15、Please remember _____ wins you respect is not your background but your knowledge and virtues.

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

14、--- Do you know that man?

--- Not really, just a nodding _______.

A. acquaintance               B. participant                 C. relation                     D. frequent

13、Mr. Keller ______ forty cigarettes a day until he gave it up.

A. had smoked             B. smokes                C. have smoked              D. smoked

12、So serious ________ that even the best doctors failed to save his life.

A. the man was injured                                     B. was the man injured

C. the man is injured                                        D. is the man injured

11、The small fishing village has ______ into a modern city in thirty years.

A. extended                  B. existed                     C. explored                  D. expanded

10、--- How can you be late for such an important conference?

--- Sorry! But my flight was ______ by fog.

A. taken over                      B. held up             C. turned down             D. handed out

9、The student will be suspended from school _____ he apologizes to his desk-mate before the class.

A. even                 B. when                C. unless              D. once

8、If English ______ included in the examinations, few students would choose it.

A. weren’t             B. isn’t           C. hasn’t been             D. hadn’t been

7、Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.   1   man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only   2  . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

They talked for hours   3  . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he   4   pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be   5   and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.

The window overlooked a   6   with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children   7   their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the   8  .

As the man by the window described all this in delicate   9  , the other man would close his eyes and   10   the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade   11  .   12   the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with   13   words.     

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived,   14   to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.

The other man asked to be   15  next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside.   16 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.

He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have   17   his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse   18   that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to   19   you."

Shared grief is half the sorrow,   20   happiness when shared, is doubled.

1. A. The one                             B. One                         C. Another                   D. This

2. A. entrance                      B. exit                         C. passage                   D. window

3. A. on end                        B. in vain                      C. at ease                     D. after all

4. A. would                         B. should                     C. might                      D. could

5. A. shortened                   B. deepened                 C. broadened                D. sharpened

6. A. courtyard                    B. market                            C. wood                             D. park

7. A. flew                           B. designed                  C. sailed                             D. swapped 

8. A. distance                             B. way                        C. process                   D. course

9. A. effect                          B. particular                  C. detail                       D. relief

10. A. expose                     B. imagine                    C. realize                      D. spot

11. A. passing away             B. passing by                      C. passing down           D. passing out

12. A. Because                    B. As                        C. Once                       D. Although

13. A. descriptive                 B. productive               C. sensitive                  D. tentative

14. A. strangely                   B. surprisingly              C. sceptically                      D. only

15. A. substituted                 B. offered                    C. switched                 D. organized

16. A. Willingly                    B. Finally                     C. Generously              D. Occasionally

17. A. sacrificed                  B. referred                   C. motivated                D. intended

18. A. responded                 B. respected                 C. requested                 D. resisted

19. A. recover                     B. defend                     C. observe                   D. encourage

20. A. or                             B. but                          C. so                           D. and

6、A university math tutor has discovered the science behind “singledom”, finding that our chances of finding the perfect partner are just 1 in 285,000. Peter Backus, a tutor at the University of Warwick, published his “Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend” paper after a three-year love drought.

His unconventional study uses a famous math formula called The Drake Equation(德雷克等式), which was first used to estimate the existence of extra-terrestrial(地球以外) life.

The results don't look promising for British singles. 30-year-old Mr. Backus found that out of the 30 million women in the UK, only 26 would be suitable girlfriends for him.

The dull equation takes into account the number of women aged 24 to 34, living in his home city of London, and who are single, meaning his chances of meeting his dream woman on a night out are slim.

The economics expert said: “There are 26 women in London with whom I might have a wonderful relationship. So, on a given night out in London there is a 0.0000034% chance of meeting one of these special people. That’s a 1 in 285,000 chance, so it’s not great.”

The puzzling Drake equation reads: N = R* x Fp x Ne x Fi x Fc x L, and helped pioneering scientist Professor Drake to predict that there could be 10,000 civilizations in our galaxy.

Mr. Backus simply replaced the original equation with his own criteria for a dream date, which included the percentage of women likely to find him attractive, and the number of girls aged 24-34 in London. He said: “The research may sound depressing to people looking for love, but the good news for singles is, it’s probably not your fault!”

1. Mr. Backus’ discovery in this passage is mainly concerned about ______.

A. whether there exists life out of our planet

B. the possibility of his being able to find love

C. how to get rid of singledom

D. what math can do to serve our daily life

2. What does Mr. Backus think of the result of his research?

A. Optimistic.           B. Depressing.          C. Unrealistic.           D. Exciting.

3. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Mr. Backus’ major research field is “singledom”.

B. Mr. Backus found a girlfriend three years ago.

C. Mr. Backus’ new thesis will surely be well received.

D. Mr. Backus has been searching for love for long.

4. By “the good news for singles” in the last sentence, Mr. Backus probably mean _____.

A. you don’t have to blame yourself for remaining single

B. maybe the discovery is not reliable at all

C. the result was based on his own criteria

D. there might be more dream date out of London

5. Which of the following statements is true?

A. This passage could be published in a scientific magazine.

B. The passage intends to prove there are other civilizations.

C. The passage writer doesn’t really understand the Drake equation.

D. Most women in London are not suitable for university teachers.