Fred entered without knocking and，very out of breath，sank ______a chair．

A．on                B．off               C．into               D．to

In 1861，seven Southern states left the Union，______a new group of states．

A．to form                B．forming               C．formed                 D．studied

The country life he was used to ______greatly since 1992．

A．change          B．has changed         C．changing           D．have changed

For many cities in the world，there is no room to spread out further，______New York is all example．

A．for which            B．in which          C．of which           D．from which

In which play is ______your brother appears?

A．that where                  B．this when             C．it that                   D．it where

______any change about the date，please tell me immediately，

A．Will there be    B．Should there be    C．There will be       D．There should be

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant．The reason why the waiters   1 ．Jerry was because of his attitude．He was a natural motivator（鼓舞人心的人）．If a（n）  2   was having a bad day，Jerry was always there，telling the employee how to look on the  3  side of the situation．

    This attitude really made me  4  ，so one day I asked him，“I don’t get it！No one can be a positive person 5  ．How do you do it?”

    “Each time something bad happens，I can choose to  6  it．Every time someone comes to me 7 ，I can choose to accept their complaining  8 I can point out the positive side of life．Why don’t we just do that later?”Jerry replied．

    Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience．One day he left the back door of his restaurant  9  and was robbed by three armed men．While trying to open the safe，his hand，shaking from  10  ，slipped off the combination（開啟號碼的號碼組合）．The robbers got angry and  11    him．

    Luckily，Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the  12  ．After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of serious care，Jerry  13  with fragments（碎片）of the bullets still in his body．

    1 saw Jerry about six months after the  14 ．I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the  15  took place．“Weren’t you scared? Did you  16  consciousness?”I asked．

    “No．”Jerry said．“But when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses，I got really scared．”

    “A nurse asked if I was allergic（過敏的）to anything．‘Yes’I replied．The doctors and nurses stopped  17  as they waited for my reply．I took a deep breath and yelled，‘  18  ’!”

    “Over their laughter，I told them，Please  19  on me as if I am alive，not dead．”

    Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors，but also because of his amazing  attitude．Attitude，after all，is  20  ．

1．A．followed                 B．1ed                      C．caught                   D．fled

2．A．nurse                    B．doctor                 C．a(chǎn)dviser                   D．employee

3．A．right                      B．dark                    C．positive                  D．negative

4．A．regretful                  B．curious                C．a(chǎn)ngry                     D．disappointed

5．A．a(chǎn)ll the time               B．therefore              C．sooner or later               D．occasionally

6．A．insist on                B．stick to                C．take care of            D．1earn from

7．A．smiling                  B．1aughing              C．complaining            D．singing

8．A．so                         B．or                        C．but                        D．a(chǎn)nd

9．A．open                     B．shut                     C．locked                   D．closed

10．A．excitement             B．happiness              C．eagerness               D．nervousness

11．A．shot                     B．killed                   C．beat                       D．hit

12．A．restaurant              B．house                  C．company                D．hospital

13．A．died                     B．disappeared            C．recovered               D．escaped

14．A．a(chǎn)ccident                B．meeting                C．class                      D．party

15．A．murder                B．robbery                C．show                     D．concern

16．A．catch                   B．gain                     C．forget                    D．lose

17．A．to work               B．to talk                  C．working                 D．talking

18．A：Papers                 B．Bullets                 C．Cakes                    D．Flowers

19．A．operate                B．joke                     C．regard                    D．look

20．A．something             B．nothing                C．none                      D everything

When I was about 12，I had an enemy，a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．

    Week by week her list grew：I was very thin；I wasn’t a good student；I talked too much；1 was too proud，and so on．I tried to bear all this as long as I could．At last，I became very angry．I ran to my Daddy with tears in my eyes．

    He listened to me quietly，then he asked，“Are the things she says true or not? Janet，didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well，you now have that girl’s opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said．”

    I did as he told me．To my great surprise，I discovered that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldn’t change（1ike being very thin），but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change．For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself．

    I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it．“That’s just for you，”he said．“You know better than anyone，the truth about yourself．But you have to learn to listen，not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt．When something said about you is true，you’ll find it will be of help to you．Our world is full of people who think they know your duty．Don’t shut your ears．Listen to  them all，but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do．”

    Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments．In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice．

1．Which do you think would be a best title for this passage?

A．Not an Enemy，but a Best Friend

B．the Best Advice I've Ever Had

C．My Father

D．My Childhood

2．What does“Week by week her list grew”mean?

