-Did Jack come back early last night?

-Yes. It was not yet eight o'clock _____  he arrived home.

A．before    B．When     C．that       D．until

He did it___it took me.

A. one-third a time     B. one-third time  

C. the one-third time   D. one-third the time

I haven’t read ____ of his books, but judging from the one I have read I think he’s a very promising writer.

A. any     B. none     C. both     D. either

It’s a bad practice to ____ children much money as a New Year gift.

    A. promise     B. permit     C. admit     D. allow

—You didn’t invite Mary to the ball?

    —____ her, too?

    A. Must I invite    B. Should I have invited

    C. Must I have invited     D. Should I invite

If you live in the country or have ever visited there, ____ are that you have heard birds singing to welcome the new day.

A. situations  B. facts  C. dances D. possibilities

Scientists say they have found a way to produce the human body’s own cancer-killing cells through gene treatment, ____ new hope to cancer sufferers.

  A. offering     B. showing     C. taking     D. making

We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections （感染）we think of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.

It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen

“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug（病毒）may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person

We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A．come from Columbia

B．prevent us from being infected

C．enjoy being with children

D．suffer from monkey-pox

Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A．They attack human beings

B．We need to study native animals

C．They can’t live out of the rain forest

D．We do not know much about them yet

What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．a new disease

B．a clear warning

C．a dangerous animal

D．a morning call

The text suggests that in the future we               .

A. may have to fight against more new diseases

B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C. should not be allowed to have pets

D. should stop buying pests from Africa

Everyone’s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn’t done an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction（網上拍賣）.

Buying for Beginners

Sign up on www. eBay. co. uk. Most items (e.g. tables, computers and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with “Buy It Now” and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.

If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids (出價) for you. The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days and when they finish, you get an email telling you whether you have won the item.

How to Pay

Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a check or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card.

Selling Made Simple

If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends’ advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.

The big Things in Life

It’s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collectively sent by deliverymen. Check the ways of delivery before you bid.

What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to make payment online.              B. Ways of making delivery online.

C. Advantages of an online auction system.      D. How to use an online-auction system.

After bidding for an item, a buyer ________.

A. has chances to make higher bids  B. will get what he wants in ten days

C. should make payment immediately  D. may check its picture and description

The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is ________.

A. through a local banking system   B. by sending the money to the seller

C. by paying the deliveryman directly   D. through an online payment system

—Did your sister pass the exam?

    —She failed and is in low spirits.

    —I’m sorry for her.

    —____.

    A. Thank you    B. You’re welcome   

    C. I would think so    D. Never mind