It was fine yesterday so I ______ the trouble to carry my raincoat with me.

A．don’t need to take                     B．mustn’t have taken

C．didn’t need to take                     D．needn’t have taken

The agent was about to sign his name to the document_______ , to our surprise, a stranger broke in to prevent him.

A．while             B．when             C．as               D．until

--- Life is all about choices. It’s your choice _______ you live a life.

--- I quite agree. It’ you that choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.

A．where            B．why              C．that              D．how

What the doctor really doubts is ______ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.

A．when             B．how              C．whether          D．if

Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she _______ since her marriage to Father.

A．shoulders                             B．has been shouldering

C．is shouldering                          D．shouldered

________ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like me.

A．Taking                                B．Taken

C．Being taken                            D．Having been taken

Surely it doesn’t matter where the Student Union gets their money from; what ________ is what they do with it.

A．stresses           B．applies            C．functions          D．counts

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。

On Sunday morning, January 29, the call woke me up. It was the president of ABC News. “Lee, Bob has been __41__ in Iraq,” he said, choosing his words __42__. “He’s alive but he may have taken shrapnel (炮弹碎片) to the brain.”

When I saw Bob in the hospital, nothing could have __43__ me. He was unconscious. His __44__ was swollen to the size of a rugby ball and a piece of his skull was missing. All sorts of __45__ were coming out of his body. His left eye looked like a dead fish. I tried to __46__ myself that he didn’t look that bad, that this was the __47__ and that he’d only get better from here.

There were many months of treatment __48__. Every morning I would head over to the hospital and check on Bob. In the __49__ that a mother uses with her baby I would __50__ to him. I let him know about the kids. I told him stories about us and some of our best __51__ together. I brought music and had home movies for Bob to hear.

One day when I pushed open the door as usual, I __52__. Bob was sitting up in bed, a huge smile on his face. He saw me and __53__ his hands in the air. “Hey, sweetie,” he said, “where have you been?” I tried to speak but no words came out. This was so much more than I’d wanted and prayed for, __54__ I couldn’t really believe it. My husband was __55__ and he was calling me. Half of me wanted to shout in __56__ and gratitude and half of me wanted to __57__ everything, how I’d been there day after day for months. I __58__ to him.

Bob was __59__. He had the best medical treatment possible and the finest doctors. But the most important thing __60__ to be the love that held us close.

1.                A．hidden         B．caught          C．disturbed D．wounded

2.                A．seriously        B．carefully        C．actively   D．freely

3.                A．pleased        B．damaged        C．prepared D．choked

4.                A．arm            B．head           C．leg  D．hand

5.                A．tools           B．clothes         C．weapons D．tubes

6.                A．convince        B．accept          C．suggest   D．imagine

7.                A．best           B．worst           C．least     D．most

8.                A．then           B．ever           C．before   D．ahead

9.                A．name          B．sound          C．voice D．air

10.               A．talk            B．shout          C．point D．refer

11.               A．dreams         B．memories       C．thoughts   D．secrets

12.               A．froze          B．cried           C．failed     D．left

13.               A．held           B．found          C．lifted D．seized

14.               A．that           B．but            C．which     D．and

15.               A．off            B．up             C．down     D．back

16.               A．anger          B．relief          C．faith D．detail

17.               A．forget          B．follow          C．explain    D．check

18.               A．waved         B．walked         C．moved    D．ran

19.               A．fortunate       B．patient         C．generous D．powerful

20.               A．turned up       B．turned out      C．took up    D．took out

The sun is shining when I get on No. 151 bus. We passengers sit jammed together in heavy clothes. No one speaks. That’s one of the unwritten rules of Chicago commuting. Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to hide behind our newspapers. The phenomenon is striking: people who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their distance.

As the bus approaches the Magnificent Mile, a voice suddenly rings out: “Attention! Attention!” Papers rattle (发出细小声). Necks crane (伸长). “This is your driver speaking.”

We look at the back of the driver’s head. His voice has authority.

“All of you put your papers down.”

