9. --- Have you finished the report?

　 --- No. I ______ it all this week.

　 A. will do　 B. had done　 C. have done　 D. have been doing

8. --- What ______ when I phoned you?

　 --- I ______ my work, and I wanted to go out.

　 A. have you done; finished　 B. were you doing; have finished

　 C. did you do; had just finished　 D. were you doing; had just finished

7. I first met Tom 10 years ago. He ______ in a radio factory at that time.

　 A. had worked　 B. has worked　 C. was working　 D. has been working

6. I ______ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the New Year.

　 A. will play　 B. have played　 C. played　 D. play

5. --- I beg your pardon, but I didn’t quite catch you.

　 --- Oh, I ______ myself.

　 A. am talking to　 B. talked about　 C. have talked to　 D. was talking to

4. He ______ at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him.

　 A. will speak　 B. is going to speak　 C. had to speak　 D. was going to speak

3. Remember to send me a photo of us next time you ______ to me.

　 A. are writing　 B. will write　　 C. has written　 D. write

2. --- I ______　 so busily recently that I ______ no time to help you with your maths.

　 --- That’s OK. I can manage it by myself.

　 A. have been working; have　 B. have worked; had

　 C. am working; will have D. had been working; had had

1. --- Oh, dear. I forgot the air tickets.

　 --- You ______ something.

　 A. have left　 B. are always leaving　 C. are leaving　 D. always left

55．A．offer 　　　　　　　　　　 B．gain　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．gather　　　 　　　　　　　 D．earn

答案解析

[解析]根据上一句话可知，Jimmy Liao这位著名的画家哭泣的原因是他得了癌症，生命似乎对他不公平。

37[答案]A

[解析]此处是拿平常人对待健康的态度与 Jimmy Liao现在的情况形成对比。take …for granted认为……是理所当然的。

38[答案]D

[解析]本句为一个省略句，used to do…过去……。used to后省略了take his health for granted。 就像他过去认为健康是理所当然的事情那样。

39[答案]C

[解析]根据后面的一句解释可知答案。

40[答案]B

[解析]下文提到 Jimmy Liao 为一画家，画家只能通过的自己绘画来表达自己的思想。

41[答案]D

[解析]work著作，作品。

42[答案]B

[解析] play a trick on somebody捉弄， 戏弄某人。

43[答案]A

[解析]根据句意可知，Jimmy Liao 这时得了癌症，不能继续工作。

44[答案]A

[解析]本句为一个同位语从句，结合前面一句可知，Jimmy得了癌症，但他在宾馆里哭泣的那一刻也明白了人生并没有命运，而是看你如何做出选择。空格上如果填face或refuse，fact引导的同位语从句应改为他得病这个事实。

45[答案]C

[解析]下文提到虽然生命对你不公，但你的选择可以改变你的生活。因此，人生没有命运，只看你如何选择。

46[答案]B

[解析]本句为一表语从句，从从句中所缺成分可排除A项；根据后一句话，你可以放弃，也可以继续工作成为一个快乐的人可知本句意思是你选择什么样的生活，你就能成为什么样的人。

47[答案]C

[解析]人生路上不可能总会遇到风雨。

48[答案]A

[解析]根据Jimmy在书中所表达的观点可知他的这种看法可以在他的书中找到。

49[答案]D

[解析]人遇到困难，在做出选择前都会感到茫然无助。

50[答案]B

[解析]Jimmy对待癌症，选择了继续工作来充实自己。因此，他对生命充满了希望，这一点在他的绘画中也可表现出来。

51[答案]C

[解析]尽管世界让我们感到自己很渺小，但我们也应该勇敢，坚强。Jimmy在面对疾病时所表现出的正是这个特征。great伟大的；strong 强壮的；equal平等的。

52[答案]C

[解析]上文提到在面对疾病时，可以放弃也可以继续工作，关键看你选择什么。本句是回答这个问题：只要你做出正确的选择，生命就会充满希望。

53[答案]B

[解析]Jimmy 原本是一名成功的画家，得病之后又继续工作，又赢得了新的名誉和财富。

54[答案]D

[解析]根据Jimmy所患疾病可排除A项，slowly 只强调动作，不符语意；separately与下文with his wife and daughter矛盾。

55[答案]A

[解析]过自己想过的生活比金钱和荣耀所能提供的东西要有意义的多。