To improve your reading ability, you should ____ half an hour every day for learning new vocabulary.

A. leave out          B. lead to          C. set aside         D. focus on

 Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to ______ mental health. Daydreaming, they say, is _____ good means of relaxation.

  A. the; /                    B. /; the                        C. /; /                           D. /; a

The patient    and his life is still in danger．

A．is being operated on      B．was operating

C．is operated on            D．is operating on

--Tom,you didn't come to the party last night?

  ----I _____,but I suddenly remembered I had homework to do.

A,had to   B, didn't   C,was going to   D, wouldn't

       It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. I had stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee and__1__ the morning newspaper. Suddenly, I__2__ a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, “Hey Steve! How ya doin’?”

       __3__ up, I saw a boy wearing a mechanic’s uniform worn by employees of the gasoline station next to the café. He looked__4__, but, at first, I was unable to__5__ where we had met.

       He also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his__6__ and probably my coffee began to thaw(解凍) out my__7__.

       Five years earlier, he had been traveling home late on a February night. A fierce__8___ had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts were getting__9___. He recalled__10__ a drift just down the road from my house.

       He had walked to my house for__11__. I had taken my pickup and a tow-rope and__12__ his car out of the snowdrift and up to the highway where maintenance(維護) trucks had__13___ away the snow.

       This has been a__14__ occurrence here during the winter. I cannot__15__ the times someone has also pulled my car from a snowdrift.

       ___16__, it was an unforgettable experience for him, and his memory of our unexpected meeting in a snowstorm__17__ my entire day.

       Leo Buscaglia wrote, “Too often we underestimate(低估) the__18_ of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment(贊揚), or the smallest act of__19__, all of which have the potential to turn a__20__ around.”

1. A. preview  B. scan           C. order         D. buy

2. A. noticed   B. got            C. caught        D. felt

3. A. Looking B. Standing    C. Rising        D. Glaring

4. A. sensitive B. friendly             C. familiar             D. grateful

5. A. reflect    B. determine   C. regain        D. recall

6. A. story             B. experience  C. appearance D. greetings

7. A. heart             B. feeling              C. memory            D. wonder

8. A. sandstorm      B. snowstorm  C. hurricane    D. rainfall

9. A. high              B. slippery             C. thin           D. deep

10. A. blocking      B. hitting        C. knocking    D. crashing

11. A. help            B. advice        C. emergency  D. shelter

12. A. pulled  B. dragged             C. pushed              D. dug

13. A. collected      B. cleared              C. threw         D. melted

14. A. basic    B. common            C. forgettable  D. practical

15. A. count   B. keep          C. master        D. predict

16. A. Besides B. Therefore   C. However    D. Otherwise

17. A. covered       B. influenced  C. brightened  D. filled

18. A. meaning      B. relation             C. value         D. power

19. A. caring  B. offering            C. sharing              D. forgiving

20. A. course  B. fate            C. truth          D. life

----How often do you eat out?  ----____, but usually once a week.

A. Have no idea            B. It depends 

C. As usually         D. Generally speaking

At the age of seven, ____.

A. his father died                 B. he lost his father

C. his dog followed him D. his parents divorced

Mr Wang is very old, but he works like a young man. In deed, I can’t admire him____.

A. very much  B. so well       C. too much    D. quite well

Please tell me the way thought of____ the garden.

A. take care of              B. to take care of   

C. taking care of           D. how to take care of

He stays up____ in the evenings to go online to get the____ information.

A. late, latest  B. lately, last  C. late, last            D. latest, latest