____ surprised me most was ______ they had finished it so quickly.

A. What, what    B. That, that       C. What, that     D. That, what

We want the job __ by the end of this week.

A. to do    B. done     C. did      D. to be doing

Aunt LI has arrived.Do you expect __ to pay her a visit?

A. going      B. go      C. to go        D. that you go  

They fell asleep with the firewood ___.

A. to burn    B. burns    C. burning   D. burnt  

The boy with a book in his hand __ to see you since nine o’clock this morning.Can you see him now?

A.waits   B. had been waiting   C. is waiting   D. has been waiting

Have you decided when___?

A. will you leave  B. to be leaving   C. to leave   D. are you leaving

—How about your journey to Mount Emei?

—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way.

A. slowed down    B. broke down     C. got down    D. put down

    Our 16-year-old daughter started to smoke last Christmas. It killed me to see that lovely girl with a cigarette(香烟) in her mouth. I told her how I felt. Martha continued to smoke, saying, “It's my life,” and so on. I told her if she didn't stop smoking, I wouldn't send her to college. She agreed to give it up.

Last night there was cigarette smell on Martha's breath. She had to say she had broken her word. Now I must do what I've said to punish(惩罚) her.

Martha is unusually bright and wants to teach children. I'm working full-time to put her older sister through school and would do the same for Martha. My husband's pay is good, but with prices going up all the time we could never educate the girls unless I kept on working.

My theory(理论) is that if smoking is more important to Martha than college, I'm a fool to work to put her through college.

Why did the mother feel sad?

A. Because her daughter failed to go to college.

B. Because her daughter tried to kill her.

C. Because her daughter promised to smoke no more.

D. Because her daughter got used to smoking.

The mother warned that if Martha didn't give up smoking, she would ______.

A. refuse to give Martha any money

B. not be Martha's mother

C. refuse to pay for Martha's college education

D. not let Martha teach children

What did Martha really do after mother warned her?

A. She failed to keep her promise.

B. She kept her promise.

C. She managed to give up smoking.

D. She broke something her mother gave her.

The mother said that ______.

A. Martha was usually a stupid girl

B. though Martha's father received high pay, it was not enough for their two girls' college education

C. as everything was becoming more and more expensive, the two girls had to work hard to pay for their education

D. she liked Martha's sister but hated Martha

Make sure that your speech is _________ and to the point, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time.

  A. brief                   B. attractive                     C. humourous              D. powerful

When it comes to intelligence, human beings are the top dogs of the animal kingdom. But in recent years, scientists have been documenting surprising intelligence and emotional depth in animals ranging from honeybees to elephants. Here are some amazing examples.

Artistic Monkey Business

Jannet Schmid, director of the Little River Zoo in Norman, Oklahoma, learned a lot about the intelligence of capuchin monkeys. She and her busband adopted a young male, named Bailey. The capuchin particularly liked taking car rides, insisting that he insert the key and ride in the front passenger’s seat.

Now Bailey has become a devoted painter. He uses brushes to create colorful, abstract paintings, and prefers not to be disturbed.

Prairie Dog Sound

Through a variety of birdlike sounds, prairie dogs warn each other of approaching creatures. They demonstrated a surprisingly complex communication system. In his 25 years of study, Slobodchikoff, a professor of biology, has recorded them pronouncing ten nouns including hawk, deer and coyote, a number of adjectives to identify color, size and shape, and even some verbs to indicate speed.

In an ongoing study, Slobodchikoff learns that their brain contains a very extensive vocabulary. He once used his best prairie dog sound to say coyote, and they just looked at him in anger as if he had said a bad word.

Ivy League Parrot

One African grey parrot Alex is said to have the cognitive abilities of a five-year-old child. Alex can identify 50 different objects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and the concepts of bigger, smaller, same and different.

Also Alex is considered to make reasoned decisions. During an experiment, researchers gave Alex different-colored blocks in sets of two, three and six. When asked which color group had five blocks, Alex replied, “None.” And he answered the same in repeated tests. Obviously, he interpreted the concept of “none” as an absence of quantity all on his own. That’s a lot like a high school student answering questions on a quiz show.

56.Which of the following is true?

         A. Bailey is as clever as a child of five.

B. The prairie dog loves taking car rides.

C. The capuchin monkey is fond of painting.

D. Alex develops a communication system.

57.The underlined word “coyote” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.

         A. a verb                     B. an animal              C. a warning                       D. an adjective

58.The African grey parrot Alex can ________.

         A. answer questions on a quiz show

B. understand the figure “7”

C. identify five colors and seven shapes

D. apply the concept of “none” correctly

59.What is the passage mainly about?

         A. Animal communication                           B. Animal research

C. Animal intelligence                                  D. Animal information