It was not until mid-night       they reached the camp site.

—Why, Jack, you look so tired!

---Well, I _____the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.

       our manager objects to Tom's joining the club, we shall accept him as a member

A great number of students               said they were forced to practice the piano.

I was blessed with a happy childhood, ____ that most people would want to have.

A it   B one   C /   D the one

In the USA, conversation is less lively than in many other cultures, ____ everyone talks at the same time.

A which   B that  C where   D what

I used to quarrel a lot with my parents，but now we        well.

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school  (寄宿學(xué)校). 1   being sent away, this boy was the   2 student in his class. He was at the top in every  3  always with high marks.

But the boy changed after   4 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started    5  . He hated being in a   6 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he   7  committing suicide  (自殺). All of this was because he felt   8  and no one loved him.

His parents started   9 about the boy. But they even did not know what was  10  with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and   11  him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and  12 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To   13  my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most   14  person for me.  I want to see you   15 . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words   16  the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He  17  his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had   18  he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He   19  the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him  20  ！

In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation.

In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather: “Nice day, isn't it?” “Terrible weather, isn't it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion or politics so these are not suitable topics for small talk in English. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching: “Great game, isn't it?” At bus stops, people may comment about the transport system: “The bus service is terrible, isn't it?”

Greetings and small talk are an important part of conversation in any language. The way people great each and the things they talk about, however, may be different from one language to another. This shows that there is much more to learn when we learn a language than just the vocabulary and the grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior of the people who speak it.

1.Small talk ___.

2.The best topic of small talk is about ___.

3.The passage suggests that when we learn a language ___.

4.When we say “Great game, isn't it?” we in fact___.

5.What we learn from the passage is that ___.

1.All of the following books have children as their main characters except _______.

2.We can know from the passage that _________.

3.Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ______

a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. Nature's magic

4.Which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text?

A What Sara did to help her fellows

B Why Peter Pan wouldn't grow up.

C What kind of woman Scarlett is.

D How Marry Lennox came into her uncle's house.

5.This text is most probably taken from a __________.

A newspaper  B science magazine  C storybook  D book guide