16、For professional athletes，      to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books．

A．appeal           B．attachment           C．access           D．approach

15、I don’t think the president will come，but in case he      ，let him sit in the front row.

A．will       B．does                      C．would           D．did

14、一It was fine yesterday．

一And a very day for fishing，isn’t it?

A．So it was      B．So it is                    C．So was it               D．So is it

13、       Seat belts save lives has been proven in study after study．

A．Whether          B．What                   C．That              D．If

12、一Is that the small company you often refer to?

一Right，just the one       you know I used to work for years.

A．that                 B．which                  C．as                  D．Where

11、Somewhere in South Carolina，we        the highway to eat．

A．pulled off    B．pulled on                  C．pulled up         D．pulled along

10、       She tells him the truth now, he’ll simply keep on asking her until she does.

A．Immediately  B．If                   C．Unless            D．Once

9、一Johnson, come and look at the sea! It’s beautiful, isn’t it?

一Absolutely! If only I       here by the sea.

A．had lived        B．lived                      C．live                  D．will live

8、      ，I think, and we could solve the problem.

A．With more effort            B．Making more effort

C．More effort                  D．If we make more effort

7、     I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.   1  , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and   2  , but rather when he was weak and ill.

     My father was   3   a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible disease   4   all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  5  . On night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about   6  , and I told them about one of my   7  . I said that we must very often give things up   8   we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always   9   that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father   10   up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up   11  ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.   12  , he answered his own question: “ I   13   the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also   14   by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated（愤怒的）at someone, I   15   remember his words and become   16  . If  he could replace his great pain a feeling of love for others,   17   I should be able to give up my small irritations. In this   18  , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I   19   what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more   20   when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one gift.

1. A. Therefore                    B. Otherwise                 C. However                 D. Eventually

2. A. happy                         B. healthy                    C. wealthy                  D. lonely

3. A. already                      B. just                         C. still                         D. once

4. A. took                           B. sent                        C. threw                     D. put

5. A. impossible                   B. difficult                   C. hopeless                 D. demanding

6. A. people                 B. jobs                        C. life                         D. religion

7. A. decisions                     B. experiences             C. ambitions                 D. beliefs

8. A. as                        B. before                     C. since                      D. after

9．A．suggests                B．promises              C．seems                    D．means

10．A．spoke                  B．turned                  C．summed                 D．opened

11．A．anything               B．something            C．nothing                  D．everything

12．A．Surprisingly           B．Naturally              C．Happily                  D．Immediately

13．A．had                     B．lost                      C．gained                    D．missed

14．A．touched               B．annoyed               C．astonished              D．disappointed

15．A．could                   B．should                 C．would                    D．might

16．A．relaxed                B．calm                    C．quiet                      D．excited

17．A．so                       B．then                     C．also                       D．whereas

18．A．area                     B．method                C．form                      D．way

19．A．doubt                  B．wonder                C．suspect                  D．guess

20．A．firmly                  B．carefully              C．strictly                   D．gratefully