, but will it _____?

A. work                                 B. pass

C. agree                                 D. does

 “We have sent out two best players to the sports meet. What about you?” “Well, not yet. We have few ______, I’d say.”

A. chosen                            B. to choose

C. to be chosen                       D. to choose from

   Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all account; they depend on depositors(储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors come to fear that a bank is not sound, that it can not pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositor to appear on the same day .If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be funds to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying run on the bank that she experienced.

  One day in December of 1925, several banks failed to open in the city where Mrs Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller(出纳员) had enough funds on hand to pay off as many depositors as might appear. The officer simply instructed the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many believe that the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers’ windows. Clothing was torn, legs and arms broken, but the crowd continued for hours. The power of the panic atmosphere was so great that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was sound and could pay out all depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty preventing herself from doing the same.

1. When would a bank run happen?

A. A bank is closed for one or more days.

B. Too many depositors attempts to draw out their money at the same time.

C. Other banks don’t have enough money.

D. Clerks of a bank take their own money out of the bank

2. The crowd in the bank and on the sidewalk gathered because of _________.

A. demand      B. hunger           C. doubt         D. anger

3. The basic cause of a run on the bank is __________.

A. loss of confidence    B. lack of enough funds

C. crowds of people     D. inexperienced tellers

       I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,   36   she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.

       Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my   37  . She wanted to know how I thought we should   38   things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew   39   about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her   40  . It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to   41   them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how   42   I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.

       Mrs. Neidl's   43   that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it   44  !"I began to take   45  . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be   46   upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and   47   create something.

       The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was   48   in the program

as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I   49   I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.

      B eing on that stage-design team   50   Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also   51   a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to   52   what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be   53  . Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her   54   in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined   55  .

36. A. and                B . yet             C . so              D . for

37. A. opinion             B . impression        C . information      D . intention

38. A. make               B . keep            C . handle           D  change

39. A. anything            B . something        C . everything       D . nothing

40. A. questions            B . comments        C . explanations    D. remarks

41. A. hold               B . follow           C . evaluate         D . form

42. A. happy              B . lively           C . reliable                 D . punctual

43. A. message            B . motto           C . saying           D . suggestion

44. A. again               B . more                   C . instead          D . later

45. A. steps               B . control          C . charge           D . risks[

46. A. improved           B . acted            C . looked          D . reflected

47. A. easily              B . carefully                C . confidently              D . proudly

48. A. introduced          B . recognized        C . identified         D . considered

49. A. confirmed           B . decided          C . realized          D . acknowledged

50. A. with               B . below                  C . of              D . by

51. A. developed           B . discovered        C . took            D . fostered

52. A. accept              B . care             C . judge           D . wonder

53. A. bored              B . lazy             C . sad             D . afraid

54. A. trust               B . patience          C . curiosity          D o interest

55. A. accessible            B . enjoyable         C . possible         D. favorable

If you go into the forest with friends， stay with them. If you don‘t， you may get lost. If you get lost， this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help. Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you， they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice， it is an answer to a call for help. If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes，try to make a little house with branches. Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass. When you need some water，you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are lost，the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.

1. Which signal is a call for help？

A.shouting here and there

B.crying twice

C.shouting or whistling three times together

D. whistling every where in the forest

2.When you hear two shouts or two whistles，you know that ___________.

A. someone is afraid of an animal         B. people will come to help you

C. someone needs help                  D. something terrible will happen

3.The main idea of the passage is_______________.

A. how to travel in the forest

B. how to spend the night in the forest

C. what you should do if you want to get some water

D. what you should do if you are lost in the forest