Nowadays the belief has become common ______ sea food and fruit rich in vitamin C should never be eaten at the same meal.

A. that         B. how        C. when          D. /

-----What were you up to when she dropped in?

 ------I______ for a while and _____ some reading.

A. had played ; did                    B. played; did

C. had played :was going to do           D. was playing; was going to do

There is even an animal whose tail will _____ so that it can run away if someone grabs it.

 A. break down     B. break up        C. break out     D. break off

He was a much older tennis player, but he had a(n)_______over other players in experience.

 A. benefit         B. profit          C. power        D. advantage.

_____ the fact that David failed in the competition ,his teacher thought he had done his best.

      A. Although       B. Despite         C. While    D. Without

Willpower is a kind of quality, _____is _____it takes to do anything well.

  A. what; which      B. what ;what     C. which;  which    D. which;  what

---Excuse me, Sir. _____either she or I selected to join the team?

  ----Sorry, neither she or you ______.

A. Am ;are         B. Is ; are         C. Are; are         D. Is; is

After that, he knew he could __ any emergency by doing what he could to the best of his ability.

  A. get away with     B. get on with      C. get through      D. get across

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two people who were complete strangers to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should   21  . We were traveling down to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family.  22   we were sitting in the  23  first two seats in the first row of first class waiting for the plane to take off, I  24  heard one of the flight attendants(空乘) telling   25   that there was a couple sitting in the  26   of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were  27    off on their honeymoon. They had   28   their flight eight months in  29   but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been able to get  30   together, and no one else on the plane was   31   to move and the bride was in  32  .   

I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We  33   agreed and I called the flight attendant  34   to tell her that we’d be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said “Really? Are you sure?” We said “Absolutely !”

So, we  35  to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely  36   and took good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first  37  , and we both made friends with the people sitting around us, who, as it   38   didn’t know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to  39   up a forgotten item at one point during the flight and   40   that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoying champagne. It really made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start !

1. A. share         B. show          C. say            D. prove

2. A. Since         B. After          C. Before             D. Though

3. A. quite              B. same          C. very                D. just

4. A. carelessly         B. accidentally    C. happily           D. sadly

5. A. others        B. us            C. them           D. everyone

6.A. front          B. middle        C. head           D. back

7.A. getting        B. heading       C. taking              D. hurrying

8. A. fixed              B. booked       C. checked          D. got

9. A. air                B. time          C. church         D. advance

10. A. seats             B. champagne        C. food           D. tickets

11. A. interested        B. willing          C. eager           D. friendly

12. A. comfort           B. surprise       C. tears         D. fear

13. A. immediately       B. differently     C. finally       D. unbelievably

14. A. up                B. off           C. over         D. out

15. A. left              B. looked        C. returned      D. moved

16. A. beautiful         B. careful        C. thoughtful    D. grateful

17. A. class             B. flight         C. seat          D. plane

18. A. went on      B. turned out     C. got along      D. took off

19.. A. pick             B. give          C. clean         D. look

20.A. told              B. informed      C. observed      D. heard

A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking（搭便车）on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him．Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel（方向盘）!   

    The car started to move very slowly．The man looked at the road and saw a curve （拐弯处）coming his way．Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life．He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel．The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car．Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town．In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky．

    Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car．Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!

    About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there’s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”

1.When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man ________．

    A．felt very curious               B．was extremely frightened

    C．cried for help                   D．remained as calm as possible

2.According to the passage, what made the man’s experience believable?

    A．His reasonable behavior．       B．His vivid description．

    C．His plain appearance．          D．His honest attitude．

3.We can infer from the passage that ________．

    A．it is unsafe for people to take a free ride

    B．the man was telling a lie to his listeners

    C．the car probably broke down on the way

    D．the two young men were familiar with the man