Jimmy didn’t notice his head teacher entering his bed room. He _____a phone call.

       A．answered  B．has answered    C．was answering  D．is answering

Mary and I see each other ______, but not as often as we used to.

     A．sooner or later  B．in a while     C．sometime        D．now and then

She had understood nothing, _____ had she sought to understand.

A. so     B. either    C. nor    D. or

—Have you been to New Zealand?

 —No. I’d like to, ____________

 A.too          B.though          C.yet       D.either

– Can those ____ at the back of the classroom hear me?

A. seat            B. sit            C. seated          D. sat

         I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   36   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   37  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was   38  . I’ve always been glad about that.

         It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t   39   for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   40   for the kids was the fun of Christmas   41  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   42   what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   43   to share by all five of us.

The big   44   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   45   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would   46   back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   47   my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   48  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   49   we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,  50   to be angry again. This is what she told me.

         “I was looking   51   thinking of what to buy, and I   52   to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   53   for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   54   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

         I never felt so   55   as I did that day.

36. A. roof                                    B. hat                                   C. sky                          D. star

37. A. little                                   B. less                                  C. enough                  D. more

38. A. busy                                   B. serious                            C. strict                      D. kind

39. A. effort                                 B. room                                C. time                        D. money

40. A. improvement                     B. problem                     C. surprise               D. excitement

41. A. shopping                           B. travelling                        C. parties                            D. greetings

42. A. the other                          B. each other            C. one by one            D. every other one

43. A. toys                       B. clothes                            C. presents       D. bills

44. A. day                                     B. chance                            C. cheque                            D. tree

45. A. forced                          B. reminded                   C. invited                   D. begged

46. A. draw                                  B. stay                                  C. move                      D. meet

47. A. including                           B. besides                           C. except          D. regarding

48. A. quiet                                  B. excited                            C. happy                     D. ashamed

49. A. since                                  B. after                                C. while                      D. until

50. A. waiting                     B. ready                               C. hoping          D. afraid

51. A. out                                      B. over                                 C. forward                 D. around

52. A. forgot                                B. stopped                          C. failed                      D. hated

53. A. wanted                    B. did                                    C. got                                   D. played

54. A. made                                 B. searched                        C. bought                            D. fetched

55. A. angry                                 B. rich                                   C. patient                            D. bitter

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  21  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  22  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of _23  for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they_ 24  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and _25  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  26   my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  27  them but I still needed to write them, I   28  until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  29  for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   30   two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   31  , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.  32   short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   33    happy to have Marc back. Since I was  34   making lunch for his younger brother, I    35  one for Marc, too. Imagine my   36   when I got a call from my 24-year-old son,   37   his lunch.

“Did I do something   38  ? Don’t you love me  39  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  40   asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

21. A. carried          B. found             C. included       D. held

22. A. difficult        B. special           C. comfortable    D. separate

23. A. congratulation   B. improvement        C. explanation     D. encouragement

24. A. loved            B. answered          C. wrote          D. examined

25. A. lately           B. by the way       C. by the time     D. gradually

26. A. received         B. understood       C. enjoyed         D. collected

27. A. copy            B. read              C. take            D. send

28. A. held up         B. gave up          C. followed         D. continued

29. A. out             B. home              C. to college       D. to Sacramento

30. A. organizing      B. planning          C. comparing       D. completing

31. A. hopefully       B. finally          C. particularly      D. certainly

32. A. Because of      B. Instead of        C. Except for       D. As for

33. A. especially       B. immediately     C. equally         D. generally

34. A. once             B. again            C. still            D. even

35. A. packed          B. fetched           C. bought           D. filled

36. A. fear            B. surprise         C. anger          D. disappointment

37. A. waiting for     B. worrying about  C. caring for         D. asking about

38. A. wrong           B. funny             C. strange           D. smart

39. A. any more        B. enough            C. once more         D. better

40. A. interestingly    B. bitterly         C. politely        D. laughingly

--- Do you think I can pass the test?

 　--- ______, I’m afraid.

   A. Not a chance               B. Of course 

 　C. You can                    D. A little bit

The need for an operation，especially an immediate operation， almost always comes as a ______ to the patient and his family.

     A. result       B. happiness     　C. disappointment      D. shock

--- Where is the new dictionary?

   --- It’s on the top shelf, out of ______.

   A. reach        B. sight             C. touch           D. order