Only by increasing the number of doctors by 50 percent properly in this hospital.

A. can be the patients treated

B. can the patients be treated

C. the patients can be treated

D. treated can be the patients

It was only after he had read the papers Mr. Gross realized the task before him was extremely difficult to complete.

A. when B. that

C. which D. What

Writing out all the invitations by hand was more time-consuming than we______.

A. will expect B. are expecting

C. expect D. had expected

As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can concerning music, and takes every opportunity to improve herself.

A. catch sight of B. get hold of

C. take charge of D. make mention of

— I’ve prepared all kinds of food for the picnic.

—Do you mean we_____ bring anything with us?

A. can’t B. mustn’t

C. shan’tD. needn't

no modern telecommunications, we would have to wait for weeks to get news from around the world.

A. Were there B. Had there been

C .If there are D. If there have been

Shakespeare’s writing is still popular today. It has really ________ the test of time.

A. failedB. stood

C. takenD. conducted

—I’d like a wake-up call at 7:00 a.m., please!

—OK, _______.

A. help yourself

B. You will certainly make it

C. just do what you like

D. I’ll make sure you get one

It was a typical Wednesday. My wife and I were speaking in a nursing home (療養(yǎng)院) about our successful recoveries from our heart attacks. Afterwards, one of the other residents(住院病人), Miriam, asked if we had a few minutes to talk.

“I’ve always thought that to be I need three things: someone to , something to do and something to look forward to,” she said. “I’ve got people here to love, and the activities to me as busy as I want, but I don’t have anything I’m looking forward to. Do you have any ?”

“What did you look forward to before you came here?” we asked.

“Oh, I used to love to laugh with others,” Miriam said.

“What did you about?” we asked.

“Everything I could see, hear, feel, taste or smell,” she said with a smile.

At that very moment, we got the idea to start our . We began looking for humor, and we used all of our .We started with a teabag with the : You are like this teabag… only in hot water do you realize how strong you are.

We continued and found cartoons and videos filled with humor. People brought us stickers, books, games and magazines. We together humor baskets with books, tapes, greeting cards and toys for children of all ages.

Of course, we a humor basket for Miriam, the woman who had us on this project – “Search for a Smile and Share it”. She told us that the of her day was sharing the of her basket with everyone she saw.

The project was so that other facilities heard of it and made special . One nursing home asked us to make a humor cart, like a shopping cart. Volunteers this down the hallways, sharing smiles and laughs with . Still another nursing home requested that we a humor room, complete with a projector showing fun videos.

What started as a simple gesture to one elderly woman turned into a lifetime project.

1.A. busyB. happy C. richD. healthy

2.A. love B. meet C. visit D. respect

3.A. lead B. find C. keep D. encourage

4.A. ways B. opinions C. plans D. ideas

5.A. talk B. worry C. complain D. laugh

6.A. procedure B. project C. research D. preparation

7.A. efforts B. senses C. tools D. families

8.A. message B. letter C. cover D. sign

9.A. explaining B. searching C. exploring D. researching

10.A. gotB. came C. joined D. put

11.A. paid B. made C. filled D. applied

12.A. started B. chosen C. persuaded D. turned

13.A. highlight(精彩) B. satisfaction C. project D. appointment

14.A. designs B. foods C. books D. contents

15.A. touching B. successful C. interesting D. respectful

16.A. giftsB. donations C. requests D. arrangements

17.A. walk B. push C. fix D. perform

18.A. nurses B. workers C. residents D. children

19.A. design B. organize C. decorate D. offer

20.A. saveB. help C. thank D. satisfy

Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.

I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.

My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.

In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk.

As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle（喧鬧）of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.

Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.

My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.

A. passed away four years ago

B. left the small farm with Lord

C. left for Lord to live her own way

D. preferred to be with Lord

2.The underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.

A. recalled B. comforted

C. shouted D. sighed

3.The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons except that ________.

A. it was too cold and quiet

B. she could only sing one song in the small farm

C. there was nothing more that could make her excited

D. the place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _______

A. Cherish(珍惜) life B. My happy childhood

C. Our small farmhouse D. Mom’s music