---The two pairs of shoes are ____ the same size．

---But they are different ____ color．

A．of; from          B．of; in          C．in; from          D．in; in

The award ceremony will be ____ live by CCTV tomorrow．

A．interviewed        B．covered          C．show       D．reached

The storm left, ____ a lot of damage to this area．

A．caused                                       B．to have caused

C．to cause                                     D．having caused

The coffee is wonderful! It doesn’t taste like anything I ____ before．

A．was having         B．have        C．have ever had        D．had ever had

Fans from miles around crowded into the stadium for the concert of Jay Chou on September 4^th, 2010,____ are popular with teenagers．

A．many of his songs                                     B．many of whose songs

C．many of which songs                                D．and many of whose songs

They appeared ____me, so I had to explain to them．

A．misunderstanding                                      B．misunderstood

C．to be misunderstood                                 D．to have misunderstood

____ , the boys were shouting and singing．

A．Happy and excited                                     B．Happily and excited

C．Happily and excitedly                                  D．Happy and excitedly

---The current international financial crisis is affecting most countries in the world．

---Would it be at least several years ____ everything returns to normal?

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

       In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   1   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl   2   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   3   to take them home．There she carefully   4  the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days   5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the  6   ．

       Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother． 7   , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．

       As they   8 , the girl was able to   9  her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   10  ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   11   and in her dreams．Later, she had an   12   : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   13  ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．

       Caring about   14   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __15__ or follow him, and   16   slept in the grass．

       One day, the girl   17   into the plane, started it and soon left the   18  ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   19   flapped（拍打） their wings and  20  ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．

1．A．managed               B．attempted            C．happened             D．supposed

2．A．realized                 B．expected              C．imagined             D．admitted

3．A．helped                   B．decided               C．afforded              D．meant

4．A．placed                   B．protected             C．treated                D．examined

5．A．ago                       B．out                      C．later                    D．long

6．A．family                   B．lake                     C．home                  D．world

7．A．But                       B．Also                    C．Thus                   D．Still

8．A．increased              B．improved             C．rose                    D．grew

9．A．ask                       B．lead                     C．want                   D．allow

10．A．fly                      B．race                    C．swim                  D．sing

11．A．asleep                  B．away                   C．around                D．awake

12．A．idea                    B．opinion                C．explanation          D．excuse

13．A．sky                     B．space                  C．flight                   D．plane

14．A．his                      B．her                      C．their                    D．its

15．A．respect                B．remember            C．recognize            D．receive

16．A．so                       B．instead                C．hardly                 D．too

17．A．climbed               B．looked                 C．reached               D．fell

18．A．house                  B．floor                   C．water                  D．ground

19．A．secretly               B．disappointedly     C．patiently              D．eagerly

20．A．looked away       B．set out           C． went by        D．turned back

       “Dad! He took a book without paying!” I yelled．

       My father looked surprised．Before the boy could say anything, his mother grabbed his arm and shook it．“Is it true? You stole? Tell me!”

       Everyone was quiet．The boy began to cry, and he nodded his head．He pulled out the comic book （漫画书） from under his shirt．

       “Oh, Mr. Kim．I am sorry! My Ted made a big mistake!” Mrs. Diaz told my father．She tried to take the comic book, but Ted wouldn’t let go．

       “It’s OK．He can keep it,” my father said with a smile．

       “Oh no,” Mrs. Diaz said．“Let me pay right now ．．．” She dug in her purse．“How much?”

       “Three seventy-five．”

       Mrs. Diaz’s eyes widened, and she dug deeper．I saw her mouth make a small line．“Three seventy-five?” she asked．

       “It’s OK．You can pay later,” my father said．

       “No,” Mrs. Diaz said．She kept looking in her purse．“I have money here．”

       I felt bad for yelling, for I realized that Ted had tried to steal the comic book because he didn’t have the money．Maybe the boy could have a job, I thought．

       I had an idea．

       “What if he worked with me?” I asked．They turned to me．

       I said, “He can work with me to pay for the comic book．”

       “Good,” my father said smiling at me．Mrs. Diaz nodded．She turned to her son, “You hear? You will work and buy the comic book!”

       “Yes, Mama,” Ted said, hanging his head．

       As they left, Ted looked back, and though he still seemed sad, he stuck out （伸出） his tongue at me．

       Ted has been working here for two weeks．He has paid for the comic book, but my father says he is such a good worker that he can work with me as long as he wants．We are friends now．

1．Where did the story most probably take place?

       A．In a classroom．                                 B．In a supermarket．

      C．At a bookstore．                               D．At a library．

2．By saying “but Ted wouldn’t let go” in Paragraph 4, the author means Ted ______．

       A．took the book by mistake                 B．wanted to keep the book

       C．didn’t want to go home                       D．didn’t think he was wrong

3．From the underlined sentences in the eighth paragraph, we may infer that Mrs. Diaz ______．

       A．didn’t think her son stole the book

       B．had been out of work for a long time

       C．forgot to take money with her that day

       D．couldn’t afford to pay for the book

4．In the last paragraph, what does the author mainly tell?

       A．His idea was successful．               B．Ted didn’t like the job．

       C．He liked Ted very much．                D．Ted was a naughty boy．