Steps must be taken ______this kind of disaster will never happen again．

       A．because            B．even if              C．as              D．so that

 Don’t give up regardless of difficulty and failure,______ you ‘ll never achieve your goals．

       A．and                B．but                C．or              D．so

 No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone______ you wishing they were that high．

       A．getting rid of                                    B．getting along with    

       C．looking up to                                  D．looking down upon

 ---How will she behave in case of our failure?

       ----She’ll put the blame on us if it______ badly ．

       A．turns up         B．turns down     C．turn off          D．turns out

 Say “Cheese” but keep_____ while I take your photograph．

       A．quiet            B．calm                  C．still              D．silent

 ---What’s that terrible noise, David?

---Oh, I forgot to tell you．The new machine in the nearby plant_____．

       A．were tested                                       B．will be tested    

       C．are being tested                                 D．have been tested

 It’s nice to see you again．What ______since we last met?

       A．have you done                                   B．had you done   

       C．have you been doing                          D．did you do

 The number of children who have lost parents due to AIDS ______to rise to over 26 million in 2011．

       A．are expected                                    B．is expecting    

       C．are expecting                                 D．is expected

 Remember that there is still one point ______we must make clear at the conference tomorrow．

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

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       People do not analyse every problem they meet．Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 1problem．They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people．Other times they begin to act without 2; they try to find a solution by trial and error．However, when all of these methods 3, the person with a problem has to start analyzing ．There are six 4in analysing a problem．

5,  the person must recognize that there is a problem．For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does．Sam must 6that there is a problem with his bicycle．

       Next the person must 7the problem．Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work．For example, he must 8the parts that are wrong．

       Now the person must look for 9that will make the problem clearer and lead to 10solutions．For example, suppose Sam 11that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes．12, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully．

       After 13the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution．Take Sam as an example 14, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones．

       In the end, one 15seems to be the solution to the problem．Sometimes the 16idea comes quite 17because the thinker suddenly sees something in a 18way．Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake．He immediately hits on the solution to his problem: he must 19the brake．

       Finally the solution is 20．Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly．In short he has solved the problem．

1.A．serious                    B．usual                   C．similar                 D．common

2.A．practice                  B．thinking               C．understanding      D．help

3.A．fail                          B．work                   C． change              D．develop

4.A．ways                    B．conditions            C．stages                 D．orders

5.A．First                       B．Usually                C．In general         D．Most importantly

6.A．explain                  B．prove                  C．show               D．see

7.A．judge                    B．find                     describe                                 D．face

8.A．check                   B．determine          C．correct             D．recover

9.A．answers                B．skills                  C．explanation      D．information

10.A．possible               B．exact             C．real              D．special

11.A．hopes                 B．argues              C．decides         D．suggests

12.A．In other words       B．Once in a while    C．First of all        D．At this time

13.A．discussing             B．settling down      C．comparing with    D．studying

14.A．secondly              B．again                   C．also                    D．alone

15.A．suggestion            B．conclusion          C．decision            D．discovery

16.A．next                      B．clear                   C．final                   D．new

17.A．unexpectedly          B．late                C．clearly                D．often

18.A．simple                   B．different            C．quick                  D．sudden

19.A．clean                     B．separate            C．loosen          D．remove

20.A．recorded                B．completed          C．tested              D．accepted