17、When you are ______ a difficult period, it often helps to talk to someone.

A．going through           B．getting across         C．taking up        D．bringing about

16、---How will I _________ you at the station?

---Well, I’m wearing a hat and I’ve got a big black umbrella with me.

A．recognize         B．realize          C．see          D．pick 

15、Word came that it was on May 12th ____ a strong earthquake with Richter magnitude 7.8 struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan province.

A．when            B．that             C．since          D．a(chǎn)s

14、There is ______man called Jeff Brigs working in our department.

A．no such           B．no a         C．no such a          D．not

13、Oh, much smoke here ! Somebody _____ the window, please.

A．opens          B．open           C．shall open            D．will open

12、--- This is my treat and next is yours. How’s that?

--- OK. _______.

A．It doesn’t matter           B．It depends        C．No way          D．It’s a deal

11、______ is no possibility _____ the shy girl can win the first prize in the English speech contest.

A．There; that            B．It; that           C．There; whether            D．It; whether

10、--- Sir, I have a favor to ask you. 

---___________.

A．It’s a pleasure       B．Go ahead       C．What, please         D．Help yourself

9、We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.  1  we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than  2  and making a sale.

       One lesson stands out in my  3  . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working in evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was  4   a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to  5  to buy anything. He looked  6  the toy section, picked up this item and  7 , and carefully put them  8  in their place.

       Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes  9  and the dimple（酒窩）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas 10  to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his  11  and look around. He did.

       After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy  12 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

       “How much you got?” Dad asked.

       The little boy held out his hand and  13  it. His hand was creased（起皺） with  14  lines of dirt from holding his  15   too tightly. In his hand  16  two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.

       “That’ll just  17  it,” Dad said as he  18  the sale. Dad’s reply still  19  in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a  20  .

1．A．Because                B．Since                  C．As                      D．After

2．A．survival                 B．labor                   C．hardship              D．entertainment

3．A．way                      B．mind                   C．life                      D．time

4．A．putting on             B．dressing              C．having                 D．wearing

5．A．try                        B．a(chǎn)ttempt                C．a(chǎn)fford                 D．manage

6．A．for                       B．a(chǎn)round                C．up                      D．over

7．A．that                      B．one                     C．it                        D．this

8．A．up                        B．a(chǎn)way                   C．back                   D．off

9．A．opened                  B．smiled                 C．shone                  D．looked

10．A．tree                     B．card                    C．present                D．cake

11．A．effort                  B．word                   C．time                    D．courage

12．A．car                     B．gift                     C．plane                   D．section

13．A．showed               B．opened                C．gave                   D．turned

14．A．long                    B．straight                C．wet                     D．main

15．A．toy                     B．pocket                 C．hand                   D．money

16．A．lay                      B．had                     C．held                    D．laid

17．A．work                  B．cover                  C．need                   D．take

18．A．took                    B．returned              C．made                  D．offered 

19．A．rings                   B．stays                  C．remains               D．gets

20．A．bag              B．treasure           C．package         D．thing

8、A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That’s the finding of a study of Dutchmen in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish.

       The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long-held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart. Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption average more than 3 ounces.

       For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish. At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish.

       During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol levels.

1．The passage is mainly about           .

       A．the high incidence of heart disease in some countries

       B．the changes in people’s diet

       C．the daily fish consumption of people in different culture.

       D．The effect of fish eating on people’s health

2．We can infer from the passage that there are fewer heart disease deaths         .

       A．in the countries with good production of fish

       B．in the countries of the yellow-skin race

       C．in the countries with high consumption of fish

       D．in highly-developed countries

3．The underlined part “This relationship” may refer to the connection between        and

       the level of heart disease.

       A．the amount of fish eaten                 B．regular fish-eating

       C．the kind of fish eaten               D．people of different areas

4．In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?

       A．Ads.            B．Movies.      C．Briefs.         D．Health and diet.