It was ______ the president's speech that the secretary spent the whole morning at home.

A. to prepare B. preparing

C. prepared D. be prepared

The careless driver is _______ for the traffic accident_______ yesterday.

A. to blame; happened B. to blame; happening

C. to be blamed; happened D. to be blamed; happening

Everyone in this country should work hard and do what they can _____ against national smog.

A. fight B. fought

C. fighting D. to fight

The first time I saw him, what impressed me most were his waistline _____ nearly 3 Chinese chi and his obesity ______ 210 jin.

A. measured ; weighed B. measuring; weighing

C. measured; weighing D. measuring; weighed

Mary ______ all the housework, she dropped herself into the sofa, sighing with relief.

A. finished B. had finished

C. having finished D. finishing

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I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby's point of view.

Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby's blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.

It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four­hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock­watching schedule was Dr.Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn't follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.

Well, at last we have copper­bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding. The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ (智商) scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample (样本) of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of parental education, family income, a child's sex and age, the mother's health and feeding style. These results don't surprise me. Feeding according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.

I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices.

1.According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels ________.

A．sick B．upset

C．sleepy D．hungry

2.What does the author think about Dr.King?

A．He is strict.

B．He is unkind.

C．He has the wrong idea.

D．He sets a timetable for mothers.

3.The word copper­bottomed in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．basic B．reliable

C．surprising D．interesting

4.What does the research tell us about feeding a baby on demand?

A．The baby will sleep well.

B．The baby will have its brain harmed.

C．The baby will have a low blood sugar level.

D．The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8.

5.The author supports feeding the baby ________.

A．in the night

B．every four hours

C．whenever it wants food

D．according to its blood sugar level

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.

I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good makes me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.A. since B. before C. or D. unless

2.A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled

3.A. education B. career C. tour D. change

4.A. balance B homework C. degree D. interest

5.A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

6.A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty

7.A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence

8.A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened

9.A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step

10.A. us B. which C. them D. whom

11.A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D.luck

12.A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest

13.A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident

14.A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

15.A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see

16.A. homeless B. heartbroken C. bad-tempered D. hopeless

17.A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer

18.A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze

19.A forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

20.A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect

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Tom went to the seaside to spend his holiday last summer with his family.One day, he was swimming in 1. river when someone shouted, “Look out, there is a shark not far away！” On hearing the shout, Tom was scared to 2. (die) because he was scared of its dangerous characteristic.“Just don't worry, Tom！” His father said, “but in order to avoid 3. (harm), let's go back to our hotel.”

They stayed at the seaside for several weeks. 4. the weather was much hotter than that in their hometown, Tom got used to 5. and felt at home.Every morning, he got up earlier than his parents and went for breakfast ahead of time.Then he went to have a chat with his new friend, Jack, who he happened to come 6. during his holiday.Jack was a native and he was familiar with the seaside 7. (good)．He was a man with good qualification.Soon they 8. (become) very good friends.After they parted, they kept writing to each other.Now, Tom still often hear 9. Jack.They talked in their letter about things and persons 10. they remembered at the seaside.

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Imagination and fantasy can play an important role in achieving the things we fear. Children know this very well. Fred Epstein ,in his book If I Make It to Five, tells a story he heard from one of friends about Tom, a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bone. He came through several operations and a lot of pain by mastering his imagination.

Tom loved to pretend, and he particularly loved to play superheroes ,Dr. Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led.

The day before his third trip to the operating room, Tom was terribly afraid. ”Maybe I could go as Superman ,”he whispered to his mom. Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while. She had avoided buying the expensive costume（戏装），finally she agreed.

The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman, showing off through the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people greeting him along the way. And Tom, with the strength of his fantasy, successfully made it through the operation.

The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only. We all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we never thought possible, to go through those things that seem impossible, and to achieve what we never believed we could. Just as Dr. Epstein puts it ,”If you can dream it, you can do it”

It doesn‘t mean that you should dress as a superhero for your next job interview. But, next time you are texted in a way that seems impossible, imagine what it would take to overcome it .Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge and do it in your mind first. So, let your imagination run wild, and dare to dream.

1.What do we know about Tom?

A.He was seriously ill

B.He was a dishonest boy.

C.He was crazy about magic

D.He was Dr.Epstein’s patient

2.What can be inferred about Tom’s mother?

A.She was a rich lady

B.She refused Tom’s request

C.She wanted Tom to be a superhero

D.She wanted to get Tom through the pain

3.When Tom went for the third operation,he .

A.pretended to be painful

B.acted like a superhero

C.appeared in poor spirit s

D.argued with his mother

4.In the last paragraph, you are advised .

A.to go through some difficult tests

B.to wake up from your wild dreams

C.to become a powerful person in your mind

D.to wear expensive clothes for job interviews

5.What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To tell us an interesting story.

B.To help us make right decisions.

C.To advise us to care about children.

D.To encourage us to use our imagination.

阅读理解。

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck,talent,and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However,to succeed in life,one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And,in addition to that,in order to get really good at something,one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing.To become great at certain things,it’ll require even more time,time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do ,it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success,you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent,but thinking that way does you no good,and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do,if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out,almost to the point of addiction,and over a long period of time.If you’re not willing to put in the time and work,don’t expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A.the reasons for success

B.the meaning of success

C.the standards of success

D.the importance of success

2.In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to ______.

A.being good at something

B.setting a practical goal

C.putting in more time

D.succeeding in life

3.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ______.

A.work makes one feel pain

B.one tends to enjoy his work

C.one gives up his work easily

D.it takes a lot of time to succeed

4.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A.Successful people like to show their great skills.

B.People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C.People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D.It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

5.What is the main theme of the passage?

A.Having a goal is vital to success.

B. Being good is different from being great.

C.One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D.Luck,talent and family help to achieve success.