Laura __________ in the office for 4 hours. Tell her to have a rest, please.

A. works          B. was working          C. worked       D. has worked

— __________ we leave the library before 5 o’clock?

— No, you needn’t. You can stay here until 5:30.

A. Must           B. May             C. Can            D. Could

We had a bad weekend. It ________ all the time. 

     A. rains            B. has rained     C. is raining      D. was raining

─I’m checking my email. What about you?

   ─I ________ photos to Chris.

     A. send            B. am sending    C. sent          D. have sent

There ________ a small park near my home and I often go there .

     A. was             B. were         C. is            D. are

 Take an umbrella with you, ________ you’ll get wet. 

     A. and             B. but           C. or           D. so

 Gary uses the Internet ________ home every day.  

     A. on              B.  in          C. at           D. to

单项填空。 从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My sister went to the party and ________ had a good time there.

A. she             B. I             C. her          D. me

词汇检测,根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

1．None of the    （选择）are correct.

2. His English    （词汇）is larger than mine.

3. People    （在……下）18 are not allowed to learn to drive in our country.

4. Everything we used was made from    （天然的）materials.

5. The   （懒惰）you are, the less progress you will make in study.

6. The curtains went up and a bright light    （照射）out across the stage.

7. They were   （激动地）discussing the plan for the coming May Day holiday.

8. - Why was the castle build here?

- To    the city from being attacked.

9.- Who's that? I couldn't recognize your    ．

  - This is Mary speaking.

10.-I like the Korean TV series You Who Came From The Star.

  - Me too. I can    in front of the TV for hours, watching it.

    America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while - then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）sometimes deeply into both families.

    Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality（好客） easily.

    Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine（事务）. They will be likely to expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

    For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1. The writer of this passage must be_______.

    A. an American          B. a Chinese        C. a visitor          D. a student

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

    B. Americans are usually more friendly than Chinese.

    C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

    D. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

3. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will be_______.

    A. warmly welcomed at the airport           B. offered a ride to his home

    C. treated hospitably at his home       D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

4. The underlined words "generous with our time" in Paragraph 3 mean_______.

    A. strict with time   B. willing to spend time   C. careful with time   D. free with time