Do you still smoke?

-- _____. It’s two years since I smoked.

   A. No, I don’t              B. Yes, I do   

   C. Not too much            D. Oh, yes, but I wish I didn’t

May I look at the menu for a little while?

-- Of course, _____, sir.

   A. don’t worry             B. It doesn’t matter

   C. enjoy yourself            D. take your time

赞美别人只需花很少的一点时间，但这会很自然地让他们对自己增强信心。(automatically)

在那次的国际会议上，他对国际局势的熟悉给在场的每个人都留下了深刻的印象。(impress)

正是看完这本书之后他才下定决心要成为一名医生。（… not until…）

玛丽45岁时退休，现在在乡村过着悠闲的生活。(ease)

只有爬上那些陡峭的台阶才能登上山顶。(approachable)

The whole family objected strongly when I said I was going to Europe over the Christmas holidays with a college friend of mine. Mother said that ____62____ there was going to be a family reunion, I  really ____63____ to stay at home. Although I always ____64____ these occasions, nobody could persuade me to change my mind.

      A week before Christmas, my friend and I flew to Madrid and then ____65____ by train through Spain, France and Germany . On Christmas Eve we arrived in a small town in southern Germany and were greatly surprised to find so much activity in town. The streets were ____66____ with people, and the shops were full of all kinds of interesting things. We walked ____67____ for hours and then just before midnight we went to listen to Christmas songs sung by children around the brightly ____68____ tree in the main square. We went back to our hotel late that night, looking forward to the next day when we ____69____ to have Christmas ____70____ at the best restaurant in town.

      However, in the morning ____71____ people were to be seen in the streets. To make the matter ____72____ , every shop was ____73____ up tight, even the restaurants. We searched uselessly for hours and ____74____ had to return to our hotel feeling unhappy and lonely. Our Christmas meal was a bag of fruit ____75____ my friend had ____76____ to buy the day before. Our thoughts sadly turned to home. At that moment, our families must have been wishing us a "Merry Christmas" !

      In some countries video games are ____53____ becoming a social problem. They are banned in the Philippines and Indonesia. In Japan, those who are under 15 years old are ____54____ to use the public machines at night. City elders across the United States are campaigning to restrict their numbers, while the Hong Kong government is proposing to license their operation. These video games are causing children to ____55____ their money on them. Even adults are lured into spending ____56____ hours playing them.

      In Singapore, the battle of man against the machines takes place in licenced amusement centers, mostly located in shopping centers. According to one ____57____, each establishment can make between $ 250 and $1,500 a day. The schoolchildren in uniforms there are not allowed into these centers. However, one cannot help ____58____ that the majority of those who are often found in these places are youngsters. Many of them are schoolchildren who have changed out of their uniforms. Some play for the ____59____ of it, others have turned them into a form of gambling, and some are hopelessly ____60____ to them.

       Now kids and adults ____61____ play these games in the privacy of their homes. Video game sets have invaded most homes. The question that must be asked is: Have they any educational value?