When he reflected on his failure in the interview, he found that he _____ some inappropriate comments regarding the topic mentioned.

A. could have made                                          B. should have made                   

C. must have made                                    D. would have made

  Mary is always pleased _______  _______ at the party.

       A. to invite; to sing           B. to invite; singing

       C. to be invited: to sing      D. to be invited; singing

The room   ______  window is still bright is our English teacher’s office .

 A．which  B．its  C．whose  D．that

____ in this way, the situation doesn’t seem so disappointing.  

A. To look at           B. Looking at        C. Looked at        D. To be looked at

Of the two new teachers , who do you like     ?

       A. much               B. better      C. well         D. the most

．Jack’s room always has the awful smell of an apartment whose windows are________opened.

       A．rarely       B．generally  C．a(chǎn)pparently D．frequently

      If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those about Christmas trees. One would certainly think otherwise; selecting and putting up our trees have always been filled with risk. For example, one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain, a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house. Once we did, my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter（木匠） to build a stand for it. Another December, perhaps the very next one, we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before. We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable. We easily placed it in a stand, decorated(裝飾) it from top to bottom, and then self-satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light. Two or three days passed and the truth could not be hidden; we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off. There was nothing to do but undecorate it, take it down, and begin tree shopping again. Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task. When we brought it home, once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors. To complicate matters, we had bought a new stand, one whose nuts (螺帽) and bolts (閂子) worked more mysteriously than those of our old stands. I persuaded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand. Unfortunately, no one noticed the mud on our helpers' shoes, so only after removing several reddish brown spots from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments (裝飾物)were stored. Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these. I don't care to hear them, as my family's experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion:" Let's forget the tree next Christmas. Let's simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall. "

1．The darkest moments in the writer's family were with the fact that _____.

    A．the family bought big Christmas trees B．they had problems decorating their Christmas trees

    C．they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees

    D．they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees

2．We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to _____.

A．forget about Christmas stories   

B．get the neighbors to put up their trees

C．buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas   

D．make other decorations rather than Christmas trees

3．When the writer said " my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain", he means ____.

A．she bought the tree at a cheap price   

B．she didn't really want to buy it

C．she had to bargain hard with the salesman   

D．she couldn't afford a more expensive one

4．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree       B．No More Christmas Tree for Us

C．Dark Moments of Life              D．Christmas Without Trees

Ⅴ.任務(wù)型閱讀

The farm economy of the United States has changed a lot in the last seventy years. In the 1930s, twenty-five percent of the nation’s population lived on farms. Today less than one percent of Americans do.

Farm incomes have changed over the years too. For example, in 1933, people living and working on farms had much less money to spend than other Americans. At that time, farm families had about one-third the income of non-farmers after all necessary expenses had  been paid. By the late 1970s, however, that difference had almost disappeared. In 2004, farmers had their best year ever. The average farm family earned about eighty-one thousand dollars. That is more than the average American family, which earned about sixty thousand dollars.

The Department of Labor measures the pay of Industrial workers differently. It measures the average hourly and weekly pay for Industrial workers. This is because factory workers are generally paid by the hour unlike farmers who earn income from their farm businesses. Generally, the average hourly pay for all Industrial workers is about sixteen dollars. And the average weekly pay, about five hundred fifty dollars.

Industrial workers were about twenty-three percent of the labor force in the 1970s. But that number has been decreasing. Most Americans have jobs that provide services. Professional, technical and other services employ about eighty-six percent of the labor force.

Title: 71._________ in the U.S.

Scientific experiments __________ by students without the teachers’ instructions can be dangerous.

   A. carry out     B. carrying out      C. carried out       D. carrying

. If it _____ sunny, we _______ a picnic. But it is raining now.

  A. had been, could have had                  B. were, could have

  C. had been, had                           D. is, could have