Great attention must be paid ____ welfare, especially in the poor area.

A. develop B. to develop C. to developing D. developing

Cattle’s two ____ help them to digest food and their fur to keep them warm.

A stomaches B heart C stomachs D hearts

I know these flowers are not natural, but the _____ ones look more beautiful and can last long.

A. fresh B. new C. trueD. artificial

She does not know _____ the situation, for she is too inexperienced.

A. how to deal with B. what to deal with

C. how to deal with it D. what to do with it

Scientists in some countries have done a lot of work to _____ the moon.

A. cover B. search C. explode D. explore

Susan advised me not to buy the vase, but I bought it _____.

A. anyhow B. however C. though D. totally

This pop star is very ______ with young people, who like his songs and style.

A. familiar B. similar C. particular D. popular

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.

I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A. since B. before C. or D. unless

2.A. famousB. simpleC. different D. skilled

3.A. education B. careerC. tourD. change

4.A. balanceB. homeworkC. degree D. interest

5.A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

6.A. carefulB. lonelyC. curiousD. guilty

7.A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence

8.A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened

9.A. dream B. problemC. duty D. step

10.A. usB. which C. them D. whom

11.A. attitude B. hobbyC. hope D. luck

12.A. friendB. partner C. guide D. guest

13.A. politeB. happy C. strange D. confident

14.A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

15.A. explainB. guessC. declareD. see

16.A. homelessB. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless

17.A. quieterB. busier C. better D. richer

18.A. forget B. faceC. improve D. analyze

19.A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

20.A. missB. like C. wonder D. expect

A week ago, I had the great pleasure of reading an e-book, When Money Talks, Listen! by Rich Ezzo. It took only about an hour to read.

When I first received a copy, I thought it was a Get Rich Quick type of publication. Nothing is wrong with Get Rich Quick, but my mind just doesn’t run after dreams of wealth. I think that if God ever wants me to be rich, he knows where to find my purse.

When I began reading When Money Talks, Listen!, I was overjoyed to find that Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry either. He, too, is hungry for more important than money.

Since I love this e-book so much, why wait a week to write the review? Simple. I wanted to see if the effect it had on me was a keeper. After reading the last word of the e-book, I totally agreed with the subtitle (副標(biāo)題) which promised to forever change the way we thought about money. I had so many thoughts running around my mind that I had to install (安裝) a stoplight to stop some while others made their way into the picture, then I yielded (讓路) them as a few ones arrived in town. I had a mental traffic jam, which only goes to show how slow the traffic usually is.

It has been a week and the effect is the same. I truly do look at money differently and have even done a few things differently this week. This is an e-book you ‘ll want to read, I promise. I often recommend books to my daughter, and this is one that I didn’t just ”suggest”----I left it open at the bottom of the compute and told each one ,”Read it, you’ll love it “.

I would never point someone in a direction I wouldn’t go myself. I strongly advise you to visit the author’s website, Myster Money, and to download the e-book. You won’t regret it.

1.The author wrote this passage to _________.

A. strongly recommend an e-book

B. show the author’s attitude to money

C. introduce the general idea of an e-book

D. point out Rich Ezzo isn’t money hungry

2.According to the passage, a Get Rich Quick type of publication _________.

A. is more popular than e-books

B. deals with how to make money

C. is what the author really cares for

D. is also an e-book written by Rich Ezzo

3.Why didn’t the author write the review as soon as he finished reading the book?

A. Because he was not sure whether he did well.

B. Because he was too excited to write anything.

C. Because he had to wait for Rich Ezzo’s permission.

D. Because he wondered if it would have a long influence on him.

Robert Frost was at heart a mean-spirited human being, not the kind of man one would expect to write poetry. He was born in San Francisco. Frost entered Dartmouth University in 1893, but dropped out, and switched to Harvard, which he attended for two years. He started a brief teaching career, where he was inspired to become a poet by some of his students’ work. Frost stopped teaching and became a farmer. During this time he wrote numerous poems, and a couple of short stories. While he was a farmer he started to think seriously about becoming a famous poet.

In almost all of his poems, Frost wrote in the first person. The first widely-read poem that he published was called My Butterfly. At first his audience was very small, but with his Collected Poems he became famous. Robert Frost received almost all the awards that there were for poetry. His poetry describes the forces of nature, and the violence and deep emotional(情感的) needs of human beings, which reflect the experiences of his childhood.

Robert Frost will always be known as one of the best poets in history. His way of putting emotion and violence into words is remarkable(非同尋常的). His talent for poetry is natural-born and he had discovered this when he started to farm. Even though he treated his wife and children terribly, he still became one of the best-known poets of his and our day.

1.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. Robert Frost had been a famous writer before he started teaching

B. Robert Frost wrote his poems mostly in the first person

C. Robert Frost was very famous at the beginning of his writing career

D. Robert Frost began to write poems when he was a teacher

2.According to the passage, Robert Frost was famous for ________.

A. his teaching career

B. his life experiences

C. showing strong feeling in his poems

D. his interest in poems

3.The last paragraph of the passage mainly tells us ________.

A. why Robert Frost stopped farming

B. why Robert Frost was so famous

C. about his masterpieces(杰作)

D. about the way he treated his wife and children

4.From the passage we know that ________.

A. Robert Frost’s most famous poem is My Butterfly

B. Robert Frost began to write when he was in college

C. Robert Frost gave up studying at Dartmouth University

D. his poetry showed the violence of war and his childhood