--- Why don’t you drive your own car?

--- It        at a repair shop．

A．has repaired                                               B．is repaired

C．is being repaired                                         D．will be repaired

Several students in our class are considering       to the United Kingdom for further study next year．

A．going     B．to go        C．go           D．gone

It is said that her father has worked in the factory       1970．

A．after           B．before            C．till           D．since

        makes her different from other students is that she likes being alone．

A．Who           B．Whoever          C．What           D．Whatever

--- I hope that you can remove the difference between you and Susan and become good friends．

---       If only Susan had the same idea．

A．My pleasure．       B．For what?          C．Why me?          D．By all means．

Is this the house       Abraham Lincoln was born?

A．at where         B．which         C．in which            D．when

--- Have you read the book Oliver Twist?

--- Who        it?

A．writes           B．wrote               C．has written            D．had written

--- Do you mind my opening the window for a while?

---         

A．No, thanks．     B．No．Good idea．    C．Yes, please．       D．Yes．Better not．

I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure that really struck terror into my heart．

I   1   it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home．It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside   2   at such a late time．There were   3  few people on the road at night．Even during the day, the road was used by only some．On that night, it seemed even   4  ．While I was walking, I could hear some   5   made by creatures that love the night world．I moved really fast towards home．It was   6   because I was hungry．More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth．All of a sudden, I   7   an old lady in a short distance away．Her   8   was covered with a white cloth．She was   9  to me, I think．

I was a bit   10  ．I wanted to know   11   she was there at that time of the late night．I stopped walking for a while．As I   12  there, stories about ghosts （鬼） began to come to my mind one after   13  ．I was soon   14   fear and started to run as fast as I could．When I reached home I could   15   speak．

The next day, however, I   16   that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person．But I could find no footprints there   17   a banana plant．I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that   18   like a woman waving her hand．I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the   19  night’s experience, this   20   was small relief to me．

1．A．realized                 B．recognized           C．remembered        D．reminded

2．A．alone                    B．asleep                  C．awake                 D．lonely

3．A．never                    B．often                   C．seldom                D．rarely

4．A．busier                   B．noisier                 C．quieter                D．wider

5．A．noises                   B．quarrels               C．songs                  D．voices

6．A．completely            B．mainly                 C．obviously            D．partly

7．A．made sense of       B．caught sight of     C．got ahead of        D．took hold of

8．A．waist                    B．leg                      C．head                   D．hand

9．A．smiling                  B．waiting                C．whispering          D．waving

10．A．mysterious          B．cautious              C．conscious            D．curious

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

12．A．lay                      B．sat                      C．stood                  D．walked

13．A．another               B．other                   C．others                 D．the other

14．A．addicted to          B．filled with            C．far from              D．short of

15．A．clearly                 B．easily                  C．hardly                 D．loudly

16．A．traveled               B．visited                 C．appreciated          D．went

17．A．over                    B．without               C．than                    D．except

18．A．felt                     B．looked                 C．smelt                  D．sounded

19．A．previous              B．next                    C．last                     D．following

20．A．invention             B．achievement         C．contribution         D．discovery

Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life．The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle（抽奖）when he was 25 years old．But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery（彩票） game．To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on．The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X．If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（变量）is going to be greater．So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money．

Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables．One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours．The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period．This was a tough decision．

Finally, Sam flipped a coin．It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager．He picked right．The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times．Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000．Sam dreamily left the lottery studio．Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car．

Sam is slowly getting better．He was in the hospital for a month．His hospital bill was $110,000．And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner sued（起诉）Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs．Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings．Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more．He says it’s better to be unlucky．

1．What can be inferred about Sam from the passage?

      A．He always has bad luck．                     B．He seldom goes to a raffle．

       C．He is a very careful person in life．       D．He used to be crazy about lottery tickets．

2．Which of the following played a vital role in Sam’s winning the big prize?

       A．The cube．         B．The coin．          C．The blanket．      D．The stop sign．

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．The lottery game was a complete lie．   B．Sam was quite familiar with the boy．

       C．The owner of the car is now in hospital．D．Sam will have none of the prize money left．

4．What could be the best title for the passage?

      A．Curiosity killed the cat                         B．Joy puts heart into a man

       C．Extreme joy ends in sorrow                  D．A bird in hand is worth two in the bush