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My family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota last year, where the average winter temperature is around 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Once summer ended, everyone went inside to play ice hockey. I’d been on the ice only a couple of times when I was much younger. When I’d fallen and broken my wrist during my second lesson, I’d decided never to put on ice skates again.

Ben, the friend I made in the new city, volunteered to teach me to skate. Even though he was very patient, I was so embarrassed by my clumsiness that I began to make up excuses for not skating.

One day I discovered a faster route home. It took me past a large frozen pond. I noticed a woman teaching a young girl to skate. The girl was attempting to jump and spin in the air.

Over and over, she pushed off the ground with the toe of her skate. And over and over, she landed hard on the ice.

After I had been watching the girl practice for about a week, one afternoon she suddenly lifted off the ground, spun in the air, and landed on her feet!

The next day I bought myself some brand new skates. Every day on the way home I stopped at the pond and wobbled onto the ice, right next to the girl who had landed her jump. As she perfected her twists and tricks, I taught myself to glide and turn. It was hard being a beginner, and when I fell I had to fight the urge to simply give up. Instead, every time I went down, I just picked myself up and started over again. Soon I was able to keep my balance and skate more confidently. In just a few weeks, I was actually ready to practice the speed skating, fast stops, and quick turns needed for ice hockey. When I was finally ready to show Ben my newfound skating ability, he told me I should join the local hockey league. I tried out and was chosen for a team. By the end of the season, I was part of a winning team.

1.What can we learn about the author?

A.He learned skating from the girl.

B.He preferred ice hockey to skating.

C.He had once given up learning skating.

D.He moved to a new city without summer.

2.Why did the author mention the girl on the pond?

A.To prove the girl was skillful.

B.To suggest the girl inspired him.

C.To show the girl was a quick learner.

D.To explain how he came across the girl.

3.According to the last paragraph, the author’s training was________.

A.easy and basic B.hard but rewarding

C.boring and tiring D.strict but interesting

4.What does the story mainly tell us?

A.All roads lead to Rome.

B.One is never too old to learn.

C.One good turn deserves another.

D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney（烟囱） and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.

Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

1. What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus.

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.

C. Asking for gifts from her parents.

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____.

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3. When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ______in her heart.

A. proud　　 B. amusing　　 C. hate　　 D. regret

4. By writing the passage, the author speaks highly of ________

A. friendship　　 B. parenting

C. religion　　 　 D. culture

5. The author of the passage is probably ________.

A. a teenager

B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman

D. a native American

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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.

Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus.

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.

C. Asking for gifts from her parents.

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ________.

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3.When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ________ in her heart.

A. proud　　 　　 B. amusing　　 　 C. hate　　 　　 D. regret

4.The author of the passage is probably ________.

A. a teenager　 　　　　　　　　　 B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman　 　　　 D. a native American

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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia，where my dad got a visa for his family and a job． I had just learned English，and from what little I could gather from my classmates，Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney（烟囱） and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country，I thought．After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary，I knew what I had to do．

On that fateful night，after everyone went to bed，I took my longest，cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉)．Obviously，the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character．

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace．To make a sob story short，I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told． I burst into tears，quickly took down the sock，and stuffed it in the back of a drawer．Santa was dead．

Every December since then，the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up，and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story．I had to make it as funny as possible，or else I would cry．

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago，on Christmas Eve，an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door．He said，“I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years．” He handed me a bulging red stocking，winked，and left．On top of the stocking was a card． It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade，but you’ve always lived in my heart．Santa．”

Through tear-blurred eyes，I recognized the handwriting of Jill，a friend I had met just two months before．I later discovered that the older man was her father．Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it．

So now I believe that Santa is real．I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketers．Those Santas annoy and sadden me．I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people．This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully，really listens to friends，and then plans deliberate acts of kindness．

1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A． Waiting for Santa Claus．

B． Putting a stocking on the mantel．

C． Asking for gifts from her parents．

D． Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____．

A． didn’t love their child at all

B． didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C． didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D． didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3.When the author told her friends about the story，she felt ______in her heart．

A． proud　　 B． amusing　　 C． hate　　 D． regret

4.By writing the passage，the author speaks highly of ________

A． friendship

B． parenting

C． religion

D． culture

5.The author of the passage is probably ________．

A． a teenager

B． a primary school student

C． a middle-aged woman

D． a native American

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My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.

Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus.

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.

C. Asking for gifts from her parents.

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ________.

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3.When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ________ in her heart.

A. proud　　 　　 B. amusing　　 　 C. hate　　 　　 D. regret

4.The author of the passage is probably ________.

A. a teenager　 　　　　　　 B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman　 D. a native American

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It had been a difficult move. I’d left my family and friends in Indiana, the beloved state where I’d lived most of my life. My new home in Florida was thousands of miles away from anything I knew. It was hot—all the time. Jobs were hard to come by, but I was up for almost any challenge.

At last, I taught in a special school where students have severe learning and behavioral difficulties.

Another teacher and I had spent weeks teaching the children appropriate behavior for public outings. Unexpectedly, only a few students, including Kyle, had not earned the privilege of going. He was determined to make his disappointment known.

In the corridor(走廊) between classrooms, he began screaming, cursing, spitting, and swinging at anything within striking distance. Once his outburst died down, he did what he’d done when he was angry at all his other schools, at home, even once at a juvenile detention(拘留)center. He ran.

People watched in disbelief as Kyle dashed straight into the heavy morning traffic in front of the school.

I heard someone shout, “Call the police!”

But I ran after him.

Kyle was at least a foot taller than me. And he was fast. His older brothers were track stars at the nearby high school. But I could run long distances without tiring. I would at least be able to keep him in my sight and know he was alive.

After several blocks of running directly into oncoming traffic, Kyle slowed his pace.

He took a sharp left. Standing next to a trash bin, Kyle bent over with his hands on his knees. I must have looked ridiculous. But his was not a look of fear. I saw his body relax. He did not attempt to run again. Kyle stood still and watched me approach. I had no idea what I was going to say or do, but I kept walking closer.

He opened his mouth to speak when a police car pulled up, abruptly filling the space between Kyle and me. The school principal and an officer got out. They spoke calmly to Kyle, who willingly climbed into the back of the vehicle. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle’s face, even as they drove away.

I couldn’t help but feel that I had failed him, that I should have done or said more, that I should have fixed the situation.

I shared my feelings with a speech therapist who was familiar with Kyle’s history. “No one ever ran after him before, Rachel,” she said. “No one. They just let him go.”

Things changed the day he ran and I ran after him, even though I didn’t have the right words, even though I wasn’t able to save him from the mess he was in. It was the day I didn’t throw my hands in the air and decide he was too fast, a waste of time and effort , a lost cause. It was the day my mere presence was enough to make a profound difference.

1.From the passage we know that _____.

A. the author left her family to Florida because jobs were hard to come by in Indiana.

B. students were allowed to go out after they passed some specific tests.

C. the author worked in a school where students were excellent.

D. no teacher had ever run after Kyle before except the author .

2.Which of the following description about Kyle is not true?

A. He had some behavioral difficulties and once moved from one detention to another.

B. He used to run out to let out his anger when he was in school,home or juvenile detention.

C. Different from his brothers, he learned in a special school while not a normal high school.

D. He was moved by his teacher who treated him with more patience and understanding.

3.Which is the correct order of the trace?

①He burst out when he knew he couldn’t go out.

②I decided to run after him.

③Kyle stoppped beside a trash bin.

④A police car came and Kyle left with it.

⑤He rushed into the heavy morning traffic.

⑥Kyle slowed his pace.

⑦I walked toward Kyle.

A. ①⑤②⑥③⑦④                 B. ①⑤②④⑥⑦③

C. ⑤④②⑥③⑦①            D. ①②⑥⑦③④⑤

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Kyle, a Boy with Learning and Behavior Difficulties.

B. The Teacher Who Ran.

C. A School with Special Students.

D. A Terrible Conflict.

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Our family moved to America ten years ago. One day I came home after school, __. I asked my mom to no longer put Middle Eastern food in my __. She and my father became quiet. Through questioning, my mother made me tell the __ that the other students had given me a very __　　 time because my ___was different. So I　　 __. “From now on, could we do peanut butter on Wonder Bread and an apple?” My brother and sister said they’d like the same because they had also __ it.

