Last night Li Ping watched the football match at my home, so he________ in his office.

A．needn’t have worked                   B．mustn’t haven’t worked

C．shouldn’t have worked                  D．couldn’t have worked

_______ miss the train, he got up very early this morning.

A．In order to not     B．So as to not        C．In order not to      D．So as not to

The policeman asked me ______ and ______ .

A．what was the matter; what was my name

B．what was the matter; what my name was

C．what the matter was; what was my name

D．what the matter was; what my name was

He came here ______ to discuss it with you.

A．on purpose        B．by chance         C．for purpose        D．on design

It was in 1969 ______ two Americans went to the moon by spaceship.

A．when            B．that              C．at that time        D．just then

Charlie Chaplin, for ____ life was hard, went to the USA to earn his life when he was young.

A．whose            B．who              C．whom            D．his

After a long day at school, I walked home with my heavy schoolbag. Sleepy and  1 , I threw my things on the sofa and picked something from the  2 to eat. I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV, but I knew my  3 would take me the whole night. I took my schoolbag and went  4 to my room. I tried to understand chemistry and  5 sleepiness at the same time. I tried to keep my eyes  6 and I wanted something to cheer me up.

Later, I  7 the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it—the sound of my mom singing. Though she sang off-key(跑调),   8  made me excited that she was here. I ran down to  9 my mom. We hugged each other and talked for a while. I like it when my mom was happy. Her  10 seemed to flow down to me and I got the strength to  11 the stress (压力) again.

Sometimes, I wonder how my mom can still be  12 after coming back from work. Every weekday, she wakes up  13 in the morning to go to work and spends all hour on the bus before getting downtown. At a  14 factory, she works standing for the whole day and draws patterns(图案) for clothes over and over. After work, my mom at times gets stuck(被困) in  15 for two hours on her way back home. When I 16 my school life with her work life, I should not be the one to  17 . At least I have some interesting things to do at school, but one mistake at work can cost my mom her job. I  18 that my mom has a positive (积极的) attitude and lives her life with a joyous heart, which encourages me to do my work well,  19 there may be difficulties. Seeing her happy makes me feel  20 , too.

1.                A．heavy          B．busy           C．hungry   D．unlucky

2.                A．classroom       B．kitchen         C．bedroom D．apartment

3.                A．dream          B．supper         C．homework    D．experience

4.                A．downstairs      B．outside         C．upstairs   D．inside

5.                A．break          B．put            C．get D．fight

6.                A．opening        B．opened         C．open D．closing

7.                A．felt            B．listened         C．raised    D．heard

8.                A．which          B．that            C．it    D．but

9.                A．look           B．greet           C．said to    D．help

10.               A．need          B．idea           C．faith  D．energy

11.               A．face           B．change         C．accept    D．1eave

12.               A．creative        B．sensitive        C．competitive    D．positive

13.               A．early          B．soon           C．fast   D．1ate

14.               A．furniture       B．shoe           C．car   D．clothing

15.               A．chat           B．traffic          C．duty  D．task

16.               A．replace        B．exchange       C．decorate  D．compare

17.               A．complain       B．decide         C．study D．play

18.               A．achieve        B．notice          C．admire    D．improve

19.               A．however       B．though         C．despite    D．at least

20.               A．good          B．skillful          C．successful D．important

We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.

“Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “See, my dear,” father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”

Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.

When I turned to father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.

At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon（午餐）soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（喷溅出）” The cook must have gone mad！” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!

In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.

1.The author’s father took her to the top of a church tower to _____. 

A．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town

B．find out how many ways lead to the square

C．inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem

D．help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day

2.What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?

A．Do something delicious for lunch.

B．Taste her awful lunch.

C．Dismiss the mad cook.

D．Speak to the school about lunch.

3.By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us ____________.

A．when one road is blocked, try another

B．how bad the lunch of her school is

C．how wise her father is

D．about the church tower near her home

Hi! Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble — and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).

　　ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.

　　Here’s an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telegram came. The woman’s father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

　　There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what’s behind these strange mental messages. Here’s another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.

A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and a carriage came by. The driver said, “There is room for one more.” The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, “There is room for one more.”

　　Then the man saw that the driver’s face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn’t get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

　　Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.

1.According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

A．in existence        B．imaginative        C．not real           D．impossible

2.ESP lets people know _________.

A．about events before they happen

B．about events after they happen

C．about events that are happening some distance away

D．A and C

3.By studying ESP, scientists may get to ________.

A．learn how people tell lies

B．know more about human dreams

C．know more about human mind

D．learn how strange things happen

4.In the last paragraph the underlined word “coincidences” probably means _______.

A．things that may not happen

B．things that happen in a dream

C．things that must happen

D．things that happen by accident

Chocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain. Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health. They describe chocolate as “something to die for” or say “death by chocolate”. Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence(证据) is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:

A happier heart

Scientists at Harvard University recently examined 136 studies on cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate and found that it does seem to strengthen the heart. Studies have shown heart benefits from increased blood flow. These benefits are the result of cocoa’s chemicals, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation(炎症).

Better blood pressure

If yours is high, chocolate may help. Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University recently 

found that people with high blood pressure who ate 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate 

per day for two weeks their blood pressure drop quickly.

Muscle magic

Chocolate milk may help you recover after a hard workout(锻炼). In a small study at Indiana University, people who drank chocolate milk between workouts did better on a tiredness test than those who had some sports drinks.

Better for your skin. German researchers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every day. After three months, the women’s skin was moister(滑润的)and smoother. The research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the skin, improving its appearance.

Brain gains

It sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving by increasing blood flow to the brain.

1.Which of the following is wrong?                                            

A．Coca’s chemicals can prevent both cell damage and inflammation.

B．Chocolate may help you lower your blood pressure.

C．People early know chocolate is good for their health.

D．Chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving.

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?

A．Sports drinks are better than chocolate milk.

B．Sports drinks can make people easy to be tired.

C．Drinking milk can keep you energetic at work.

D．We should drink chocolate milk between times when we work hard.

3.What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Chocolate, a Healthy Food                 B．More Chocolate, Less Health

C．Chocolate and Blood Pressure              D．Advice on Eating Chocolate

4.What’s the meaning of “bite their tongues” in the first paragraph?

A．Think of it.         B．Speak up.          C． Stop talking       D．Listen to it