At the press conference the president stepped onto the platform and sat down, ________ for answering the questions about some mid-east issues.

A．had prepared B．being prepared C．preparing 　 D．prepared

In the city of Fujisawa，Japan，lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager，she__1__of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American__2__was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a__3__in mind：Daddy watching TV in the living room，Mummy__4__cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”

Atsuko__5__to attend college in California. When she arrived，however，she found it was not her__6__world.“People were struggling with problems and often seemed__7__”，she said. “I felt very alone.”

One of her hardest__8__was physical education. “We played volleyball，”she said. “The other students were__9__it，but I wasn’t.”

One afternoon，the instructor asked Atsuko to__10__the ball to her teammates so they could knock it__11__the net. No problem for most people，but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face__12__she failed.

A young man on her team__13__what she was going through. “He walked up to me and__14__，‘Come on. You can do that.’”

“You will never understand how those words of__15__made me feel...Four words：You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”

She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man；she is not__16__.

Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan，working as a salesclerk. “I have__17__forgotten the words，”she said. “When things are not going so well，I think of them.”

She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness__18__to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it，”she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person—cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will__19__.She’s all the way over in Japan，but still she hears those four__20__words：You can do that.

1．A. learned B．spoke C．dreamed D．heard

2．A. way B．life C．education D．spirit

3．A. photo B．painting C．picture D．drawing

4．A. baking B．frying C．steaming D．boiling

5．A. hoped B．a(chǎn)rranged C．liked D．a(chǎn)ttempted

6．A. described B．imagined C．created D．discovered

7．A. tense B．cheerful C．relaxed D．deserted

8．A. times B．questions C．classes D．projects

9．A. curious about B．good at C．slow at D．nervous about

10．A. kick B．pass C．carry D．hit

11．A. through B．into C．over D．past

12．A. after B．if C．because D．until

13．A. believed B．considered C．wondered D．sensed

14．A. warned B．sighed C．ordered D．whispered

15.A. excitement B．encouragement C．persuasion D．suggestion

16．A. interested B．doubtful C．puzzled D．sure

17．A. never B．a(chǎn)lready C．seldom D．a(chǎn)lmost

18．A. happened B．a(chǎn)pplied C．seemed D．meant

19．A. continue B．stay C．exist D．live

20．A. merciful B．bitter C．simple D．easy