__________ the global financial crisis, the Chinese government has taken many measures _________ people’s life to deal with it.

A．Facing with; related                             B．Faced; relating to 

C．Faced with; relating                             D．Facing; related to

--- Haven’t you seen the speed limit sign? Please drive __________!

--- Sorry, but I have to.

A．more slowly a bit                               B．slowly a bit more

C．a bit more slowly                               D．slowly more a bit

--- Daniel must have lost his job in that unemployment crisis, __________he?

--- I don’t think so．Yesterday I saw him working together with his colleagues.

A．didn’t          B．doesn’t           C．mustn’t             D．hasn’t

--- Bob, can you spare me a few minutes right now? I have to ask you some questions.

--- ___________．

A．It’s a pleasure           B．Ask, please        C．Help yourself       D．Yes, go ahead

--- You won’t go to Kathy’s wedding party, will you?

--- No, __________ invited.

A．though         B．if          C．unless         D．as

--- May I smoke here?

--- If you ________, do it in the smoking section.

A．need           B．must          C．may           D．will

--- Good morning．How much should I pay for these books _________ to Alabama?

--- Hm, about ten dollars.

A．to be sent           B．being sent           C．having seen         D．to have been sent

Not until __________ on TV __________ that the Chinese ship was rescued by the European Union Task Force.

A．did I turn; did I know                      B．did I turn; I knew

C．I turned; did I know                       D．I turned; I had known

One very cool day in the spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing, and I, nine years old, was   1   the horse．I didn't do the  2   very well as it was rather cold．It was a little   3   than I could do to manage the task．

"Dad," said I, "how long   4   I stay in field?"

"About an hour，" he answered．

    An hour  5   a great while and I said, "I  6   I could go home now-my   7   aches."

    "I am very sorry," said my father, "but can't you   8  till it is time to go home for dinner?"

    "I think not－my headache is getting to be pretty   9  ."

    "Well," said he,   10   me off the horse, doubting my disease was rather in my heart than my head, "you may go home．I don't want you to work  11  you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb（大黄）．Tell her that I think it will   12   you much!"

    There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the   13   to my mother．I told her,   14 , that I thought my head was better,   15   not to take the terrible   16  ．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case as   17   as my father did．She knew well enough my   18   was laziness．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me! How bitter it was! I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than to be doctored in that way．Since then I never told another   19  .

    Honesty is the best policy． 20   it, though there is another and a better reason．

1．A feeding                    B．riding                 C．handling              D．controlling

2．A adventure                B．situation              C．career                 D．task

3．A less                        B．better                 C．more                   D．rather

4．A must                       B．can                    C．should                 D．would

5．A seemed                   B．kept                   C．waited                D．equaled

6．A think                       B．wish                   C．believe                D．plan

7．A hand                       B．leg                     C．head                   D．heart

8．A argue                      B．develop               C．work                  D．stay

9．A serious                    B．normal                C．simple                D．pleasant

10．A putting                  B．taking                 C．falling                 D．seeing

11．A because                 B．if                       C．before                D．unless

12．A make                    B．protect               C．devote                D．benefit

13．A news                    B．excitement           C．match                 D．message

14．A but                       B．and                    C．however             D．then

15．A hoping                  B．deciding              C．considering          D．expressing

16．A drink                     B．medicine             C．juice                   D．soup

17．A soon                     B．long                   C．well                   D．total

18．A opinion                  B．similarity             C．difficulty            D．disease

19．A lie                         B．speech                C．story                   D．joke

20．A Bring in                 B．Watch out            C．Depend on           D．Get away from

NEW YORK- One in five U.S．workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday．

Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site．As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague,10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally．Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke．While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position．An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend．Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.

The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13．Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

1．Harris Interactive made the survey to find out ________.

       A．how U.S．workers spend their after-work time

       B．what U.S．workers do at after-work drinks 

       C．the relationships between U.S．workers

       D．who are most likely to attend after-work drinks

2．________ of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague.

       A．4 percent             B．8 percent             C．16 percent          D．10 percent

3．According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks ________．

       A．benefited them a lot                              B．could provide information

       C．only made them relaxed                        D．was of no help to them

4．We can learn from the text that _________.

       A．workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all

       B．about 75% of workers go more than once a month

       C．10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers

       D．about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker

5．After the survey, it can be inferred that_________.

       A．all the workers oppose after-work drinks

       B．the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks

       C．all the workers support after-work drinks

       D．all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks