We're _______ to listen to her _______ voice. It's _______ to hear her sing.

They will be very _____ to see you here.

　 A. pleasing 　 B. pleasant  C. pleasure 　 D. pleased

Our quarrel with efficiency is not that it gets things done, but that it is a thief of time when it leaves us no leisure to enjoy ourselves, and that it strains our nerves when we try to get things done perfectly. In building bridges, American engineers calculate so finely and exactly as to make the two ends come together within one-tenth of an inch. But when two Chinese begin to dig a tunnel from both sides of a mountain both come out on the other side. --The Chinese’s firm belief is that it doesn’t matter so long as a tunnel is dug through, and if we have two instead of one, why, we have a double track to boot.

　　The pace of modern industrial life forbids this kind of glorious and magnificent idling. But, worse than that, it imposes upon us a different conception of time as measured by the clock and eventually turns the human being into a clock himself. (This sort of thing is bound to come to China, as is evident, for instance, in the case of a factory of twenty thousand workers. The luxurious prospect of twenty thousand workers coming in at their own sweet pleasure at all hours is, of course, somewhat terrifying.)Nevertheless, such efficiency is what makes life so hard and full of excitement. A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o’clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already. Every American adult is arranging his time on the pattern of the schoolboy - three o’clock for this, five o’clock for that, six-thirty for change of dress, six-fifty for entering the taxi, and seven o’clock for arriving at the destination. It just makes life not worth living.

1.The writer objects to efficiency mainly on the grounds that it ____.

　　 A. gives us rights to have too much leisure time

　　 B. urges us to get things done punctually

　　 C. robs us of leisure time

　　 D. imposes on us a perfect concept of time

2. In the eyes of the author, the introduction of industrial life gives rise to ____.

　　 A. the excitement of life

　　 B. magnificent idling of time

　　 C. more emphasis on efficiency

　　 D. terrifying schoolboy

3.The passage tells us ____.

　　 A. Chinese workers come to work when it is convenient

　　 B. all Americans are forced to be efficient against their will

　　 C. Chinese engineers are on better terms with the management

　　 D. Americans ought not to work so hard for efficiency

4. The author believes that relaxing the rule of punctuality in factories would lead to ____.

　　 A. great trouble                       B. increased production

　　 C. a hard and exciting life                D. successful completion of a tunnel

When we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”. But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness?

Have you read the book The Wolf Totem（狼图腾） by a famous writer Jiang Rong which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever   36   the wolves’ world? If you had, you would   37   the wolves.

In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about   38   than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to   39    full use of the shape of land to   40   sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be   41   experts good at fighting.

The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand   42  . Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A   43   wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves   44   nothing. All the wolves obey the rules.   45   they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork   46   makes wolves powerful.

The wolves also have great self-respect and won’t   47   to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book The Wolf Totem，  48   stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his   49  , he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with   50   wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was   51   and he never gave in, fighting   52   his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.

I was shocked by this kind of   53  : wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a   54   way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and   55   in this not simple and dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!_　

—We really enjoyed ourselves at the party. Thanks again, Mr. and Mrs. White.

　　　　—_____. Just drop in whenever you feel like it.

　　A. With pleasure 　　　　　　　　B. Our great honour

　　C. Nice having you here　　　　　D. Nice you are here