14、To our surprise, the fashionable young lady ________ to be a thief．

A．found out       B．proved out         C．put out         D．turned out

13、Over the past decades, mountain ice______ in the Himalayas as a result of global warming．

A．has been decreasing                  B．had decreased

C．decreased                          D．is decreasing

12、All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he_____ badly wounded and that he______ at once．

A．should be; be operated on              B．were; must be operated on
C．was; should be operated               D．was; be operated on

11、Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but he was blown off course and found himself in an unknown land, ______ he eventually reached Greenland．

A．from how      B from where         C．from which          D．from when

10、—What was his performance like?

—Oh, it couldn’t have been___．

A．less wonderful                      B．more wonderful

C．much wonderful                    D．the most wonderful

9、Was it ______ Expo 2010 that made Shanghai the focus of the world then?

A．hosted          B．to be hosted         C．hosting         D．having hosted

8、—Would you mind giving me and my classmates a gift to school? 

—___

A．Yes, please                          B．Yes, I do

C．never mind                          D．Of course not

7、Well, if watching TV or seeing a film doesn’t______ to you, how about going hiking, instead?

A．a(chǎn)ppeal            B．belong        C．refer            D．occur

6、Dear Lee,

     Thank you for your note．I like your _1_ between death and failure．I had not thought of these two in the same way __2__ you describe．I thank you for bringing this to my _3__．

     Your insights are very deep．As you say, “death is only a（n） _4_ but failure can change someone’s whole life．” Yes, death is final．Failure is _5__．Death leaves us with _6__．But failure can leave us with lessons which will _7_ our lives．

     I hope that your failure to pass that _8__ English test will help you 9__ it will hurt you．Please remember that it is not being _10_ down that is important．It is the inability to get up that is __11__ ．You will have to learn to get up, and to get going．Failure is the “staying down．” It is not the “falling down．”

     From reading your letter, I __12__ your English to be very good．You write better than _13___ of my American friends．I do not know the reason for __14__ your English test．Maybe you were distracted that day．It is __15__ that persons are judged on the basis of a single test．

     You write well, you __16__ your feelings with excellence, and you think _17__．These characteristics should __18__ you move toward a bright career．Just don’t let yourself “stay down．” Get up and  __19__ them all know that you are talented and you are __20__ to succeed．I think you will．

     With best wishes for a fine career．

Yours,

Frank

1．A．idea                      B．comparison          C．thought               D．reason

2．A．which                   B．where                 C．what                   D．that

3．A．a(chǎn)ttention                B．heart                   C．head                   D．home

4．A．end                       B．result                  C．fact                    D．thing

5．A．forever                 B．continuous           C．contemporary      D．temporary

6．A．something             B．nothing                C．a(chǎn)nything              D．thinking

7．A．increase                B．better                  C．honor                  D．treasure

8．A．easy                     B．terrific                 C．terrible                D．ordinary

9．A．a(chǎn)s good as             B．more than            C．a(chǎn)s well as            D．much than

10．A．fallen                  B．stayed                 C．knocked              D．felt

11．A．impossible           B．possible               C．necessary            D．important

12．A．judge                  B．a(chǎn)ccept                 C．prefer                 D．expect

13．A．a(chǎn)ll                       B．a(chǎn)ny                     C．one                     D．some

14．A．succeeding          B．passing                C．finishing              D．failing

15．A．likely                   B．reasonable           C．a(chǎn) shame              D．fair

16．A．find                    B．express               C．speak                  D．tell

17．A．deeply                 B．thoroughly           C．carefully              D．widely

18．A．leave                   B．drive                   C．help                    D．start

19．A．get                      B．a(chǎn)sk                     C．show                  D．make

20．A．devoted               B．determined           C．engaged              D．supposed

5、Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia．They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life．The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is．So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education．Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter．

       However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap．

       Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others．What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack （缺乏） self-respect and self-confidence．

       The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever．

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework．

       Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking demands patience and time．It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment．A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully．His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence．

       Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious （好奇）and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up．These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind．And that is more important．

1．Parents in China, according to this passage, _________．

       A．a(chǎn)re too strict with their children

       B．a(chǎn)re too rich to educate their children

       C．have some problems in educating their children correctly

       D．a(chǎn)re too poor to educate their children

2．Generally speaking, children’s skills_______．

       A．come from their parents

       B．have nothing to do with their education

       C．may be different

       D．have something to do with their marks in the exams

3．The writer of this passage doesn’t seem to be satisfied with_______．

       A．the parents’ idea of educating their children

       B．the education system

       C．children’s skills

       D．children’s hobbies

4．Doing some cooking at home helps children_________．

       A．learn how to serve their parents

       B．learn how to become strong and fat

       C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

       D．make their parents believe that they are clever

5．According to the last paragraph, we can conclude that_________．

       A．broken radios and television sets are useful

       B．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

       C．a(chǎn)n engineer must fix many broken radios

       D．a(chǎn) good student should spend much time repairing radios