Mary, whose father passed away for smoking abuse, cried, “Any assumption that smoking is beneficial is _________ absurd.”

A. totally              B. nearly               C. rarely                       D. merely

---Have you moved into the new house?  ---Not yet, the rooms ______.

A. are being painted      B. are painting   C. are painted     D. are being painting

通讀下面短文，了解其大意，然后從21—40各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)   

After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 21 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a  22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John 23 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary 25 .

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29 for the basement which was full of smoke and 30 hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing（哭泣）. He 32 the two badly frightened children into 33 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35  ! That house will fall down any second. ”

36 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  39  and fresh air, he found that he had just  40 his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

A．direction              B．mistake            C．danger             D．smoke

A．home                B．plant        C．store           D．kitchen

A．ran               B．walked           C．drove               D．rode

A．a(chǎn)t                   B．off              C．to                   D．on

A．whispered       B．nodded           C．disagreed        D．required

A．ruins               B．pieces             C．flames          D．silence

A．pushed              B．seized              C．greeted          D．stopped

A．basement       B．department       C．house          D．hall

A．went                   B．reached         C．a(chǎn)sked           D．rushed

A．heavily             B．slightly          C．partly             D．terribly

A．If                    B．As                 C．Since           D．Unless

A．comforted          B．delivered       C．recognized      D．protected

A．cheering            B．freezing        C．waiting           D．suffering

A．many                B．several        C．three         D．two

A．dangerous         B．foolish          C．practical        D．painful

A．Therefore         B．So                   C．Consequently   D．But

A．wide                    B．endless        C．final            D．dirty

A．particular       B．interesting        C．familiar           D．fortunate

A．car                 B．sunlight          C．crowd            D．a(chǎn)rms

A．rescued           B．found             C．lost               D．missed

Somali pirates(海盜) robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly l,200 Miles off the Somali coast，the farthest-off-shore attack to date，an officer said Tuesday.

Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols(巡邏) by warships off the Somali shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force，said a spokesman．

The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirate activity in the area”．

“Once they start attacking that far out，you’re not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with Somalia,” said an officer，Roger Middleton．“Once you’re that far out, it's just the Indian Ocean，and it means you’re looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia，from Asia to South Africa.”

"This is the farthest robbing to date．They are now operating near the Maldives and India,” said another officer．

The three ships--the MV Prantalay 11，12，and l 4—had 77 members on board in total．All of them are Thai, the spokesman said．Before the Sunday robbing，pirates held 11 ships and 228 sailors．

Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes of catching more dollar payments. Because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships，the success rate(率)has gone down，though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.

The pirate attack reported in the text happened            ．

A．far out in the Indian Ocean

B．in the normal patrol area

C．near the Somali, coast

D．in the south of Africa

According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems?

A．More goods on board are lost.

B．Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.

C．The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.

D．Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast.

Which is true about the warship patrols according to the text?

A．The patrols are of little effect.

B．The patrols are more difficult.

C．More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.

D．The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.

How many sailors were held by the pirates before the time of the report?

A．228.             B．77.              C．383.             D．305.

— More than thirty students competed ______ each other in the English competition.

   — But they could only compete ______ three medals.

A. against; with    B. against; on    C. with; for    D. on; for

____to train his daughter in English, he put an ad like this in the paper, “___, An English teacher for a ten-year-old girl.”

A. Determined; wanted    B. Determined; wanting

C. Determine; wanted    D. Determining; wanting

I often dream of jogging out with snow _______ the ground.

A. covering            B. covered               C. cover                  D. to cover

Only when ________ be possible to sign the papers.

A. does the boss come will it           B. the boss comes will it

C. has the boss come it will            D. the boss comes it will

-Are you glad that you came to Changsha？

       -Yes，indeed．I 　　　　 going to Shanghai or Shenzhen， but I've never regretted my decision．

       A．have considered             B．a(chǎn)m considering

       C．had considered       D．was considering

Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one’s relationship with one’s grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I’ve been aware of this for some time but I’m not quite sure how to deal with it.

Take the kitchen sink for example.

Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully cleaning the sink.

“Don’t do that; what are you doing that for?” I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.

“Mum,” she said, “you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was black!”

But it’s not just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me and then asked, “Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?”

A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say goodbye. For a moment I thought she’d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.

Now I told her, “My hair used to be brown.”

“It looks absurd.”

“Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair.”

“Yes, but you’re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?” she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.

But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.

She had returned some for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date. By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a white nightgown stopped me.

“Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?” she shouted. “Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick!”

Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe, after all, it’s only a stage young people are going through.

The daughter thought her mother didn’t clean the kitchen sink well because of her        .

       A．laziness    B．carelessness      C．unhappiness     D．poor-quality glasses

From the passage we know the daughter         .

       A．didn’t want to help with the sink

       B．didn’t like brown eyebrow pencils

       C．had an accident when she went to her first party

       D．shouted at her mum because she came home late

How does the mother feel after all these have happened?

       A．Shocked.  B．Proud.      C．Envious.   D．Confused.

The author writes the stories to prove that         .

      A．their relationship became stronger 

       B．their roles changed as time passed

       C．her daughter very much cared about her

       D．her daughter got upset as she grew up