Due to the desertification，huge quantities of soil _____each year．

A．is washing，away                                   B．is being washed away

C．a(chǎn)re washing away                                      D．a(chǎn)re being washed away

After three hours’ heated discussion，they brought an end _______the meeting．

A．from            B．with             C．to               D．for

As my brother works in a remote city in South China，he only visits us ______each year．

A．urgently         B．practically            C．a(chǎn)nxiously               D．occasionally

At the meeting they discussed five different ____to t he problem of local economic crisis（危機(jī)） ．

A．a(chǎn)pproaches           B．means          C．methods               D．ways

—Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?

一Yes，________

A．for pleasure            B．I could             C．my pleasure            D．with pleasure

The news has spread all over the country _____the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth．

A．that               B．which         C．whether             D．what

一Do you have anything in mind ______ you’d like for supper，dear?

一Well，______ but Korean food．I hate it．

A．that；anything                                         B．which；everything

C．that；nothing                                            D．which；something

How can you expect to get higher marks in the English exam _____you never work hard?

A．in case            B．even if              C．unless            D．when

The Chinese government, ______ in the protecting of pandas，has decided to put more money in the maintaining of pandas’ habitats．

A．involving              B．involved          C．having involving          D．to be involved

It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree, No name，no identification（身份證）．It has been on our tree for the past 10 years or so．It all  1   because my husband Mike  2  Christmas--oh，not the true  3  of Christmas，but the commercial（商業(yè)的）aspects of it--  4  ，to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma．

      Knowing he  5  this way，I decided one year to reach for something  6  just for Mike，The  7  came in an unusual way．

    Our son Kevin was practicing wrestling（摔跤）at school，and shortly before Christmas．there was a  8  against a team sponsored by a church，mostly black．As the match began，I was  9 to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear（頭盔）．That’s when the idea for his  10  came．That afternoon，I went to a local  11 goods store and bought a variety of wrestling headgear and  12  them anonymously（無(wú)名地）to he church．On Christmas Eve，I placed the envelope on the tree，the  13  inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me．His smile was the  14  thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding（后來(lái)的）years, For  each Christmas，I  15  the tradition--one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game，another year a   16  to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground．The  17  became the highlight of our Christmas．It was always the last thing  18  on Christmas morning and our children would 19  with wide—eyed anticipation （期待）  20  their dad lifted．the envelope from the tree to reveal（揭示）its contents．

1．A．began            B．ended                  C．stopped                  D．a(chǎn)ppeared

2．A．changed         B．preferred              C．hated                     D．a(chǎn)voided

3．A．content           B．meaning             C．pleasure                 D．a(chǎn)tmosphere

4．A．overpaying        B．overworking         C．oversleeping           D．overspending

5．A．spoke             B．felt                      C．meant                    D．a(chǎn)cted

6．A．expensive       B．secret                      C．cheap                            D．special

7．A．inspiration        B．excitement           C．expectation             D．consideration

8．A．campaign        B．match                  C．fight                      D．trarning

9．A．pleased            B．disappointed         C．a(chǎn)shamed                D．surprised

10．A．hobby           B．plan                     C．idea                       D．present

11．A．drawing        B．sporting               C．traveling                 D．cycling

12．A．contributed      B．carried                 C．sent                       D．took

13．A．note             B．bill                       C．receipt                   D．ticket

14．A．finest            B．purest                  C．brightest                D．cleanest

15．A．repeated        B．followed              C．gained                    D．remembered

16．A．comfort        B．letter                    C．check                    D．gift   

17．A．envelope       B．gift                      C．tree                     D．letter   

18．A．returned        B．delivered              C．picked                   D．opened

19．A．sit                B．wait                     C．stand                     D．lie

20．A．since            B．once                    C．before                    D．a(chǎn)s