－I was really anxious about you. You shouldn’t have left without a ward.

－        .

A. why not?             B. Really?          C. I don’t know        D. I’m terribly sorry

I’m going to buy a watch as _______ gift to my daughter, ______ one looking nice but not expensive.

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

On a cold November afternoon，my mother and 1 were walking home from a   21   ．We were dressed   22   ．1 was feeling a little   23  as 1 was carrying our shopping，and decided to throw away something．So I started to walk towards a   24  when I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us．He   25   over to another nearby dustbin and started looking through it．

I suddenly felt very guilty because 1 was about to throw away a new drink just because it was

  26  ．1 walked up to him and handed the   27   and some snacks over to him．The man looked up   28   and took what I gave him．

A huge smile   29   across his face and this   30    me to feel indescribable satisfaction．I felt I couldn’t be happier   31   myself．But then he said：“Wow，this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that，he thanked me happily and started off on his bike，I    32   heard him whistling a song as he rode away．

I got a warm  33 inside．I now understand  34  is meant by the saying “giving is getting”．

Although it only   35   a little action and a few words，I gained and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month．Everyone in the world needs   36   ，everyone can   37   help and everyone will be helped by   38   kindness．

The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every   39  I have the chance to do something nice．

This is the   40    of charity．

A．store             B．school             C．hospital                  D．factory

A．poorly       B．coldly              C．warmly                   D．expensively

A．glad              B．interested         C．bored                         D．tired

A．street            B．dustbin            C．toilet                   D．corner

A．walked          B．looked             C．thought                   D．took

A．cheap            B．heavy           C．tasteless                  D．full

A．money          B．toys                 C．drink                      D．clothes

A．in silence   B．in surprise         C．in interest            D．in a hurry

A．spread        B．came            C．went                       D．ran

A．forced           B．helped             C．made                   D．caused

A．with             B．to                    C．at                           D．for

A．still                     B．never               C．even                       D．ever

A．opinion         B．mind               C．idea                        D．feeling

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

A．cost              B．took                C．spent                   D．asked

A．1ove             B．money             C．help                       D．drink

A．give              B．send                C．offer                      D．have

A．showing        B．expressing        C．1ending                  D．saying

A．moment        B．day                 C．minute                    D．time

A．aim                     B．meaning          C．strength                  D．power

Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

   Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paper books (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

   Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books., science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

  A. TV programs are a main provider of knowledge  

  B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information

  C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun  

  D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however ” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

   A. People only need reading, though.       B. Reading is still necessary today.

   C. Reading is more fun than television.      D. Watching television doesn’t help reading.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.  

   B. A good dictionary should be kept in every home.

   C. Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks. 

   D. More people like TV programs about famous men.

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(＾), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（ ＼）划掉。

修改： 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

For laid-off workers in poor areas, disease put extra pressure on the family. They can afford to consult a doctor and purchase medicines from a chemist when we get sick, nor can they make sure that their children keep healthy diet. If someone becomes serious ill, the family is forced into poverty. Statistics indicate that diseases have been caused more than 30 percents of low-income residents to live in poverty. Any families even have to spend all the money they receive from the government with medical treatment.

If it were not for the fact that she __________ sing, I would invite her to the party.

A. couldn’t    B. shouldn’t    C. can’t    D. might not

We’ll be free tomorrow，so I suggest ______ to the history museum.

A. to visit                    B. visiting                    C. we should visit D. a visit

Mr. Zhang said that he would be punctual for the appointment, _______ he were late?

       A. but what if B. and what about C. so what       D. how about

Only after he had spent several nights working on the math problem _______ to wonder whether the problem was wrongly set.

A. that he began             B. did he begin C. then he began            D. so that he began

There are many fine buildings on _______sides of the streets.

A. every                      B. both                  C. all                    D. either