All the students ______come from America are here.

   A. who     B. which C. /  D. that

--- He went to see the man who was in hospital yesterday.

--- ____________.

A. So did he    B. So he did    C. He did so   D. Did so he

Most of the students near______ Arthur was sitting appeared to be taking notes．So Arthur pretended to do the same．

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

He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, with many boys around her, while he was so normal, with nobody paying attention to him.

       At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him. She was surprised, but due to being polite, she agreed. They sat in a nice coffee shop. He was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable, thinking, “Please let me go home.”

       Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.”

       Everybody stared at him—so strange！His face turned red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

       She asked him curiously, “Why do you have this hobby?”

       He replied, “When I was a little boy, I was living near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood. I miss my hometown so much. I miss my parents who are still living there.” While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That’s his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, and has responsibility of home. Then she also started to speak, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.

       They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he was kind-hearted, warm and careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to the salty coffee! Then the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess married the prince, then they were living a happy life… And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee.

       After 40 years, he passed away, leaving her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to you—the salty coffee.”

       “Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.”

       “I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.”

       “Now I’m dying, I’m afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don’t like the salty coffee. What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life!”

       “Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for a second time, I still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again.”

       Her tears made the letter totally wet.

       Someday, someone asked her, “What’s the taste of salty coffee?”

       “It’s sweet,” she replied.

60. After ordering some salt to put into the coffee, the young man must have felt ___.

   A. touched              B. satisfied            C. disappointed             D. embarrassed

61. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Salt coffee is more delicious and sweeter than sugar coffee.

B. The man ordered the salt coffee in order to create a chance to date with the girl.

C. The man had to have the salty coffee all his life to keep his word.

D. The woman hardly believed the man’s explanation at the first date.

62. From the passage we can see that the man is ___.

A. caring and kind-hearted                  B. shy and sly

C. dishonest but responsible          D. warm and understanding

63. It is implied in the passage that the woman ___ when reading the letter left by her husband.

A. was cheated by his husband’s behavior

B. was touched by his husband’s white lie

C. felt sorry to know the truth too late

D. felt angry about his dishonesty

Machines in the home have a short history. Sewing machines, washing machines and tumble dries are common enough today, but a hundred years ago few people could even imagine such things. However, inventors have designed and built a wide range of household machines since then. In most cases the inventor tried to patent（申请专利）his machine, to stop anyone copying it. Then he tried to produce a lot of them. If the machine became popular, the inventor could make a lot of money.

    In 1790 the first sewing machine was patented. The inventor was an Englishman called Thomas Saint. There was nothing to match his machine for forty years, and then someone built a similar device. He was a Frenchman, Bartelemy Thimonier. However, neither of these early machines worked very well. It wasn’t until 1846 that an inventor came up with a really efficient sewing machine. He was an American, Elias Howe and his machine was good enough to beat five skilled sewing women. He didn’t make much money from it, however. The first commercially successful sewing machine was patented by Isaac Singer five years later.

   Today, we take washing machines for granted, but there was none before 1869. The revolving drum（旋转桶）of that first machine set a pattern for the future, but it was crude by today’s standards. The drum was turned by hand, and needed a lot of effort. Eight years passed before someone produced an electric washing machine. The world had to wait even longer for a machine to dry clothes. The first spin-drier was another American invention, patented in 1924; but it was 20 years before such machines were widely used.

    It was yet another American, called Bissell, who introduced the carpet sweeper. He patented the original machine back in 1876. It didn’t pick up dirt very well, but it was quicker than a dustpan and brush. Thirty-six years later, even the carpet sweeper was old-fashioned: modern homes now have a vacuum cleaner（吸尘器）with an electric motor to suck the dust.

    72. Whose sewing machine could do as much as,or even more than the work of five skilled sewing women?

       A. Thomas Saint’s.                 B. Bartelemy Thimonier’s.

      C. Elias Howe’s.                   D. Isaac Singer’s.  

73. According to the article, modern inventors __________ .

      A. follow the pattern of the first revolving drum but improve it much

      B. only imitate (模仿)the first washing machine

      C. power the first ever-made washing machine by electricity

      D. have to wait for the first spin-drier for a long time

   74. The underlined word “crude” in the sentence “but it was crude by today’s standards” probably means __________ .  

      A. useless       B. ugly-looking     C. rough       D. not skillfully made

   75. The article mainly tells us about __________ .

      A. the great inventors in the world

      B. the important inventions in the world

      C. the short history of household machines

      D. the importance of the machines used in the home

Both of these roads can lead you to the History Museum. You may take ____. 

   A. neither             B. either                C. both                    D. any 

24．       Have you told my father about the awarding ceremony?

– Yes, but he is too busy. I don’t think he ___. But in case he ____, let him sit between us.

A. is coming; is               B. will come; does    C. would come; will        D. comes; do

27．—Does the new teaching method work ?

— Yes, The students find it easier to      what is being taught.

A．take in                B．take off             C．take up            D．take on

The little boy who got lost decided to remain _____ he was and waited for his dad．

       A．what        B．where      C．there       D．what

When I went in, my pet happened ________  on my bed, ________ TV.

A. to be lying; watching              B. to have lain; watch

C. to lie; and watched                D. to be laying ;watching