—It was really very kind of you to give me a lift home.

—Oh, don’t mention it. I __________ past your house anyway.

A. was coming       B. will come

C. had come   D. have come

—Since you like the fur coat so much， why not buy it?

—Well， I can’t afford_____ coat.

A. that expensive a B. that an expensive C. so expensive   D. such expensive

. The biggest problem for most plants, which ___ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. shan’t B. can’t

C. needn’t      D. mustn’t

A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving school. The students,mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.

    Training costs have dropped to 2,600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low,but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver's permit has become another factor  (因 素).

"in the job market, owning a driver's permit someumes strengthens a graduating student's competitiveness for a good position,'' says Zhou Yang, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law.

Cars will become a necessary part of many people's lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit of campus because of the pressures on working people's time. "Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunity to learn. "Zhou says.

    Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, mid-die-aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.

    To get a driver's permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours' practice before the .final road test.

_________ in Beijing want to learn to drive.

    A. Most of the undergraduates

    B. Many undergraduates

    C. Many students in the driving school

    D. Most of the students who learn business or international trade

The undergraduates are learning to drive because _________.

    A. they need this skill to find a good job

    B. they like to drive cars

    C. they will not have any time to learn to drive after they have found a full-time job

    D. most of them will be able to buy cars in the future

Which of the following is likely to be Xu Jian's opinion of students learning to drive?

A. He thought it was better to learn it at college than at work.

    B. He decided it was a waste of money and time to learn to drive.

    C. He agreed that they could learn to drive.

    D. He thought they would spend three times more time to learn to drive than usual.

Which of the following can be the best headline for the passage?

    A. Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now.

    B. Students Learn to Drive.

    C. It is Better to Learn to Drive at Colleges.

    D. Welcome to the Driving School.

He is such a man who is always _________ fault with other people.

A. putting        B. seeking           C. finding           D. looking for

It was five o’clock in the afternoon        they arrived at the hotel

     A．since    B．before    C．that D when

　 The report was so _____ that they were all _____.

　　A. inspiring; exciting　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. inspiring; excited

　　C. inspired; excited　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. inspired; exciting

If there were no examinations， we should have ______ at school.

　　A. the happiest time     B. a more happier time

　　C. much happiest time   D. a much happier time

You require too much ______ me. It’s beyond my power.

   A. at                       B. in                            C. of                     D. with

　 We’ll have more meetings like this in the weeks _____.

　　A. coming　　B. to be coming C. to come　　. came