7. How many people ____ the professor’s lecture, do you know?

A. attended　 B. attended to　 C. joined　 D. took part in

6. Whatever the culture you are in, living in ____ foreign country is quite ____ exciting experience.

A. /; the　　 B. /; an　 c. a; /　 D. a; an

5. How long does your mother usually spend ____ a big dinner

A. to prepare　 B. to prepare for　 C. preparing for　 D. preparing

4. I don’t care how much I earn, I just want a ___ job to test my ability.

A. creating　 　B. awarding　　 C. challenging　 D. competing

3.The music at the party ____ like a bird in many ways.

A. sounded　　　 B. was sounded　　 C. was sounding　　 D. had sounded

2.He still lives in the room ____ window faces to the north.

A. whose　　　 B. which　　 C. that　　 D. who

1.We went to the nearest railway station ____ is one kilometer away.

A. it　　　 B. that　　 C. which　　 D. where　

When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(热情) for writing poetry(诗). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as 1 stamps and spent all my 2 time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me3 trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I 4 take out my notebook and 5 poems in class. Of course I 　6 　this very cautiously(小心地), but it was not 　7 　I got caught. One day while I was 8 writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up 9 the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger (= getting very angry) because I was not 10 attention. He tore the poem up, with a11 not to waste time in his lesson. 12 I felt certain that I had written a good poem, 13 that evening I wrote it out again from 14. Not long after, I read 15 a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up 16, I got a latter informing me I had won first 17. Everyone at school was very impressed, 18 the geography teacher, who 19 me more carefully than ever. He 20 that I not write poetry in his class!