He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them_______in his lectures.

A.interested                  B.interesting                 C.interest                      D.to interest

I wish you'd do ______ talking and some more work. Thus things will become better.

A. a bit less         B. any less          C. much more         D. a little more

Unlike watching TV, reading is a highly active process _______ it requires attention as well as memory and imagination.

A. until             B. but              C. unless             D. for

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears.  36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37  to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.

     For three years, no matter  38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On   39   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40   out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.  41   , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I  42   all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I   44   her.

“Did she have an accident? Something  45 ?” I thought to myself about her  46  .  Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47  her. I began to realize that part of our  48   life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who  50   walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are   51   markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52   of place and belonging.

Think about it.   53   , while walking to work, we mark where we are by  54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55  , person?

36. A. Make                B. Take            C. Give                 D. Have

37. A. happened           B. wanted          C. used                   D. tried

38. A. what                 B. how                   C. which                  D. when

39. A. sunny                B. rainy            C. cloudy             D. snowy

40. A. took                B. brought          C. carried             D. turned

41. A. Clearly               B. Particularly       C. Luckily               D. Especially

42. A. believed              B. expressed         C. remembered          D. wondered

43. A. long                B. often             C. soon                D. much

44. A. respected             B. missed              C. praised             D. admired

45. A. better                B. worse                C. more               D. less

46. A. disappearance         B. appearance            C. misfortune          D. fortune

47. A. forgotten             B. lost                  C. known              D. hurt

48. A. happy                B. enjoyable             C. frequent            D. daily

49. A. friends              B. strangers             C. tourists             D. guests

50. A. regularly             B. actually              C. hardly              D. probably

51. A. common              B. pleasant            C. important           D. faithful

52. A. choice               B. knowledge            C. decision             D. sense

53. A. Because              B. If                 C. Although            D. However

54. A. keeping              B. changing          C. passing              D. mentioning

55. A. unnamed              B.unforgettable          C. unbelievable         D. unreal

This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy,                         1._______

the most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring                         2. _______

Festival. My grandma was the best cooker in the world                       3. _______

but could make the most delicious dishes. One time, I just                     4. _______

couldn’t wait for the Spring Festival dinner. As I was                            5. _______

about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in                      6. _______

the kitchen looking at me. Shake her head, she said, ‘It                   7. _______

isn't a good time to do that, dear. ’ At once I apologize                     8. _______

controlled me at my best till the dinner started. You                      9. _______

know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month. ”                10. _______

We're leaving at six o'clock , and hope _____ most of the journey by lunch time .

        A. to do         B. to have done          C. to make       D. to have made

I couldn't have got to the meeting on time - _______ an earlier train .

    A. if I had not caught   B. unless I had caught   C. if I did not catch  D. unless I caught

The consequences of our actions are unbelievably complicated and diverse _______ predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

A. because              B. even if              C. in order that            D. so that

The blue tits(山雀) have been inspecting the nest-box again this year. The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice. He lands at the hole and turns his head to expose his white cheeks as a signal to attract the female from where she has been feeding.

Among many birds that nest in holes, the male has a light-coloured patch on its plumage(鳥羽) which acts as signal for drawing the female’s attention to a suitable nesting-place. Unlike the blue tit, the redstart(紅尾鴝) may be only the male that strikingly coloured and the female is not beautiful.

    A few years ago I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood. The male was leading an interested female to holes that he had previously(先前) checked out. He sat at the entrance of each hole and put his head on to show off his white forehead, or his head in to reveal(顯露) his tail.

    If the female failed to react to his visual signals, the male sometimes sang for extra effect, while gliding towards her on spread wings and tail. Once the female accepts by following the male through the hole the displays stop, you must be at the right place at the right time to watch them.

1. How do the blue tits choose their nest?

A. They choose their nest together.     

B. The male chooses their nest.

C. The house-hunter chooses their nest.

D. The female chooses their nest.

2. The writer was lucky to see ________.

A. how the male made his tricks

B. how an interested female played with the male happily

C. what the male displayed and won the female

D. that the male tried his best but failed to attract the female

3. You can spot a pair of redstarts in a Walsh wood ________.

A. at any time           B. regularly    C. in April    D. occasionally

4. The writer is probably ________.

A. a bird expert                                   B. a bird-hunter

C. a bird raiser                                  D. a scientist

After retirement, Mr. Smith ______ painting, which he had always loved but had not had time for.

A. took up           B. got up          C. help up         D. looked up