The village           we see today is no longer         it was a decade ago．

A．that; that        B．which; how          C．/;what          D．what; which

— The winner of the race is a tall and thin boy with thick glasses．

— Then it        be my friend, Mike, who looks like a “meat ball”．

A．mustn’t          B．can’t          C．might          D．should

— Why not take my car to the museum instead of walking?

— No, thanks．      ．

A．I’m used to          B．I’m able to         C．I’m about to       D．I’ve got to

The thing that         is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not．

A．cares          B．minds           C．matters       D．depends

— Why weren’t you at school yesterday morning, Li Lei?

—            ,sir．

A．Yes, I was        B．No, I was        C．Neither was I           D．But I was

If the launch is successful this year, China will be the third country       its astronauts into space．

A．will send            B．having sent          C．sending           D．to send

In this university a medal with ten thousand dollars        gains success in science and technology every two years．

A．is given to whoever                                 B．are given to anyone who

C．gives to whomever                               D．give to everyone

— Thank you for your CD-ROM．I’ll return it as soon as I can．

—       ．I’ve got another one to spare．

A．No problem         B．No hurry         C．With pleasure         D．Nothing much

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work．

       He may have the belief that he is not capable of it．A child may think he is   1   because he doesn’t understand how to make the   2   of his mental faculties（才能）．Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their   3  ．

       A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real   4   because he feels that it would be useless．He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for   5   ,and he won’t work his  hardest way, even though he may think he is dong so．He is  6  likely to fail, and the failure will  7   his belief in his competence（才能）．

       Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had   8  like this．When he was a small boy, he had a poor   9   in maths．His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not   10   too much of him．In this way, they two   11   the idea．He accepted   12   mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to   13   and was very poor at maths,   14   as they expected．

       One day he worked at a problem which   15   of the other students had been able to solve．

       Alder  16   in solving the problem．This gave him confidence．He now   17   with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at   18   ．He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned  19  in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may  20  himself as well as others by his ability．

1．A．clever                 B．shy                   C．useless              D．stupid

2．A．biggest               B．most                C．highest              D．deepest

3．A．ability                 B．age                 C．brain              D．knowledge

4．A．decision              B．success              C．effort              D．trouble

5．A．work                B．study               C．improvement      D．success

6．A．truly                    B．really             C．however           D．therefore

7．A．lead to                B．strengthen        C．increase             D．add to

8．A．an experience        B．an example        C．a thought          D．a story

9．A．state                 B．mind               C．start              D．ending

10．A．blame              B．expect              C．get                D．win

11．A．developed           B．organized          C．discovered        D．found

12．A．his                   B．her                 C．its                   D．their

13．A．manage              B．succeed              C．try                 D．act

14．A．only                B．almost             C．just                  D．then

15．A．none                 B．no                    C．no one               D．nobody

16．A．gave                 B．succeeded         C．failed                D．believed

17．A．lived               B．worked            C．played             D．graduated

18．A．lessons             B．medicine           C．subjects            D．maths

19．A．early                 B．deeply               C．late                  D．simply

20．A．encourage         B．love           C．astonish         D．disappoint

While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening．The overhead light out- side my door was burned out and I had 1  finding the keyhole．When I   2   to open the door, I 3   around the wall for a light switch．I found a plate where a switch was   4   installed… but no switch!

       Not discouraged easily, I remembered    5   a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 6    in the day．I found the bed in the    7    and then the lamp, but when I switched it on ,no-thing   8  ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the   9  to find another lamp．So I   10   my way slowly across the room to the curtains and …no drawstring! I finally stumbled （跌跌撞撞地走） around   11   I found a desk lamp which actually   12  !

       That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world  13   be and how-necessary light is! But even more necessary than   14   light is the light that shines from people—the light of  15  and faith．Because for many people, the world is a dark and  16  place．For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in   17   of some light．So let your light shine．Whatever light you   18   may be a beacon of hope and encouragement．And if you feel that your light is   19   a candle in a forest remember— there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to   20   the light of one small candle．

1．A．confidence           B．respect               C．admiration          D．difficulty

2．A．managed             B．failed                C．wished              D．meant

3．A．touched               B．felt                  C．sensed               D．looked

4．A．already               B．never                C．still                 D．once

5．A．equiping             B．producing          C．spotting            D．removing

6．A．later                  B．earlier               C．lower             D．upper

7．A．light                  B．dark                C．room              D．corner

8．A．happened             B．operated            C．fired              D．developed

9．A．machine             B．street               C．room              D．car

10．A．wound            B．forced             C．made               D．lost

11．A．after               B．until               C．while              D．since

12．A．helped            B．affected           C．worked           D．inspired

13．A．can                B．shall                C．will                  D．must

14．A．mental            B．psychological     C．electrical           D．physical

15．A．existence           B．love               C．truth               D．wisdom

16．A．lonely               B．colourful           C．friendly             D．complex

17．A．short                 B．favour               C．face                 D．need

18．A．make               B．offer               C．take                 D．contribute

19．A．not more than     B．other than           C．no more than      D．rather than

20．A．put out            B．give out            C．get over          D．set up