－Did Jack come back last night?

－Yes. It was not yet 8 o’clock _________ he arrived home.

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

In most states, trade and industrial training is provided in a minority of the high schools, usually _______ in the larger cities.

A．being located    B．locating     C．located     D．locates

___________, I have never seen anyone who’s as capable as John.

A．As long as I have traveled                            B．Now that I have traveled so much

C．Much as I have traveled                              D．As I have traveled so much

Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but he hasn’t decided yet.

A．had considered                                           B．has been considering

C．considered                                                        D．is going to consider

Happy relations among people are very important. Therefore, ________ we do or say should be beneficial to building a harmonious society.

A．whichever        B．whatever          C．no matter what        D．that

Nancy let me repeat her instruction _______ sure that I understand what was ______ after she was away on business.

A．to make; to do                                            B．making; doing

C．to make; to be done                                    D．making; to do

I’d go with you on the trip, but I ___________ no time.

A．have         B．had           C．have had          D．had had

－How often do you go back to your hometown?

－___________, but usually once every two years.

A．Generally speaking                                      B．It just depends

C．It’s up to you                                             D．I have no idea

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   1   into stillness by what I saw. Mother,   2   at the far end of the sofa, was crying, with the secondhand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was fired and   3   off. My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears a perfect proof of   4   little I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to   5   something,” mother said quietly. I could   6   her pain and the tension of   7   the strong feeling that were interrupted by my   8  . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   9   my shoulder and sobbed. I held her    10   and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could   11   was enough. At that moment, feeling mother’s   12   with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to   13  . She was still my mother,   14   she was something   15  ; a person like me, capable of fear and   16   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought   17   in her arms.

A week later mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station   18  . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very   19   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her   20  . Away across the paper, I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

1．A．tired                     B．ashamed              C．lazy                    D．shocked

3．A．lain                       B．laid                     C．lying                   D．lay

4．A．what                     B．such                   C．how                    D．not a

5．A．fail                       B．win                     C．forget                 D．obtain

6．A．kill                        B．watch                 C．sense                  D．recognize

7．A．holding back          B．putting away        C．sitting up             D．stopping from

8．A．pain                      B．laughter               C．arrival                 D．feeling

9．A．to                         B．up                       C．through               D．against

10．A．tightly                 B．thoughtfully         C．carefully              D．politely

11．A．so that                 B．now that              C．but that               D．and that

12．A．hand                   B．face                    C．hair                     D．back

13．A．content               B．break                  C．fall                      D．shout

14．A．therefore             B．although              C．yet                      D．however

15．A．more                   B．excellent              C．strange                D．huge

16．A．wound                B．defeat                  C．cut                     D．hurt

17．A．kindness              B．memory              C．comfort              D．support

18．A．supplied              B．offered                C．paid                    D．contributed

19．A．different              B．hard                    C．pleasant               D．serious

20．A．crying               B．laughing              C．tapping              D．sewing

Tradition says that at the beginning of the sixth century one of the tribes in Ireland was called Celt. The chief of Celt had a beautiful daughter named Ellis, who was from childhood, fond of having honey. When she grew up, lots of knights and princes from neighboring countries came to propose marriage to her. Ellis fell in love with a young master of a southern tribe who was among the proposers. They were soon in love with each other. At last they decided to get married. On the wedding day Ellis entertained the honored guests with honey wine made from the honey which had been presented by the young mater. After drinking the wine, the guests sang high praise for it. They said the wine was as sweet as love. But there was too much wine for them to drink up. They were intoxicated(沉醉) with the sweet honey wine. It took the young couple a whole month to drink up.

From then on it was very popular among the local people to drink honey wine within the first month after the man and woman’s marriage. They thought that it stood for the sweetness and happiness of a newly-married couple. Later on, it spread far and wide. People named the first month after marriage honeymoon.

1．In Ireland there was a tribe named Celt _________.

       A．thousands of years ago                         B．after the sixth century

       C．before the twenties of the 6th century    D．about 14 centuries ago

2．What did the guests sing high praise for at the wedding feast(款宴)?

       A．The grand wedding                              B．The bride’s beauty

       C．The honey wine                                   D．The bridegroom’s brightness

3．How long did it take the bride and bridegroom to drink up the left over honey wine?

       A．over forty days                                    B．around a month   

       C．a month less than three days                 D．a full month

4．Which is the best title of the passage?

       A．The origin of honey moon                    B．How did the tribe of Celt com into being.

       C．Ellis and her husband                           D．The interest of Ellis