He was ________ after winning the competition.

A. hot under the collar  B. on cloud nine   C. down in the dumps  D. feeling blue

Premier Wen advocated school bus safety_______.

A. be guaranteed  B. guaranteeing   C. should guarantee  D. must be guaranteed

----Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I decide?

----Of course. ______, sir.

 A. Make yourself at home  B. Take your time   C. It doesn’t matter    D. Enjoy yourself

______ down on the ground, he struggled to his feet and held up his head, _______his enemy.

A. Beating; focusing on      B. Beaten ;  glaring at   C. Falling; stared at   D. Tripping ; fixed on

The patient’s dangerous condition ____the doctors and nurses many a sleepless night.

A. cost    B. spent     C. paid     D. made

The young man stopped and looked back as if ______ whether he was being followed.

A. seeing     B. to have seen     C. having seen     D. to see

To keep healthy, most retired people _______ jogging as a regular form of exercise.

        A. take up      B. take on      C. give up     D. hold out

--I failed again. I wish I ____harder.

----But you _____.

A. had worked; hadn’t   B. worked; don’t   C. had worked; didn’t   D. worked; didn’t

Jack is ill, so we’ll have no choice but to give the performance ______ him.

       A. except for      B. apart from      C. except      D. without

What is true friendship? True friendship doesn’t mean that when you need your friends’ help, you will  36  them to dinner, and you will put your friends in a difficult  37  when you have to protect yourself.   38  true friendship is understanding of the souls and the  39  of the hearts. True friends are connected in hearts every minute whatever the  40  is.

True friendship involves  41  : doing something for someone else while expecting nothing  42  ; sharing thoughts and feelings  43  fear of judgment or negative criticism.

  44  is essential to true friendship. We need to be able to  45  our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will  46  on the Internet the next day! Failing to  47  those secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry. True friendship has  48  to do with fame, power, or possessions. True friends  49  contact you at usual time, but come to you  50  you need their help. They care not  51  you are, but who you are. You’re not his stepping-stone to  52  but are his walking stick to  53  difficulties. When you are happy, you are  54  to forget him, but when you are in trouble, he is the first one you will  55  for help.

1. A. inform         B. regard           C. treat            D. advise

2.A. situation        B. state            C. occasion        D. surrounding

3.A. In a word       B. On the contrary   C. In a nutshell     D. On average

4.A. consideration    B. connection       C. attraction       D. communication

5.A. distance        B. destination       C. position         D. ambition

6.A. promise        B. action           C. belief           D. words

7. A. in turn         B. at times          C. in return        D. at no times

8.A. with           B. without          C. despite         D. beyond

9.A. Trust          B. Honesty          C. Kindness       D. Humor

10.A. keep          B. unite             C. share          D. realize

11.A. take up        B. end up           C. come up        D. bring up

12.A. keep          B. prevent           C. protect         D. remain

13. A. something      B. nothing          C. anything        D. everything

14. A. frequently      B. regularly         C. seldom         D. usually

15.A. all the time     B. any time         C. each time        D. by the time

16.A. where         B. who             C. how            D. what

17.A. dream         B. future            C. success         D. aim

18. A. live through    B. put through       C. break through     D. look through

19.A. possible       B. likely            C. probable         D. impossible

20.A. turn to        B. bring in           C. set out          D. look up