---Mrs. Chang was sent to teach English in a poor mountain village last year.

---She said she would never forget some pleasant ____________ while working there.

A. experiments B. expressions

C. experiences D. educations

---Do you know where the woman is from?

---No. But when she talked to me yesterday, her accent ________ that she was a native from Shanghai.

A. advised B. requested

C. required D. suggested

---Would you like to watch Transformer 5 The Last Knight in the IMAX theater with me?

---I’d love to, __________ I have watched it twice. The movie is really a treat to eyes.

A. if B. since

C. because D. even though

---Wuhan successfully held the International Garden Expo in 2015.

---Yes, so many hills have been _________ as parks.

A. put out B. set out

C. laid out D. worn out

---Did you get WeChat red during the Spring Festival?

---Yes. It’s ________ the most popular way of sending traditional holiday presents now.

A. politely B. actually

C. correctly D. directly

---Are you coming to Jeff’s party?

---I can’t decide now. I __________ go to the concert with Jim.

A. must B. should

C. would D. might

---___________ a big factory near the river. Where is it now?

--It has been closed because it polluted the air.

A. It used to be B. There used to be

C. It is used to be D. There is used to be

---Guess what? I’m going to America to spend Halloween!

---Sounds like fun! ___________

A. Yes, that’s true. B. No problem.

C. Have a good time. D. Trick or treat!

---James, can you tell me ___________?

---Paul? I haven’t seen him for years. I remember he was a shy and quiet boy at that time.

A. what Paul is like B. what is Paul like

C. what does Paul like D. what Paul likes

Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a ______ book. A poor man, who could______ a little, bought it for a few coins.

The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its________ there was something very interesting _____. It was about the ______ of the "Touchstone (試金石)"! The touchstone was a small pebble (鵝卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was _______ among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, ________ ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man ________ his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the_______and began ____ pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this, but ________to find the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw; it into the sea. Pick up another. Cold-throw it into the sea.

The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months into years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he ________ what he had done. He had_______ a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted ________, he still threw it away.

So it is with chance. _______we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

1.A. costly B. cheap C. modern D. important

2.A. record B. read C. speak D. hear

3.A. pages B. words C. backs D. covers

4.A. indeed B. perhaps C. however D. somehow

5.A. function B. secret C. role D. purpose

6.A. remaining B. laying C. fixing D. lying

7.A. and B. while C. or D. yet

8.A. sold B. rented C. lent D. threw

9.A. market B. field C. seashore D. hometown

10.A. dealing B. served C. testing D. collecting

11.A. managed B. stopped C. forgot D. failed

12.A. realized B. complained C. guessed D. discovered

13.A. built B. set C. created D. formed

14.A. passed away B. came along C. sent out D. took place

15.A. If B. Whether C. Although D. Unless