Many buildings in the city need repairing, but the one ______first is the library.

A．repaired           B．being repaired         C．repairing          D．to be repaired

I have been convinced that the print media are usually more        and more reliable than television．

A．accurate          B．ridiculous          C．urgent          D．shallow

The experiment shows that proper amounts of exercise, if         regularly, can improve our health．

A．being carried out       B．carrying out       C．carried out      D．to carry out

— Her father is very rich.

—________ She wouldn’t accept his help even if it were offered.

A．What for?       B．So what?      C．No doubt．     D．No wonder.

If I had known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy       .

A．would have been saved                          B．had been saved

C．will be saved                                          D．was saved

The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building _______now.

A．remains        B．is remained           C．is remaining          D．has been remained

You         park here! It’s an emergency exit.

A．wouldn’t         B．needn’t         C．couldn’t         D．mustn’t

To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions       had used the products.

A．whoever        B．who       C．whichever        D．which

He had lost his temper and his health in the war and never found         of them again.

A．neither          B．either           C．each               D．all

Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

     Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book．When my   1 , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy．I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been  2  ill many times．So I wondered if I would have the  3  to tell Sam what I had  4  .

     For years I have been hosting a program on the  5  and writing articles for a magazine．Being  6 to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart  7 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and  8  ．So when Sam was born, I  9  to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else．That’s how I started to write these  10 ．I hope that Sam would  11  them sooner or later.

     However, that expectation  12  when Sam showed signs of autism （自闭症） at the age of two．He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs．He  13  to communicate with others, even the family members．That was  14  for me but didn’t stop me writing on．I realized that I had even   15  now to tell him．I wanted him to  16  what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll  17  as I myself, his grandfather, did．I just  18  if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

     Now,   19  the book has been published, I have been given the chance．Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a   20  .

                                                                 Daniel Gottlieb

1．A．son                       B．nephew               C．brother                D．grandson

2．A．seriously               B．mentally              C．slightly                D．quietly

3．A．ability                   B．time                    C．courage               D．responsibility

4．A．written                  B．suffered              C．observed             D．lost

5．A．radio                     B．television             C．stage                   D．bed

6．A．ready                    B．unable                 C．anxious               D．eager

7．A．warm                   B．broken                C．closed                 D．open

8．A．hosts                    B．visitors                C．readers                D．reporters

9．A．began                   B．stopped               C．forgot                 D．decided

10．A．letters                 B．emails                 C．books                 D．diaries

11．A．find                     B．read                    C．collect                 D．keep

12．A．developed            B．disappeared          C．changed              D．arrived

13．A．tried                    B．refused                C．regretted             D．hoped

14．A．exciting               B．acceptable           C．strange                D．heartbreaking

15．A．less                     B．everything           C．more                   D．nothing

16．A．understand          B．explain                C．believe                D．question

17．A．fear                    B．face                    C．know                  D．cause

18．A．felt                     B．guessed               C．saw                    D．doubted

19．A．as                       B．once                   C．though                D．if

20．A．teacher                B．child                   C．man                    D．writer