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15、The question then _______ , what shall we do with the remaining materials ?

A．rises                B．arises               C．raises               D．arouses

14、We could hardly believe what she says because she is _______ changing her mind.

A．regularly             B．steadily              C．suddenly     D．constantly

13、As we grow older, birthdays seem to _______ more quickly than when we were children.

A．come in             B．come around         C．come out            D．come over

12、During those struggling years abroad, Lang Lang worked hard enough for fortune to _______ .

A．take over            B．take up             C．take in       D．take on

11、As for diet, Michael Jacson chooses vegetables and fruit in _______ to any kind of meat.

A．comparison          B．preference           C．possession          D．advantage

10、Don’t worry, sir. If the plane is full, we’ll put you on an _______ flight.

A．accustomed         B．adequate             C．alternative           D．accessible

9、Experiments have shown that children generally relate to other children’s strengths and abilities, _______ to their weakness.

A．except for           B．instead of           C．but           D．rather than

8、根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1．— Sleep well last night ?

    — Far from that ! My next door neighbor __________ (放音乐) pretty loud. (play)

2．Clerks’ being physically examined for free twice a year ___________ (要保证) in any company.   (ensure)

3．If you want to do the experiment again, you’d better be more careful

______________________ (你犯过错误的地方) . (where)

4．My god! My patience ______________ (耗尽) and now I’d like to pull out of the project. (give)

5．__________________ (困在) in the collapsed coal mine for more than 70 hours, the workers survived by eating newspapers.  (trap)

6．The shop assistants are sure to be better paid this month since the sale is almost _________ (上个月的两倍) .  (double)

7．Occasionally she tried to argue with her husband, ________ (结果) crying her eyes out.  (end)

8．He ______________ (一定完成了) his work; otherwise he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.  (complete)

9．Not until we watched the Earth Day program on TV ________________ (我们了解) much about global warming.   (learn)

10．The boy dived into the water and after ____________________ (好像很长时间), he came up again. (what; seem)

7、The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold,   1   passengers.

Suddenly a little boy   2   his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the   3   grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father   4   to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very   5   happens suddenly. The little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee.   6  , I think that he wants to   7   me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his  8   up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the   9  . Wrong again! What I receive is a   10   kiss on the cheek.

The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am   11  . What just happened? A child kissing a(n)   12   grown-up on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are   13   kissed．Nervous and a little surprised, we   14   at the father. When he sees our questioning   15   as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue.

“He’s so happy to be alive.” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

Father and son   16   into the crowd moving toward the exit. Then doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still   17   the child’s kiss — a kiss that has triggered (触发) some soul-search inside me. How many grown-ups   18   kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege (特权) of   19  ?

The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful. You don’t let yourself   20   before your heart stops!

1．A．excited                 B．tired                   C．pleased                 D．surprised

2．A．feels                    B．winds                 C．pushes                  D．picks

3．A．unfriendly             B．friendly               C．angry                   D．kind

4．A．likes                     B．prefers               C．chooses                D．agrees

5．A．great                    B．strange               C．extraordinary        D．thrilling

6．A．In no moment       B．For a moment     C．For the moment     D．In a moment

7．A．beat                     B．tell                     C．inform                  D．pass

8．A．eyes                     B．ear                     C．head                     D．lip

9．A．news                   B．message             C．kiss                      D．opinion

10．A．loud                   B．foolish                C．strange                 D．fortunate

11．A．pleased               B．shocked              C．satisfied                D．interested

12．A．well-known        B．smart                 C．unknown              D．familiar

13．A．expectedly          B．duly                   C．regularly               D．eventually

14．A．stare                  B．smile                  C．warn                    D．whisper

15．A．glances               B．anger                  C．mouths                 D．feeling

16．A．appear                B．back                   C．disappear              D．follow

17．A．touch                 B．trust                   C．smell                    D．feel

18．A．go around           B．come around       C．keep on                D．insist on

19．A．a child                B．a kiss                 C．living                    D．touching

20．A．die                     B．stop                   C．sleep                    D．live