We had our bad times but on the whole we are ____ happy with our life.

A. merely??????? B. rarely??????? C. fairly??? ?????? D. chiefly

Do you think the possibly _____retirement will result in high unemployment rate?

A. delayed?????? B. to delay????? C. to be delayed???? D. delaying

Upon arriving home from a business trip, dad asked mum about my academic performance at high school and then _____ of my little sister, who was in junior school.

A. one?????????? B. it?????????? C. that???????????? D. the one

I am sorry I can’t meet you at the station. I _____ by the time you come back from abroad.

A. am leaving????? B. had left????? C. will have left????? D. have left

----Did you make it at last?

?? ----Yes. But for your help, it _____ a serious loss.

A. would cause??? B. must have caused?? C. might cause?? D. would have caused

The moment I completed the 800- meter race in the sports meeting, my legs _______.

A. gave out?????? B. gave away?????? C. gave in?????? D. gave up

They say the busiest day of the year, _____ the number of shoppers, is usually the Saturday before Christmas.

A. in case of????? B. in terms of??????? C. in honor of????? D. in favor of

The result was far beyond _____ we had expected, _____ delighted every one of us.

A. that; which???? B. that; that???????? C. what; what????? D. what; which

----Hi, can I speak to Mr. Brown now?

?? ----Sorry, but he is not ______. He’s having a meeting now.

A. accessible?????? B. available??????? C. convenient?????? D. vacant

I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m ?? the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death ?? going on a few feet away.

? There’s a small? ?? ?? burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an) ? ? to fly through the glasses of the window. ? ?? ? , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is ?? ?? for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in? ?? ?? through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will ? ?? ? there on the windowsill.

? Across the room, ten steps? ? , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it? ?? ? . With only a small effort now being ?? ? , it could be free of this self-set ?? ? . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so? ?? ? .

? Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, ? ?? ?? dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea? ?? ? this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?

? No doubt this way makes? ?? to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.

? Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution? ? ? achieving your goal. It may not offer any real ??? for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.

? If you? ?? ?? your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may? ?? ?? your chances for success.

1.A. seeing?????????? B. crying out????????? C. watching?????????? D. listening to?

2.A. struggle????????? B. cry?????????????? C. yell??????????????? D. test

3.A. bird???????????? B. fly??????????????? C. insect????????????? D. worm

4.A. experience??????? B. direction????????? C. force?????????????? D. attempt

5.A. Thus??????????? B. So??????????????? C. Although??????????? D. However

6.A. usual??????????? B. likely???????????? C. impossible?????????? D. uncommon

7.A. digging????????? B. breaking?????????? C. pushing???????????? D. jumping

8.A. kill????? ?????? B. die??????????????? C. lie???????????????? D. stick

9.A. away??????????? B. far??????????????? C. near?????????????? D. distant

10.A. dreams to??????? B. thinks of?????????? C. looks after?????????? D. longs for

11.A. done??????????? B. owned???????????? C. wasted????????????? D. planned

12.A. tunnel?????????? B. trap?????????????? C. cave??????????????? D. goal

13.A. easy??????????? B. necessary?????????? C. hard??????????????? D. obvious?

14.A. attempt????????? B. anything??? ??????? C. struggle??????????? D. something

15.A. that???????????? B. what?????????????? C. which????????????? D. where

16.A. sense??????????? B. trouble???????????? C. room?????????????? D. effort

17.A. of????????????? B. from?????????????? C. off???????????????? D. to

18.A. advice?????????? B. support??????????? C. hope??????????????? D. power

19.A. risk???????????? B. get??????????????? C. make?????????????? D. take

20.A. fail???????????? B. kill??????????????? C. overlook?????????? ? D. fulfill