The doctor could ______ by the symptom that the patient caught flu.

I think you should end it _______ it’s too late, or you may be sorry about it later.

Was it her fluent English at the job interview _______ impressed the manager?

To keep fit, you should take more______ . Don’t be always busy doing your ______.

The parents felt helpless when they found their son ______ drugs.

He is thought to be one of the most famous writers________.

----It’s a warm day, isn’t it?

----Yes, it is _______ cold. I just wear a jacket.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to   36  her. One day, he went to the farmer to  37  his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that  38  . I’m going to release (释放)  39  bulls, one at a time. If you can  40  the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

  41 , the young man got out and stood in the field,   42   the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door   43    and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He   44    that one of the next bulls had to be a better   45    than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull   46   .

A few   47    later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so   48    and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the   49  and eyeing the young man. “ What the next   50   was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.

The door opened a third time. A   51    came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he   52    to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and   53    at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his   54   , the bull had no tail.

Life is full of opportunities.    55   catch the first one.

Some teens believe drugs will help them think better, and be more popular. These days, drugs can be found everywhere. Many teens are tempted(诱惑) by the excitement or escape from reality that drugs seem to offer.

Drugs are chemicals that change the way our bodies work. When you put them into your body, drugs find their way in your blood and are taken to parts of your body, such as your brain.

The effects of drugs can be different depending on the kind of drug taken, how much is taken, how often it is used, how quickly it gets to the brain, and what other drugs or food are taken at the same time. Although drugs can make you feel good at first, they can finally do a lot of harm to the body.

There are many kinds of drugs available, and there are many reasons for trying them regularly. People take drugs just for pleasure they believe they can bring. Often it’s because someone told them that drugs would make them feel good or that they’d have a better time if they took them.

Many teens use drugs because they’re unhappy or think drugs will help them escape their problems. The truth is that drugs don’t solve problems—they simply hide feelings and problems. When a drug wears off, the feelings and problems remain, or became worse. Drugs can ruin every aspect of a person’s life.

1.The main idea of the second paragraph is probably _________.

2. People take drugs regularly _________.

3. __________ cause teens to take drugs.

4. Which of the following is NOT true ?

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

The little town has grown into a modern big city since 1978 and is _____ what it used to be.

A more than twice as big as     B twice more than as big as

C more than twice big than      D twice more than big than