We     on it for several hours but we haven't yet reached any conclusion.

A. are working    B. work    C. have been worked     D. have been working

        , he dialed 999.

A. Seen the house on fire        B. To see the house on fire

C. Being seen the house on fire   D. Seeing the house on fire

 Being able to speak another language fluently is a great      when you are looking for a job.

A. advantage    B. chance    C. assistant   D. importance

 He didn't make     clear when and where the sports meet would be held.

A. this         B. it         C. that       D. one

 Mark      have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.

A. needn’t    B. wouldn’t    C. mustn’t   D. couidn’t

 As the party was very informal, Jack stood there looking stiff and      in his formal dress.

A. comfortable    B. awkward    C. convenient   D. surprising

 He never     to help others in trouble because he is a kind-hearted man.

A. handled       B. hurried      C. hesitated      D. happened

 I listened carefully to his long boring speech, but could not        what he was talking about.  

A. pick out     B. make out    C. bring out     D. give out

 You didn't let me drive. If we      in turn, you       so tired.

A. drove；didn't get                B. drove；wouldn't get

C. had driven；wouldn't have got     D. were driving；wouldn't get

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other    , including her “sixth sense”,   she rarely gives the impression she’s missed anything.

  Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn’t push too hard on them, who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often the    don't realize she's blind.

  I realize this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   excited about her finger-painting project.

  “Mom, guess what?”said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to      colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle      with us.”

  To my great      my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

  Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my       showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really      what I was doing!’’ Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt      Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

  I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation.

  When I told her, she was      for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla     . And I knew my child was      because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work.

  We were silent for a minute.Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my      .’’ Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.A.ways      B.means         C.methods      D.senses  

2.A.which     B.when          C.that          D.as

3.A.guests     B.family         C.children      D.friends

4.A.excited    B.sad            C.satisfied      D.enjoyed

5.A.especially  B.not so          C.a little       D.not at all

6.A.paint      B.draw           C.mix         D.create

7.A.stayed     B.painted         C.talked       D.played

8.A.excitement  B.encouragement  C.delight       D.surprise

9.A.attitude     B.color           C.picture      D.paper

10.A.touched    B.distinguished    C.saw         D.understood

11.A.after      B.before          C.until         D.when

12.A.curious    B.quiet           C.puzzled      D.worried

13.A.cried      B.insisted         C.complained   D.informed

14.A.right      B.wrong          C.worried       D.uncertain

15.A.paper     B.pens            C.hands        D.eyes