He felt______as soon as he realized that he had asked a foolish question.

      A. bored  B. displeased   C. embarrassed       D. disappointed

—This returned scholar has become one of the top experts in this field.

   —Yes, I know him very well. He ______ for ten years at an institute in the USA.

A. has worked                   B. has been working            C. worked   D. had worked 

The news ________ Joan will be our new English teacher is true.

A. that        B. what        C. how       D. when

. We are looking for an inexpensive hotel       .

A. where to live in B. to live C . in which to live  D. to be lived in

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As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became  36   of getting Halloween candy.  37   , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and   38   to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we   39    one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps   40   to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear  41    me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood   42    at the bottom.

 It was  43    that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and   44   my bag of candy. I might   45   my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no   46    I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my   47   .

 Fear of the unknown   48   me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was  49    with the career I had chosen. I faced a  50   : step out into the unknown or   51    the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never   52   the best candy.

 Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客戶), the old fears   53   . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t   54   when I face difficulties. I believe that, though    55   things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.

36. A. afraid         B. happy            C. fond           D. tired

37. A. Hardly           B. Normally               C. Certainly       D. Approximately

38. A. pointed        B. rushed              C. moved               D. traveled

39. A. knocked           B. escaped                       C. reached       D. entered

40. A. pointing        B. belonging            C. opening              D. leading

41. A. encouraged      B. spread                C. prevented        D. attracted

42. A. slightly        B. frozen              C. calmly         D. happily

43. A. unlikely               B. unlucky              C. possible          D. pitiful

44. A. fall                   B. drop               C. forget          D. lose

45. A. bury          B. break                C. tear            D. catch

46. A. way                     B. need                C. doubt           D. wonder

47. A. bag                B. life                C. way            D. confidence

48. A. amused          B. controlled           C. helped          D. ruined

49. A. excited          B. concerned            C. impressive      D. unsatisfied

50. A. difficulty        B. cause                C. fear            D. choice

51. A. save             B. spend               C. change             D. escape

52. A. presenting       B. buying                        C. making            D. tasting

53. A. disappeared      B. warned                 C. returned           D. reminded

54. A. fear           B. cry                 C. fail               D. complain

55. A. big            B. fortunate                    C. bad              D. small

More than one million children in the United States do not go to school. Instead, they learn at home. Most often, their parents are their teachers. Educational companies, libraries and the Internet provide many families with teaching materials.

    Parents choose home schooling for several reasons. Some choose it because of their religious beliefs. Others say it provides more time for the family to be together. They say the home offers a better place for learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids learning. Some parents believe home schooling avoids problems of national schools. Critics, however, say children need to attend school with other children.

    All fifty American states and the District of Columbia permit home schooling. Some states do not require much preparation by parents or testing of children. Other states have more requirements for home schooling. Home schooling in the United States began when the country was established. In farm areas, people often lived far from a school. Widespread home schooling took place until about the middle of the nineteenth century. Then, in 1852, the state of Massachusetts passed the first law requiring children to attend school.

    Over the years, the American public education system strengthened and grew. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, some Americans believed that traditional education was not helping their children. So a number of parents began home schooling.

    Home schooling expert Linda Dobson says many people have helped the movement grow. She says many kinds of people have joined the movement. These include rich people and poor people. They represent many races, religions and political beliefs. Ms. Dobson says the number of home-schooled children has increased an estimated fifteen to twenty percent each year during the last fifteen years.

Teaching materials for home schooling do NOT come from _______.

   A. parents                                  B. libraries       

C. the Internet                            D. educational companies

Which of the following is one of the reasons why parents choose home schooling?

A. it makes parents and their children have less time together.

  B. Some people have different religious beliefs from the others.

   C. It can’t provide a comfortable place for children to be in.

   D. There are too many students in a home classroom.

Home schooling was started in ________.

   A. the 1960s                 B. the 1970s       C. the 1850s          D. the 1776

Home schooling in the United States now is __________.

   A. facing many difficulties             B. struggling

   C. growing fast                      D. decreasing in large numbers 

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Dear Mr. Smith,

I’m a senior school student. I do quite well my studies, but I have a serious problem that trouble me all the while. It is the relationship between my mother and I .My dear mother is an university professor, who works very much hard. She’s always strict with me, but has a little time to talk with me. I show respect for her and I’m a little afraid of her because she loses her temper easily. I don’t know how to communicate with her. Maybe it’s because we have seldom sat down and exchange our feelings and thoughts.I hope we can know more about each other and understanding each other better. I did hope we will be closer. What can I do?

Yours sincerely

Leslie

----How about 12 o’clock at the school gate?

----That     me fine.

fits   B. meets   C . satisfies  D. suits

The question _____ at tomorrow’s meeting is of great importance.

A. to discuss   B. being discussed    C. to be discussed   D. discussed

We invited her to dinner but she didn’t even bother to _____.

A. turn to       B. turn up       C. turn on     D. turn down