Although my grandfather is in his eighties, he is still as ______ as a young man and hates sitting around doing

nothing all day.

A. enthusiastic           B. automatic       C. energetic          D. innocent

My parents want me to take_________maths lessons at the weekend, but I want to play and have fun.

A. extra              B. available              C. former             D. recent

—Are you going to the football game?  

—No, the tickets are ____expensive for me.

A.very much            B. so much           C. far too            D. highly

—How many pencils would you like,Madame?

—Well,I want_________of these.

A.three dozen            B.three dozen of       C.three dozens        D.three dozens of

—Which of those electronic dictionaries do you like most?

—____.They are both cheap and of great importance.

A. None     B. Both    C. Neither      D. All

.______ sunshine and rainfall ______ a good harvest of fruits and begetables this year.

A.A large quantity of ; promise         B.A large number of; promise

C.A large quantity of; promises         D.Large quantities of; promises

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go. 

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more and more, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students get in the way of each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the competition for admission to graduate school.

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation（譴責(zé)）of the students as a whole, and does not explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cannot take in an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer take in an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. Perhaps college education does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way round, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are only the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place.

（Note： Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.）

People used to think that going to college could help them ______________.

What kind of people does "those who don't fit the pattern" in the 2nd paragraph probably refer to?

The author believes that the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that___________.

What can we learn about college education from the last paragraph?

The salesman showed her several rings and she chose ______ expensive one as she didn’t want to spend too much money on it.

A. the less                    B. the more           C. the least                   D. the most

My grandma still treats me like a child. She can’t imagine ______ grown up.   

 A. my                         B. mine　　           C. myself               D. me

I hate___ when people talk with their mouths full.

A. it                B. that            C. these             D. them