It’s       good feeling for people to admire the Shanghai World Expo that gives them       pleasure.

A. 不填, a     B. a, 不填      C. the, a        D. a, the

Section B Proof-reading 10%

Mark Twain, like you know, was famous in his days as the public speaker. He always liked to

play joke on his friends. One day, the one of his friends lost their wallet and asked him to buy a

 train ticket for him. “But I don’t have enough money to pay both your ticket and mine,” Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do. “Let’s do this, “ Mark Twain saying, “You can get off the train and when the conductor comes to check the ticket you can hide under my seat.” Later, however, when the conductor comes to check the ticket, Mark Twain gave him two tickets-----one for him and the other for his friend.

 The child said that he had _____ the pen on the desk, but I thought he ____ to me.

A. laid; lied     B. lain; lied      C. lied; lay       D. lain; lay

 –Could you do me ______ favour and hold the screen for me?

   --______.

A. a; My pleasure  B. the; With pleasure  C. a; With pleasure  D. the; My pleasure

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A ___21___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___22___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___23___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I ___24___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___25___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___26___ was something greater.

    The next morning she ___27___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___28___ a university.

     After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___29___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___30___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___31___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___32___.

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___33___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___34___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___35___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___36___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___37___ be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___38___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___39___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___40___ situations and never give up.

21. A. noise    B. voice  C. sound  D. tune

22. A. get       B. take    C. carry   D. throw

23. A. otherwise     B. anyhow      C. instead       D. actually

24. A. settled  B. pushed       C. picked D. put

25. A. teacher B. employer    C. director      D. adviser

26. A. purpose       B. encouragement     C. process       D. victory

27. A. went     B. met     C. worked      D. stayed

28. A. visit     B. continue     C. attend D. prepare

29. A. serious  B. fortunate    C. careful       D. responsible

30. A. career   B. duty    C. position      D. part

31. A. learning       B. judging     C. obeying      D. imagining

32. A. patiently      B. eagerly       C. successfully       D. skillfully

33. A. upset    B. frightened  C. guilty  D. ashamed

34. A. looked up    B went up       C. took up      D. showed up

35. A. believe B. protect       C. treat    D. receive

36. A. spirit    B. intention    C. idea    D. attempt

37. A. must     B. would C. might  D. should

38. A. At B. During       C. On      D. With

39. A. worthless     B. thoughtless C. hopeless     D. helpless

40. A. challenging  B. different     C. dangerous   D. strange

. —We have booked a room for today and tomorrow.

  — _________, sir.

       A. I’ll check   B. My pleasure       C. I’m sure     D. It’s all right

 John, look at the time. ____ you play the piano at such a late hour?

A. Must       B. Can                  C. May      D. Need

. The patient was warned ___________ oily food after the operation.

A. to eat not             B. eating not               C. not to eat                       D. not eating

The way he did it is different______ we were used to .

A. in which              B. in what    C. from what           D. from which

 The traffic is heavy these days. I ________ arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?

A. can’t          B. must         C. need            D. may