The bridge built ten years ago _____ the island _____ the mainland.

A connects; to  B. connecting; with  C. is connected; to   D. connected; by

His proposal is very _____. We do not need any explanation.

A. abstract    B. faithful    C. loyal        D. concrete

Look! Xiao Wang is too sleepy to work . He ____ up watching TV .

A . mustn''t have stayed     B . shouldn''t have stayed

C . mustn''t stay            D . ought not to stay

Sailing across the Atlantic alone is a r___________ thing.?

There is a limit ____ my patience.

A. within     B. in      C. to         D. with

— Could I borrow your dictionary ?  — Yes , of course you ____ .

A . might      B . will      C . can      D . should

If you ____ me , I''ll give you some advice .

A . listened to    B . will hear    C . will listen to    D . will listen

Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.

Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of blubber to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.

"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?

Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.

"I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable," she said.

One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.

Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but "certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable".

Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.

Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.

  A. not having a layer of blubber     B. having few feathers due to old age

  C. having no wetsuit              D. others penguins rejecting him

The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.

  A. total invention                 B. the use of wetsuit on humans

  C. the use of heat lamp             D. waterproof feathers

Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.

  A. whether other penguins would reject him

  B. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit

  C. if the wetsuit kept warm

  D. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering

What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean?

  A. feeling scared   B. staying alone   C. shaking with cold  D. keeping warm

The best title of the passage is _____.

  A. Wetsuit for An Old Penguin     B. Old Penguin Getting Bald

  C. Unwilling to Swim            D. Strange Look of Pierre

Everyday we go to school and listen to the teacher, and the teacher will ask us some questions. Sometimes, the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the class. When you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics, remember that they must be able to hear what you are saying. You are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat（閑談）with friends—you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent, waiting to hear what you have to say. You must speak so that they can hear you—loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout of appearing to force yourself.

Remember, too, that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet you. The person you are seeing will try to put you at your ease（輕松）but the situation is somewhat（一點兒）different from that of an ordinary conversation. You must take special care that you can be heard.

When you speak to the class, you should speak ________.

A．a(chǎn)s loudly as possible          B．in a low voice

C．loudly                      D．forcefully

Usually, when you speak to the class, the class is __________.

A.noisy    B．quiet     C．having a rest    D．serious

The situation in the class is ________ that in your house.

A．not very different from           B．sometimes the same as

C.．sometimes not the same as      D．not the same as

If you are having a conversation with an official, the most important thing for you is _______.

A．to show your ability               B．to be very gentle

C. to make sure that you can be heard     D．to put the official at ease

The main idea of this passage is ________.

A．that we must use different ways at different situations

B．that we must speak loudly

C．that we must keep silent at any time

D．that we must talk with the class

________ all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.

　　A. To grow　　　B. Growing　　　 C. Grown　　　　D. Grow