_______ comfortably in her chair, the lady enjoyed much with her eyes half _______.

A．Seated ; closed       B．Sat ; closing          C．Seating;  closed         D．Sitting ; close

________ this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all water supplies ________.

A．Prevent; should be examined                     B．In order to prevent; should examine

C．Preventing; be examined                         D．To prevent; be examined

Only when the war was over ________ to his hometown.

A．the young soldier returned                          B．returned the young soldier

C．the young soldier did return                        D．did the young soldier return

I want to have a short talk with you. Could you spare a few minutes ______?

A．if necessary              B．if possible            C．if so            D．even if so

We had an anxious couple of weeks ______ for the results of the experiment.

A．wait            B．waited         C．to be waiting          D．waiting

After a period_____ was an endless time, the president was finally able to carry out ______ seemed a perfect plan.

A．that; what            B．that; that                   C．it; that              D．which; it

England is the largest of the four countries and is divided________ into three zones.

A．mainly         B．partly              C．differently           D．roughly

It doesn’t make any ________ to me whether you come or not.

A．difference           B．change          C．differences        D．contribution

—Come in, please. Make yourself at home.

— ________.

— I’m glad you like it.

A．Thanks. You have a nice place here

B．Oh, this picture is so beautiful

C．Thanks. What nice food you’ve prepared

D．Ok, let me look around your new house

It was cold and windy outside. I was sitting in my nice warm car at a stoplight crossing listening to the radio, and I thought positively, life is   1  . Now this was a long light. As I  2  , I noticed a couple at the bus stop. They looked cold and poor. This couple   3  to be doing their best to keep warm. I said to myself, “Oh, those poor people in that punishing  4  .”

   But then I saw their faces. They were huddling （挤在一起）,   5  they were also laughing. They looked to be  6   a good joke，and suddenly，instead of pitying them，I  7  them. They didn’t seem to notice the wind. They weren’t looking at my  8  , thinking “I wish I had that.”

    At that moment, I realized I had   9   things were all bad for them, but they weren’t and I understood we all have the  10   to make moments of happiness happen.

    Now maybe that’s easy for me to say. I feel   11  to have fans around the world, a house with a roof, and a wife who  12  my shortcomings. But I must say I felt this way  13  when I was working at Long John Silver’s, where I worked as a   14  .

    In the beginning it seemed like a dead，endless job. But I had a job   15  and I should be happy for that. After two weeks’  16  , I knew everything about cooking，and it  17  my mind from worry. The job allowed me to dream about what my life could become. Things  18  all right.

    I believe this is something  19   can do. Try to be happy within the context （环境） of the life we’re actually living. Happiness is not a（n）   20  to be longed for. Through the power of our own minds, we will be happy.

1. A．hard                          B．real                         C．good                      D．unbearable

2. A．turned                      B．waited                    C．searched                 D．followed

3. A．happened                        B．prepared              C．decided                 D．seemed

4. A．rain                         B．darkness              C．poverty                  D．wind

5. A．although                  B．but                      C．if                           D．because

6. A．breaking                  B．forgetting              C．finding                D．sharing

7. A．helped                     B．disliked                C．envied                    D．called

8. A．dress                      B．wealth                 C．car                      D．happiness

9. A．supposed                 B．complained            C．ignored                D．admitted

10. A．right                   B．power                  C．business                 D．sense

11. A．important                B．necessary             C．impossible              D．lucky

12. A．cares for               B．looks up to            C．puts up with           D．gets along with

13. A．only                    B．even                    C．hardly                    D．once

14. A．singer                    B．musician              C．director                  D．cook

15. A．at most                  B．at least                 C．at last                    D．at home

16. A．effort                          B．consideration          C．failure                   D．rest

17. A．prevented               B．separated             C．freed                    D．kept

18. A．turned up               B．turned out              C．took out                 D．took up

19. A．all we                 B．us all               C．all us               D．we all

20. A．position                 B．situation               C．reason                 D．activity