I will never know what was on his mind at the time, nor will________.

     A. anyone       B. anyone else      C. no one      D. no one else

______ to somebody , a British person often shakes hands with the stranger .

      A. Introducing     B. To introduce      C. To be introduced   D. On being introduced

The news about the terrible flood there greatly discouraged ______ these for a sight-seeing .

     A. us from going         B. us to go           C. our going          D. our to go

Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.

An American soldier called his parents from San Francisco after a war. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming

home, but I’ve got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring    48    me.”

“Sure,” they replied. “We’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know,” the son continued. “He was hurt pretty    49    in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine   50    lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come and live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find   51    to live.”

“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son,” said the father, “Someone like him would be a terrible burden on us. Just come home and forget about this guy. He will find a way to live on his    52   .”

At that point, the son hung up the    53   .

A few days later, the parents received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building,     54    the police believed was suicide. They went and recognized him, but    55   their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t expect: their son had only one arm and one leg.

His colleagues ______ him though he himself didn’t think he had done anything special.

  A. thought highly of                B. looked up to        

  C. sing high praise of              D. show great respect for

Modern plastics can ______very high and very low temperatures.

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

Many factors influence a student in his/her study, ____ I think are out of a teacher’s control.  

A. most of them                B. most of which

C. most of what                D. most of that

If you can dream_______, you can do ________.

A. one; it        B. it; one           C. one; one        D. it; it

I will appreciate ______ if you can give me a hand.

       A．this B．that   C．it      D．one

 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

- Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?

-  1  

- Ah, it was great I The food was great \ The wine was great! But the traffic was terrible!

- 2  

- Those Italians are crazy drivers! I don' t want to think about it!

- OK, OK.   3  

- Yes, so here' s a picture of the Tower of Pisa.

- How nice!

- It was raining that day, but it was still wonderful. We climbed to the top!

-   4

- That' s a photo of the Amo River. That' s the "Ponte Vecchio" , the old bridge.

- 5  

- It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city, and lots of wonderful museums.

- That’s nice.

A.    And what' s this?

B.    Why was it so bad?

C.    Yes, it was wonderful.  

D.    What was Florence like?

E.    Let' s return to the good parts.

F.    Sure, what was your holiday like?

G.    Well, did you like your hotel there?