________ you kept your mobile phone on in such an important exam? It’s against the school regulation．

     A．How dare B．How come       C．How about       D．What if

 Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, ________ made her mother very proud.

  A. it          B. that         C. which         D. this

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop,  36   on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their  37  .

    I  38  coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”

    Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst   39  the  shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and   40  on. I didn’t   41  if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.

    I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to   42   their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store   43  their bus came.

       Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare （车费） when a ticket went  44  — always repaid the next day．When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait  45  for a very late bus．They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay．At _ closing time I wouldn't  46  the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived．

       I  47  a lot of doughnuts on snowy days．I enjoyed my pals （伙伴）, but it never  48   to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock．I  49  it was true, and he introduced himself   50  the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team．

       "I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children．I  51  about them having to take two buses to get home．It  52   a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them．"

       I told him it wasn't a big  53  ．that I enjoyed the kids．

       "No, you don't understand．When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're  54  ．It is a big deal．And I'm grateful．"

       So I was the Doughnuts lady．I not only had received a   55  ．I had become a landmark．

A．existed            B．located             C．lied     D．stood

A．ride              B．train               C．passengers      D．cars

A．tasted             B．had                C．made           D．poured

A．into              B．out                C．for       D．along

A．go                B．come               C．pass       D．pull

A．consider           B．mind               C．think           D．realize

A．hear               B．notice              C．share           D．show

A．when              B．before              C．after            D．until

A．stealing            B．disappearing         C．missing         D．remaining

A．happily          B．anxiously           C．sadly           D．bravely

A．lock             B．open               C．watch           D．keep

A．ate up            B．gave away           C．let out          D．sent away

A．stuck            B．reminded            C．moved     D．occurred

A．admitted          B．talked              C．guessed    D．refused

A．for             B．to                 C．as              D．like

A．care             B．worry              C．frighten    D．wonder

A．means            B．takes                C．has       D．gives

A．pride            B．pleasure             C．deal     D．help

A．controlled        B．behaved             C．alive       D．safe

A．word            B．title                C．prize       D．award

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    C．present some problems of learning languages

    D．compare adults and children 1earning 1anguages

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The passage is most 1ikely to be a（ n）           ．

    A．education paper                  B．review on 1anguage

C．science report         D．advertisement for a product

根据汉语提示，将单词的适当形式写在答题卡相应在的横线上。

These details are easily           （忽略）, so you should pay attention to them.

The industry      （繁荣）attracted Europeans including Jewish people.

Your return ticket is         （有效的）for three months.

Thank you for your help.        （否则）, we would not have finished our task on time.

This hotel is so popular that guests are asked to make       （预定）in advance.

They appeared      me, so I had to explain to them.

       A．misunderstanding           B．misunderstood

       C．to be misunderstood D．to have misunderstood

 --- It is too cold for January this year.

   --- Yes, but it was still ____ when I first moved to the city years ago.

       A. coldest              B. the coldest         C. cold                  D. colder

The largest collection ever found in England was one of about 200,000 silver coins, _____ over 600 years old．

       A．all of which     B．all of it        C．all of that      D．all of them

____his membership card，Tony decided to make a phone call to check whether there was something wrong．

A．Having not received     B．Not receiving

C．Not received           D．Not having received

---- I did well in the English exam last week.

---- I did _____ . I got a full mark.

A. no better          B. no worse         C. even worse          D. not better