Although she is pretending hard to be young, ...

Although she is pretending hard to be young, grey hair and the lines on her face _______.

A. hold her up　 　　 B. pick her up

C. take her away　　 D. give her away

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My daughter is a single parent. She works hard to ________ for herself and her three young sons.She budgets carefully and ________　 to plan for the little luxuries (奢侈品) and treats that others take for granted(认为理所当然)。

When her eldest son, David, wanted a ________　 so that he could do an after-school newspaper delivery job, she ________　 and soon, he was the proud ________　 of a good second-hand bike.

One afternoon, my daughter asked David to go to a local shop. He rode his bicycle, ________ foolishly left it outside the shop without ________　 it up. When David came out of the shop, it was________. He walked home in ________ and then, together with his frustrated mother, went to the local police station to report the ________.

Imagine their ________　 when they arrived at the station: a car parked out front had David’s bike put in its boot (汽车后部的行李箱). The ________ told them how he’d seen a group of kids ________ the bike once my grandson had gone inside the shop.

The driver – in his late teens himself – had called out to them to “leave that bike ________!” Despite this, one member of the group ________ on the bicycle and rode it away while the others followed.Not to be ________, the teen got in his car, drove after them and ________ that they give the stolen bike back.

He was happy to be able to ________ it to my grandson together with a lecture (echoed by the policeman and his mother) about the silliness of _______ to use the bike lock.________, in all the excitement, he slipped away, without even giving them his name or telephone number.

1.A. stand　　 B. provide　　 C. change　　 D. watch

2.A. permits　　 B. refuses　　 C. manages　　 D. decides

3.A. bicycle　　 B. watch　　 C. phone　　 D. backpack

4.A. gave out　　 B. set aside　　 C. saved up　　 D. worked up

5.A. driver　　 B. worker　　 C. seller　　 D. owner

6.A. and　　 B. but　　 C. so　　 D. when

7.A. locking　　 B. picking　　 C. covering　　 D. hiding

8.A. left　　 B. missed　　 C. broken　　 D. gone

9.A. surprise　　 B. trouble　　 C. tears　　 D. peace

10.A. danger　　 B. theft　　 C. accident　　 D. fight

11.A. joy　　 B. regret　　 C. anger　　 D. disappointment

12.A. policeman　　 B. manager　　 C. teacher　　 D. driver

13.A. ride　　 B. fix　　 C. steal　　 D. knock

14.A. out　　 B. off　　 C. away　　 D. alone

15.A. jumped　　 B. touched　　 C. walked　　 D. moved

16.A. annoyed　　 B. angry　　 C. confused　　 D. discouraged

17.A. advised　　 B. demanded　　 C. forced　　 D. promised

18.A. donate　　 B. explain　　 C. return　　 D. pass

19.A. learning　　 B. teaching　　 C. reminding　　 D. failing

20.A. Besides　　 B. Then　　 C. Finally　　 D. Therefore

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I would like to tell you a story about my uncle Theo. He is my oldest uncle, a tall, thin, grey-haired man whose thoughts are always on learning and nothing else. He is quiet, gentle and absent-minded and with about as much sense as a child where money is concerned. Well, he applied a post in Camford University. It was a very good post and there were hundreds of candidates（候选人）who applied for it, and about fifteen, including Theo, were asked to be interviewed.

Camford is a very small town; there is only one hotel in it, and it was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Theo was one of these, and the man who shared the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice, and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel. But he was a clever fellow all the same and had a good post in Iscaiot College, Narkover. Well, the Dean, who was the head of the department of the University, and the committee interviewed all the candidates; and as a result of this interview, the number of the candidates was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adams. The committee couldn’t decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each of the candidates had given a public lecture in the college lecture-hall. The subject they had to speak on was “The Civilization of the Ancient Summerians”; and the lecture had to be given in three days’ time.

Well, for these three days Uncle Theo never left his room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn’t seem to do any preparation at all. You could hear his voice and his laughter where he had a crowd of people around him. He came to his room late at night, asked Uncle Theo how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told him how he had spent the evening playing bridge, or at the music hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Uncle Theo sat up working at his lecture.

