--Do you want one way ________ round-trip?
--Round -trip. We'll return __________December 8th.

A．or; in

B．a(chǎn)nd; in

C．or; on

D．a(chǎn)nd; on

--Could I________ your CD player, please? --Sorry . _________is broken.

A．borrow; Mine	B．lend; My
C．borrow; My	D．lend; Mine

He couldn't _________an answer when I asked him why he was late.

A．come over

B．cat up with

C．come out

D．come up with

You should return the digital camera to Sally ________she will get angry.

A．so that

B．because

C．before

D．or

-----Did you notice him come in?
-----No. I _____ a football game.

A．have watched

B．had watched

C．a(chǎn)m watching

D．was watching

About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight．This is almost one out of every three people in the United States．Some people eat  1  food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is  3  work，and it will also cost a lot of money．But  4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body．For many people，looking nice also means to be  5 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6  overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and  7  way to take off fat，and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are  8  ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California．Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods．Meals there may be just a little．All this works for losing weight． 10 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg)．At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound．But she said she was still glad to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money．So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。

【小題1】

A．1ess B．more C．nice D．fast

【小題2】

A．For B．So C．Or D．And

【小題3】

A．good B．useful C．hard D．easy

【小題4】

A．why B．what C．how D．when

【小題5】

A．high B．short C．thin D．fat

【小題6】

A．talk B．say C．speak D．tell

【小題7】

A．dearer B．harder C．shorter D．easier

【小題8】

A．taken B．given C．written D．copied

【小題9】

A．pay B．cost C．take D．have

【小題10】

A．Before B．Until C．After D．At

A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.
【小題1】Which of the following is true?

A．A modern lift has no buttons.

B．A modern lift has a worker to operate it.

C．A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.

D．A modern lift knows what floor people want.

【小題2】If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.

A．a(chǎn)sk for help	B．open the door of the lift
C．ring the bell	D．push the right button

【小題3】Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.

A．they have tall buildings

B．they can't walk up and down

C．old people and children need them

D．lifts are wonderful

New books this month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

【小題1】The story of Hard Work happened in _________.

A．Australia

B．Thailand

C．India

D．England

【小題2】From the passage we can see Tina is ________.

A．a(chǎn) doctor

B．a(chǎn) film star

C．a(chǎn) writer

D．a(chǎn) college student

【小題3】__________is about a difficult journey.

A． Hospital or Cinema

B．Hard Work

C．The Long Night

D．Harry Potter

In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past．New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life．However, some people，including some doctors，don’t agree with these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(權利)to die when they want．They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable．They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊嚴)and to decide when they want to die．Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible．And so the quarrel goes on and on without a definite(明確的)answer．
【小題1】People can live longer than in the past．It’s because _______．

A．medical technology develops	B．we have big hospitals
C．there are many good doctors	D．both B and C

【小題2】According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to__________.

A．the doctors	B．the surroundings
C．his or her family	D．the patient himself or herself

【小題3】In the writer’s opinion __________.

A．death is better than life	B．1ife is better than death
C．neither life nor death is good	D．none of the above

【小題4】Why do some patients want to die? Because ________.

A．the doctors are not good	B．the conditions are bad
C．life is too hard	D．they are seriously ill

There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today- the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.
For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect(影響) as the wheel. Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore(探測) much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.
By this time most people had a very good life, Man has a desire to explore again, the world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning thought. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
【小題1】This passage talks mainly about________.
A. why cars were very important        
Ｂ. when light was invented
C. which country made the first step into space 
D. how inventions effect people’s life
【小題2】Nylon came out nearly at the same time as _______.

A．radio

B．camera

C．jet planes

D．movies

【小題3】Which of the statements is not true?

A．The wheel was the first great invention that is still very important today. For hundredsof years after that there were many other inventions having as much effect as the wheel.

B．America, Russia, Japan and China began to explore the stars before1969.

C．In the early 1800’s people began to work instead of exploring more unknown land to make life better.

D．New invention will change our life greatly in the future.

【小題4】What does “ a desire” mean in the sentence “Man had a desire to explore more.”?　

A．a(chǎn) good way

B．a(chǎn) new invention

C．a(chǎn) strong wish

D．a(chǎn) wonderful idea

【小題5】Man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot_______.

A．a(chǎn)t the beginning of the 1800’s	B．in the 1960’s
C．since the 1900’s	D．from the 1800’s to the 1960’s