do you want your 20 – dollar bill to be broken, in fives or in ones?

A．When       B．What        C．How         D．Why

The second quarter of the game between Rockets and Bucks         when I entered the arena (体育馆).

A．was played       B．played       C．was being played     D．was playing

What a pretty picture! Put it         everybody can see it.

A．which       B．in which   C．where       D．the place where

--- How do you like working here?

---         . To be honest, I miss former colleagues.

A．Very much                                                 B．More than satisfactory.

C．I liked it here                                              D．Not so good

Only when he returned         the truth.

A．we found out                                             B．found we

C．did we find                                                D．did we find out

        , but he is still unhappy.

A．Though he has a lot of money                      B．Having a lot of money

C．He has a lot of money                                 D．Much money as he has

This is the best         has been used against pollution.

A．which       B．what         C．/              D．that

We’ll try to overcome          difficulty we may meet.

A．that   B．which       C．whatever  D．however

Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I   1   that students especially boys begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s   2   to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

Well，from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless effort. Hard though Robby tried， he_ 3 _the sense of tone and basic rhythm needed to excel (杰出). However, he persisted (坚持) and at the end of each weekly   4  , he would always say,“ My mum is going to hear me play some day. ”But it seemed  5  . He just didn’t have any inborn ability.

　　I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or   6  in her aged car to pick him up. She always   7  and smiled but never stepped in. Then one day Robby  8  coming to our lessons. He telephoned me saying his mother was  9  .

　　Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the coming concert  10  Robby came. “Miss Hondorf ... I have just got to  11   in the concert !” he insisted.

　　That night, the high school gymnasium was  12  with parents, friends and relatives. The concert went off well.  13  Robby came up on stage. I was  14  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not  15  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  16  that everyone rose to applaud（为……鼓掌）him. In tears I ran up on  17  . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

　　”Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  18  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, actually she had cancer and  19  away this morning. And well... she was born deaf, so tonight was the  20  time she ever heard me play...”

1．A．hope                    B．prefer　　           C．imagine              D．suppose

2．A．belief                   B．need　　             C．plan                   D．dream

4．A．show                   B．meeting　　        C．lesson                D．test

5．A．wonderful            B．hopeless　　       C．successful          D．senseless

6．A．sat                       B．sent　　             C．drove                 D．waited

7．A．waved                  B．left　　               C．jumped               D．sang

8．A．completed            B．continued　　     C．stopped              D．broke

9．A．deaf                     B．sick　　             C．tired                   D．unhappy

10．A．since                  B．as　　                C．while                  D．when

11．A．play                    B．learn　　            C．listen                  D．succeed

12．A．mixed                 B．surrounded　　   C．crowded             D．seated

13．A．Suddenly            B．Finally　　          C．Later                  D．Then

14．A．disappointed        B．certain                 C．angry                  D．surprised

15．A．pleased with        B．interested in         C．prepared for        D．eager for

16．A．well                    B．hard                    C．badly                  D．differently

17．A．platform              B．stage                   C．stairs                  D．floor

18．A．performing          B．training                C．listening              D．practicing

19．A．gave                   B．flied                    C．passed                D．walked

20．A．first                     B．best                         C．last             D．worst

    Ellen and Bill County are both teachers. They met in college and became good friends because of their shared love for children. Two years after the couple got married, Ellen saw a huge change in the life of one of her students, a 9 – year – old girl. Three years earlier both of the little girl’s parents had died and there was no one to take care of her. She was taken away to live in a government office. But finally she was taken in and adopted by a family and became their daughter. Ellen said that she noticed the difference in the child’s life after she was placed in a permanent home and thought that maybe she and her husband could help a child in a similar way.

They decided to become temporary parents and to take a child into their home just on the weekends when the real parents could not take care of him or her. The pair planned to have their own children in a few years, but decided that this would be a way to give to the community in the meantime.

The couple quickly grew to love one of the children they looked after. When he became legally available, Billy became the first child they took in permanently. Six months after adopting Billy, Ellen was told by her doctor that she was unable to have children naturally. Ellen says she knew then that adoption was the way she was meant to have a family.

Since adopting Billy, now 17, Ellen and Bill have adopted five more children -- Rose, 16; Albert, 11; Joshua, 5 and in June 2003, they added biological brother and sister Tyler and Rylee to the County family. The County family has been recognized for their work on adoption, and has received many awards for their efforts.  Last June,  the family was even interviewed on  the television show, “Adoption Stories”.

Ellen says she would like to encourage other families to adopt children. She adds that the best part of being a mother of six is: “Giving Josh a bath, putting a band-aid on a cut knee or just the everyday Mom things, that makes motherhood such an honor and a privilege.”

1．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．How a couple first met at college.

       B．Where you can adopt a child.

       C．The benefits of adoption to the community.

       D．How adoption created a happy family.

2．Why did Ellen and Bill first decide to adopt a child?

       A．Because they had always loved children very much.

       B．Because they saw the benefits of adoption for a child.

       C．Because they were not able to have children of their own.

       D．Because they want to receive awards for their community work.

3．Which of the children are related to each other by blood?

       A．Rylee and Tyler.                                   B．Billy and Tyler.

       C．Albert and Joshua.                               D．Rose and Albert.

4．The final paragraph            .

       A．tells the reader how they can adopt a child

       B．describes the things that make Ellen happy

       C．says what Ellen does every day

       D．lists the problems Ellen has with the kids