A．Week by week，my shortcomings grew more serious．

B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer．

C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on．

D．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me．

3．Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A．Because he believed that what his daughter’s “enemy”said was mostly true．

    B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by　keeping silent for a while．

    C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment．

    D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth．

4．What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A．He told her not to Pay any attention to what her“enemy”had said．

    B．He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings．

    C．He told her to write down all that her“enemy”had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true．

    D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it．

There have been few occasions on which I have actually walked out of the cinema halfway through a film．The first time this happened I was watching a story for children about animals living in a small village，riding in trains，shopping，and so on．The animals were all real．It was a sweet little film till you started wondering how these animals could act in such a human-1ike way and began to look for the wires and things that forced them to do so．The moment which had me walking out was a scene of a fox giving a hen a shampoo．The look on the animals’ faces and some signs of blood that appeared in the water were toothache for me；how many hens died to make that particular scene?

    The other two occasions which I remember walking out were both when I had gone to see films that had appeared on some critics’ list of the ten best films．Neither of them was interesting at all．In one film the characters sat in a French country house，drinking and smoking and doing nothing except a little shooting．The other was about the life of a soldier in the First World War．It told me more about life in this period than I had any wish to know．For two out of ten films to be so uninteresting must show that critics love things of little interest；I’ve never been to see the other eight．

1．According to the passage，the writer______．

    A．seldom goes to the cinema

    B．seldom leaves the cinema halfway through a film

    C．often goes to the cinema

    D．often leaves the cinema halfway through a film

2．The writer did not like the film about life of a soldier in the First World War because______

A．it was too uninteresting to enjoy

B．he did not like war films

C．he had no interest in soldiers’ 1ife

D．this kind of films was rather cruel

3．On the other two occasions the writer______．

    A．a(chǎn)greed with what film critics thought

    B．thought that film critics were usually wrong

    C．thought that film critics were usually right

    D．thought in a way different from film critics  

4．The passage mainly tells us______．

A．what films the writer liked and disliked

    B．why the writer walked out of films

    C．what the writer thought of film critics’ remarks

    D．why the writer didn’t go to see the other eight films

If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris，remember that the French have their own way of doing things，and that even your finest manners may not be“correct”by French custom，F(xiàn)or example，if you think showing up promptly at the time given on the invitation，armed with gifts of wine and roses，complimenting your hostess on her cooking，laughing heartily at the host’s jokes and then leaping up to help the hostess will make you the perfect guest，think again．

    Here Madame Nora Chabal，the marketing director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris，explained how it works．

    The first duty of the guest is to respond to the invitation within 48 hours．And，the guest may not ask to bring a guest because the hostess has chosen her own．

    Flowers sent in advance are the preferred gift．They may also be sent afterwards with a thank-you note．It is considered a very bad form to arrive with a gift of flowers in hand，there by forcing the hostess to deal with finding a vase when she is too busy to do that．See．that’s the logic! The type of flowers sent has a code of its own，too．One must never send chrysanthemums because they are considered too humble a flower for occasion．Carnations are considered bad luck，and calla lilies are too reminiscent of funerals，A bouquet of red roses is a declaration of romantic intent．Don’t send those unless you mean it，and never to a married hostess．And though the French love wine，you  must never bring a bottle to dinner party．Why，it’s as if you feared your hosts would not have enough wine on hand，and that’s an insult．You may，however，offer a box of chocolates which the hostess will pass after dinner with coffee．

    If an invitation is for eight o’clock the considerate guest arrives at 8：15．Guests who arrive exactly on time or early are mere thoughtless ones，who are not giving the hostess those last few minutes she needs to deal with details and crises．The“correct”guest arrives between 15 to 20 minutes after the hour because dinner will be served exactly 30 minutes past the time on the invitation．

1．Which of the following statements is right according to the French custom?

    A．When you receive an invitation，reply to it within two days．You’d better send flowers in advance．

    B．Arrive exactly on time at the dinner party．

    C．Bring a bottle of good wine to the dinner party．

    D．Telephone to ask if you could bring a good friend to the party．

2．Which of the following is right about sending flowers?

    A．If someone is dead，send chrysanthemums and calla lilies．

    B．if someone is ill in hospital，send carnations

    C．If you are invited to a dinner party，send red roses to the hostess．

    D．If you are in love with someone，send red roses．

3．If you are too busy to send flowers in advance，what should you do?

    A．Bring a bouquet of flowers when you go to the party．

    B．Send a bouquet of flowers afterwards with a thank-you note

    C．Bring a bottle of wine instead of a bouquet of flowers

    D．The hostess will never mind if you send flowers or not．

4．What is the passage mainly about?

    A．How to hold a dinner party．

    B．How to send flowers．

    C．Good manners at a French dinner party

    D．Different countries have different manners