He is considered ___________ the work ahead of time.

  A. finishing               B. to finish                          C. having finished         D. to have finished

My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word "shmily" in a     31     place for the other to find. They took turns leaving "shmily" around the house, and as soon as one of them     32     it, it was their turn to hide it once more.

There was no     33     to the places where "shmily" would appear. Sometimes, "Shmily" was written in the     34     left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath.     35    , my grandmother even unrolled an entire roll of toilet paper to     36     "shmily" on the very last sheet.

It took me a long time before I was able to fully     37     my grandparents' game. It was     38     their funny little game; it was a way of life. Grandma and Grandpa held hands every chance they could. They    39     kisses as they ran into each other in their tiny kitchen. Before every meal they bowed their heads and gave their     40    : a wonderful family, good fortune, and     41   .

But there was a    42    cloud in my grandparents' life: my grandmother had breast cancer, which had first appeared ten years earlier. As always, Grandpa was with her every

    43     of the way. He comforted her in their yellow room, painted that way     44____     she could always be surrounded by sunshine, even when she was too     45     to go outside.    Then one day, what we all     46     finally happened. Grandma was gone.

"Shmily." It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother's funeral bouquet. As the crowd     47     and the last mourners (哀悼者) turned to leave, my aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members     48     and gathered around Grandma     49    . Grandpa stepped up to my grand-mother's casket and,     50     with sorrow, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and grief, the song came, a deep and throaty lullaby (摇篮曲).

SHMILY: See how much I love you.

On a cold November afternoon，my mother and 1 were walking home from a   21   ．We were dressed   22   ．1 was feeling a little   23  as 1 was carrying our shopping，and decided to throw away something．So I started to walk towards a   24  when I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us．He   25   over to another nearby dustbin and started looking through it．

I suddenly felt very guilty because 1 was about to throw away a new drink just because it was

  26  ．1 walked up to him and handed the   27   and some snacks over to him．The man looked up   28   and took what I gave him．

A huge smile   29   across his face and this   30    me to feel indescribable satisfaction．I felt I couldn’t be happier   31   myself．But then he said：“Wow，this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that，he thanked me happily and started off on his bike，I    32   heard him whistling a song as he rode away．

I got a warm  33 inside．I now understand  34  is meant by the saying “giving is getting”．

Although it only   35   a little action and a few words，I gained and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month．Everyone in the world needs   36   ，everyone can   37   help and everyone will be helped by   38   kindness．

The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every   39  I have the chance to do something nice．

This is the   40    of charity．

A．store           B．school                   C．hospital                  D．factory

A．poorly          B．coldly                   C．warmly                   D．expensively

A．glad              B．interested              C．bored                          D．tired

A．street            B．dustbin                 C．toilet                    D．corner

A．walked          B．looked                  C．thought                   D．took

A．cheap            B．heavy                   C．tasteless                  D．full

A．money          B．toys                      C．drink                      D．clothes

A．in silence      B．in surprise             C．in interest             D．in a hurry

A．spread           B．came                    C．went                       D．ran

A．forced         B．helped                  C．made                    D．caused

A．with            B．to                         C．at                           D．for

A．still             B．never                    C．even                     D．ever

A．opinion       B．mind                 C．idea                        D．feeling

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

A．cost            B．took                            C．spent                    D．asked

A．1ove           B．money                  C．help                       D．drink

A．give            B．send                     C．offer                      D．have

A．showing      B．expressing             C．1ending                  D．saying

A．moment      B．day                       C．minute                    D．time

A．aim             B．meaning                C．strength                  D．power

It is obvious that his twin brother, Jerry, is crazy __________ jazz.

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

With the good care taken by doctors and nurses, many patients are beginning to _________.

A．pick out   B．turn up    C．turn out          D．pick up

I am really worried about his grades in the coming test because of the little use he ______ of his time.

   A. did                     B. took                       C. got                          D. made

For shopoholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing ---- sales! Across the country, prices are reducing sharply on clothing, electronics and home furniture, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.

The sales start on Boxing Day — 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of before-dawn openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more than 1,000 people were queuing at 3.30 am for the ‘Next’ clothing store’s sale which began at 4 am. Some eager individuals even camped outside the shops to be first in the line.

Consumers who hit the shops were rewarded with discounts of as much as 80% as department stores joined the bargain sales. The shops are very crowded as the sales reached the boiling-point, with more than half a million people gathering on London’s West End.

Famous sales include the biggest, most popular shops such as Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty and John Lewis. Department stores are always a good bet — you’re likely to find everything you need under one roof, including much-needed food and drinks!

It’s a good time to stock up on cheap small tools, and there’s no better time to invest in some designer clothes.

Some people are taking their partners shopping with them, and buying their Christmas presents in the sale----a practical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping experience, online sellers are also getting in on the act with January sales of their own.

The most organized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas, in the January sales!

In the sales, people can buy, at a very low price, all of the following except ______.

       A. fashionable clothing  B. bestseller      C. TV sets            D. bookcases

We can learn from the passage that the sales ______.

       A. actually start before the end of December B. generally last for two months

       C. basically benefit none of the people      D. are a time to buy Christmas gifts in a romantic way

“Hit the shops” in the third paragraph means to ______.

       A. attack the shops        B. arrive at the shops

       C. affect the shops         D. find the shops

     What is the best title for this passage?

       A. January Sales                       B. Sales in London at Christmas

       C. Practical but Unromantic Shopping  D. Shopping under One Roof

The other day Cathy was walking along the Broad Street when she ________ an old friend of

hers, one she hadn’t seen for a long time.

A. came across            B. came up                 C. came about             D. came out

More and more people have got to know the importance of the English study. ______, about six people in ten in this city are able to speak a little English.

A. Believe it or not     B. In other words                C. Besides                         D. However 

As I remember someone saying, a red sky in the evening often _____ fine weather the next day.

    A. obtains   B. occur            C. indicates  D. impresses