Tom sounds very much ____in the job, but I’m not sure whether he can manage it.

A.     interested  B.  interesting  C.. interestingly  D.. interestedly

The good thing about children is that they        very easily to new envionments.

A . adapt         B. appeal         C. attattch               D. apply

The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only__________, but students became more interested in the lessons.

A. saved was teachers’ energy   B. was teachers’ energy saved

C. teachers’ energy was saved   D. was saved teachers’ energy

1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

A. admitted        B. acknowledged      C. absorbed      D. considered

Bill always seems so self-confident, but _____ he’s extremely shy. 

   A. in vain                       B. in contrast                     C. in reality                         D. in surprise

It was lack of money, not of effort, _____ defeated their plan.

A. which　　　　B. as       C. that       D. what

— Foreign trade has been developing very fast in Guangdong.

— Yes. Guangdong is China’s largest province ___ foreign trade volume.

  A. in terms of                 B. in place of                       C. in charge of                    D. in favor of

The care given to pupils at an infants school has been rated （評定）as outstanding in a recent Ofsted report. Inspectors （視察員）visited Avondale Infants School in Kettering in June and were pleased with what they found.

    Schools are graded between one and four, with one being outstanding, and staffs（全體職員）at Avondale were delighted to be to be given an overall（總的）grade of two.

    The reports states that the school, which has an above average number of children who are entitled to free school meals, is improving.

    It also focuses on the good progress made by children who enter the school with below or well below average standards – the standards at the end of Year 2 are now the best since 2004.

    The report states: "Pupils' behavior and personal development are good, being enhanced（增強(qiáng)）considerably by the vibrant（活躍的）atmosphere within the school."

    Headteacher Jean Wilkins is also praised as "the driving force behind developments and the vision of the future. Under her exceptional guidance, a conscientious team is intent（專注）upon raising standards."

    Mrs. Wilkins said that staff at the school, which has 163 children aged from four to seven, pride themselves on the support and guidance they offer the children.

    She said: "We're extremely pleased with these results. We put a lot of emphasis（強(qiáng)調(diào)）on the well-being of the pupils to raise their self esteem（尊重）and make sure they enjoy being at school.

    "We have focused carefully on where we needed to make improvements."

    Inspectors said that the school could improve further through closer working with the parents of some pupils who do not attend regularly.                        

1. The main idea of the text is that _________.

  A. The pupils at an infants school.            B. Happy school wins inspector’s praise.

  C. The pupils have made much progress.       D. The Avondale Infants School is improving.

2. What else will the school need to do with?

  A. Make the meals better                    B. Focus on the pupils

  C. Hire a great many staffs                   D. Work with the parents.

3. From the passage, we can learn that what “ infant school” is ?

  A. Children attend school with little intelligence.

  B. Children attend school with good understanding.

  C. Children attend school in the first few years of their life.

  D. Children attend school with outstanding performance.

4. The writer wants to tell us the following EXCEPT that _______.

  A. Inspectors paid a visit to Avondale Infants School in June, 2004.

  B. More than 50% of the children in the school have meals for free.

  C. The staffs at the school provide the pupils with much guidance.

  D. The infant school has made large quantities of improvement.

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __1__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class.

When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   4   English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 5   .

I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  6  because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   7  with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 8    .

One more test before the final exam. One more  8  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   10   The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  11_    did no good and everything  12   as before.

The last hurdle(障礙) was the final. No matter what   13  I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   14   goodbye.

I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  15  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  16__with a test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  17__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  18  , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”

I stared at him.  19  That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   20  , as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.         A.  take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get

2.         A. sought      B. presented    C. exchanged     D. obtained

3.         A. shocked     B. worried      C. scared        D. anxious

4.          A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or

5.          A. unchanged   B. unpleasant   C. unfriendly     D. unmoved

6.          A. reflected     B. meant       C. improved     D. affected

7.          A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted

8.          A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view

9.          A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure

10.      A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned

11.      A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method

12.      A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed

13.      A. grade         B. answer      C. lesson        D. comment

14.      A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject

15.      A. helped         B. favored     C. treated       D. relaxed

16.      A. fun            B. luck       C. problems      D. tricks.

17.      A. happened       B. proved     C. pretended     D. seemed

18.      A. valued        B. imagined    C. expected     D. welcomed

19.      A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing

20.       A. out          B. over       C. on           D. of

.—I can’t understand him well.

—He’s not very good at getting his meaning ______.

A.off                           B.across                       C.up                                   D.down