The first textbooks ______ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th             century.

A. to be written    B. written    C. being written    D. having written

A salty diet may increase the risk of stomach cancer ________ 10 percent, South Korean researchers found in a study of more than 2 million people．

    A．at           B．to           C．by           D．for

Nearly four hundred supermarkets in Beijing are preparing to dim(使暗淡) their lights ________ the "Earth Hour 2010" on Saturday night．

    A．honor        B．honoring    C．to honor     D．having honored

Stronger and more lasting memories are likely to be formed ________a person is relaxed．

    A．where       B．unless           C．when        D．although

To improve their oral English, everyone in the class is supposed to ______ actively in these discussions.

    A. participate      B. attend           C. enter            D. take

Paul is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; _____, I can’t speak too highly of him.

    A. as a result      B. in a word        C. by the way       D. on the contrary

You will succeed in the end ________ you give up halfway.

A. even if          B. as though        C. as long as       D. unless

I feel like _________ a long walk. Would you like _______ with me?

A. taking; going    B. taking; to go    C. to take; to go       D. to take; going

When _______ to F1, I have little knowledge to if.

    A. I come           B. they come        C. we come      D. it comes

There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go (放手). As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the   36   side of this line. When I hold   37   the apron strings (围裙带) connecting us, Nicole, eager to   38   independence, tries to loosen my grasp. What results is a (an)  39   mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.

   For the past two years, it’s gone like this:

   My question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced placement class (高阶课程) so that you can earn college credit?”

   Nicole’s  40  : “No, I’m not interested in that.”   ………

   Two months ago, she was   41   to a great university. However, I was still the mother having a   42   time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog carefully and   43   courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face   44   with excitement. “I have had my entire schedule figured out,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished,  45   she should have discussed it with me. I examined the schedule. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an)  46   one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen   47   suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, capable young woman with a   48   mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother’s   49   every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit          50  .

   I   51   the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years:  52  , sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way.  53  , she is well-equipped and eager to   54   the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the   55   we both needed.

1. A. left              B. right    C. either              D. each

2.A. onto               B. up           C. back             D. out

3. A. keep              B. refuse       C. taste            D. bear

4. A. embarrassing      B. relaxing     C. lively           D. beautiful

5.A. comment            B. word         C. concept          D. response

6.A. received           B. invited      C. treated          D. accepted

7. A. good              B. great        C. hard             D. easy

8.A. taken          B. underlined   C. offered          D. emphasized

9.A. lit up         B. built up     C. turned up        D. made up

10.A. imagining     B. thinking     C. hoping           D. adding

11.A. only              B. just         C. even             D. single

12. A. mostly           B. hardly       C. exactly          D. slightly

13. A. sharp            B. normal       C. different        D. typical

14.A. encouraging       B. evaluating   C. disagreeing      D. agreeing

15.A. anxious           B. excited      C. sad              D. tense

16. A. reviewed         B. observed     C. checked          D. studied

17.A. ability           B. honesty      C. responsibility   D. punctuality

18. A. Therefore        B. Instead      C. Still            D. Besides

19. A. embrace          B. discover     C. determine        D. lead

20.A. character     B. strength     C. relief           D. independence