As a good speaker, it is important that you get your message        to listeners.

A. through      B. across       C. toward         D. forward

We'll carry on the work ______ we can get the machines we need. After all, it's the determination that really counts.

A. unless          B. before            C. whether             D. while

—Wayne, you have been busy with your project, haven’t you?

—Yes. Now that it’s over, I’m going to _______ myself to the Champions League Final match on TV this Saturday.

A. treat        B. serve       C. behave      D. reward

In the weeks ________, we will say good bye to our dear teachers and friends at this great school.

 A. following           B. followed             C. to follow         D. that followed

He ________ all his aims. But his efforts in the past few years have been praise-worthy.

A. could have achieved              B. wouldn’t have achieved

C. must have achieved               D. may not have achieved

For more information about Britain’s most successful football manager—Sir Alex Ferguson, ________ the book 25 years at Manchester United.

A. check out           B. account for             C. turn in                 D. keep on

To deliver a "Chinese dream", we need to push ahead with reforms and ensure economic growth and people's well-being, ______?

A. mustn't we       B. don't we                C. needn't we           D. won't we

—This is a really awful movie.

—____________. I was bored to tears, too.

A. I told you so      B. You can say that again

C. Not a bit    D. No wonder.

When responding to any adult, you must answer by saying “Yes ma’am” or “No, sir.” Just nodding your head is not acceptable.

    Because I grew up in rural North Carolina, this rule comes    36    to me, and it seems the obvious choice to come first. If you want children to respect you, you have to let them know    37  . Simply telling them you want them to address you by saying “sir” lets them know   38      you expect them to treat you. I also tell my students it’s a very useful tool when    39   with adults, and furthermore it also     40    handy for any adult interacting with another adult. Case in point: I was   41     the phone recently with the phone company discussing the inaccuracies(差错) of my    42   . The lady I spoke to was not 43    and seemed annoyed.    44   , in the midst of the conversation, I threw in a “yes, ma’am,” and her entire  45   changed. She became far more helpful and   46   to deal with, and she   47   cutting my bill in half.

Some of my students in Harlem were to be   48   for a chance to attend a high-rated junior high school. The school only had thirty openings for the following year, and twelve of my students were   49   the many kids across the city who applied for the spots. I practiced what the interview would be   50   with my students, and one main thing I stressed was, “  51   you say ‘yes ma’am’ or ‘no sir’ no matter what!” Weeks after the interviews, I was delighted to hear that all twelve of my students had been   52   . When I talked with the admissions director at the school, the main   53   he made over and over was how   54    my students were in their interviews. It seemed like just such a simple thing to do, but it gets   55   .

1.A. frequently B. eagerly C. constantly     D. naturally

2.A. you    B. it C. themselves   D. why

3.A. the way      B. the wish         C. the method   D. the reason

4.A. disagreeing         B. debating        C. dealing D. discussing

5.A. comes in    B. gets on C. goes out        D. brings in

6.A. on      B. in  C. by D. with

7.A. record        B. phone call     C. message        D. bill

8.A. useful         B. hopeful          C. optimistic     D. helpful

9.A. Instead       B. Then    C. Moreover     D. Otherwise

10.A. method    B. thinking         C. attitude          D. feeling

11.A. interesting        B. easy      C. close     D. different

12.A. took up    B. came up        C. picked up      D. ended up

13.A. introduced       B. demanded    C. intended       D. interviewed

14.A. among      B. above   C. over      D. with

15.A. popular    B. familiar C. like        D. successful

16.A. Make sure        B. By no means C. Make a promise    D. Be cautious

17.A. received  B. allowed          C. appreciated  D. accepted

18.A. contributionB. comment  C. impression    D. reason

19.A. considerate      B. confident      C. polite    D. clever

20.A. results      B. responsibility         C. relief     D. reforms

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality , " these books have made me all that I am ." That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer thought it was impossible for one to read two thousand books.

B. While at high school, the writer had plans for reading.

C. The writer only read books no more than 100 pages.

D. The writer thought the teacher was not being serious about the suggestion of reading.

2.The underlined phrase "with finality" most probably means ____________.

A. firmly        B. immediately                    C. simply       D. pleasantly

3.The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________.

A. explain why it was included in the list

B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

4.The writer provides two book lists to ________.

A. show how he developed his point of view

B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons' reading methods

D. explain that he read many books at high school