The cloth ________ easily if ________ on a table.

A．measures; spreading

B．measures; spread

C．will be measured; spread

D．is measured; spreaded

Not ________ with the quality of your goods, I will certainly not advise others to buy them.

A．to impress  B．impressing

C．having impressed  D．impressed

I was impressed ________ his huge feet ________ approximately 1 foot 8 inches.

A．in; measuring  B．about; measured

C．with; measuring  D．for; measured

In our team, no person ________ Tom could finish this tough task in such a short time.

A．better than  B．rather than

C．other than  D．more than

—It is burning hot！Could I take a shower here?

—Sure，________．

A．come on  B．forget it

C．good idea  D．go ahead

News has come________Mr Smith has been ill seriously.

A．while  B．that  C．when  D．as

By ________，people in Western countries can play jokes on others on April 1st.

A．system  B．history  C．habit  D．tradition

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of   1   to get home. Sitting at the front makes you   2   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

    Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of   3  .

    I try to mind my manners and   4   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   5  , her conversation was worth listening to.

    “My father’s sick, ” she said to no one in   6  . 1 could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

    With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   7   the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   8   as she continued. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can   9   losing him.”

    I couldn’t respond. 1 was   10   My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   11   my own mother was thrown into when my father died.

    I saw how hard it was,   12   still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go through   13   .

    Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a   14   world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.

    I suddenly felt very   15  . I realized I had only thought of people as   16   as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and   17   as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in   18   else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self—centred. Everyone   19   a place to go to, people to see and appointments to   20  . Understanding people is an art.

1. A. determination     B. decision         C. attempt          D. anxiety

2. A. make          B. think                C. stand                D. find

3. A. topic         B. conversation     C. discussion           D. message

4. A. devotedly     B. carelessly           C. sincerely            D. politely

5. A. therefore         B. thus             C. otherwise            D. however

6. A. common            B. silence              C. particular           D. surprise

7. A. avoiding          B. clearing         C. keeping          D. fighting

8. A. lowered           B. closed               C. widened          D. opened

9. A. mind          B. regret               C. bear             D. miss

10. A. angry            B. shocked          C. curious          D. interested

11. A. pain         B. pity             C. disappointment       D. mercy

12. A. yet              B. and              C. or               D. but

13. A. this         B. them             C. that             D. one

14. A. dark         B. narrow               C. whole            D. bright

15. A. confused     B. selfish              C. worried          D. sad

16. A. long         B. much             C. well             D. far

17. A. regard her       B. Helped her out       C. Brushed her off      D. take her

18. A. someone      B. anyone           C. no one               D. everyone

19. A. has          B. takes                C. finds                D. needs

20. A. stay                    B. remain                      C. keep                        D. put

 (2012·长沙一中月考)以下是一名高三学生王海写给Wise博士的一封信。请以Wise博士的名义回信。

注意：

1. 给出至少三点建议；

2. 词数不少于120。

Dear Dr. Wise，

I'm a senior 3 student. Since I became a graduating student, I have been staying up late to finish piles of exercises. I often feel sleepy in class. As a result, I miss lots of key points and it usually takes me more time to finish my homework, which makes it difficult for me to concentrate on what I'm doing. What's worse, I haven't made any progress, which made me lose interest and confidence in studying. What should I do?

Sincerely,

Wang Hai

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On the one hand, the robots sent to the planets have not yet found any 24.________ (迹象) of life on Mars, but they have found evidence that water 25.________ freely over the planet's surface millions of years ago. 26.________ addition, water in the form of ice exists below some 27.p________ of the Martian surface today.

On the other hand, 28.d________ life on Mars would change the present view of the Universe and also give a big push toward man's work there. But a group of experts 29.o________ by President Barack Obama told him last October that US 30.________ (太空) policy should now focus on sending human beings to Mars instead of 31.________ (又一，再一) moon landing. Michael Griffin, a former head of NASA, believes 32.________ a human trip to Mars could be 33.p________ by 2037.