After his wife died, he kept himself _____ from other people and the outside world,

A. set off            B. cut off                    C. put off              D. taken off

 A heavy snow promises a good harvest, _____ is often the case.

A. where                B. as                       C. that                 D. what

 High up in the mountains _____ a quiet small village, with only 20 households.

A. surrounds            B. locates                  C. lies                 D. lays

 How long do you think it will be _____ we can find a new water source?

A. after                B. before                   C. when            D. since

 — I'm wondering why the visitors chose to stay with the host family.

— _____real local life.

A. Experiencing         B. Experience           C. To experience      D. Having experienced

 Tens of thousands of trees _____ in the area in the past few years.

A. have been planted   B. were planted      C. have planted         D. had planted

 — Can I help you?

— Do you have any of Michael Jackson's CDs ? I would like to buy _____.

A. it                   B. one                  C. that                 D. those

 By no means _____ of our students to drop out of school.

A. will we allow        B. we will allow        C. we allow        D. must we allow

 It has been reported that the country's health-care reform is still _____ debate.

A. in               B. on                   C. under             D. within

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中选能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

In 1991, 1 spent five months in Niger. There were many things I found difficult about this place—the climate and beggars were my biggest complaints. One day, a friend and I  1for neighbouring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic. Arriving by taxi at our  2in Burkina, we began to  3. I had a large backpack and a smaller daypack. With my daypack between my legs, I reached for my larger piece of  4. Out of the darkness, a motorbike with two men  5slowly Without warning, one of the men grabbed my daypack  6the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight,  7up by the night. The bag had everything  8to me, my passport, money and an airline ticket. I was in deep trouble. All I wanted was to leave this hell.

Then, walking through Burkina's streets the following week, I was  9rudely by an old woman who stretched her hand in my face. "Cadeau (gift)! Cadeau!" she  10in French.

I'd had enough. I was sick and  11of the country. I told her  12in French, "I have no 'cadeau'. I have no money A thief stole all my money a week ago and now I can't  13your country. I cannot give you anything."

The beggar woman listened  14and thought about my words. "Then I will give you a cadeau," she announced and  15into the folds of her dress. Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my   16.  I looked at it in  17. It was an extremely small amount of money—but for this woman, the coin  18a meal. At that moment, I saw the beauty of the  19of Burkina Faso, and appreciated the kindness of me  20.

1.A. went            B. headed           C. served           D. worked

2.A. destination     B. spot             C. goal             D. station

3.A. rest                B. dine             C. load                 D. unload

4.A. equipment       B. furniture            C. luggage              D. medicine

5.A. rode                B. drove                C. approached       D. left

6.A. because         B. as               C. until            D. after

7.A. taken           B. brought          C. turned           D. swallowed

8.A. memorable       B. important            C. beautiful            D. wonderful

9.A. cheated         B. charged          C. stopped          D. questioned

10.A. cried          B. whispered            C. threatened           D. demanded

11.A. fond           B. proud                C. aware                D. tired

12.A. pleasantly         B. firmly           C. actively             D. bravely

13.A. get rid of         B. take advantage of    C. get out of           D. take notice of

14.A. attentively        B. anxiously        C. curiously            D. coldly

15.A. reached        B. pulled           C. looked           D. came

16.A. pocket             B. bag              C. dress            D. palm

17.A. fright             B. disappointment       C. shock            D. satisfaction

18.A. bought         B. meant            C. ordered          D. prepared

19.A. country            B. society          C. nature           D. people

20.A. foreign        B. poor                 C .rich                 D. female