In the USA, one needs to make a（n）       before seeing a doctor．

A．choice          B．appointment          C．impression          D．excuse

If you send the best wishes to your wife on her birthday,      will give her a great surprise．

A．which I think       B．I think which         C．I think that         D．what I think

---Mrs. Stanley looks charming tonight．

---The dark dress      her hidden beauty．

A．brings out       B．crosses off        C．gives back          D．leaves over

Tom, who       English for 20 years in English, now has been appointed headmaster of our school．

A．had taught        B．has taught          C．taught        D．had been teaching

The number 5．12 is a special number,       I think that will be remembered by the Chinese．

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

       is often the case, he didn’t study hard and failed to pass the test．

A．What            B．As           C．It            D．Which

---It is said that your grandpa was very brave．

---Not        ．He was       than brave．

A．exact; cleverer                                            B．exactly; more clever

C．exactly; cleverer                                         D．exact; more clever

Charles and I used to hang out all the time, together with a few other guys, but he seemed too cool for us recently．We couldn’t understand the   1  , and we didn’t ask him for an explanation． 2  , we decided to   3  him a lesson in the way he treated us．

Once we started giving Charles the  4 shoulder, almost everyone was taking no notice of him．He looked so  5  , especially at lunchtime when he sat alone in the cafeteria．Now and then he nodded and said, “Hey!” when  6  passed his table, but all he got  7  return were mean looks and silence．

At first I was glad my plan had  8 ．I only wanted him to know  9  it felt like to be blown off, but I hadn’t thought about how badly my “lesson” would  10  him．

During one lunch period, Charles  11  glanced at his watch, obviously 12   the minutes until he could leave the cafeteria．I suddenly realized I had done wrong．“Hey! Man．I’m terribly sorry．” I called out．“Oh, so you are talking to me now?” he asked．

“I’m sorry,   13  I had thought that you wanted to end our   14  ．” I said．

“What?” he nearly shouted, looking much   15 ．

“I’ve left you alone because I thought that was what you wanted．”

“Oh, my God! Why would I want  16  ?” He shouted, completely puzzled．

Clearly, we both had been  17  each other wrong．At first Charles couldn’t accept my  18 ．I knew he needed time to   19 all the hurt I’d caused him．But eventually, he did forgive me．We even started   20   out together again．And our friendship wasn’t destroyed at all．

1．A．situation              B．change            C．action              D．appearance

2．A．Besides              B．Therefore          C．Instead           D．But

3．A．take                 B．teach             C．give                D．have

4．A．serious            B．friendly            C．warm             D．cold

5．A．sad                  B．angry            C．happy             D．joyful

6．A．he                      B．anyone            C．they               D．someone

7．A．at                  B．in               C．on                D．by

8．A．helped               B．operated          C．worked           D．affected

9．A．what               B．that            C．which            D．how

10．A．worry             B．touch            C．hurt             D．disappoint

11．A．unexpectedly     B．worriedly        C．excitedly         D．repeatedly

12．A．counting           B．guessing         C．waiting            D．checking

13．A．and                   B．so                   C．thus              D．but

14．A．relationship     B．emotion           C．love               D．friendship

15．A．interested         B．pleased          C．surprised        D moved

16．A．one             B．those             C．that                D．such

17．A．understanding     B．regarding          C．knowing        D treating

18．A．explanation       B．attitude          C．suggestion         D．apology

19．A．get through       B．get over        C．get across      D．get along

20．A．leaving            B．looking           C．hanging          D．standing

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services”．Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay．

Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means．She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta．The following is her story．

“I watched a video about her．I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that, after I graduated from a high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work．So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks．”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people．I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch．I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up．I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them．To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much．It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world．”

1．Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

     A．She liked to work with Mother Teresa．

     B．She had already had some experience．

     C．She was asked to do so by Teresa.

     D．She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example．

2．Tracy started her work as a volunteer _______．

     A．after she met Mother Teresa

     B．after she finished high school

     C．when she was touring Calcutta

     D．when she was working in a hospital

3．What is Tracy’s “new idea” of being a volunteer?

     A．Going abroad to help the sick．

     B．Working in Mother Teresa’s home．

     C．Doing simple things to help the poor．

     D．Improving oneself through helping others．

4．What is the best title for the passage?

       A．How to Be a Volunteer                          B．Voluntary Life in India

       C．A Different Meaning of Volunteer           D．Inspiration from Mother Teresa

Hey, Mr. and Ms．Unluckiness and Unhappiness! Terrorism, the war, the economic crisis and unemployment are at your door．Are you afraid of them? Well, don’t be! America is a happy land．The Smiley Face icon proves this in towns all over the country．

The tallest structure—the steel water tower—is often painted bright yellow, in a circle containing a pair of black dots for eyes and an upturned（朝上的）line for a mouth: the unforgettable smile．Most towns decorated their spheroid （or cylindrical） water storage tanks in the 1970s, when Smiley was still conceptually fresh．As a "safe" counterculture symbol, with absolutely no bite, the Smile Face water tower was a low cost way to radiate sunny greetings to travelers and locals．Calumet City, Illinois claims to have been the first, when 8-year old resident Kim Fornero sent a letter to the city council in late 1972 suggesting a smile face would be more fun to look at than a plain old water tower．

In the 1980s, with the paint on the water tower fading, residents of Calumet City decided to make the face their own．They repainted the tower, and a Happy Cook Restaurant and Smiley Face Inn appeared on the highway outside the town, ready to make you smile! Local businessmen printed the Smiley icon on their business cards, and displayed Smiley Face souvenirs in shop windows．

By the late 1990s, the survival of the Smiley Face water tower was assured．It didn’t matter why the face had been painted there—it was now a part of history．In May 2009, the town again celebrated its Smiley Face water tower as a symbol of hope for a better tomorrow．

1．The author mainly wants to tell readers that the symbol asks them to        .

       A．greet people politely                             B．deal with their problems

       C．enjoy themselves                                 D．forget the past

2．The underlined word “icon ” in the first paragraph probably means         .

       A．beautiful picture   B．building               C．image                  D．valuable painting

3．Why did Calumet residents accept the tower happily?

       A．It set a good example to them.

       B．It made them work harder.

       C．They wanted to think it for supplying water.

       D．They wanted to make the Smiley Face their own.

4．From the text we learn that the Smiley Face water tower      .

      A．was based on a painter’s inspiration

       B．is a symbol of the prosperity of the town

       C．is meant to give people hope for a better future

       D．was created in 1972 by the city council, just for fun