People everywhere celebrate the New Year. _________ is a time to say goodbye to the past and to think about new beginnings.

A．That               B．It                    C． This                   D．Such

--That T-shirt with Yao Ming's picture on it _________ belong to David. He admires him a lot.

--No, it _________ be his. He hates black color.

A．can, can't                      B．may, needn't          C．must, mustn't        D．must, can't

China today is no longer _________ it used to be.

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

--Please don't forget to take part in our club party tomorrow.

--_________.

A．I don't             B．I won't             C． I can't           D．I haven't

The meal has been kept in the bag for several days without being frozen. It smalls ____ now.

A．worse           B．worst              C．bad              D．badly

If anyone comes to see me this afternoon, please ask him or her to leave a _________.

A．letter              B．message            C．sentence          D．notice

_________ you told me, I heard nothing of what happened.

A．Until               B．After               C．If               D．Since

One day, there was a teacher - parent meeting in Jim' s school. Jim felt   1    .He didn't want his classmates and teacher to meet his   2    because there was a scar(傷疤) on his mother' s    3    . He didn’t want to know about the scar and his mother never told him about it.

At the meeting Jim sat in the back row, but he could still    4     the teacher talking with his mother. The teacher asked    5    , "How did you get the scar on your face?" The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, his room caught fire. Everyone was too    6     to go in. I rushed in. As I was running to his bed, I saw a long piece of    7     coming down and I threw    8     over my son, trying to protect him. I was knocked on the face, but my son was      9  ." She pointed to her face. "This scar will be lasting, but to this day, I have never felt sorry about what I did."

At this time, Jim came    10    . He ran to his mother with tears in his eyes. Now he felt his mother was the most beautiful woman.

l. A. happy              B. pleased             C. worried            D. glad

2 A. mother             B. father               C. brother             D. friends

3. A. foot               B. hand               C. leg                D. face

4. A. hear               B. like                 C. agree              D. stop

5. A. luckily               B. carefully              C. hardly               D. badly

6. A. interested           B. weak               C. frightened           D. busy

7. A. bread             B. paper              C. wood              D. glasses

8. A. her                B. him                C. myself             D. it

9. A. died              B. saved              C. sleeping           D. broken

10. A. out              B. down               C. from              D. back

A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子)or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar( 奇怪的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學(xué)). And the question, "How shall I begin？'' Only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有經(jīng)驗的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail--that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses__________.

A. very well                              B. in the way of western rule

C. in the way of his own rule                   D. all of the above

2. The writer was surprised because__________.

A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

C. the artist made his own rule

D. the artist did not follow other people's rule

3. You are not yet experienced because__________.

A. you don't know where to begin

B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C. you always asked question

D. you do not trust to your own powers

4. When you become more experienced you will__________.

A. never ask question                               B. often begin at the tail

C. should write the end of the story                      D. should think of the beginning

5. The topic of the passage is__________.

A. How to draw a horse                                 B. I How to write a story

C. How to make your own rules                        D. Trust to your own powers

To Zhang Hui

Southern Street No. 4

Shamian Island

Guangzhou

China 510133

Thursday 9 May 1995

Dear Zhang Hui,

We have now been in Australia for five days. The plane trip was great. The weather here is lovely! People complain that it is too hot but it is not nearly as hot here as it's been at home lately. We were supposed to stay at a hotel in the city but we moved to Bondi Beach, which is 8 kilometers from the city. It takes half an hour by bus from the centre of Sydney. We’ve been swimming every day-- the water here is so refreshing. Yesterday we went to Taronga Park Zoo which is only a short ferry ride across Sydney Harbour. We saw koalas(樹袋熊) and kangaroos (袋鼠) and many other Australian animals. You wouldn't believe it, but while I was eating a sandwich for lunch a kookaburra (笑翠鳥) swooped down and stole my sandwich from the table right in front of me. We all laughed although it left me feeling a little bit hungry all afternoon. From the chair lift we had a close up view of the magnificent giraffes (長頸鹿). The animals in that zoo certainly have a great view of Sydney. From the elephant enclosure you can see the Harbour Bridge, the beautiful Opera House and the city of Sydney gleaming (若隱若現(xiàn)地) across the harbour. Tomorrow we are traveling to Greenville to stay with my host family. I miss you and will write again soon. With love from your friend,

  Liu Mei

1. On what day did Liu Mei arrive in Australia?

A. Sunday.          B. Tuesday.            C. Friday.              D. Saturday.

2. While Liu Mei is in Sydney she is staying__________.

A. in a hotel in the city                        B. at Bondi Beach

C. in Melbourne                            D. with her host family

3. On what day did Liu Mei visit the zoo?

A. Monday.            B. Tuesday.            C. Wednesday.          D. Thursday.

4. What type of transport did Liu Mei use to travel to the zoo?

A. Plane.             B. Train.               C. Ferry.              D. Chairlift.

5. A "kookaburra" is most probably a type of__________.

A. Bird              B. Kangaroo       .    C. Dog              D. Giraffe