— My English is really poor. Could you give me some advice?

— If you made ______ most of your time, there would be ______ big improvement.

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

．I’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long， but it’ll still be some time ____ Brian gets back.

A. before   B. since   C. till   D. after 

第二部分 阅读理解

（共25小题；第一节每小题2分，满分45分）

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict(冲突) . It was the first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side. In the end, they fell apart.

One morning, a man with a carpenter’s toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said, “I have a job for you. Look at the farm across the creek（河沟）. My younger brother lives there. It was he who used his bulldozer（推土机）to dig the creek last week to spite(刁难) me. So I want you to build me a fence, an 8 – foot – high fence,  in order not to see his place any more.” The carpenter smiled and said, “I see. I’ll try to do a job that satisfies you.” Then the elder brother went downtown.

At sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching. The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder.

“No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother.

“I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, “but I have so many more bridges to build.”

1What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict?

 A．They lived a poor life.               B．They lived in peace.

     C．They never spoke to each other.        D．They lived on the same farm.

2It can be learned that the carpenter was ________.

     A．unwilling to obey the farmer             B．fond of building bridges

     C．unable to build a fence                  D．willing to help others

3The best title for this passage is ________.

      A．A Fine Piece of Work                 B．A Carpenter

      C．A Conflict between Two Brothers       D．Two Brothers

4Which of the following is true according to the passage?

      A．The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek.

B．The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge.

C．The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter’s work.

D．The carpenter planned to build an 8-foot - high fence as asked to.

She is very dear to us. We have been prepared to do_______it takes to save her life.

A. whichever        B. however    C. whatever   D. whoever

.As food is to the body, ______ is learning to the mind.

   A. so      B. such         C. it      D. and

.It is definite that new digital mobile phones have less radiation, but that does not________mean that they should be used without caution.

A. obviously      B. necessarily       C. generally      D. eventually

— Do you think I should join the singing group, Mary?

    — _____ .If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.

A. None of your business     B．It depends    C．Why not　               D．I don’t think so

---- ______ he dropped out of school? ----His family had run into financial difficulties.

A. Why was it that     B. Why was that    C. Why was that it    C. Why was it

_________we sleep together or apart is one of the biggest cultural differences, and only in western societies ______ the feeling that babies should sleep apart from their parents.

 A. No matter; it is        B. Whether; is it     

C. No matter; there is      D. Whether; is there

Carol said the work would be done by October, _________ personally I doubt very much.

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