Mother told Jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then _____ off the gas.?

A. turn                      B. turning                  C. turned            D. having turned

Mr. Duncan raised an unnecessary question _______ he then failed to find an answer.

A. with which         B. for which    C. to which     D. by which

America was_________was first called “India” by Columbus.

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

Hi, Susan, are you interested in buying some used books for school? You _____ really save some money that way.

   A. need                      B. can                      C. must                     D. should

Heroes of Our Time

A good heart

       Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship(奖学金) to study medicine — but Coach(教练) John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with others. He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo. A friend has said of this good-hearted man: “Mutombo believes that God has given him this chance to do great things.”

Success and kindness

       After her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and began filming children’s videos(录像) in her own house. The Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others — producing child safety videos with John Walsh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Julie says of her new program: “I believe it’s the most important thing that I have ever done. I believe that children have the right to live in a world that is safe.”

Bravery and courage

       A few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subway station with his two little girls when he saw a man fall into the path of a train. With seconds to act, Wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails(铁轨), and held him as the train passed right above their heads. He insists he’s not a hero. He says: “We have got to show each other some love.”

60. What was Mutombo praised for?

   A. Being a star in the NBA.                  B. Being a student of medicine.

   C. His work in the church.                        D. His willingness to help the needy.

61. Mutombo believes that building the new hospital is ______.

   A. helpful to his personal development

   B. something he should do for his homeland

   C. a chance for his friends to share his money

   D. a way of showing his respect to the NBA

62. What did the Baby Einstein Company do at its beginning?

   A. Produce safety equipment for children.

   B. Make videos to help protect children.

   C. Sell children’s music and artwork.

   D. Look for missing and exploited children.

63. Why was Wesley Autrey praised as a hero?

   A. He helped a man get across the rails.

   B. He stopped a man from destroying the rails.

   C. He protected two little girls from getting hurt.

   D. He saved a person without considering his own safety.

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events------love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada-------in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.

77. It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from          .

    A. the Northeast and Midwest

    B. factories and army camps in the South

    C. the Appalachian Mountains and the West

    D. real-life stories in small towns

78. Before World War II country music was popular mainly in            .

    A. the south       B. the north      C. the Midwest      D. the Northeast

79. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world

today because               .

    A. city people said it was low class

    B. people could sing it in many different languages

    C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

    D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

80. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    A. Country music is about human feelings and events.

    B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

    C. Country music is popular among city people today.

    D. City people didn’t like country music at first.

 The museum was___opened this morning and some officials attended the opening ceremony(开幕式). 

A. globally           B. obviously       C. historically              D. officially

 Helen plays the violin ________, if not better than, Kate.

  A. as well    B. so well     C. as well as    D. so well as

This painting     to a museum in New York in 1977.

A. sells    B. sold   C. was sold           D. is sold

—You _____ a meal this evening. I had dinner at a restaurant with Tom.

       —Well, why didn’t you phone me and let me know?

A. should not cook                       B. don’t need to cook 

C. needn’t have cooked                        D. should have cooked