Several weeks had gone by____________I realized the painting was missing.

A.  as       B.  before        C.  since        D.  when

____________snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for entertainment when they had a picnic in forest.

A.  Not only they brought            B.  Not only did they bring

C.  Not only brought they            D.  Not only they did bring

I hate __________ when peope talk with their mouths full.

A. it            B. that            C. these           D. them

 I was really anxious about you. You________home without a word.

A. mustn’t have   B. shouldn’t have left   C. couldn‘t have left   D. needn’t have

One ought _______ for what one hasn’t done.

A. not to be punished    B. to not be punished　C. to not punished      D. not be punished

Nowadays the roles of husband and wife are not as __________defined as before, especially when both partners work and earn money for the family.

clear     B.clearer     C.clearly     D.more clearly

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in the 19th century.

The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to 36  the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of  37

and crime. He suffered enormous pain, 38  hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I 39  the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered  40   and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me  41  is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs Maylie and Rose and  42   a new life.

How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive pain 43  pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information 44  in the novel by Dickens --- he believed that goodness could conquer  45  difficulty.

Goodness is to human what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly  46  person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, “ The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” He who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do  47  to both the people he has helped and himself.

36. A. open        B. exploit          C. expose           D. cover

37. A. honor                  B. poverty         C. glory            D. imagination

38. A. such like               B. for example    C. such as          D. for instance

39. A. looked down upon                       B. made an apology for

   C. played a joke on                          D. felt sorry for

40. A. relationship     B. kindness          C. carelessness   D. devil

41. A. mainly     B. most           C. mostly          D. best

42. A. began               B. launched         C. set                D. changed

43. A. bear                          B. remain            C. hold          D. maintain

44. A. contained            B. implied             C. imported      D. added

45. A. every               B. some             C. little            D. much

46. A. gracious            B. worthless      C. modest       D. earnest

47. A. harm              B. damage       C. good              D. justice

His sister has recently got engaged ____ a foreign teacher, who has engaged ____ education research for years.

       A．with; in    B．to; in C．with; on    D．in; for

To ask someone for help is to turn ______him for a hand.

A. for　　B. on　　C. by　　D. to

_____._ much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to do.

A. How　　  B. Whatever　　  C. However　   　D. No matter