14、Having checked the doors were closed, and _________ all the lights were off, the boy opened the

door to his bedroom.

A. why           B. that           C. when           D. where

13、As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not _________, and asked myself what I was

going to do.

A. moved           B moving          C. to move         D. being moved

12、We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks _________ so small that a

day is unimportant.

A. is            B. are           C. has been            D. have been

11、Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ________

English for a year.

A. studies            B. studied           C. is studying         D. has been studying

10、By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, ___________ can

be very eye-opening and rewarding.

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

9、Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees, but ________ they have eggs or young chicks, they

don’t use a nest.

A. why            B. how            C. unless          D. where

8、“Things _________ never come again!” I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A. lost             B. losing             C. to lose           D. have lost

7、There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is _________ wisdom in this: “Love

me, love my book.”

A. some           B. much            C. more             D. most

6、When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

   One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   1   a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up,   2   I had never worked at the bar before. I   3   that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.

   “You can do it,” said my mother, “  4  , you won’t get much business until lunch.”

   “But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good   5   money. Please, Mom, don’t   6   me.

   “Then I’ll help you,” she said.

   I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s   7   was a bad one, but I   8  .

   When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was   9  . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks.   10  , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed   11  , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I   12   a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to   13   me, and she also showed me how to make   14  . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over   15   quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five.” Things went more   16   after that.

   By the end of the day, I could remember orders,   17   the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little   18   when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she   19   that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy   20   the restaurant I would open one day.

5、

1. According to the message board, Orion Books ___________.

A. opposes the reading of original classics         

B. is embarrassed for cutting down classics

C. thinks cut-down classics have a bright future     

D. is cautions in its decision to cut down classics

2. In Mr. Edwards’ opinion, Orion Group is shortening classics to _________.

A. make them easier to read                   

B. meet a large demand in the market

C. increase the sales of literary books            

D. compete with their original versions

3. By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”, Ms. Weir ________.

A. speaks highly of the cut-down classics         

B. shows her love for original classics

C. feels guilty of not reading the classics          

D. disapprove of shortening the classics

4. Mr. Crockatt seems to imply that _________.

A. reading the classic works is a confusing attempt      

B. shortening the classics does harm to the original

C. publishing the cut-down classics is a difficult job

D. editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs