_____ of the students who took part in the military training is 450.

A. A number     B. A lot      C. Lots      D. The number

The band played many songs, some of my favorites__________.

A. containing         B. including          C. concerning            D. included

When I was at college I ______ three foreign languages, but I _____ all except a few words of each.

   A. spoke; had forgotten                    B. spoke; have forgotten

   C. had spoken; had forgotten                D. had spoken; have forgotten

____the sketch（short funny play） of Xiao Shenyang made a _____has been known to us all．

     A．That; hit       B．What; strike     C．Why; beat       D．Which; knock

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （實(shí)況解說員）.

“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”

Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.

“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”

And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”

And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”

It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便攜式錄音機(jī)） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入夢的潮聲）, and …

BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”

Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”

From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

       A．had a wonderful holiday at the beach

       B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

       C．is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

       D．experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

       A．The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

       B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

       C．Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

       D．Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

       A．a(chǎn) dead body           B．a(chǎn) loud mobile phone        

       C．a(chǎn) sound sleeper        D．a(chǎn) sleep lover

In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

       A．turned it up to make the seagulls happy

       B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

       C．might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

       D．might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

We can infer from the passage that _______.

     A．the writer is interested in mobile phone.

     B．the writer hates people using mobile phone

     C．the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

     D．the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.

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Last Saturday, I wanted very much to see a film together with my brother after supper. On my way to the cinema, we happen to meet an American named Peter, who had lost his way, looked worried. When he told us that he wasn't able to find the hotel, we decided take him there. When we went to the hotel, we told of Peter the great changes that had taken place in our country in the past few year, and he told us a lot of things about the youths in the U.S.A.

　   Although my brother and I missed a interesting film, we felt very happily, for we had not only helped Peter out of trouble and also learnt something by him. （詞數(shù)123） 

Yao Ming soon became      part of the national team.

A. a   B. the     C. an     D.\

When we visited Hainan again ten years later, we found it changed so much that we      could hardly _______ it.

   A. remember        B. think about       C. believe       D. recognize

---- So you missed the meeting.

  ---________. I got there five minutes before it finished.

  A. Not at all.   B. Not exactly   C. Not especially   D Not correctly

Everyone has got two personalities-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your behavior, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.

If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive（不外露） person. You worry a lot and you're always easily upset. You're very stubborn（頑固）, but you aren't very ambitious. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

If you sleep curled up， you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you're often defensive. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You're easily hurt.

If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don't often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.

According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality _______.

  A. only in a normal night                             

B. only when you go to sleep 

  C. only when you refuse to show yourself to the world.

  D. only when you change sleeping position

Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person’s personality?

  A. He or she is always open with others.

  B. He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others.

  C. He or she is always easily upset.                

D. He or she tends to believe in others.

Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach.

  A. He or she is careful not to offend others.

  B. He or she doesn’t want to stick to his or her opinion.

  C. He or she always wants to get ahead.         

D. He or she likes to have a good time.

Maybe you don’t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why?

  A. He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you.

  B. He or she is rarely ready to help you.

  C. He or she prefers staying at home to going out.

  D. He or she wouldn’t like to get help from you.

It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because ________.

  A. He or she always shows sympathy for people.

  B. He or she is confident, but not stubborn.

  C. He or she has more strengths than weaknesses.

  D. He or she often considers annoying people.