American women usually consider their best friend as someone ________ they can talk frequently.

  A. who            B. whom             C. about which          D. with whom

 --- John failed his final exam.

   --- I’m not surprised at the news at all. _______, he is never seen busy with his lessons.

  A. Above all          B. In all               C. First of all         D. After all

 --- I don’t care what people think.

--- Well, you __________. People’s idea is of great value to you.

A. could              B. would            C. should           D. might

 --- The snowstorm caused great damage to this area.

   --- Exactly, the economic _______ it caused reached 20 billion.

  A. loss               B. effect               C. suffering            D. debt

 When _________ for a certain job, you have to go through all the newspapers to look for information.

  A. inspecting          B. earning             C. hunting              D. responding

 ---- Can I borrow your car?

---- Sorry. My car __________ at the garage.

A. is being repaired  B. is repaired              C. will be repaired     D. has been repaired  

 Make sure that your speech is _________ and to the point, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time.

  A. brief               B. attractive              C. humourous        D. powerful

 --- Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?

   --- She ______ be in the classroom. I saw her there just now and she said she wouldn’t go anywhere.

  A. must                B. may                 C. can              D. should

My parents made me know the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (爱国主义) when I was young. 1we lived a hard life, they 2great importance to making us realize how 3we were to live in a great country with 4chances.

I got my first real 5when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be 6so that he could take up a new job as a hairstylist. When he hadn’t got enough money to rent a shop, the owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n) 7. But he should clean the parking lot (停车场) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little 8that looked like a lawn mower (割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and  9waste by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I’d  10in the car on the way home because of tiredness.

I did this for two years, but the 11I learned have lasted a lifetime. I   12discipline (纪律) and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n) 13age the importance of  14interests in life -– school, homework and a job. This really __15during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking school  16and preparing for my college examination.

The hard work was   17. As a result, I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in 18and business from Harvard. __19, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议). In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those 20in the parking lot.

1.A. Now that                   B. As if                                C. Even                         D. Even though

2.A. attached          B. announced                C. suggested            D. admitted

3.A. important                      B. surprising                   C. fortunate                D. satisfying

4.A. several                       B. limitless                        C. few                      D. energetic

5.A. incident                           B. dream                            C. success                      D. job

6.A. retrained                      B. regarded                         C. considered               D. respected

7.A. increase                       B. order                            C. discount                     D. explanation

8.A. bag                                B. machine                      C. knife                        D. stick

9.A. brought up                     B. turned up                        C. made up                      D. picked up

10.A. sleep                          B. talk                                C. study                           D. sing

11.A. knowledge                     B. information                      C. lessons                      D. skills

12.A. required                      B. acquired                         C. remind                   D. forgot

13.A. common                        B. legal                                C. old                             D. early

14.A. balancing                     B. expressing                       C. supporting                   D. increasing

15.A. turned                       B. changed                          C. helped                       D. improved

16.A. measures                      B. courses                          C. messages                     D. tours

17.A. encouraging                   B. disappointing                    C. discouraging             D. rewarding

18.A. law                               B. medicine                         C. science                         D. arts

19.A. However                       B. Indeed                               C. Later                           D. Before

20.A. people                       B. nights                           C. cars                             D. opportunities

Going home for Christmas is a tradition of the holiday season. No matter where you may be the rest of the years, being at “home” with your family and friends for Christmas is a “must”. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are the busiest times of the year at airports, train stations and bus stations. It seems that all America is on the move and Americans are on their way to spend the holidays with their loved ones.

This means that the house will be full of cousins, aunts and uncles that might not see each other during the year. Everyone joins in to help in the preparation of the festival. Some family members get to choose a Christmas tree to buy and bring home. Others decorate the house or wrap presents. And of course, each household needs to make lots of food!

At Christmas Eve gatherings adults have eggnog, which is made of cream, milk, sugar, eggs and brandy. Plenty of  eggnog  or hot cocoa is on hand in colder climates for carolers, or people who go from house to house sing Christmas carols to their neighbors.

Long ago, each child hung a stocking, or sock, over the fireplace. Santa entered down the chimney and left candy and presents inside the socks for the children. Today the tradition is carried on, but the socks are now large red sock-shaped fabric bags still called stockings. Each child can’t wait to open his or her eyes to see what Santa has left in the stocking.

Giving gifts is a Christmas tradition. However, in recent years, more and more people have complained that Christmas is too commercialized(商业化) especially in large cities. Store owners begin advertising and decorating very early in hopes of selling more goods. Some people believe that the origin of Christmas has been lost.

1.It is a traditional custom for Americans ____________.

 A．to buy Christmas trees and bring them to churches for Christmas

 B．to drink beer on Christmas Eve

 C．to go home for Christmas with their family and relatives

 D．to hung stockings on the chimney

2.The underlined word “eggnog” in the third paragraph is a kind ____________.

 A．drink                  B．food                    C．egg                     D．present

3.Each child hung a stocking over the fireplace in order to____________.

 A．get some eggnog                                   B．have a look at Santa

 C．get some candy and presents                  D．get some money from his/ her parents

4.The last paragraph wants to tell us that  ____________.

 A．giving gifts is a Christmas tradition     B．giving gifts is getting more and more commercialized

 C．store owners hope to get more presents  D．people think there will be no Christmas in the future