I’d love to join your visit to a local museum today, but I’m on a very _________ schedule —I’ve got a lot of work to do today．

A．ideal         B．entire          C．tight           D．suitable

She used to be terribly shy, but a year abroad has completely _________ her．

A．transmitted           B．transported           C．transplanted          D．transformed

_________ by supply and demand, price is the invisible hand in economics．

A．Charged          B．Governed          C．Commanded         D．Claimed

Some people tried to separate our country by taking illegal action, which didn’t exactly _________ racial harmony．

A．make it           B．make for           C．make out         D．make up

Chomsky’s _________ of how children learn their first language is very vivid．

A．awareness           B．accomplish            C．accurate          D．account

Education must make the young _________ cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, etc．

A．keep on         B．keep off        C．keep up        D．keep out

Having failed my history and geography exams, I decided to _________ science subjects．

A．apply for       B．insist on        C．concentrate on       D．rely on

X-rays have _________ that he has not broken any bones in the accident．

A．suggested        B．inspected          C．evaluated           D．confirmed

Compared with the children of a few decades back, today’s children seem to be  1  ．They enjoy better health owing to recent  2  in medicine and in public health care．They also enjoy all the  3  of modern life．Physically and materially, today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors．Nevertheless,  4  the improved standards of  5  , many children nowadays seem to be emotionally deprived since most parents are  6   less time with their children, so little, in 7 , that many could  8  be called ‘weekend parents’．An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs,  9  their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries．Time has become a luxury few parents can  10  because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our  11  society．On the other hand, these working parents can often well afford to  12  their children with the best food, clothes, toys and other  13 desires, but  14  to say, they fail to  15  the emotional requirements of their growing children．As a noted pediatrician （儿科医生）of the Medical and Health Department  16  , children need love, security, praise, recognition and responsibility．If these needs are not  17  , their development might be stunted（抑制）．Child psychologists all 18  that some illnesses and emotional disturbances  19  to children are because of a lack of parental care．In the light of this, parents who really 20 their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children, despite their heavy work loads．

1．A．unhappier              B．luckier                 C．naughtier             D．richer

2．A．inventions            B．discoveries          C．advances           D．products

3．A．comforts               B．facilities               C．pleasure              D．appliances

4．A．due to                   B．regarding             C．for                      D．in spite of

5．A．housing                 B．living                   C．caring                 D．earning

6．A．passing                 B．spending              C．taking                 D．costing

7．A．general                  B．fact                     C．total                    D．truth

8．A．wrongly                B．rightly                 C．totally                 D．namely

9．A．entrusting              B．leaving                C．lending                D．making

10．A．afford                 B．spend                  C．waste                  D．do

11．A．passive                B．active                  C．competitive          D．dangerous

12．A．buy                     B．offer                   C．give                    D．provide

13．A．emotional            B．physical               C．material               D．intellectual

14．A．sad                     B．happy                  C．lucky                  D．unfortunate

15．A．show                  B．feel                     C．satisfy                 D．create

16．A．talks                   B．explains               C．speaks                D．says

17．A．made                  B．taken                   C．met                     D．done

18．A．argue                  B．admit                  C．tell                      D．disagree

19．A．common             B．popular                C．ordinary              D．pubic

20．A．look after            B．bring up              C．care about           D．agree with

When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing．His mother took him to see the famous showman, P．T．Barnum．Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show．He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together．

He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb．He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes．When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads．To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England．

During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people．He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall．Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money．By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich．He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five．

Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well．One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher．Tom was able to win her love, and they married．

The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town．They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests．Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage．The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut．

Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war．Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored（发起） “Tom Thumb” weddings．In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun．

1．“Talk of the town” means 　　　．

B．people spread bad rumors about it

C．it was the most popular happenings

D．it was discussed in a city meeting

2．What does the author think about Tom’s wedding?

A．It helped people cheer up in a dark time．

B．People gave it too much of their attention．

C．It was funny and ridiculous．

D．Tom and Lavinia were stupid．

3．Tom would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because 　　．

A．the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom was dancing

B．it made Tom look taller

C．the eight–foot–tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted

D．the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller

4．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine．

B．People are always disappointed during war time．

C．Entertainment can serve an important purpose．

D．People should be married when they are small children．