Rather than ____ in the restaurant many westerners prefer to get together with friends for weekends.

A. eat              B. to eat          C. eating         D. they eat   

I smell something ________in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute?

   A. burning     B. burnt     C. being burnt     D. to be burnt

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant   21  . 

  Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   22  : finding a donor heart that   23  Maria’s blood type could take years.   24  , Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   25   hospitals all over the country.

  Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   26  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a   27  of the hospital, crying.

“Are you okay?” a man asked.            

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her   28  . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   29  it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   30  something from herself. Could her   31  go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors   32  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect   33  for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   34  the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was   35  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   36   for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange   37  as they hugged and cried.

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s   38  with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   39  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   40  in another loving mother’s chest.

A. change                B. danger               C. disorder                   D. pain

A. small                     B. distant                      C. hard                         D. precious 

A. matched           B. replaced               C. controlled            D. cooperated

A. Certainly            B. Otherwise               C. However                  D. So

A. finding                  B. phoning                   C. touring                     D. interrupting

A. rolling                 B. running                    C. walking                   D. jumping

A. corner                  B. bed                         C. man                        D. nurse

A. mother            B. story                C. error               D. dream

A. put                        B. support                    C. pass                         D. make 

A. save                   B. recycle                     C. donate                      D. separate

A. heart                         B. brain                        C. husband                   D. spirit                            

A. informed              B. warned                    C. congratulated           D. reminded

A. copy                         B. fit                           C. variation                  D. baby

A. give up              B. carry out                 C. search after              D. put off

A. noticed              B. predicted                  C. found                      D. declared

A. praying           B. begging            C. decorating           D. singing

A. belief                    B. love                         C. bond                        D. relief

A. funeral          B. operation                  C. performance             D. anniversary

A. passed away           B. woke up                  C. left behind                D. dressed up

A. active              B. alive               C. necessary                D. changeable

When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，”Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on the person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.

According to the passage, winners        .

A. deal with problems rather than blame others  B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues        D. blame themselves rather that others

The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to        .

A. avoid                B. accept               C. improve                 D. consider

When your colleague brings about a problem, you should         .

A. blame him for his lack of responsibility     B. find a better way to handle the problem

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem     D. ask a more able colleague for help

When problems occur, winners take them as         

A. excuses for their failures                 B. barriers to greater power

C. challenges to their colleagues             D. chances for self-development

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Winner’s Problem.                 B. A Winner’s Secret.

C. A Winner’s Opportunity.                        D. A Winner’s Achievement.

— How about ______ Christmas evening party?

— I should say it was ______ success.

A. a; a                     B. a;不填            C. the; a                   D. the; 不填

Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains ______ whether they will enjoy it.

   A. to see                   B. to be seen             C. seeing                 D. seen

___________________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

A. Exposed              B. Having exposed         C. Being exposed       D. To expose

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult．From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal （信号）．Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship．

Different cultures emphasize （强调） the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree．For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust．Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job．In many European countries -- like the UK or France -- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or caf6s rather than at the office．

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures．I once made a speech in Thailand．I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence．The people present just stared at me and smiled．After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much．In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary．

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems．Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly．We think that they are rude．In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly．

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other．However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment （多元文化环境） will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other．

In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to _______．

     A．develop closer relations               B．share the same culture

     C．get to know each other                 D．keep each other company

The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that _________．

     A．the English prefer to make long speeches        

       B．too many words are of no use

     C．people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature

     D．even talk and silence can be culturally different

According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?

     A．By sharing different ways of life．     

       B．By accepting different habits．

     C．By recognizing different values．      

       D．By speaking each other' s languages．

What would be the best title for the text?

     A．Multicultural Environment．         

       B．Cross-Cultural Differences．

     C．How to Understand Each Other．     

       D．How to Build Up a Relationship．

动词填空：根据句意用所给动词或动词短语的适当形式填空(每小题1分，共10分)

The suggestion ________________ by the chairman was rejected at yesterday’s meeting.

_____________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to your skin.

Doing sports on a regular basis _____________ our health.

His car __________ constantly ___________, which makes him crazy especially when he is in a hurry.

In order to calm their child down, the mother _____________ the story where the father left off the night before.

______________ to live in the countryside, he has never thought of seeking fortune in the big cities.

He couldn’t ____________________ his experiment with so much noise going on outside the labs.

Being afraid of falling behind the times, he has always been keeping himself ____________ the latest development of technology.

The young man _________________ stealing three times since he left high school.

He demanded that a car _______________ to pick him up at the airport.

My father is clearly in____ dilemma about how to handle___ quarrel between us.

A. the; a                                 B. /; the              C. a; the                       D. a; /