Did he find       hard to learn a foreign language?

   A. that          B. him          C. it            D. himself

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts .The plane _____ .

A . takes off   B. is taking off    C. has taken off   D. took off

It was a winter morning，just a couple of weeks before Christmas of 2005. While most people were warming up their cars，Trevor，my husband，had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival，he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.

The bike，a black Kona 18 Speed，was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work，putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get foods, saving us from having to walk along long distances from where we live.

I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that，several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike，then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.

People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another，but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it made us believe more in the beauty of humanity (人性) as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we，too，can share with others. No matter how big or how small，an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can last forever.

Why was the bike so important to the couple？

  A. They used it for work and daily life.

B. It was their only possessions（財(cái)產(chǎn)）.

  C. It was a nice Kona 18 Speed.

D. The man’s job was bike racing.

We can infer from the passage that __________.

  A. the couple worked 60 hours a week

  B. people were busy before Christmas

  C. the stranger brought over the bike

  D. life was hard for the young family

How did people get to know the couple’s problem？

  A. From a stranger

  B. From a newspaper

  C. From TV news

  D. From radio broadcasts

What do the couple learn from their experience？

  A. Strangers are usually little helpful.

  B. One should take care of their bike.

  C. News reports make people famous.

  D. An act of kindness can mean a lot.

From this story，we can see humanity is __________.

A. selfish        B. useful       C. kind       D. cold-hearted

      true events, the film This Is It follows the preparation for Michael Jackson’s concert in London.

       A．Being based on        B．Basing on        C．Based on   D．Having based on

You’d better take some money with you, ______ you need it.

A. though                     B. in case                            C. even if                         D. so long as

The hostess left the money on the table _____purpose to test the honesty of her maid.

   A. with               B. in                C. on                D. for      

Greeks play a special game at Easter and it’s good fun! The rules of the game are as follows: 1．Everyone picks out a hard-boiled Waster Egg．2．Each player finds a partner．One person will be a “holder”, and the other will be a “tapper”．Holders should hold the egg with either the pointy end or the round end facing up．Tappers should hold the egg with that same end facing down．Tapping must be done pointy-end-to-pointy-end or round-end-to-round-end．3．With one good tap, the tapper tries to crack the holder’s egg．One player will end up with a cracked egg．4．Each player finds another partner and repeats steps 2 and 3．（After one end of the egg is cracked, players may continue to play using the uncracked end）．5．A player loses when both ends of his egg have been cracked．The winner is the person who still has an uncracked egg．6．Enjoy eating the eggs!

Dye your Easter eggs．With an adult’s help, dye hard-boiled eggs red using food coloring or egg dye．For a nice sheen, use a paper towel to rub some oil on each egg．But don’t use too much oil---you wouldn’t want your egg to slide out of your hand when you play the egg-cracking game!

Why dye eggs red? Eggs represent new life and the red dye symbolizes the pain and suffering in the past．

Why crack eggs? Some say that the cracking of the eggs symbolizes a wish to break away from human misery and enter the new life．

A player has to drop out of the game when _____．

     A．the pointy end of his egg is cracked

     B．the round end of his egg is cracked

     C．his egg slides out of the hand

     D．his egg is cracked at both ends

Why is oil rubbed on the egg?

     A．To give the egg a shiny appearance

     B．To make the game more difficult to play

     C．To protect the hand of the player

     D．To symbolize the wealth of the Greeks

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A．The holders hold the eggs with the pointy end facing up in most cases

     B．If one end of the player’s egg is cracked, he will eat the egg

     C．The player in the game must dye his egg red independently

     D．It’s said that the broken eggs represent the wish to lead a new life

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

     A．The suffering of the Greeks        B．The Easter holidays

     C．Celebrate Greek Easter             D．A special game

“To be or not to be”.Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world.They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and woman.To be or not to be----to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely．A philosopher(哲學(xué)家) once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally.He answered it by saying, “I think, therefore I am.”

       But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said, “To be is to be in relations.” If this is true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive．To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity （強(qiáng)度）of our relations．Unfortunately, we are so constituted (自作決定的)that we get to love our routine．But other than our regular occupation, how much are we alive? If you are interested only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent．So far as other things are concerned----poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs----you are dead.

       On the contrary, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest----even more, a new accomplishment----you increase your power of life．No one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappy.The real pessimist is the person who has lost interest．

       Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend．But we gain new life by contacts with new friends, and new ideas and thoughts, too．Where your thoughts are, there will be your life also．If your thoughts are limited only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow restricted (有限的) life．But if you are interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interested people; if you listen intently to fine music, you are always away from immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination．

       To be or not to be ---- to live intensely and richly, or merely to exist, that depends on ourselves.Let us widen and intensify our relations．While we live, let us live．

What does the author mainly want to do by this passage?

       A.Argue against an idea．             B.Put forward an idea．

       C.Introduce some famous sayings．     D.Explain some famous sayings．

What does the underlined word “pessimist” most probably mean?

       A.Somebody who always expects the worst to happen．

       B.Somebody who is always interested in making new friends．

       C.Somebody who always lives in a world of passion and imagination．

       D.Somebody who likes to live a rich and abundant life．

Which of the following behaviors is most probably NOT encouraged by the author?

       A.Thinking more than your own business．

       B.Caring only about your physical welfare．

       C.Reading good novels．

       D.Listening to fine music．

What is the main idea of the passage?

       A.To be or not to be, that is a question．     B.I think, therefore I am．

       C.To be is to be in relations．               D.A man dies as often as he loses a friend．

Japan's refusal to release（釋放）       Chinese fishing boat captain had "already caused_____ damage to Sino-Japanese bilateral contacts（雙邊關(guān)系）".

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

．—Why don’t you do some shopping in the second-hand store？

    —Well，the goods there are        ，but        .

A．more expensive；worse                                     B．more expensive；not as bad

C．cheaper；good enough                                       D．cheaper；not as good