In          review of 44 studies, American researchers found that men and women      who        

ate six key foods daily cut the risk of ______ heart disease by 76%.

A. a; the                 B. the; a                 C. a; 不填                D. 不填； a

What I need is _____ book that contains _____ ABC of oil painting.

A. a；不填              B. the; 不填            C. the; an                D. a; the

(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（浙江卷）)E

I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence(自信), and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

56. Why did the boy start his job young?           

 A. He wanted to be famous in the future.                 B. The job was quite easy for him.

 C. His mother had high hopes for him.                    D. The competition for the job was fierce.

57. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

 A. excited          B. interested                       C. ashamed   D. disappointed

58. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

 A. She forced him to continue.                      B. She punished him.

 C. She gave him some money.                       D. She changed her plan.

59. What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

 A. The war between the boy’s parents.                    

 B. The arguing between the boy and his mother.

 C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

 D. The fight between the boy and his father.

60. What is the text mainly about?

 A. The early life of a journalist.                       B. The early success of a journalist.

 C. The happy childhood of the writer.        D. The important role of the writer in his family.

The house was sold for $60,000, which was far more than its real ____.

A. cost   B. value   C. price   D. money

假设你是李华，曾在美国学习半年，现已回国。你想联系你的美国老师Mr. Smith,但没有其联系方式。请根据以下要点给你的美国同学Tom 写一封信：

1．    感谢Tom对你英语学习的帮助；

2．    询问Mr, smith 的近况并索要其联系方式；

3．    邀请Tom在春节期间来中国感受中国文化。

注意：1. 词数120-150；     2．可适当增加细节。

Collecting stamps as a hobby___________ increasingly popular during the past fifty years.

       A．becomes              B．became               C．has become         D．had become

Mr. Green is said _____ an experiment to prove the new method of solving　the problem when young.

　　A. to do            B. to have done

　　C. to be doing      D. to have been doing

I’m examining the article he has just finished _____ the possible mistakes in it.

A. being corrected    B. to correct

C. corrected          D. having corrected

And there, almost _____ in the big chair, sat her little brother, who never had to be told to keep quiet.

A. having lost    B. losing     C. to be lost     D. lost

I think the doctor is able to care of _____ is the matter with your son .

A. all   B. what    C. whatever     D. anything