He bought three books,   _____ is in Chinese, ____ in English, and ____  in Japanese.

A. the first; the other; the third   B. one; the other; a third

C. one; the other; another       D. one; another; the third

In the 2004 Shanghai Industrial Fair, ______electronic equipment, good in both qulity and style, will be shown.

A. a large number of   B. a good many    C. masses of   D. supply of

    Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar （美洲獅） saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it．Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar．It worked．The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too．

    Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross．Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb．

    “Tom, no!” shouted his father．

     But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar．The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock．They hit each other in mid-air and both fell．The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted．

      Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists．As the cougar’s claws（爪子）got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit, hard．The animal howled（吼叫）and put its head back．Jeb followed up with his other fist．Then out of the comer of his eye, Jeb saw Tom．The boy was running back to help his father．

      “Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb．

      The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom．Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb．The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms．Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back．It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains．

     The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds．

1．Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

A．To get ready to fight．           B．To frighten it away．     

C．To protect the boy．              D．To cool down．

2．What do we know about cougars?

A．They are afraid of noises．     B．They hesitate before they hit．

C．They are bigger than we think．    D．They like to attack running people．

3．How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?

A．By keeping shouting and hitting． B．By making a wall out of his arms．

C．By throwing himself on the cougar．    D．By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes．

4．Which of the following happened first?

A．The cougar jumped from the rock．      B．Tom struggled free of his father．

C．Jeb asked Tom to get the knife．    D．Jeb held Tom across his body．

I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant , and ancient for a sportsman, Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to ave hung on me．Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age．but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means．

A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying,  “ Fifty is what forty used to be ．”He had made an inspirational point, Am I over the hill ?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling hem that he high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now．

“ Your are not getting older, you are getting better ．” says Dr．Joyce Brothers ．This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion．

And so．a(chǎn)s I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net．I am moves to share some thoughts on aging with you．I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally．Getting older．of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies（悼詞）．In fact , a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all :

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to me．

Whether or not Browning was right , most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by．I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend （混合）of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher（哲學(xué)家） was right when he said ．”O(jiān)ld is always fifteen years from now．”

20．The author seems to tell us in Paragraph I that _____

       A．time alone will tell B．time goes by quickly

       C．time will show what is right   D．time makes one forget the past

21．When the author turned fifty , people around him _____

       A．tried to comfort him      B．got inspiration with him

       C．were friendlier with him        D．found him more talkative

22．The author considers his fifty years of life ______

       A peaceful            B．ordinary                              

       C．satisfactory             D．regretful

23．We can infer from the passage that _____

       A．the old should led a simple life      B．the old should face the fact of aging

       C．the old should take more exercise   D．the old should fill themselves with curiosity

—Come in, please．Make yourself at home．

       —I'm glad you like it．

       A．Thanks．You have a nice place here．

       B．Oh, this picture is so beautiful!

       C．Thanks．What nice food you've prepared!

       D．OK．Let me look around your new house．

Here _____. This is our classroom.

A. are we       B. we are       C. you are      D. are you

She looks pretty ______ she wears.

A. in     B. whatever         C. what        D. which

It ______ six years since they last saw each other.

A. was            B. had been    C. is             D. would have been

 Hold the book ______ please, for I can't see the words in it clearly.

A. more closer          B. more closely      C. closely              D. closer

Biology is _____.

A. science of life             B. science of the life      C. the science of the life D. the science of life