John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to______ all his trousers to his measure.

A. let out          B. give away        C. bring in         D. make up

The country life he was used to______greatly since the opening policy.

   A. changed   B. has changed   C. changing   D. having changed

Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their interests is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive design. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a bank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.

The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British telephone cards appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light, and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4,000 pounds. The first Japanese card has a value of about 28,000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. the history of phone cards            B. phone cards collecting as a hobby

C. reasons for phone cards collecting     D. the great variety of phone cards

2. When did people in Britain begin to use phone cards?

A. In 1971.            B. In 1975.            C. In 1976.            D. In 1981.

3. The main reason for most people to collect phone cards is that ______.

A. they find the cards beautiful and easy to keep

B. they like to have something from different countries

C. they want to make money with cards

D. they think the cards are convenient to use

4. The writer mentions a market in Paris in order to show that

A. card collecting is popular among young people

B. French and Japanese cards are the most valuable

C. people can make money out of card collecting

D. card collectors’ magazines are very useful

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.

A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.

“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”

“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(困惑).

“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.

“It’s a long way,” I protested.

“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove www..comfrom the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along, ” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor, ” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1. Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?

A. He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.

B. No driver would give him a ride.

C. He didn’t know the routes.

D. He perhaps would have to take a taxi.

2. Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was _______.

A. very quiet and peaceful     B. dark without street lights

C. neither clean nor beautiful   D. a little unsafe

3. Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?

A. No bus would come at the time.

B. A taxi ride would be more comfortable.

C. He became impatient and a bit worried.

D. He knew the driver would never return.

4. The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.

A. she happened to go in the same direction

B. she wanted to do something good for other people

C. her brother told her to do so

D. she wanted to earn more money

5. The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.

A. would do as she did             B. would keep her in memory

C. would give the money to others    D. would do her a favor

— You’d better keep quiet in class.

— Sometimes I______ . Yesterday, I was as quiet as a mouse during my English class.

A. would              B. do            C. did        D. was

When he was alive, the old scientist used to say that knowledge ＿＿＿＿from practice and he gained his experience by doing a lot of practical work.

A.was coming     B.had come  C.comes     D.would come

The train ＿＿＿＿＿ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about nine o’clock tonight.

A.went     B.is going     C.goes     D.will be going

—— Coffee ＿＿＿＿＿ milk?

—— Only milk, please, ＿＿＿＿＿ I used to like coffee.

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

It’s a fine day. Let’s go swimming, ＿＿＿＿＿?

A.won’t we     B.will you   C.don’t we     D.shall we

It sounds ＿＿＿＿＿ the singing of rails.

A.as     B.in     C.like     D.as if