______ my opinion, obviously, night-time is when children can begin to learn to feel confident

______ their own, without being dependent on anyone else.

A．By, with         B．In, on        C． On, with        D．In. of

I ______ shopping when it suddenly began to rain.

A．was about to going              B．was about to go    

C．would go                            D．had gone

_________it rains tomorrow, we’ll start out.

A．Even though          B．As if           C．If            D．Even

I must say thanks to my wife, without whom I can’t have ___________through the trouble.

A．pulled           B．given       C．done         D．got

— You were out when I dropped in on you.

—Oh, I __________ for a friend from Beijing at the airport.

A．waited                                      B．am waiting

C．was waiting                        D．have waited

Attention, please. The last plane to London ______ off at 9: 00 pm.

A．take       B．takes         C．took            D．has taken

When the man organized the football team, his friends _______ it as soon as possible.

A．joined              B．joined in          C．took part in          D．attended

An old building was __________ in the fire and a few people were ________.

A．injured; damaged                            B．harmed; hurt

C．destroyed; injured                       D．burned down; wounded

—The journey was not as nice as we had expected.

— ______. The weather was awful and the time was short.

A．Absolutely     B．I don’t think so           C．I don’t agree          D．Come off it

My father used to like drinking. Every time when he got    1   , he would shout loudly and beat my     2   , who left my father and me when I was seven.

   I went to a boarding （寄宿的） school when I was thirteen, and I finally  3  see my father drunk every day. However, I didn’t talk to anybody and     4   all my spare time alone in school because of the pain in my heart. When other boys   5   on the playground, I would sit there alone. This lasted for several weeks until a new   6   who was about forty came to our class. She, of course,   7   I was different. She asked me to answer her question in her first class. I  8   and answered her question in a very   9   voice, with my head down. That noon, after lunch, she found me and had a talk with me. She asked me   10   I need any   11  . Nobody had ever    12  me like that. I finally told her   13   about my family.

   “Things won’t get   14  ,” she said.

   From that day on, every time when she saw me, she would give me a smile. She often asked me to answer her questions in class, and she helped me with my studies after class.   15   time went by, I didn’t feel so  16   as before.

   The day I left that school, I asked her   17  she did all that for me.

   “My mother   18   when I was ten. I know how hard it is   19   a mother,” she said.

   I will never   20   her ----- my dearest teacher.

1．A．hurt                      B．drunk                C．stressful               D．bored

2．A．brother                 B．grandma             C．mother                 D．aunt

3．A．couldn’t                B．shouldn’t            C．didn’t                   D．didn’t have to

4．A．wasted                  B．saved                 C．got                 D．spent

5．A．played                   B．would play          C．were playing         D．had played

6．A．student                 B．worker               C．teacher           D．friend

7．A．knew             B．noticed              C．smelt                    D．saw

8．A．stood up               B．woke up             C．went through    D．calmed down

9．A．angry             B．low                   C．sad              D．urgent

10．A．if               B．why                  C．when                    D．that

11．A．power                 B．relationship         C．help                      D．pressure

12．A．worried about       B．cared about        C．got on with           D．thought of

13．A．anything              B．anybody             C．everything             D．everybody

14．A．better                  B．worse                C．smaller                 D．higher

15．A．Although             B．Because              C．As                        D．When

16．A．lonely                  B．dangerous           C．hard                     D．happy

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

18．A．married          B．died                  C．fell                       D．appeared

19．A．with                   B．as                      C．without                 D．for

20．A．forget                B．believe          C．upset             D．cheat