----- What beautiful flowers! Are they for me?

----- _____．I’m glad you like them．

A．You guessed it!                                  B．How did you know that?

C．Well done!                                         D．Got it

It is very funny that many people who lost weight gain it back after some time and end up back _____ they started.

A．when         B．after            C．where       D．since

In the future, _____ Google Inc．rules the entire universe, you won’t necessarily have to type anything to do a search.

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

Hearing something _____ downstairs, I opened the door and found my brother was playing with a ball.

A．kicking          B．to kick      C．being kicked          D．to be kicked

We get along quite well though there are quarrels between us _____．

A．now and then         B．here and there      C．at one time       D．up and down

Some people would rather ride bikes as bike riding has _____ of the trouble of taking buses.

A．nothing          B．none         C．some          D．neither

A powerful typhoon, Megi, struck Taiwan and caused rockslides, _____ dozens of tourists from Guangdong buried in ruins.

A．left            B．to leave        C．being left          D．leaving

----- Will you drop in at my house this afternoon if _____?

-----Of course I will．

A．it is convenient to you                           B．you are convenient

C．it will be convenient for you                      D．you will be convenient

A tiny baby soon learns to ____ its mother’s face from other adults’ faces.

A．disapprove         B．distinguish         C．disbelieve          D．differ

Wings of Angel

    I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”．Everyone else could   1   on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not me．I had a severe spinal cord disorder（脊髓病） and I knew I would   2   be much shorter than others.

I hated going to school and I hated   3  at me．I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   4   and tall．And most of all, I hated looking in the mirror and seeing a（n）   5   and hunch back（驼背）．

My friends found me   6   because I didn’t let others get close to me．I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   7   Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would disturb me．That’s   8   I first heard her voice.

“Hi．Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” she asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No   9  .”

“I bet they’re playing games and making friends．Don’t you think so?”

That was how our   10   started and it didn’t stop．We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche（处境）—until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, she saw my back．She just   11  .

My heart sank．What I feared most had happened and I knew   12   she would look down upon me now．

She   13  , pointed at my back and said, “I know why your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   14   ．I begged in my heart for her to   15  , but she just kept on going．“I know what you’ve got in there．Do you?”

“No,” I answered   16  .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of   17   from the angels.”

I was   18  ．I looked into her eyes and her   19   touched my heart．From that day on, I started to learn to   20   myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend．

1．A．hire                      B．play                    C．tap                      D．strike

2．A．exactly                  B．properly              C．always                D．merely

3．A．glaring                  B．smiling                C．aiming                 D．looking

4．A．straight                 B．together               C．still                     D．alone

5．A．ripe                      B．valid                    C．ugly                    D．merry

6．A．stubborn               B．distant                 C．hopeless              D．unfortunate

7．A．until                      B．before                 C．since                   D．after

8．A．why                     B．how                    C．when                  D．what

9．A．wonder                 B．fancy                  C．fortune                D．idea

10．A．conversation        B．identification        C．association          D．adaptation

11．A．objected              B．overlooked           C．retired                 D．stared

12．A．in amazement       B．in need                C．for sure               D．for all

13．A．stood up              B．sat down             C．got through         D．passed off

14．A．accused              B．sentenced            C．punished             D．arrested

15．A．bear                    B．slip                     C．pause                  D．stop

16．A．weakly                B．shyly                   C．reasonably           D．mercifully

17．A．gloves         B．socks            C．wings           D．glasses

18．A．attained               B．ashamed              C．annoyed              D．astonished

19．A．caution                B．kindness              C．honesty               D．innocence

20．A．control                B．like                     C．comfort              D．enjoy