Energy is ____ makes one work.

A. what        B. something

C. anything     D. that

“I suppose you _____ that report yet?” “I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.”

A. didn’t finish      B. haven’t finished

C. hadn’t finished   D. wasn’t finishing

“Why didn’t she come to the meeting yesterday?” “I’m not so sure. She ______ ill.”

A. should be   B. should have been

C. must be      D. might have been

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him. You may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be some place cheap, as I have very little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.” This means that two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson’s”, or “I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It’s great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

American customs about who pays for dates(约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in the business world will usually pay her own way during the day. If a man asks her to dinner or a dance outside the working hours, it means “come as my guest”. So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.

In the old days _______ often paid for all the meals.

A. women      B. men

C. university students     D. businessmen

“To go Dutch” means to _______.

A. go to play outside     B. eat out

C. pay for oneself   D. go to a cheaper eating place

“McDonald’s” here means _______.

A. a tea house B. a gate

C. an office    D. an eating place

If you feel friendly to the person, _______.

A. you should pay for him    B. you needn’t pay for him

C. you can accept his invitation     D. you can’t accept his invitation

We’d better know who will pay for the meal _______.

A. at the beginning B. at the end

C. in the middle of the meal  D. after drinking

The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either. They often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plants’ life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants.

The deserts of the world are not uninhabited(not lived by people). People also live outside oases(绿洲), but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.

The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, pat them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable, no man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water.

according to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of _______.

A. clay    B. rock

C. sand   D. stones

The underlined word “hospitable” has the meaning of being _______.

A. brave  B. cruel

C. strange       D. kind

In the desert _______.

A. it rains in spring only

B. it rains for a short time every month

C. there is some rain, but far from enough

D. the rainfall is just enough for the plants

People live _______.

A. only inside the oases  B. only outside the oases

C. both inside and outside the oases      D. in places with regular rainfalls

From the passage we know that life _______.

A. is hard in deserts       B. is happy in deserts

C. is impossible in deserts     D. in deserts in much better now

After we compare the two,we find this design is______that one.

A.more superior to                      B.far superior than

C.more superior than                  D.far superior to

He kept all his letters in a______box.

A.metal strong black                    B.strong metal black

C.black strong metal                    D.strong black meta

Progress so far has been very good. ______,we are sure that the project will be completed on time.

A.However                                 B.Otherwise

C.Therefore                                D.Besides

—Could I have a word with you,mum?

—Oh,dear,if you ______.

A.can             B.must           C.may            D.should

I know you don’t like_______music very much.But what do you think of_______music in the film we saw yesterday?

A.不填；不填                            B.the;the

C.the;不填                           D.不填；the