The westerners ______ God while few of us accept it.

A．believe in         B．give in            C．take in            D．consist in

______ the danger from wars, people had to deal with a shortage of food, clothing, fuel and almost everything.

A．In spite of         B．Instead of         C．As long as         D．As well as

______ everyone has completed the work, it is possible to come to a conclusion.

A．In order that       B．Now that          C．So that            D．Even if

Our neighbor has ________ours.

A．as bigger a house as B．a house as         C．as a big house as    D．as big a house as

Was it at the school ______ was named after a hero ______ he spent his childhood?

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

—Why didn’t you give back Robert’s e-dictionary yesterday?

—I forgot ______ it here, but I mean ______ it to him tomorrow.

A．to bring; to return                       B．to bring; returning

C．bringing; to return                       D．bringing; returning

Joy _______ as a language teacher in China for two years before she went back to London.

A．had worked        B．was working        C．worked           D．has worked

—My professor and I have seen your paintings at the exhibition. They are so creative!

—______.

A．No problem        B．Thanks for your compliment               C．Not at all   D．Nothing wrong

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 1, but I always knew he was  2 . He never criticized us, but used  3 to bring out our best. He’d say,” If you pout water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I  4 as a child I said something  5 about somebody, and my father said, “ 6 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best  7 people, I would get the best  8 . From then on I’ve always tried to  9  the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very  10 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  12: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,  13  any good father would. When he realized I Had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  14  me to go into law. And I’ve  15  regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,  16 I didn’t pursue my  17 . You know what you want. Go fulfill(实现) it.”

As 18  turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 19 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad  20  me.

1.                A．biologist        B．manager        C．lawyer   D．gardener

2.                A．strict           B．honest         C．special   D．learned

3.                A．praise          B．courage        C．power    D．warmth

4.                A．think           B．imagine         C．remember D．guess

5.                A．unnecessary     B．unkind         C．unimportant   D．unusual

6.                A．Another        B．Some           C．Any  D．Other

7.                A．on            B．in             C．at   D．about

8.                A．in case         B．by turns        C．by chance D．in return

9.                A．revise          B．set            C．review   D．follow

10.               A．understanding   B．experienced     C．serious    D．demanding

11.               A．taking up       B．making up       C．picking up D．keeping up

12.               A．suggestion      B．decision        C．notice D．choice

13.               A．and           B．as             C．even if    D．as if

14.               A．helped         B．allowed        C．persuaded D．suggested

15.               A．always         B．never          C．seldom    D．almost

16.               A．rather         B．but            C．for   D．therefore

17.               A．promise        B．task           C．belief D．dream

18.               A．this            B．he            C．it D．that

19.               A．newspaper      B．magazine       C．program   D．project

20.               A．controlled      B．comforted      C．reminded  D．raised

They say that soon, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable or by satellite. Some people think that it’s useless to have that many channels. Their usual criticism(批评) goes something like this: "I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There’s not enough time in the day to watch all that!"They also say that most of what’s on television now isn’t worth watching in the first place.

I think they’re missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That’s silly, we’ll never have time to read all those books"? The point is that we would have more choices.

I don’t believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 or even 1,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn’t have to spend more time watching TV. We would, however, have more programs to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would be improved.

I think the more channels we have, the better. Give me more choices! If they’re not worth my time, I’ll just hit the "off" button.

1.The purpose of writing this passage is to ______.

A．make a suggestion                       B．express an opinion

C．give important information                D．complain about cable television

2.From the passage we know that the author wants to ______.

A．read more books                       B．rent more TV sets

C．have more choices                      D．watch more sports

3.The number of television channels is ______.

A．increasing fast

B．decreasing fast

C．never going to be more than 1,000

D．the same as that of books in the library

4.To make his point, the author compares the development of TV networks to that of ______.

A．schoolyards        B．computers         C．libraries           D．satellites

5.What does the phrase "hit the 'off’ button" refer to?

A．Go to the library.                        B．Switch over the TV channels.

C．Turn off the TV.                         D．Have more TV networks.