Della wanted to find Jim a fine and rare present, ______ worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

A．that         B．it          C．the one        D．one

Jack said he ______ to her but he ______ yet.

A．would be writing; hasn’t                         B．was going to write; doesn’t

C．would write; hasn’t                     D．had written; didn’t

At present the hotel is almost empty, but I’m sure things will start to ______ in the spring.

A．rise up         B．hold on        C．pick up        D．hang out

It was 2 hours’ wait by the time the announcement ______, saying my flight was canceled.

A．had been made       B．was made          C．made          D．was making

______ has been done to provide training for the new staff of this company.

A．Not nearly enough                                  B．Nearly not enough

C．Enough not nearly                                   D．Not enough nearly

Sometimes ______ you’re paying attention in class, certain subjects seem too hard.

A．ever since      B．now that       C．even though        D．even as

Lang lang is my favorite pianist．I regards him as __________ other pianists.

A．superior to                   B．more superior to        

C．surperior than            D．more surprior than

Young people nowadays are different _____ we used to be.

 A．from what              B．in which        C．in how       D．in what

— I’d like to be on my own for a while．Do you mind?

— ______. Go ahead.

A．No way         B．I’m afraid so         C．Not in the least      D．Yes, of course

We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine.

       Recently, my husband and I got up at the    1   of 4 am to catch an early    2 to New York .We were extremely   3  ,perhaps because we were sleep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to   4  us 45 minutes later.

       It was a quiet   5  to the airport .We didn’t even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi   6  to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy   7  me and said , “We don’t have our   8 .”

       “You are   9  ,right?” I replied ,for he   10   lied like that.

       “No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didn’t”

       “What do you mean ,you didn’t ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”

       “How  11  !” I was thinking, “You’re always  12  to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 13  now ,we may   14  our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud,  15  .He already knew how I felt.

       The experience showed I had a hard time accepting  16  . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is  17  the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.

       Oh ,and that missing suitcase? We went home  18 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to  19  .

       Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how  20 I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.

1．A．point                     B．hour                    C．strike                  D．period

2．A．bus                       B．train                    C．flight                   D．taxi

3．A．still                       B．excited                C．calm                   D．disappointment

4．A．collect                  B．pick                    C．fetch                   D．draw

5．A．drive                     B．experience           C．travel                  D．ride

6．A．pulled in                B．pushed in             C．hurried in            D．dragged in

7．A．turned to               B．turned up             C．turned against      D．turned away

8．A．briefcase               B．suitcase               C．clothes bag          D．food bag

9．A．running                 B．laughing              C．joking                 D．cheating

10．A．rarely                  B．always                C．hardly                 D．never

11．A．clever                  B．stupid                  C．terrible                D．unlucky

12．A．expected             B．asked                  C．requested            D．supposed

13．A．and                     B．if                        C．while                  D．but

14．A．catch                  B．quit                     C．change                D．miss

15．A．either                  B．as well                C．though                D．besides

16．A．punishment          B．advice                 C．responsibility       D．belief

17．A．in                       B．through               C．over                    D．on

19．A．spare                  B．use                     C．leave                   D．share

20．A．stupid             B．sorry             C．wise            D．funny