Shanghai is no longer _____ it was fifty years ago.

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

One should speak dearly and it is the same _____ writing.

    A. such as   B. with   C. in D. as

. His mind _____, little tom missed the point.

    A. wandered     B. was wandering   C. was wandered   D. wandering

Mother wrapped the baby, who was _____, in a blanket gently.

    A. fast sleep B. sleeping fast  C. fast asleep    D. slept fast

                      D

After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy（肌肉萎缩症）. When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter(举重运动员), and I knew about overcoming obstacles (障碍) and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase(衣箱) and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion(冠军). You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live anymore. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you someday I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I will never get to do that. But I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

       Your friend,

        Mathew

72.  The boy wanted to meet the author because ______.

       A. he was interested in what the author was doing 

B. he wanted to get a gold medal himself

       C. he admired the author very much    

D. he wanted the author to know him too

73.  The underlined part in the third paragraph probably means “______”.

       A. Why do you come to see me?    B. Why do I have to stay at home?

       C. Why does the disease fall on me?     D. Why not give a gold medal to me?

74.  We can infer from the passage that ______.

       A. Matthew was a determined boy and considered himself as normal

       B. Rick used to have the same disease and later became a power lifter

       C. Matthew was to become a champion before he died

       D. After meeting Matthew, Rick regarded him as normal.

75.  The author wrote the passage with the purpose of ______.

       A. describing his unusual friendship with a disabled child

       B. showing his admiration towards the disabled child

       C. telling an experience of meeting a disabled child

D. expressing his pity to all the disabled children

--____ was it___ they discovered the entrance to the cave of the ancient paintings?         ---It’s a total coincidence.

       A. How; that              B. What; that      C. When; when   D. Where;that

-- Mum, I failed again in today’s examination.

--Oh, ________. The world is not _______.

A. come up; at its end          B. Cheer up; in the end 

C. Look up; at the end          D. Take it easy; at an end 

This is an old photo of my aunt’s when she had ___ , and she now she has ____.

   A. short hair; gray hairs              B. short hairs; gray hair 

C. short hair; gray hair               D. short hairs; gray hairs

I wonder ____ you were doing last night.

A. it was what that   B. what was it that     C. that what it was    D. what it was that

. —He hasn’t gone to the office up to now.     —Well, he ____.

A. should                  B. ought to           C. ought to go     D. ought to have