Space exploration has been made      with the development of modern science and technology.

A．it possible        B．it was possible  C．that possible     D．possible

—What do you think we can do for our aged parents?

—You       do anything except to be with them and be yourself.

A．don’t have to    B．oughtn’t to       C．mustn’t    D．can’t

—There is no spare chair in the meeting room .Do you still need any?

—Yeah ,I think four       chairs are needed for the lecture this afternoon.

A．dozen       B．dozens      C．dozen of   D．dozens of

Buses were not able to go normally on the roads because of the heavy snow and more than one student       late for school that morning.

A．have been        B．has been          C．were        D．was

—There must be a dozen pens in the room ,but I can never find one when I need them.

—Keep looking        is sure to turn up.

A．One   B．It      C．That  D．This

My lecture is only two weeks away.        has come for me       it.

A．Time; to prepare                                  B．The time ; to prepare

C．Time; to prepare for                             D．The time ;to prepare for

On April 25th , 2007, thousands of Russians went to say farewell to Boris Yeltsin ,the country’s first popularly       leader.

A．electing     B．elected      C．to elect     D．elect

Jimmy can hardly        himself in the photo since it was taken years ago.

A．figure out  B．speak out  C．pick out    D．work out

—Do you mind if I have a look at your English notes?

—        It’s over there on the shelf.

A．Yes , I do. B．No ,of course not.   C．That’s OK.       D．Never mind.

       I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has  1  me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother is telling me , “Don’t watch the   3  when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the 4 , so he’ll know you   5   it.”

My mother thus made the key point of a(n)   6   apology: it must be direct. You must never   7   to be doing something else. You do not   8   a pile of letters while apologizing to a person   9    in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your    10   . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat   11   , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad   12   .

One of the important things we should do for an    13   , apology is a readiness to  14  the responsibility for our careless mistakes .We are used to making excuses ,which leaves no  15  for the other person to   16  us .Since most people are open-hearted ,the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling   17  about themselves .That ,after all ,is the    18   of every apology .It    19  little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly a fault :answering for one’s    20   encourages others to take their share of the blame.

1．A．provided               B．mixed                 C．compared           D．treated

2．A．dreams                 B．courses              C．memories           D．ideas

3．A．side                     B．ground               C．wall                   D．bottom

4．A．mind                    B．soul                    C．face                   D．eye

5．A．imagine                 B．enjoy                   C．mean                  D．regret

6．A．useful                   B．successful           C．equal                   D．basic

7．A．pretend                 B．forget                  C．refuse                 D．expect

8．A．hold on                 B．put away             C．look through        D．pick up

9．A．poorer                  B．weaker                C．worse                 D．lower

10．A．fault                    B．reason                 C．result                  D．duty

11．A．cruelly                B．freely                  C．roughly               D．foolishly

12．A．manners              B．excuses               C．efforts                D．roles

14．A．raise                   B．perform               C．admit                  D．bear

15．A．situation              B．need                    C．sign                    D．room

16．A．advise                 B．forgive                C．warn                   D．blame  

17．A．wiser                  B．warmer               C．better                  D．cleverer

18．A．purpose               B．method                C．end                     D．advantage

19．A．cares                  B．matters                C．depends              D．remains

20．A．facts                   B．states                  C．rights                  D．actions