You should try something new ________ complaining all the time.

A. instead of B. instead C. prefer D. rather

A 【解析】句意：你应该尝试一些新的东西，而不是总是抱怨。A. instead of为介词短语，它后面可跟名词、代词、动名词、介词短语或形容词等。B. instead作副词，是“代替”、“顶替”的意思。C. prefer意思是"宁可"、"宁愿(选择)"、"比较喜欢"、"更喜欢"等；D. rather作副词，意为"宁愿；宁可"。因为complaining为动名词，排除B/D。如果用prefer...

It's very clever________you________such a difficult problem.

A. for; solve B. for; to solve

C. of; solve D. of; to solve

D 【解析】句意：你真聪明，能解决这样一个难题。本题考查的句型是It 's +adj. for / of sb. to do sth. 对某人来说做某事是…的。表示某人的品质的形容词（ 如 clever, brave ,kind , nice 等）用of, 其余用for。后面用动词不定式，因此A/C不对。在这个句子中所用的形容词是clever，说明句中的you具备clever这样的品质。因此...

Lucy，don't stay in bed________．

A. not more B. no more

C. no longer D. any longer

D 【解析】句意：露西，别再躺在床上了。B. no more中的more是many / much的比较级，more有again之意，着重表示数量或程度的减少，意为“再也没有更多(大)的数量(程度)”。no more等于not...any more。C. no longer中的longer是副词long的比较级，long有after a certain point of time (在某一时刻...

The fish will go________if you don't put it in the fridge.

A. bad B. badly C. well D. good

A 【解析】句意：如果你不把鱼放进冰箱里，鱼会坏掉的。A. bad坏的；B. badly是形容词 bad 的副词形式，通常用来修饰动词；C. well副词，修饰动词，副词，形容词；但是，well 也可以做形容词，但它表示“身体健康”的时候。D. good 形容词修饰名词，或做表语。本题中的go做系动词讲。因此后面跟形容词。结合常识鱼不放在冰箱里会坏掉的。故选A。

My parents stop me________junk food.

A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. eats

B 【解析】句意：我父母阻止我吃垃圾食品。stop sb. to do sth. 阻止某人去做某事，阻止还没有做的事；stop sb. doing sth. 阻止某人做某事，是指停止做正在做的事。结合句意可知，我现在在吃垃圾食品，父母阻止我继续吃。故选B。

If there________no buying and selling of animals, there________no killing in nature.

A. will be; is B. is; is

C. is; will be D. will be; will be

C 【解析】句意：如果没有买卖动物，自然界就不会有杀戮。if 引导的条件状语从句，主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时表示将来，there will be表将来，故选C。

The fridge doesn't work. Why not consider ________ a new one?

A. buy B. bought C. to buy D. buying

D 【解析】试题分析：句意：这个冰箱不工作了，为什么不考虑买一个新的呢？ consider当考虑讲师后跟动名词的形式，故选D。

I used to ________ newspapers and watch TV after dinner. But now I'm used to ________ a walk.

A. read; take B. read; taking C. reading; taking D. reading; take

B 【解析】句意：过去晚饭后我常常看报纸和看电视，但现在我习惯了散步。used to do sth.过去常常做某事；be used to doing习惯于做某事，根据I used to ______ newspapers and watch TV after dinner. But now I'm used to ____ a walk，可知这里的意思是过去晚饭后我常常看报纸和看电视，但现在...

A jobless man wanted to apply (求职) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft.The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a __________: clean the floor.The man passed it: he cleaned the floor very well.“You are hired(雇用)，” the manager told the man.“Give me your email address, and I'll send you the form to __________. I shall also send you the __________ you should report for the work.” The man replied, “I don't have a __________ or email！” “I am sorry，” said the manager.“If you don't have email, that means you do not exist(存在)．And we cannot __________persons who do not exist.” The man was very __________.He didn't know what to do.He only had 10 dollars with him.Once that was __________, he wouldn't have any money to buy even food.He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars.He went from door to door and __________ the tomatoes in small bags.He doubled his money.

He __________ this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars.He realized that he could continue to live this way.He started to go earlier every day, and returned later.He doubled or made even three times his money every day.Soon, he __________ a cart, then a truck.In a very short time, he had his many delivery(递送)trucks. Five years later, the man became one of the biggest __________ sellers in the country.He started to plan his family's future.He called an insurance(保险)broker, a man who sells insurance.At the end of the __________, the broker asked him for his email address.The man replied, “I don't have email.”

Hearing that, the broker felt very __________.“You don't have email, and yet you have succeeded in becoming so __________.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email？” he said aloud.The man thought for a while, and replied, “An office __________at Microsoft！”

If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don't worry.Think of the positive(积极的)things.Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

1.A. job B. hand C. chance D. test

2.A. check out B. put up C. fill in D. write down

3.A. name B. date C. address D. ticket

4.A. computer B. screen C. website D. letter

5.A. believe B. pay C. accept D. refuse

6.A. pleased B. excited C. embarrassed D. disappointed

7.A. exchanged B. spent C. wasted D. lost

8.A. divided B. showed C. kept D. sold

9.A. repeated B. reminded C. tried D. counted

10.A. borrowed B. repaired C. received D. bought

11.A. truck B. insurance C. food D. door

12.A. introduction B. conversation C. business D. story

13.A. worried B. satisfied C. upset D. surprised

14.A. clever B. healthy C. rich D. confident

15.A. boy B. secretary C. cleaner D. head

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.A 【解析】试题分析：本文介绍了一个男人因为没有电子邮箱，没有被微软公司录用为勤杂工。他用仅有的10美元买了西红柿，挨家去出售，逐渐地赚了钱。五年后，他成为全国最大的食品销售商之一。...

Dear editor，

My English teacher is very strict with us.Several days ago，when we were in class，Tom asked me a question.But she thought we were speaking in class.She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes.This made me uncomfortable.Now，I feel nervous in her classes，so I don't like her classes. However，I really want to learn English well.What should I do?

Mike

Dear Mike，

I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English classes.Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard.So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day.If she knows your worries，maybe she will help you improve your study.And she will say sorry to you and be pleased to hear you want to learn English well.I believe when students are not trying as hard as they can, a teacher is forced(被迫) to take__action．

Editor

1.What's wrong with Mike?

A. He doesn't like learning English.

B. He has trouble with his English classes.

C. He doesn't know how to get on well with Tom.

D. He has trouble with his classmates.

2.Mike feels nervous in English classes because________.

A. he doesn't like his English teacher

B. he can't speak in class

C. his English teacher punished him

D. he doesn't like English

3.In the editor's opinion，the English teacher asked Mike to stand for a while because ____．

A. she didn't like him

B. she didn't like teaching

C. Mike was bad at English

D. she didn't think Mike learned English hard

4.What does “take action” mean in Chinese?

A. 采取行动 B. .动

C. 帮助 D. 出发

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Mike dislikes English classes，but he wants to learn English well.

B. Mike wants the editor to say something to his English teacher.

C. The editor gave Mike some advice，but it didn't work.

D. Mike likes English classes，but he doesn't want to learn English well.

1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.A 【解析】本文是两封信在第一封里Mike讲述了自己受到了英语老师的误解，从而讨厌上英语课， 但是他又想学好英语于是产生了他不知如何与英语老师相处的问题。在第二封信里编辑建议迈克和她的老师谈一谈，老师会高兴的。 1.细节理解题。根据在第一封信中，Mike讲述了自己受到了英语老师的误解，从而讨厌上英语课，但是他又想学好英语...