It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when___ at the meeting by my boss.

A questioning　　 B have questioned　　　 C questioned　　 D to be questioned

Many universities have expanded, thus____ many people more the chance of higher education.

A. to allow　 B.allowed　 C.allowing　 D.allow

---What’s that terrible noise?

　 ---The neighbors ______ for a party.

A. have prepared　　 B. are preparing　　 C. prepare　　 D. will prepare

She will tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role__________in making the earth a better place to live.?

A.to have played

B.to play?

C.to be played

D.to be playing

The girl __________ a blue skirt will perform a dance.

A. having on　 B. wore　　　　　　　　 C. dressed up　　　 D. dressed in

Is there any other reader ________ wants to renew his book?

A．who　　 　　　　 B．whom

C．whose　　 　　　 D．which

Two thieves came to a house to steal something．They dug a hole in the wall of the house．

　 There lived many mice in the house．The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse

crawl(爬行)into the house．“Look!In comes one，”she said to the man in the house．The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside，“She found me when I was just in．”But the thief outside didn’t believe him，so he said， “Let us two try to crawl into the house together．”At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house too．The woman saw the mice and shouted，“In come two，catch them!”The two thieves were terribly frightened．The man in the house said，“You saw them come in but where are they?1 will catch them tonight．”The two thieves started running away at once．

　 The two thieves waited to make it clear whether thev had been found or not the night before．The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house．The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields．The rein(缰绳) broke and the woman came home for a rope．She，saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some．She picked out two which looked like mice． At that time t, he man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up．The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said。“How they look like the two of last night!”The man said，”I asked you to fetch a rope， why don’t you hurry for it?"The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes．

1．The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because_____.

　　 A.they were found out

　　 B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

　　 C.they didn't work together well with each other

　　 D.mice stopped them from doing so

2．From the last paragraph，we know that ____ ．

A.the two thieves were famous for selling sweet potatoes

B.the woman recognized the two thieves

C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and make fun of them

　　 D.the two thieves didn't know that they were not found at all

3. When the woman said，”How they look like the two of last night?”

　　 A.she referred to the two thieves　　　　 B．she meant nothing

　　 C.she said it on purpose　　　　　　　　 D．she referred to the sweet potatoes.

4. Which is the best title for this passage?

　　 A.Two CIever Thieves　　　　　　　　 B．Terrible Mice

　　 C.Hit the Mark by a Fluke　　　　　　　 D．A CIever Couple

5. Which of the following statements is false?

　　 A.The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet

　　 potatoes．

　　 B.Whenever they found mice the people in the house would try to catch them.

C.The two thieves ran away at once，because they thought the woman had seen them．

D.The man let the woman go home for a rope，which would be used for catching the thieves．

He __________to get to the top of the hill after________ several times.

A .managed; to try　　　　　　　　 B. tried; to try

C. managed; trying　　　　　　　　 D. tried; trying

It will be the first time that I ______ to America.

A. have gone　　 B. have been　　 C. go　　　　 D. will go