——Could I use your English dictionary for a few moments?

    —— ________．I’m not using it myself.

    A．Come on      B．It depends   C．Go ahead     D．That’s great

Food prices are climbing around the world because farmers can't ____ demand for grain．

A．catch up with                    B．keep up with

C．grow out of     D．put up with

Most of the professors _____ to our school were from South Africa．

     A．invited             B．to be invited  C．being invited         D．had been invited

To save class time, our teacher has ___ students do half of the exercises in class and complete the other half for our homework.

A. us    B. we   C. our    D. ours

 __________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.

A. That    B. Which   C. What    D. As

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I  36  disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that  37  disappointment.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try out a job in radio, then work my way up to sports  38  . I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a  39  ,”she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.  40  there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local  41  to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I  42 . The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have  43  . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration  44  . I asked a1oud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur   45   . “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an  46  game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what  47  my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.  

  36. A. faced       B. received     C. considered  D. met

  37. A. old   B. previous     C. early D. original

  38. A. layer B. manager     C. announcer  D. fan

  39. A. job   B. suggestion  C. chance       D. advantage

  40. A. While      B. When  C. Which D. So

  41. A. worker     B. student       C. announcer  D. athlete

  42. A. accepted   B. agreed C. applied       D. promised

  43. A. come       B. shown       C. disappeared       D. brightened

  44. A. turned over      B. hit over      C. boiled over D. took over

  45. A. murmuring      B. calling       C. whispering D. announcing

  46. A. forceful    B. close   C. imaginary   D. ordinary

  47. A. side  B. action C. approach    D. direction

You’d better ______ some hot water into the teapot in case the tea cools down.

A. add              B. fill            C. fill in        D. put

His co-workers ______ him though he himself didn’t think he had done anything special.

 A. thought highly of                 B. looked up to  

 C. sing high praise of                   D. show great respect for

Food prices increased________5% in less than one month.

A.for           B.to           C.by         D.at

I read about his story in some book ， does it matter ________ it was?

A. where        B. what               C. how                       D. which