I was just about ___ road ___ a ship came to us. 

  A. traveling on; while   B. to travel on; while

  C. traveling by; when   D. to travel by; when

__ __ many Chinese women have received higher education, there are still obstacles that prevent them from enjoying the same opportunities for education and employment as men．          

         A．Whether         B．Because          C．When       D．Although

It`s on the festival occasion ________the family get together ________he misses his father.

A where; that   B which; when   C when; that      D that; when

The coffee is wonderful! It doesn’t taste like anything I ____ before.

A. was having        B. have               C. have ever had       D. had ever had

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy—five, he gave ?? 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment (设备) for a children’s playground.

    As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

    The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy—five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

Johnson became a rich man through

   A. doing business.    B. making whisky.    C. cheating.    D. buying and selling land.

The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson

   A. had no children.                    B. was a strange man.

   C. was very fond of children.            D. wanted people to know how rich he was.

Many people wrote to Johnson to find out

   A. why  he  gave so much money to the school.  B. how to live longer.

   C. how to become wealthy.          D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.

The newspaperman

   A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.

   B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

   C. was eager to live a long life.

   D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.

I seemed to be pretty good___ reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were caring ___ him.

A. at; for   B. for; for   C. at; about   D. for; about

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up with their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications: a never-ending flood of words. In getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend quickly can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers.

Most reading faults can be traced to early school training. According to Dr. Betts, two persons out of five in school were forced to read material too difficult for them to understand at the time, a frustration experience which left them with bad reading habits.

Fortunately, almost anyone can learn to read faster and with more comprehension. Age makes little difference. According to a recent study of 138 students at The Reading Laboratory, Inc. , all age groups showed a marked increase in reading rate after training from 93 percent for the 50-90 age group to 142 percent for the 20-29.Dr. Mila Banton Smith, director of New York University’s Reading Institute, says that the average adult student, in 28 training hours, nearly triples (三倍的) his reading speed and boosts(增长) his comprehension by about 30 percent.

The best way to improve your reading, of course, is to enroll(登记) in a reading clinic. If there’s no clinic handy, you can improve your reading ability yourself--- provided you have no eyes troubles. (if reading tires you easily or makes your eyes or head ache, you should consult a doctor.)

To many people today, _______.

A. reading quickly is easy

B. reading quickly and comprehending quickly can ensure their success

C. reading is only for fun

D. reading can ensure their success

Most reading faults are_______

A. due to early school training

B. a frustrating experience

C. made by reading difficult materials

D. made by reading carelessly

Who can learn to read fast and with comprehension?

A. teachers only         B. students only

C. a few people          D. almost everybody

According to the passage, what is the best way to improve one’s reading？

A. go to a doctor

B. review what has been learnt at school

C. go to reading remedial class for special training

D. consult a dictionary

Let’s go to______ cinema--- that’ll take your mind off the problem for _______ while.

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

--What is an e-pal ?

---An e-pal is someone you write e-mail to.

---__________.

A. Yes, all right.     B. OK. That’s all right. C. Yes, you guessed it.  D. OK. You get it.

Success in life doesn’t happen        . It’s the result of devoting your time and energy to what you’ve set out to do.

       A．in case      B．by chance C．in return   D．by nature