The papers come down, an inch at a time. The driver waits. The papers are folded and placed on our laps.

“Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go ahead.”

Amazingly, we all do it. Still, no one smiles.

I face an older woman, her head wrapped tightly in a red scarf. I see her nearly every day. Our eyes meet. We wait, unblinking, for the next order from the driver.

“Now, repeat after me…” It is a command, delivered in the tones of a drill sergeant (操练军士). “Good morning, neighbor!”

Our voices are weak and timid. For many of us, these are the first words we have spoken today. But we say them at the same time, like schoolchildren, to the strangers beside us.

We smile and can’t help it. We have said it; the barrier has been broken. Good morning, neighbor. It is not so hard after all. Some of us repeat it. Others shake hands. Many laugh.

The bus driver says nothing more. He doesn’t need to. Not a single newspaper goes back up. I hear laughter, a warm sound I have never heard before on bus No. 151. This day is starting off better than most.

1.On hearing the sudden utterance of “Attention!”, the passengers ___________.

A．stopped reading and put down their newspapers immediately

B．sat still without response

C．looked up from the newspapers to see who was speaking

D．were frightened

2.The underlined word “commuting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ___________.

A．long-distance ride

B．daily traveling between home and work

C．communication technology

D．behavior patterns

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The passengers on the crowded bus were so absorbed in reading their newspapers that no one spoke.

B．When the bus driver said nothing more, the passengers picked up and read their newspapers again.

C．The passengers didn’t follow the driver’s instruction at first.

D．The passengers were physically close together but mentally they kept each other at a terrible distance.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Warmth of Communication

B．The Exchange of Information

C．The Power of Observation

D．The Attitude to Loneliness

Has Tiger Mom gone soft? One year after the release of her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua is back in the spotlight, reflecting on how overnight infamy (恶名) affected her life, her family and her parenting.

“I have changed a lot,” she told the Huffington Post. “In October, we had 30 kids at our house! We have hosted parties with lots of food and music.”

Last January, the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt (节选) from Chua’s book with the headline “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”. In the excerpt, Chua described how her daughters were never allowed to have sleepovers (在外过夜的儿童聚会), appear in school plays, or earn any grade lower than an A. Chua, an author and professor at Yale Law School, spent much of 2011 on the defensive. In fact, many of her interviews seemed to lend fuel to her critics’ fire.

Now, with the book out in paperback, she said, “I put passages in the book and used very harsh words that I regret. Everybody has those moments you wish you could take back.”

For those who still read Battle Hymn as an advice guide, Chua argues that so-called tiger parenting should be employed mainly during a child’s early years, ideally between the ages of 5 and 12. These “super-strict parenting tactics” are not meant for all ages. Remaining strict after middle school makes you a helicopter parent, according to Chua. And she is quick to point out how different that is from being a tiger mom.

“By the time kids get to high school, helicopter parents are hiring all these tutors, carrying their kids’ sports bags. I never checked older daughter Sophia’s papers because I knew she knew how to sit down and focus,” Chua said.

As for younger daughter Lulu, 15, the rebel for whom the book was written, Chua has really backed off. Instead of forcing Lulu to practise violin for hours a day—the source of their biggest fights, Chua “let her give that up”. “My compromise (妥协) is that I’m going to still be as strict academically, but in exchange she has a lot of social freedom. Lulu has had four sleepovers in the last two months!” Chua said. Chua predicts she’ll only get more easygoing with age.

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．How Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out.

B．Tiger Mom persuaded readers to follow her example.

C．Tiger Mom has changed and wants to be soft.

D．How Tiger Mom became the worldwide spotlight.

2.From paragraph one we can know that after the publication of the book______________.

A．Tiger Mom became stricter with her children

B．Tiger Mom’s life and family were influenced

C．Tiger Mom was thought highly by the public

D．Tiger Mom became wealthy and easygoing

3.Lulu quarreled with her mother mainly over______________.

A．whether she could do well at school

B．when she could have sleepovers

C．what should be written in the book

D．how long she practiced the violin