—I hear there will be a concert of Jay Zhou. _______ will it start?

—In two days.

A．How soon            B．How long                C．How often           D．How far

—Did you buy a coat?

—No, they are _______ too big         too small.

A．either, nor             B．either, or               C．neither, nor             D．both, and

If he _______ on time tomorrow, we will go without him.

A．doesn’t come                                           B．don’t come

C．didn’t come                                               D．won’t come

The whole world is fighting against the H1N1, a disease ____ has caused many deaths.

A．who          B．which              C．whom               D．what

Be careful! The ice is not thick enough. You’d better _______ on it.

A．skate                                                        B．not to skate 

C．not skate                                                  D．not skating

—You don’t come from Japan, do you?

—_______. I’m from Canada.

A．Yes, I am                                            B．No, I’m not

C．Yes, I do                                             D．No, I don’t

The life we were used to _______ greatly since 1992.

A．change                                                      B．has changed

C．changing                                                    D．have changed

—Could you tell me _______?

—Sure. It’s near the bank on the other side of the street.

A．when was the post office built                     B．when the post office was built

C．where is the post office                              D．where the post office is

Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people’s home.   1   of the men were badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a   2   in bed in the room.

One of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day, he   3  hours telling his friend what he could see through the window. He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park and the birds flying around．The old man far from the window got a lot of  4  from hearing about the world outside, but after a time, he began to get rather unhappy.   5  nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see   6   himself.

    One night, the man by the window called his friend, “Quick! Pull the alarm by your bed—I don’t think I can go through the night!”   7   his friend, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing—he just closed his  8   and went back to sleep.

The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window.

    The old man was very   9  as they moved him into the empty bed by the window. He sat up, pulled back the curtain（窗帘）, looked out—but   10  , he saw only a wall.

（　 ）1. A．One                      B．Both                       C．All                          D．Neither

（　 ）2. A．day                       B．week                      C．month                    D．year

（　 ）3. A．paid                      B．took                       C．spent                      D．cost

（　 ）4. A．sadness                 B．knowledge              C．news                      D．pleasure

（　 ）5. A．What                    B．What a                    C．How                       D．How a

（　 ）6. A．everything             B．anything                  C．nothing                   D．somebody

（　 ）7. A．Because                B．So                          C．But                         D．Though

（　 ）8. A．hands                   B．arms                       C．eyes                       D．ears

（　 ）9. A．sad                       B．angry                      C．disappointed            D．excited

（　 ）10. A．to his surprise      B．by accident             C．to be honest            D．at last

If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and with the same parents, but you have different personalities.

Why is this? One possible reason is the way your parents treat you.

    First–born children receive all the attention from their parents. Most families have twice as many photos of a first–born than any other child．Parents usually give first–borns more responsibility（责任）and depend on them to take care of younger brothers and sisters. As a result, first–borns are often responsible, hard–wording and serious. They often want to do well at school and work. There are more first–born American presidents than second or last-born children—for example, George W. Bush, George Washington, and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

When a second child arrives, parents are not so excited．The second child has to compete with the first–born for the parents’ attention and love. These children often choose different sports and hobbies to do well at school and work, but have to be creative to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts were born last.

（　 ）1. The writer thinks that the second children are often _______.

A．outgoing and serious                     B．cool and friendly

C．hard-working and serious                D．creative and responsible

（　 ）2. The underlined word “personalities” means _______ in the passage.

A．友好                   B．冷静                 C．个性                 D．智商

（　 ）3. _______ is usually the happiest in the family according to the passage.

A．The eldest child                                       B．The second child

C．The youngest child                                  D．The father

（　 ）4. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．the second child is very similar to the first-born child

B．brothers and sisters usually have the same personalities

C．it’s easy for the second child to get his or her parents’ attention

D．there are more first-born successful people than second or last-born people

（　 ）5. The passage is mainly about          .

A．birth order and personalities

B．the personalities of the second child in a family

C．the personalities of the eldest child in a family

D．the personalities of the youngest child in a family