There were no African Americans or Asians in our school. I thought there was __ from India or Latin America, either. It was __ a community based on their __ religion and culture. Among them, our family seemed __. My father’s family was from Syria; my mom’s from Palestine. Our food was different; we had holiday customs like nobody else. All these ___us from others.

A week later the teacher announced that we should not bring lunches the following day. To my __, the next day at lunch, in came my mother with boxes of Middle Eastern food. The teacher __ her, “ This is Mrs. Nimen, Tom’s mom.” She took out the food and started __ the kids Kibble—a baked dish. She had __ baked bread for the class to take home. She made the kids very excited, who were __ everything I was eating a week earlier. __ here they were __ my mother’s food!

My mother did the same thing afterwards in my brother’s and sister’s classes. Though this didn’t end the racial problem, it made a (an) __. She was a pioneer of diversity, using Middle Eastern friendliness in an artful way.

1.A. proud　　 B. upset　　 C. satisfied　　 D. hungry

2.A. breakfast　　 B. lunch　　 C. supper　　 D. dessert

3.A. joke　　 B. tale　　 C. truth　　 D. lie

4.A. difficult　　 B. short　　 C. pleasant　　 D. unforgettable

5.A. look　　 B. family　　 C. food　　 D. belief

6.A. decided　　 B. ordered　　 C. insisted　　 D. requested

7.A. experienced　　 B. remembered　　 C. refused　　 D. heard

8.A. somebody　　 B. nobody　　 C. everybody　　 D. anybody

9.A. mainly　　 B. usually　　 C. particularly　　 D. extremely

10.A. favored　　 B. shared　　 C. concerned　　 D. achieved

11.A. strange　　 B. poor　　 C. rich　　 D. happy

12.A. freed　　 B. removed　　 C. protected　　 D. distinguished

13.A. relief　　 B. delight　　 C. knowledge　　 D. amazement

14.A. greeted　　 B. approached　　 C. introduced　　 D. congratulated

15.A. cooking　　 B. serving　　 C. selling　　 D. lending

16.A. even　　 B. still　　 C. often　　 D. ever

17.A. taking charge of　　 B. getting rid of　　 C. making fun of　　 D. catching hold of

18.A. And　　 B. But　　 C. Or　　 D. So

19.A. expecting　　 B. enjoying　　 C. wasting　　 D. distributing

20.A. effort　　 B. attempt　　 C. discovery　　 D. difference

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About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little ex-cited, but I worried I would never fit in with the other sixth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was pretty sure she hated me. I would ask her a question, and I could tell she thought I was a total fool.

My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was horrified (惊骇的). I didn’t wear make-up (化妆品), and I didn’t wear those terrible bell-bottom pants. I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends. Lucy, the girl who hated me, called me her best friend. After that, we still were good friends a whole year later.

I may have moved to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. It’s funny — I still remember her birthday. She was a great friend. And to think, she considered me her enemy at first. Though it was hard, and it felt like I was wasting my time, and losing my dignity (尊严), I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy. That sentence just reminded me how great it was for me to change Lucy into my friend in that state of Iowa five years ago.

1.When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried _____.

A. she looked stupid when asking questions

B. she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

C. she was not ready for change at all

D. she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

2.How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A. By wearing make-up.

B. By keeping smiling at Lucy.

C. By wearing bell-bottom pants.

D. By sitting beside Lucy in class.

3.From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought _____.

A. it was right of her to suffer when making friends

B. it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

C. it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

D. it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Patience is important in making friends.

B. Friendship needs to be cared for.

C. Making friends means losing enemies.

D. Kindness can defeat any enemy.

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Last month my mother moved into a nursing home. This came after years of witnessing the worsening of her cognitive abilities and changes in her personality, all thanks to life-sucking frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

My mom is going to lose her ability to speak, have trouble forming complete thoughts and sentences, and eventually forget how to do things she loved, like cook and read.

But despite all of her inabilities, when I walked in on her having dinner with the rest of the women that make up the dementia floor of the nursing home, I didn’t think she belonged.

