Seeing nobody in the classroom，he decided to stay there __________for a while．

A．reading          B．to read          C．read         D．having read

Winter is coming，_________spring be far away?

A．can              B．should           C．will       D．must

—On the radio，billboards，TV and so on，there are a variety of ads，_______are bad ones．You should be careful．

—Thank you，I will．

A．some of them         B．few of those    

C．some of that         D．some of which

The report __________that all children be treated equally．

A．suspected            B．said             C．urged            D．assessed

Among all the art books，l found Andrew’s watercolors to be closest to ________I thought good watercolors should look．

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

She’s the sort of person who _________in a crowd because she is always well dressed．

A．stands out           B．blocks out          

C．lives out            D．makes out

There was a long silence when they met again，and ______she asked，“How have you been?”

A．in detail            B．in force        

C．at length           D．beyond question

The telephone____four times in the last twenty minutes，and each time it___for my roommate.

A．rang；has been           B．has been ringing；is

C．had rung；was            D．has rung；was

_________me if I’m wrong，but haven’t we met before?

A．Correct          B．Correcting          

C．To correct       D．Having corrected

Curt and I have the kind of friendship that I wish everyone would be able to experience．

Our friendship 36 many years ago．We met while 37 different high schools．As years passed，we became good friends．Curt was the best man（伴郎）in my wedding，and l was 38 a few years later when he  married my sister’s roommate．And yet the event that most showed our partnership and 39 our friendship happened over 25 years ago，when we were in our 20s．

Curt and I were attending a pool party at the local Swim and Racquet Club．We were walking to the car, joking about the party, and Curt 1 me and said，“Steve，you’ve had too much 41 Maybe I should drive．”At first I thought he was 2 ．but since Curt is definitely the wiser of us，I 3 his judgment．

  “Good idea，” I said，and handed him the   4  ．

After l was settled in the passenger seat and Curt sat behind the wheel，he said，“I’m going to need your   5   because I’m not sure how to get to your house from here．”

“No problem，”I   6  ．

Curt started the car and we were   7  ．The next 10 miles seemed like a hundred as I prompted（提示）Curt with． 8   —left now, right soon，slow down，speed up and so on．The important thing was that we got home   9   that night．

 Ten years later at my wedding, Curt brought 10 to the eyes of 400 guests as he told the story of our partnership and 11 we drove home together that night．Why it was such a（n）12 story? We would all, I hope,offer our keys 13 . We knew we shouldn’t drive．But you see，my friend Curt was blind. He had been blind from 14 and never sat behind the wheel of a car 15 that night．

1.       A．continued        B．began            C．encouraged       D．interrupted

2.       A．attending        B．taking           C．1eaving          D．finishing

3.       A．alone            B．theirs           C．there            D．his

4.       A．formed           B．began            C．deepened         D．valued

5.       A．pointed to       B．turned to        C．went to          D．looked up

6.       A．water            B．medicine        C．smoke            D．wine

7.       A．lying            B．insisting        C．joking           D．deciding

8.       A．respected        B．doubted          C．understood       D．used

9.       A．wheels           B．keys             C．seat             D．car

10.    A．advice           B．reason           C．help             D．statement

11.    A．agreed           B．responded        C．promised         D．decided

12.    A．off              B．over             C．out              D．down

13.    A．safety           B．speed            C．qualities        D．directions

14.    A．late             B．safe             C．early            D．drunken

15.    A．attention        B．excitement       C．tears            D．surprise

16.    A．how              B．why              C．when             D．whom

17.    A．interesting      B．surprising       C．touching         D．amazing

18.    A．when             B．until            C．because          D．since

19.     A．now              B．nature           C．end              D．birth

20.     A．during           B．over             C．after            D．before