14、—There is no spare chair in the meeting room .Do you still need any?

—Yeah ,I think four       chairs are needed for the lecture this afternoon.

A．dozen       B．dozens      C．dozen of   D．dozens of

13、Buses were not able to go normally on the roads because of the heavy snow and more than one student       late for school that morning.

A．have been        B．has been          C．were        D．was

12、—There must be a dozen pens in the room ,but I can never find one when I need them.

—Keep looking        is sure to turn up.

A．One   B．It      C．That  D．This

11、My lecture is only two weeks away.        has come for me       it.

A．Time; to prepare                                  B．The time ; to prepare

C．Time; to prepare for                             D．The time ;to prepare for

10、On April 25th , 2007, thousands of Russians went to say farewell to Boris Yeltsin ,the country’s first popularly       leader.

A．electing     B．elected      C．to elect     D．elect

9、Jimmy can hardly        himself in the photo since it was taken years ago.

A．figure out  B．speak out  C．pick out    D．work out

8、—Do you mind if I have a look at your English notes?

—        It’s over there on the shelf.

A．Yes , I do. B．No ,of course not.   C．That’s OK.       D．Never mind.

7、       I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has  1  me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother is telling me , “Don’t watch the   3  when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the 4 , so he’ll know you   5   it.”

My mother thus made the key point of a(n)   6   apology: it must be direct. You must never   7   to be doing something else. You do not   8   a pile of letters while apologizing to a person   9    in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your    10   . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat   11   , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad   12   .

One of the important things we should do for an    13   , apology is a readiness to  14  the responsibility for our careless mistakes .We are used to making excuses ,which leaves no  15  for the other person to   16  us .Since most people are open-hearted ,the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling   17  about themselves .That ,after all ,is the    18   of every apology .It    19  little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly a fault :answering for one’s    20   encourages others to take their share of the blame.

1．A．provided               B．mixed                 C．compared           D．treated

2．A．dreams                 B．courses              C．memories           D．ideas

3．A．side                     B．ground               C．wall                   D．bottom

4．A．mind                    B．soul                    C．face                   D．eye

5．A．imagine                 B．enjoy                   C．mean                  D．regret

6．A．useful                   B．successful           C．equal                   D．basic

7．A．pretend                 B．forget                  C．refuse                 D．expect

8．A．hold on                 B．put away             C．look through        D．pick up

9．A．poorer                  B．weaker                C．worse                 D．lower

10．A．fault                    B．reason                 C．result                  D．duty

11．A．cruelly                B．freely                  C．roughly               D．foolishly

12．A．manners              B．excuses               C．efforts                D．roles

13．A．a(chǎn)ctive                  B．effective              C．extra                   D．easy

14．A．raise                   B．perform               C．a(chǎn)dmit                  D．bear

15．A．situation              B．need                    C．sign                    D．room

16．A．a(chǎn)dvise                 B．forgive                C．warn                   D．blame  

17．A．wiser                  B．warmer               C．better                  D．cleverer

18．A．purpose               B．method                C．end                     D．a(chǎn)dvantage

19．A．cares                  B．matters                C．depends              D．remains

20．A．facts                   B．states                  C．rights                  D．a(chǎn)ctions

6、       I made a pledge（誓言）to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father . Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

       The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical（圣經(jīng)的）passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

       And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”

       “Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.

       After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn's been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

       So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.

       There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

       “What’s the matter?” I asked her.

       “Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress(悲痛), “do you know something I don’t?”

       “What do you mean?”

       “Well…that checkup(體檢) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me？Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

       It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.

       “No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

1．From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________.

       A．with his family     B．with Evelyn         C．a(chǎn)lone                   D．with his children

2．During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _________.

       A．she looked lovely in her new clothes

       B．he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

       C．he was determined to be a good husband                              

       D．she was seriously ill

3．The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What was the one thing that went wrong?

       A．He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.                           

       B．She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

       C．He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

       D．He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

4．By saying “I'm just starting to live,” Tom means that ________.

       A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

       B．he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

       C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

       D．he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

5、       There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington has the National Gallery of Art; London, the British Museum. Florida International University(FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building ,or even a wall for its drawings and paintings FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don’t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a University computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computer. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the picture and drawings.

       Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. he says he starts the museum because computer artistes had no place to show their work.

       A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. he could also but his pictures on paper. but to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser printer.

       Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the picture in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. he says artists enjoys their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.

1．The main purpose of this text is to give information about         .

       A．museums throughout the world

       B．a(chǎn)n electronic art museum in Mismi , U.S.A.

       C．a(chǎn)rt exhibitions in Florida International University

       D．latest development of computer art

2．To see the art in FIU museum ,you need         .

       A．floppy discs

       B．a(chǎn) computer and a printer

       C．pictures and drawings on paper

       D．a(chǎn) computer connected to the museum by telephone line

3．The museum was started when        .

       A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists

       B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists

       C．a(chǎn)rt students needed a place to show their works

       D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art

4．The words “an audience” in the last paragraph refer to         .

       A．a(chǎn)rt students                                         B．computer owners

       C．exhibits in the museum                         D．those who will enjoy art