It wasn’t until I spent three days there bonding with those women that I realized what scared me the most-she did fit in.

If you were an outsider looking at these women, you’d pity them. You’d think it was cruel that our bodies could turn on us in this way. You’d think it was sad that their families have put the burden of taking care of them on someone else. You’d want to intervene.

You’d want to give the lady eating mashed potatoes with her hands a spoon, you’d want to peel the orange for the lady who’s eating it like an apple, you’d want to scold the lady who forgets to flush the toilet and wash her hands after using the bathroom.

I did all those things to my mother. But when I see her in an environment that lets her be herself, it somehow seems okay.

Learn to love them unconditionally. It’s easier said than done, but if she loved me after giving her hell for making me come home by 10 p. m. on Fridays, I can love her even if she forgets my name.

1.What frightened the author most?

A. Her mother adapted to the nursing home.

B. She had to look after her mother.

C. Her mother suffered from FTD.

D. She lived with those women at the nursing home.

2.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “intervene”？

A. Amaze.　　 B. Interrupt.

C. Permit.　　 D. Explore.

3.What was the final decision of the author?

A. She let her mother alone.

B. She took care of her mother at home.

C. She sent her mother to hospital.

D. She let her mother stay at the nursing home.

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards her mother?

A. Mean.　　 B. Selfish.

C. Grateful.　　 D. Honest.

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When Athaya Slaetalid first moved from Thailand to the Faroe Islands, where winter lasts six months, she would sit next to the heater all day:

"People told me to go _________ because the sun was shining but I just said: 'No! Leave me alone, I'm very ________.'"

Moving here six years ago was tough for Athaya ________, she admits. She ________her husband Jan when he was working with a Faroese friend who had started a business in ________.

Jan knew ________ that bringing his wife to this very different ________, weather and landscape would be challenging.

"I had my ________, because everything she was leaving ________ everything she was coming to were opposites," he admits. "But knowing Athaya, I knew she would ________."

There are now more than 300 women from Thailand and Philippines living in the Faroes. It doesn't ________ like a lot, but in a population of just 50,000 people, they now ________ the largest ethnic minority in these 18 islands, located between Norway and Iceland.

In recent years the Faroes have experienced population ________, with young people leaving, often in search of education, and not returning. Women have ________ more likely to settle abroad. As a result, according to Prime Minister Axel Johannesen, the Faroes have a "gender deficit" with _________ 4,000 fewer women than men.

This, ________, has lead Faroese men to look ________ the islands for romance. Many, though not all, of the ________ women met their husbands online, some through commercial ________ websites. Others have made connections through social media networks or existing Asian-Faroese _________.

1.A. outside　　 B. inside　　 C. away　　 D. off

2.A. hot　　 B. cold　　 C. warm　　 D. cool

3.A. at last　　 B. at once　　 C. at first　　 D. at length

4.A. would find　　 B. had found　　 C. would meet　　 D. had met

5.A. Iceland　　 B. Philippines　　 C. Faroes　　 D. Thailand

6.A. ahead schedule　　 B. in advance　　 C. without hesitation　　 D. in particular

7.A. country　　 B. nation　　 C. culture　　 D. minority

8.A. concerns　　 B. conflicts　　 C. beliefs　　 D. problems

9.A. but　　 B. and　　 C. while　　 D. when

10.A. make　　 B. get　　 C. handle　　 D. cope

11.A. sound　　 B. hear　　 C. look　　 D. appear

12.A. consist of　　 B. belong to　　 C. make up　　 D. build up

13.A. decline　　 B. increase　　 C. boom　　 D. failure

14.A. shown　　 B. remained　　 C. proved　　 D. tended

15.A. mostly　　 B. totally　　 C. exactly　　 D. approximately

16.A. however　　 B. then　　 C. actually　　 D. instead

17.A. within　　 B. faraway　　 C. throughout　　 D. beyond

18.A. European　　 B. Asian　　 C. foreign　　 D. poor

19.A. knowing　　 B. playing　　 C. dating　　 D. marrying

20.A. couples　　 B. wives　　 C. husbands　　 D. families

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