Construction workers usually get ______ by the day.

A．pay        B．paying     C．paid           D．to pay

It is reported that a province has ______ to form a new state.

A．broken down        B．broken up     C．broken away             D．broken out

The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain______ as the plane was making a landing.

A．seat            B．seating          C．seated        D．to be seating

______ many times, he finally understood it.

A．Told                                              B．Telling

C．Having told                                       D．Having been told

_______confidence and the necessary equipment, they failed to rescue the 42 miners trapped in the coal mine．

A．Lack of        B．Lacking of       C．Lacking          D．Having lacked

It will be some years before some foreign doctors change the impression they have _____Chinese medicine, _____, in their opinion, is nothing but raw herbs（药草） and not effective at all in treating diseases．

A．for; which       B．on; what      C．to; that        D．on; which

The sight of the ruined temple ______ him of the time when he was trapped but______ to escape from it through a narrow opening in the quake.

A．called up; was able to                             B．informed; tried

C．reminded; succeeded                             D．reminded; managed

It is every citizen’s duty to go out to ______ the snow on the street______ it stops falling so as to make it convenient for traffic to pass．

A．sweep up; the instant                                 B．clear up; the moment

C．clean up; immediately                       D．whirled up（卷走）; directly

    with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A．Faced         B．Face          C．Facing          D．To face

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people．luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of _1__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2___doing this one day, I got to_3__a young homeless man．He was often__4__the magazine at the train station．He was a poor farmer from another country．After a while, I discovered that his___5_was close to mine．It_6__that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year__7__after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without__8__, I asked if he had had a good day. He__9_and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so___10_．I just couldn't bear the thought of this nice, young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn（亚麻） basket.__12_for me, I had enough yarn__13__. I set to work and knitted（编织） a_14__for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty_15__I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf（围巾） would be__16__when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had17___to meet him so I had__18_the scarf and a piece of my own birthday_19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The __20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me.

1．A．work                B．energy             C．money            D．experience

2．A．in                  B．on                 C．besides           D．by

3．A．realize              B．ignore              C．know             D．recognize

4．A．selling               B．reading            C．covering         D．buying

5．A．birthday             B．house             C．height           D．hobby

6．A．said                 B．found             C．guessed         D．meant

7．A．long                B．shortly            C．ever             D．even

8．A．shopping             B．helping            C．praising          D．thinking

9．looked up                B．turned up          C．looked down     D．got down

10．A．foolish             B．excited            C．clever           D．worried

11．A．cake              B．happy             C．alone            D．hungry

12．A．suddenly          B．luckily            C．badly            D．however

13．A．used              B．done             C．left              D．produced

14．A．scarf             B．cap              C．sock            D．glove

15．A．when             B．because           C．so              D．and

16．A．different          B．dry               C．wet             D．clean

17．A．liked             B．hoped            C．promised        D．agreed

18．A．made             B．thrown           C．received          D．carried

19．A．cake             B．present           C．song            D．party

20．A．light              B．pain              C．sight            D．tear