15、If the present unemployment ______continue, the society would face a more difficult situation.

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

14、—Hurry up! Alice and Sue are waiting for you at the school gate.

—Oh! I thought they _______ without me.

A．went             B．a(chǎn)re going         C．have gone           D．had gone

13、—I heard that many westerners prefer vegetables to meat.

—It is true. Americans eat ________ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago.

A．more than twice                                      B．a(chǎn)s twice as many

C．twice as many                                         D．that twice as many

12、Mrs. Green took up the story at the point _______the thief had just made off with the jewels.

A．where           B．which          C．a(chǎn)s        D．when

11、_________ I feel pity on hurricane victims in Southeast Asia, I can’t really do very much to help them but contribute my pocket money.

A．As long as             B．When                 C．While             D．Even

10、—I don’t know what I _________ without the suitcase you lent me.

—Glad to have been of some help to you.

A．would have done       B．would do        C．should have done        D．should do

9、—Shall we go to the art exhibition right away?

—__________.

A．It’s your opinion.                               B．I don’t mind．

C．It’s all up to you.                                      D．That’s your decision.

8、The Hand

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment to draw a picture of ___1___ for which they were thankful.

Most of the class might be __2___ economically disadvantaged, but still many would __3__ the holidays with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the __4__ of most of her students’ art. And they were.

  But Douglas made a（n） _5___ kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of misery, __6___ and unhappy. As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess the pain Douglas felt ___7___those sad eyes.

  Yes, his picture was different. When___8___ to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a____9__. Nothing else. Just a empty hand.

  His abstract image captured the _10_____ of his classmates, Whose hand could it be ? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers__11___ turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and _12___ people. And so the discussion went ------ until the teacher ___13__  forgot the young artist himself.

  __14_ the children had gone on to other assignments, she ___15__ at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher.”

  She recalled the __16___ she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there, as she had the other students. How _17_____ had she said, “Take your hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most ___18__ for his teacher’s hand.

  Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.

  In fact, people __19___ not always say “thanks”. But they will remember the hand that ____20___ .

1．A．a(chǎn)nything               B．something           C．nothing                  D．everything

2．A．suggested           B．a(chǎn)ffected            C．encouraged            D．considered

3．A．celebrate            B．share               C．like                        D．a(chǎn)void

4．A．purposes            B．subjects            C．motivations             D．examples

5．A．good               B．encouraging            C．different                 D．exciting

6．A．merry                B．naughty            C．weak             D．lively

7．A．behind              B．beside                     C．before            D．a(chǎn)round

8．A．ordered             B．a(chǎn)sked              C．forced            D．persuaded

9．A．gift                  B．person             C．hand                    D．wonder

10．A．thought             B．description          C．respect                   D．imagination

11．A．raise                B．need               C．buy              D．sell

12．A．look at              B．care for            C．take away             D．drive off

13．A．a(chǎn)lways                     B．a(chǎn)lmost                    C．usually              D．therefore

14．A．Before               B．Now that          C．Since            D．When

15．A．stared               B．a(chǎn)imed                     C．paused                    D．glanced

16．A．chances                    B．forms             C．ways                     D．times

17．A．seldom              B．often                      C．soon                    D．much

18．A．thankful             B．calm              C．pleased                  D．comfortable

19．A．could                B．must              C．should                    D．might

20．A．move on             B．stick above              C．reaches out             D．help out

7、Blogs are being used more and more by teachers. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create personal Web pages.

Through comments on blogs, or Web logs, teachers can share their classroom experiences. They can exchange ideas and discuss successes and failures. They can debate educational policies. Or they can just sympathize with each other.

A teacher in the American state of North Carolina recently wrote on her blog: “Apparently the teachers at my school use too much paper. So my principal yelled at everyone at the last staff meeting for, like, ten minutes. Now, I’ve just been told, we are not getting any more paper for the rest of the year.”

This unidentified blogger is now in her third year of teaching, but still calls her site :firstyearteacher.blogspot.com.

A blogger who calls himself Minister Lawrence works as a substitute teacher. In April he wrote about a disputed plan to split the Omaha, Nebraska, public schools into separate systems for black, Latino and white students. Supporters say minority parents do not have enough power over their children’s education.

But Minister Lawrence wrote at teachersparadise.blogspot.com: “I’m afraid that what this says to a lot of people is that blacks, whites and Hispanics are not equal, and “reinforces” racist beliefs among people.”

Educators did not become involved with blogging right away. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security. But now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet. Many teachers do not identify themselves, and they change the names of students and co-workers.

1．What are teachers not doing through blogs?

A．They discuss educational problem.            B．They send money to the poor students.

C．They share teaching ideas.                  D．They comfort each other.

2．What is the main idea for the passage?

A．More and more teachers are using blogs.   

B．It is exciting to use blogs.

C．Blogs are popular with students.     

D．Educational problems are settled through blogs.

3．Why some teachers do not identify themselves? Because ___

A．they are forbidden to identify themselves.   

B．they are forbidden to write something through blogs

C．they want to ensure their security

D．they want to amuse others.

4．Which of the following is the result of the teachers’ using blogs?

A．Paper consuming is declining.                 B．Teaching is improving.

C．Classes are more active.                      D．Government is against it.

5．Minister Lawrence’s blogs are about___

A．classroom experiences                       B．teaching plans

C．educational policies                          D．the black minority

6、Is there a magic cutoff period when children become responsible for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, “It’s their life,” and feel nothing?

   When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital passage waiting for doctors to put a few stitches（縫線） in my son’s head．I asked, “When do you stop worry?” The nurse said, “When they get out of the accident stage.” My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing

   When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked continually and disrupted the class. As if to read my mind, a teacher said．“Don’t worry, they all go through this stage and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy them”. My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

   When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come home, the front door to open. A friend said, “ They’re trying to find themselves, Don’t worry, in a few years, you can stop worrying. They’ll be adults.” My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

    By the time I was 50, I was sick and tired of being weak. I was still worrying over my children, but there was a new wrinkle, there was nothing I could do about it. My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

    I continued to suffer from their failures, and be absorbed in their disappointments. My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted（縈繞心頭） by my mother’s warm smile and her occasional “You look pale. Are you all right?” Call me minute you get home. Are you depressed about something ?” Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry?

   One of my children became quite anxious about me recently, saying, “ Where were you ? I’ve been calling for three days, and no one answered . I was worried.”

   I smiled a warm smile.

1．The author intends to tell us in the passage that_______.

A．parents long for a period when they no longer worry about their children.

B．there is no time when parents have no worry about their children.

C．it’s parents’ duty to worry about their children

D．there should be a period when parents don’t have to worry their children

2．We can infer from the underlined sentence “My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing” that ______.

A．her mother shared the same idea as the nurse

B．her mother didn’t agree with the nurse

C．her mother thought the nurse was lying

D．her mother wouldn’t express her opinion upon the matter

3．The author mentioned her ages of twenties, thirties, forties and fifty in order to show_______.

A．the hard times she experiences in her life

B．the different stages of her children

C．the support she received from her mother

D．she had been worrying her children in her life

4．What can we infer from the last sentence?

A．The mother was happy that her child began to worry about her, too

B．Finally the mother didn’t have to worry about her children.

C．At last the mother could live her own life without worry.

D．The mother succeeded in turning her children into adults.

5．Which of the following should be the best title?

A．Life                  B．Parents                   C．Worry                 D．Children