He has ______ little education that he finds it impossible for him to equal ______ important a task.

    A. so ;such     B. such ; so       C. so ;so      D. such ; such

.____________the advantages against the disadvantages, I decided to take up the job as a clerk in the bank.

A. Having weighed  B. Weighing     C. Weighed     D. To weigh

　　There is a boy in my gym class (I’ll call him Bill) who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should “go Ajax” his teeth. Bill was crushed. Had the other boy been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation. He could have dealt with it with tact. He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that’s “tact”.

　　If a person isn’t sensitive to another’s feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful. Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set. Unfortunately, he used furniture polish(亮光油), which produced an oily film on the television screen. My mother smiled and thanked him for his efforts—and then showed how to clean the screen properly. Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect. Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact.

　　“Tactfulness” also requires “truthfulness”.Doctors, for example, must be truthful. If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth—but express it with sensitivity. The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available. Doctors must use tact with patients relatives as well. Instead of bluntly saying, “Your husband is disabled,” a doctor might say, “I’m sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and…”

　　Tact should not be confused with trickery. Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection and says, “This won’t hurt a bit.” Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it. It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits.

　　Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected. Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.

1.When told he should “go Ajax” his teeth, Bill probably felt ________________.

　　A．surprised              B．cheated　　C．regretful               D．painful

2.According to the author, his mother’s praise for the brother is _______________.

　　A．both sensitive and tactful         B．sensitive but not tactful enough

　　C．truthful but not tactful           D．sensitive but trickish

3.The fourth paragraph mainly talks about __________________.

　　A．how to comfort the patients

　　B．how to use trickery carefully

　　C．differences between trickery and promises

　　D．a(chǎn)nother feature of tact

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

(The numbers stand for the paragraphs)

Is _________ 48 hours _________ the man-made satellite _________ is made in our country to orbit the planet around?

 A. it; that; where           B. it; when; that  C. it for; that it takes; that   D. it; that it takes; which

I wouldn’t marry Pat even if she ______ the last woman on earth.

A．is　B．was C．had been　 D．were

The process of curing a disease is like a war ___ different soldiers fight against an enemy.

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

“How can we go outing in this kind of weather!”! Bob said,________ out of the window.

 A. looking       B. looked       C. to look           D. having looked

For some time now, Chinese people, under the leadership of CPC, ______ the contents of the Scientific Development Theory in the course of practicing socialism in China.

A. had been improving B. have been improving C. were improving D. improved

A truly creative person can tell the same story time after time and still ___  with fresh ideas．

 A．come along   B．come on     C．come up D．come out

Yesterday our head teacher made such an　____　speech that we all felt　_____.

A. exciting； exciting    B. excited； excited

C. exciting； excited     D. excited； exciting