--- Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?               

--- Yes, ______.

A. for pleasure                  B. I could                            C. my pleasure         D. with pleasure

Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, ______ a record US$57.65 a barrel on April 4.
A. have reached               B. reaching                         C. to reach                         D. to be reaching

--- ______ that he managed to get the information?
--- Oh, a friend of his helped him.
A. Where was it                B. What was it                  C. How was it                    D. Why was it

I prefer a flat in Inverness to _______in Perth, because I want to live near my Mom' s.

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

Dina,        for months to find a job as a waitress, finally took a position at a local advertising agency.[来
A. struggling                       B. struggled                        C. having struggled           D. to struggle

I walked slowly through the market, where people        all kinds of fruits and vegetables. I studied the prices carefully and bought what I needed.
A. sell                                    B. were selling          C. had sold                           D. have sold

She was so absent-minded while typing that she ______ the entire second paragraph.

A. gave out                B. found out                  C. put out                          D. left out

She is sensitive to what people think of her. Do be ______ not to offend her feelings.

A. cautious              B. anxious                            C. curious                   D. serious         

Have you heard _____ news？The price of _____ petrol is going up again！

A. the； the                      B.  the； 不填                   C. 不填； the                   D. 不填； 不填

It was announced that only when the fire was under control _____ to return to their homes.

A. the residents would be permitted                   B. had the residents been permitted

C. would the residents be permitted                  D. the residents had been permitted

Later in this chapter cases will be introduced to readers _____ consumer complaints have resulted in changes in the law.

A. where                      B. when                               C. who                 D. which

Haven’t I repeated that you _____ have a holiday on Saturday if you work hard?

A. should                        B. shall                     C. must                          D. have to   

--- Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?

--- She ______ in the classroom. I saw her there just now.

A. shall be                            B. should have been         C. must be                           D. might have been

Tom looked at Jenny, tears _____ his eyes and shouted out the words _____ in his heart for years.

A. filling; having been hidden B. filled; hidden       C. filling; hidden             D. filled; hiding

______ the day went on, the weather got worse.

A. With                      B. Since                    C. While                   D. As

Faced with a bill for＄10,000, ________.

A. John has taken an extra job                                      B. the boss has given john an extra job

C. an extra job has been taken                                     D. an extra job has been given to John

With no one to________in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.

A. turn to                 B. turn on                            C. turn off                   D. turn over

My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was _______ it.

A. in memory of         B. in favor of                       C. in honor of                  D. in search of

It’s a wonderful way of visiting Italy, and it _____ very much.

A. needn’t to cost         B. doesn’t need cost     C. needn’t cost               D.doesn’t need costing

John's success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work        has made him what he is today.
A. why                                  B. when                               C. which                    D. that

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 31_____ and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 32_____ but a failure.”

After five years of 33_____ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 34_____ that could have happened to me. I 35_____ I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 36_____ that what people said about me was 37_____. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 38_____it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 39_____ and went to college. My first novel (小说) 40_____ while I was at college.

After college I taught during the 41_____ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University,  where I got a 42_____ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 43_____ that job to write full time 44_____ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 45_____ was a working-class boy who’d 46_____   school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   47_____, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 48_____ what does it mean? I 49_____ wish all the people that have put me down had 50_____: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

31. A. bright             B. simple                       C. useless                 D. hopeful

32. A. something      B. anything                    C. everything               D. nothing

33. A. low               B. useful                    C. good                      D. poor

34. A. thing                B. happiness           C. surprise                  D. support

35. A. admitted       B. told                      C. planned                  D. decided

36. A. her              B. them             C. me                        D. it

37. A. stupid             B. right               C. wrong                       D. faulty

38. A. see               B. know             C. understand               D. face

39. A. experiment        B. practice             C. writing                  D. composition

40. A. came on             B. came in           C. came out                D. came back

41. A. day                B. night               C. month                    D. year

42. A. graduation         B. pass              C. degree                   D. success

43. A. giving in           B. giving back            C. giving out                  D. giving up

44. A. while             B. if                   C. when                    D. or

45. A. there          B. here                C. it                       D. that

46. A. left              B. attended          C. changed                   D. graduated

47. A. tired              B. calm                 C. nervous .                  D. famous

48. A. But                B. And                C. However                  D. Well

49. A. very                   B. exactly                           C. so                       D. just

50. A. praised             B. answered              C. said                           D. advised

Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,”she said. “He”s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She confessed (坦白) that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

51. This text is most probably written by ______.

A. a specialist in teenager studies             B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children             D. a doctor for mental health problems

52. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the advice that parents want their children to follow

B. the way that parents often blame themselves

C. the opinion that a child has of his parents

D. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

53. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.

A. pay no attention to them                        B. are too busy to look after them

C. have come to hate them                     D. feel helpless to do much about them

54. The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ______.

A. lazy           B.  rude                      C. unusual           D. quiet

55. What is the author' a opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B. Parents should pay still sore attention to the change.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children.

    Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (冠军), says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Gaines.

    Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”

    “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”

    She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.

    “Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted me.”

    Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.

    “In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.

    However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.

    “I don't think that --- although I can't put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”

    Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.

 Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.

    Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 m the 2003 London event.

56. Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her ________

A. develop respect for Liz                         B. love people around her more

C. rest for five months                           D. face criticism calmly   

57. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.

B. Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.

C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon.

D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.      

58. By saying “I can't put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure _____ .

A. if she has the ability to set a new world record

B. if she can win another race though she has won many tunes

C. how many times a marathon runner can set the world record

D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times     

59. According to the text, Radcliffe has won ____ London marathon title(s).

A. two               B. three         C. four                D. one     

60. What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?

A. Practice makes perfect.                            B. Well begun is half done.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.                 D. Where there is a will there is a way.

    As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

    Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping (录像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

    The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”

61. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.

A. show the relationship between parents and children

B. report on the findings of a study

C. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

D. give information about family problems

62. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ____________.

A. they are busy serving food to their children

B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table

C. they have to pay more attention to younger children

D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

63. By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

A. have to help their parents to serve dinner    B. are often kept away from the dinner table

C. get the least attention from the family          D. find it hard to keep up with other children

64. Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question _________.

A. why TV is important in family life

B. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life

C. why children in small families seem to be quieter

D. why parents should keep good order

65. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

A. It is important to have the right food for children.

B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a pinnacle (顶点) of sheer (纯粹的) delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer the older we get.

  66   I remember playing police and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved.

 For teenagers, or people under 20 the concept of happiness changes.   67   I can still feel the pain of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. I also remember the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man.

In adulthood the things that bring great joy—birth, love, marriage—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss.   68   For adults, happiness is complex.

  69   But I think a better definition of happiness is “ the ability to enjoy something”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, even good health.

    While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as ever. Happiness isn't about what happens to us; it’s the ability to find a positive for every negative, and view a difficulty as a challenge.   70  

A. Love may not last; loved ones die.

B. For a child, happiness has a magic quality.

C. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life.

D. Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect.

E. The dictionary defines “happy” as “lucky” or “ fortunate”.

F. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.

G. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love, and popularity.