Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer ____ hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned.

A. temporary         B. permanent                C. frequent       D. extraordinary

As soon as he comes back, I’ll tell him when ________and see him.

A.you will come      B. will you come     C. you come     D. do you come

Was it through Mary, _____ was working at a high school, ____ you got to      know Tom?

       A. who; who          B. that; which        C. who; that                  D. who; which

—Hi, Tina ,we’re going to Sam’s house to celebrate his graduation. Would you like to      ?

—Great! Let’s go.

A．come up   B．come on  C．come out   D．come  along

My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died．As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him．But the more I tried, the more he pulled away．When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year．At this rate he would never graduate．I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him．Nothing worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help．“Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son． I’m at the end of my rope．I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”

I was at work when I got a phone call．A man introduced himself as the headmaster．“I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger．“I love my son but I just don’t know what to do．I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked．It’s out of my hands．“For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line．The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades．Finally, he even made the honor roll .In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl．I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around．On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded．“That was me．I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you．That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”

By saying “Karl became withdrawn”, the author means that the boy changed entirely and ______.

       A．preferred to stay alone at home             B．lost interest in any activity

       C．refused to talk to others                        D．began to dislike his mother

There was silence on the other end of the line because ______ .

       A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother

       B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking

       C．the speaker didn’t want the mother to recognize his voice

       D．the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother

The underlined sentence “…h(huán)e even made the honor roll” means that “ ______ ”.

       A．he was even on the list to be praised at the parent-teacher meeting

       B．he was even on the list of students who made progress in grades

       C．he was even on the list of students who turned themselves around

       D．he was even on the list of the best students at school

What is the main idea of this passage ?

       A．Children in single-parent families often have mental problems.

       B．Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.

       C．Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.

       D．School education doesn’t work without full support from parents.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

       Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

       Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

       For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American                  B. a Chinese

C. a professor                   D. a student

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport     

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home      

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

The underlined words  “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time      B. serious with time

C. careful with time     D. willing to spend time

A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese   

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality        

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√ ）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤，則按下列情況改正：

此行多一詞：把多余的詞用斜線（/）劃掉；在該行右邊橫線上寫上該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符（∧），在該行右邊的橫線上寫上該加的詞。

此行錯一詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

I was a honest child indeed. I didn’t dare to tell lies.                      

because of my eyes often let the secret out. I remembered                  

telling a lie to my parents, and I could hard fix my eyes on                

my father’s face, to let alone my mother’s eyes. I glanced                

here and there, up and down, nervously.                                        

       However, after I came to Beijing, I no longer have to                       

worry my nervous eyes because everything I wanted to say                

was sent by letter. I found myself often tell small lies. I wrote              

“I’m well in Beijing. I enjoy the food selling at the university.              

And at the weekends, I often buy fried chickens or pork to eat.”             

Your door needs ___________ . Would you like me to do it for you?

A. to paint      B. painting   C. paint     D. painted

With my hand-held Reader, I’ve read more books in the past six months than I ________ in the past six years.

A. doing                       B. did                                 C. have                               D. do

All Paul’s money had been ________,so he had to make a living by begging.

   A. used up         B. taken up                 C. made up          D. done up