（福建）阅读下面短文，并根据首字母或汉语的提示，在空格处填入一个适当的词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为76～85的相应位置上。

Dear God，

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends (76)w________ mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully (77)________ (感激) their mothers until it was too late to help them. I am blessed with my dear mother who is still (78)a________. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an (79)________ (不平凡的) person she is.

How sad that I am (80)u________ to speak a word in her presence, but it flows easily from my pen. How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, (81)________ (耐心) and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? How does a (82)________ (成年的) woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother?

I don't know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she (83)________ (值得) and to help me live up to the example she has (84)s________. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in (85)m________.

—A daughter

The road sign is easy to read；the words ______ well.

A.come out        B.stand out         C.go out           D.keep out

The hotel offers the highest ____of comfort and service.

A. rules　　　　　　 B. requests　　　 C. series　　　　 D. standards

From the dates＿＿＿on the gold coin, it is conformed that it was made five hundred years ago.

　A. marking B. marked C. to be marked D. having been marked

A(n)_______ of 10,000 dollars was _____ to anyone who could provide any clues leading to the catch of the criminals who tried to murder the president.

　　 A. award; offered　 B. reward; given　 C. prize; provided D. reward; offered

Did you notice the little boy __________ away?

　 A. took the candy and run　　　　　　 B. take the candy and run

　 C. taking the candy and run　　　　　 D. who taking the candy running

Sorry, I’m late. l___________ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A. might　 B. should 　C. can　　 D. will

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to try to lose this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened(威胁) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a news reporter and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.

1. What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

A. He seemed to be wearing too much. 　　　 B. He was out on such a hot day.

C. He walked quickly behind. 　 　　　 D. He was a tall young man.

2. What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

A. He got into another taxi. 　　　　　　 B. He tried to stop the taxi.

C. He almost gave up following him. 　 D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

3. How did the writer have the stranger admit(承认) he was following him?

A. He threatened to take him to the police. 　　　 B. He called the police.

C. He said he would call the police. 　　　　　　 D. He talked to the police.

4. Why did the stranger follow the writer?

A. He was interested in elderly people. 　　　 B. He often does such things.

C. He was writing a book about young people. 　　D. He needed materials for his article.

--I didn't take notes at yesterday's meeting because I had left my pen at home.
--You ________ mine, I _________it.
A. must have borrowed/ wasn't using     B. may have borrowed/ didn't use
C. could have borrowed/ wasn't using     D. should have borrowed/ hadn't used

The message is very important， so it is supposed　　　 as soon as possible.?

A.to be sent　　　　　　 B.to send?　　　　　　 C.being sent　　 D.sending