-- Learning a language is not easy. It takes time.

--- I can’t agree more. __________. There is no short cut.

A.      Make hay while the sun shines                  B. All roads lead to Rome

C.      Rome wasn’t built in a day                       D. Practice makes perfect

It is helpful to put children in a situation _____ they can see themselves differently.

A. that                        B. when                     C. which                    D. where

If you had got up early, you_____ the early bus.

A. have caught                                              B. will have caught

C. would have caught                                   D. had caught

Now that she is out of job, Lucy ______ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

A. had considered                                        B. has been considering

C. considered                                                         D. is going to consider

The manager demanded that the workers _______ extra hours to complete the task ahead of time.

A. work   B. were working    C. worked    D. would work

Even if they are on sale, these computers are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, ________ at the other store.

A. the others            B. others                   C. the ones               D. ones

When she saw her son liked reading, she did all she could ______ him.

A. help                       B. to help                  C. helping                  D. to helping

He had to _______ paying the bills because of a lack of money.

A. put down              B. put off                  C. put out                 D. put aside

I stepped into my hotel room which was surrounded by a(n)   26  king-size bed, flanked（两侧有）by overstuffed armchairs. “Wow,” I thought to myself. “Nice place.”

I  27  hotels. I love to enter a clean room, look out the window, or walk out in the morning  28   that each afternoon when I return, someone else will have made the bed.

The  29  is that unless Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. I miss my family. Even though Linus and Camille, aged 4 and almost 2, find a way to interrupt even the  30  night’s sleep at home, still, I’d rather be with them.

I’m deeply  31  by the parents who wake up too late with the realization: “My children grew up too  32  . In the busy and noisy career and life, I  33  their childhood.”

A hundred years from now, nobody will remember the car you drove or the large house you lived. The world might  34  greatly however, based on your  35  on the life of a small child. Your life will most certainly improve, if you pay attention to your important  36  , and make the choice to put her or him first. What could you do today to let your loved ones know how much they  37  to you? What will you do tomorrow? And the next day?

Think of one specific  38  that you can take, and take it. Challenge yourself to find new ways to  39  your appreciation and love on a daily basis.

Room service will never kiss you goodnight! Nothing  40  family.

1.A. empty                B. comfortable                  C. ordinary               D. innocent

2.A. book                 B. visit                               C. love                      D. hate

3.A. knowing            B. noticing                         C. expecting                      D. forgetting

4.A. surprise                     B. situation               C. problem                        D. condition

5.A. worst                B. longest                           C. shortest                         D. best

6.A. troubled                    B. moved                           C. amused                         D. impressed

7.A. slow                  B. early                              C. fast                        D. late

8.A. recorded                   B. understood                  C. valued                           D. missed

9.A. end                             B. differ                             C. boom                             D. stable

10.A. attraction  B. benefit                       C. influence             D. education

11.A. ability   B. family                             C. career                           D. future

12.A. mean              B. do                                    C. pay                        D. work

13.A. word   B. suggestion             C. thought                         D. action

14.A. express                    B. suggest                          C. explain                          D. introduce

15.A. represents   B. fights           C. satisfies                         D. beats

It was a winter morning, just before Christmas, while most people were warming up their cars, my husband, Trevor, had to ride his bike 4 kilometers away from home to work. On his   1.   (arrive), he parked his bike outside the back door   2.    usual. After 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone,    3.    was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, and also the bike was used   4.   (get) groceries, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live. I was so sad   5.   I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, and then called my husband to fetch   6.  . Once again my husband had a way to get to and   7.   his job. It really is   8.   honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can   9.  (pass) from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect on our lives because it  10.  (strong) our faith in humanity. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others.