It has been announced that all the students ______ put on the masks before going to school in case they are infected with SARS virus.

  A. shall                     B. will                         C. need                        D. may

．____ we are developing new technology at such a high pace ,the true challenge is to find new ways of using it .

A. Although      B. After        C. As soon as       D. Now that

____that she didn't do a good job, I don't think I am abler than her.

A,To have said   B,Having said  C.To say   D.Saying

For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became very special.

       As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, “Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?” “Do you__6__ this?” I said, pointing to the rose pinned to my coat.

       He said, “Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away.” The little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me.”

       When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__ my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not__15__. If you’ll look in front of the platform, you’ll see a big__16__ of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best.”

       If I hadn’t been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will always treasure it. He said, “What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet.”

1. A. Because         B. Although    C. If                     D. Once

2. A. speak                   B. think          C. remind              D. care

3. A. rule                     B. practice             C. custom              D. routine

4. A. valuable        B. useless              C. ordinary            D. normal

5. A. approached         B. stopped             C. interrupted D. followed

6. A. notice                  B. see             C. like            D. mean

7. A. always          B. just            C. ever           D. already

8. A. divorced        B. lost            C. disturbed    D. troubled

9. A. stand                    B. understand  C. stay           D. help

10. A. comforting  B. adopting            C. supporting  D. loving

11. A. move          B. speak         C. breathe              D. refuse

12. A. depths         B. back          C. bottom              D. corner

13. A. uncovered           B. unloaded    C. unpinned  D. unwrapped

14. A. sweetest              B. nicest         C. saddest              D. strangest

15. A. real                    B. fresh          C. expensive   D. enough

16. A. pile                    B. bouquest    C. collection   D. chain

17. A. relatives             B. old            C. poor          D. church

18. A. deserves             B. proves        C. sounds              D. matches

19. A. challenged          B. surprised    C. touched             D. taught

20. A. sunny          B. special              C. lucky         D. wonderful

----Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?

   ----_____. I love getting close to nature.

A. I couldn’t agree more       B. I’m afraid not

C. I believe not                    D. I don’t think so

____, his mother saw him playing games with other children.

A. On his way home             B. From his room

C. From her office        D. Under his nose

----Why? Tom, your shirt is so dirty?

----Mom, I____ my store room downstairs.

A. cleaned      B. have cleaned      C. was cleaning  D. have been cleaning

Mr Wang was much disappointed to see the washing machine he had had____ went wrong again.

A. it repaired  B. to be repaired    C. repaired    D. repairing

____ is it to ask her about her about that? She doesn’t know it either.

A. What good B. How good  C. What a good  D. How much good

．——The English teacher spoke so fast that I couldn't ________ what he said.

　　——He said there would be a discussion ________ the lecture.

A. understand; being followed by　 B. follow; following

C. catch; to be followed　　　　　 D. hear; followed by