— Mike got “F” in his history test.    一        ? He has been working so hard on it.

A. How come           B. So what               C. What for               D. Why not

_____ a mobile phone can you ring____ you want to talk with anywhere.

A. Only by, whoever                   B. Only on, whomever     C. By, whomever               D. With, anyone

I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail… than        to do nothing and succeed!

A. attempt                 B. attempting      C. attempted       D. to attempt

There was such ____smoke in the room that people found it difficult to get into it.

A. a large number of     B. a large amount of    C. many     D. a lots of

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We’ve heard it before-we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents －children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are many people that will   36   with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early   37   . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules(时间表) are as   38   as those of an adult’s.

    I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in   39  in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and   40   like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I regard myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time considering the   41   eighteen years－thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what   42   I have yet to achieve.

    We are expected to study hard, get excellent   43  , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do   44  . The list goes on and on. But the   45   is clear: We live in a society today that is   46   our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy－free(自由的想象力). We are expected to   47   the strict school rules and to be good in everything we do.

    I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they   48  me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a   49   lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a distant site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had   50   to his house. We were talking about the   51  he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I   52   my basketball hoop(筐). ”Then he threw a basketball to me.

    I hadn’t held   53   in five years.

    We continued to shoot hoops(投篮) for about 5 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time   54   like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have   55   once in a while.

  36. A. argue                     B. agree         C. satisfy               D. discuss

  37. A. age                     B. stage          C. year                      D. grade

  38. A. certain                B. busy                 C. careful                     D. perfect

  39. A. companies              B. places        C. positions           D. offices

  40. A. study                     B. speak         C. work                     D. act

  41. A. past                B. other          C. rest                       D. coming

  42. A. purposes          B. success       C. goals                 D. jobs

  43. A. textbooks        B. grades        C. teachers                 D. schools

  44. A. in life                 B. in time              C. for ages                 D. for ever

  45. A. information     B. message            C. notice               D. idea

  46. A. ruining            B. correcting   C. envying                 D. shortening

  47. A. respect            B. accept        C. learn                 D. follow

  48. A. inspired           B. disappointed      C. affected                 D. frightened

  49. A. valuable          B. serious              C. important          D. useful

  50. A. walked                B. flown back C. gone back          D. driven

  51. A. furniture         B. improvements    C. equipment         D. arrangements

  52. A. moved                B. fixed          C. sold                      D. broke

  53. A. a hoop                B. a shoot      C. a game                 D. a basketball

  54. A. laughing          B. shouting            C. running                 D. shooting

55. A. a rest                  B. a talk                C. fun                   D. sports

I don’t believe the reason____he has given for not coming to the lecture.

     A.why             B.that             C.how            D.what

____computers are of great benefit to the development of science and technology.

        A.The fact is what                     B.That the fact is

        C.What the fact is that                D.The fact is that

.I won’t let you in____you show me the written permission of themanager.

  A.apart from         B.unless           C.except          D.but

.Seldom____any mistakes during my past few years of working there.

      A.would I make       B.have I made         C.I did make         D.shall I make

____much advice I gave him,he did exactly what he wanted to.

        A.How              B.Whatever            C.Nomatter           D.However