more and more forests destroyed, some animals are in danger of dying out．

A．With            B．By              C．As            D．For,

—Where is your new home now?

—In the new developed zone．But I          in the downtown for five years．

A．have lived        B．had lived        C．lived          D．was living

I won’t go there again. They are too greedy——they       me 15 pounds for the broken cup.

A. charged                          B. paid                          C. offered                       D. cost

First, we should know          good service sells our products.

A. by the way                     B. on the way              C. in the way                  D. in a way

No one knows for sure when such a custom first _____.

A. came into power    B. came into being   C. came true         D. came out

—Sorry, sir, your car isn’t ready yet. It _____ in the garage.

―That’s all right.

A. is repaired      B. is being repaired   C. hasn’t repaired            D. has been repaired 

Was it in the hotel _____ my father works _____ you met the film star the other day?

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

It is said that a certain careless operation ____ the terrible fire in Shanghai in Nov.15.

   A. resulted from             B. resulted in              C. turned out      D. worked out

 ?Did the book give the information you needed?

?Yes. But        it, I had to read the entire book.

A. finding    B. found              C. to find         D. having found

One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of  36  would be considered a very poor family. On their  37  from their trip, the father asked his son, “ How was the trip?”

“It was  38 , Dad .”

“Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked.

“Oh yeah?” said the son.

“So what did you  39  from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that  40  to the middle of our garden and they have a creek (小溪) that has  41  end. We have lanterns（路灯）in our garden and they have the  42  at night. We have a  43  piece of land to live on and they have fields that go  44  our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they always serve  45 . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have  46  around our property（财产）to protect us but they have friends to protect them.”

With this the boy’s father was  47 .

Then his son  48 , “Dad, thank you for showing me how  49  we are.”

Too many times we  50  what we have and only pay attention to what we don’t have. What is one person’s  51  object is another’s most valuable thing. It’s all  52  on one’s perspective (视角).Think about what would happen if we all gave  53  for what we have,  54  worrying about what we don’t have.

Be thankful for every single thing in your life, exactly as it is now–and  55  your friends. So do be sure to take the time to express your appreciation and gratitude for the people whom you are close to!

1.A. which                        B. that                                  C. what                               D. how

2.A. arrival                         B. return                            C. coming                           D. reach

3.A. shameful                   B. disappointing               C. surprising                D. great

4.A. suffer                          B. regret                              C. hear                                  D. learn

5.A. reaches                      B. gets                                C. arrives                           D. flows

6.A. much                          B. some                              C. no                                    D. another

7.A. stars                           B. lights                         C. darkness                       D. torches

8.A. smooth                      B. full                                  C. large                                D. small

9.A. through                      B. within                             C. beyond                           D. across

10.A. themselves             B. visitors                           C. friends                           D. us

11.A. dogs                         B. walls                               C. soldiers                          D. policemen

12.A. discouraged           B. satisfied                        C. delighted                       D. speechless

13.A. explained               B. announced                        C. informed                       D. added

14.A. poor                          B. wealthy                         C. lucky                         D. proud

15.A. think of                    B. forget                             C. remember              D. consider

16.A. valuable                            B. useful                             C. priceless                        D. useless

17.A. based                       B. relied                      C. decided                          D. laid

18.A. love                           B. concern                           C. thanks                            D. interests

19.A. more than        B. along with                      C. instead of                    D. except for

20.A. especially                B. besides                          C. specially                        D. only