You should set off early__________ you can arrive there on time.

A. so B. but C. because D. so that

The water in rivers is even_________ than before. Something must be done now.

A. dirty B. dirtier

C. more dirty D. Dirtiest

— Ben, _________ up. The worst is over.

— Thank you. I hope so.

A. cheer B. cheers

C. is cheering D. to cheer

I saw the dog along with a girl ______was the only guide dog in our city.

A. who B. which C. whom D. What

— Do you know the film Big Hero 6?

— Sure. I like it very much and I __________ it three times since it was on.

A. see B. saw

C. have seen D. am seeing

Mike __________ live in London, but now he works in China.

A. is used to B. used to

C. was used to D. gets used to

I love my cat and spend a lot of time __________ after it.

A. look B. looks

C. to look D. looking

— Did you see Anna after class?

— I saw her leave the classroom, but I didn’t notice __________after that.

A. when did she go B. where did she go

C. when she went D. where she went

Once, Einstein gave a lecture in a university. After his speech, the audience started asking questions.

A girl asked, “Do you think you’re ________ giant of science?”

Einstein said ________ a smile, “A giant is a person who is tall in height. You see I’m so small, how can I be a giant? Maybe I see a bit farther, only ________ I stand higher!”

Then a boy asked, “You mentioned you stand higher than ________. It reminds me that you had a talk with a lady on the top of the Alps. I don’t want to ask ________ you talked, but I want to know whether you realized you have been a top in the history of science when you stood on the top.”

Looking at the boy ________, Einstein replied, “Well,________ height cannot become a top. And there is no top that no one can get to, so we don’t want to be a top, but we want to be a person to climb the top!”

Then he took up a piece of chalk and ______ on the blackboard, “Standing on the top, you are not tall, but even smaller!”

Then he said, “Though I stand tall, in the eyes of the world I’m still small! Finally, I can tell you a sentence, which was the last one I told the lady on the top of the Alps, ‘Any top can ________, for there is no giant in the world but the one ________ stands higher!’”

A storm of applause sounded. The lady who listened to Einstein’s instruction on the Alps that year was no other than Madam Curie!

1.A. a B. an C. the D. /

2.A. in B. of C. with D. from

3.A. so B. because C. but D. though

4.A. another B. other C. the others D. others

5.A. what B. where C. that D. which

6.A. care B. careful C. careless D. carefully

7.A. my B. me C. I D. mine

8.A. write B. wrote C. writes D. writing

9.A. reach B. reaches C. is reached D. be reached

10.A. who B. which C. when D. where

Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she____before a store of dolls. “Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into it.

Looking around, she saw a____doll – one with grey hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.

When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, third … A doll a year from Joyce never arrived____

“Why always a doll?” This____had been in Amy’s mind until one day she knew the answer.

Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her____birthday. Sadly, they both____in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most____thing in her eyes.

Joyce’s story being recalled, Amy got an idea.

It was Joyce’s 60thbirthday. A parcel was sent to her, with a____that read,

Dear Joyce,

I forget to____you the parcel that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.

Love, Angel of Joy

Joyce opened the parcel and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll tightly that she had waited so many years for, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the____“child” in the world.

1.A. Stopped B. sat C. went D. moved

2.A. Mother B. child C. grandma D. daughter

3.A. early B. late C. sadly D. lovely

4.A. idea B. mind C. question D. answer

5.A. Second B. third C. fifth D. sixtieth

6.A. left B. stepped C. dreamed D. died

7.A. helpful B. important C. useful D. careful

8.A. gift B. word C. card D. parcel

9.A. buy B. send C. leave D. show

10.A. Happiest B. saddest C. loveliest D. smallest