The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture hall and Theo and Adams took their seats on the platform. And then, Theo discovered, to his horror, that typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said they would call on the candidates on the alphabetical order, Adams first; and the despair in his heart, Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of pocket and read it to the professors who were gathered to hear it. And how well he read it! Even Uncle Theo had to admit he couldn’t have read it nearly so eloquently（流利地）himself, and when Adams finished there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down.

Now, it was Theo’s turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into the lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice, the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.

The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be. Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the back and said, smilingly, “Hard luck, old fellow, but after all, only one of us could win”.

Then the Dean and the committee came back, “Gentlemen”, the Dean said, “the candidate we have chosen is Mr. Hobdell.” Uncle Theo had won! The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean continued, “I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at the decision. We were all filled with admiration at the learning and eloquence of Mr. Adams. I was greatly impressed. But, you will remember, Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hobdell’s turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory, though, of course, he couldn’t have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr. Hobdell must have! This is why we decided that Mr. Hobdell was exactly the man we wanted! ”

As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo, who was so confused but so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or heels; and as he shook Theo’s hand he said, “Congratulations, Mr. Hobdell! But, my dear fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!”

1.Which of the followings best describes Uncle Theo?

A. Good-mannered B. Modest

C. Childish　　　　 D. Bookish

2.What do we know about the post at Camford University?

A. The applicants had to sit for an examination.

B. There was much competition for the post.

C. The post requires a lot of teaching experience.

D. The post offered quite high salary.

3.Adams did not bother to do any preparation because______.

A. he was quite familiar with the subject.

B. he knew the committee members well.

C. he had a well-thought-out plan.

D. he had full confidence in himself.

4.When Uncle Theo’s turn came, _______.

A. he felt so angry that he couldn’t see a word.

B. he felt so upset that he could not remember anything.

C. he had to put the same thoughts in another way.

D. he had to repeat the speech, word by word from memory.

5.When the committee went out to make a decision, Adams _______.

A. could not help feeling worried.

B. could hardly wait to show his joy.

C. felt sorry for Theo and tried to cheer him up.

D. felt ashamed and tried to chat with Theo.

6.Theo became successful because _______.

A. he had a better memory than Adams.

B. he was more experienced than Adams.

C. the committee knew he was exactly the man they wanted.

D. the committee knew Adams had copied Theo’s speech.

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The actor pretends to be a fierce, bold man, but _____ he is timid and shy.

A. in action          B. in addition       C. in reality        D. in short

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Grey-haired Chang Zhifu stands out from the young volunteers working 1. guides in Xidan Culture Square, one of the capital city’s booming business districts.

“Welcome to Beijing. I am an Olympic volunteer,” Chang said on Tuesday to Carhen Winston, 2._ tourist from Washington D.C.

“It’s 3.  (amaze) to meet a 66-year-old Chinese lady 4.  speaks good English,” Winston said.

In order to become a volunteer for the Beijing Olympics, Chang began to study English and sign language a year ago.

“As an old Chinese saying 5. (go), ‘It’s never too old 6.  (learn),’ and 7.  I have to do is to put in more efforts,” said Chang.

Every day she carries two booklets, one for English and the other for sign language. The time she spends _8. the bus is “always good for revising”.

Chang 9. (invite) to teach sign language to young volunteers now and then. “Go, China!” is always the first sign she teaches.

“Granny Chang is quite a celebrity here, because of 10.  hard work and Olympic spirit. We just want her to have a short break.” Wang Hao, the leader of the volunteer team said.

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When the boss came in, the workers pretended ______ hard on their machines.

A. to work B. to be working

C. to have worked D. working

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What does the man think of Sue?

A.She is a competitive coworker.

B.She is too young to be promoted.

C.She is an experienced employee.

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Although he is a teenager, Fred can resist ______ what to do and what not to do.

A．telling            B．being told         C．to tell            D．to be told

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He is believed to be one of the best _____ composers. Although old, he is very much ____ and he can give a ______ description of what happened.

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Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous, talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.

Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall , good looking young man with big , happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

1.Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _________.

A. rich　　　　 B. young　　　　 C. lonely　　　 D. a bad student

2.Jean thought “David” was special because he _________.

A. made her quite happy on QQ

B. was from San Francisco

C. was tall and good-looking

D. was rich

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily

B. People don’t use their real names on QQ so often

C. Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ

D. Don’t spend much time on QQ

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