Every means _________tried but without any result.

A. have been B. has been

C. are to be D. is to be

If you_______ smoke, please go outside.

A. can B. should

C. must D. may

It was about 600 years ago _______the first clock with a face and an hour hand was made.

A. until B. when

C. before D. that

My father read through my composition and _________quite a few spelling mistakes in it.

A. sought B. issued

C. spotted D. consulted

Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire.__________, it would be almost impossible to prove Jim guilty.

A. Anyhow B. However

C. Besides D. Thus

Instead of ___________the dictionary, I always try to guess the meanings of those new words in the passage.

A. accounting for B. referring to

C. bringing up D. dealing with

After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced _________ bikes in 2010 as the year before.

A. as twice many B. as many twice

C. twice as many D. twice many as

There is a peaceful and calm ________in the country, quite different from that of a big city.

A. climate B. atmosphere

C. system D. situation

—Jack, you seem in high spirits.

—__________ We won the match 4-0.

A. Guess what? B. So what?

C. No wonder. D. No doubt.

Ten years ago, I moved to Chicago. As I was new to the area, I had friends and rarely went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I an elderly couple.

The wife and I for a long time. She told me how she was about her husband who was a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same where the husband would be going for his operation, I told her to set down my phone number and me to let me know when he was there. She phoned a few weeks later as and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and waiting. I told her that I would go and cheek on him every day when I was at . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I was determined to keep with them. Weeks turned into months and it just became my to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation.

Sometimes I’d bring a for him to read, or some food that we would together. As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the . Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often each other on holidays. Now, ten years later, I have my own .

Since our parents don’t close by, this couple has become my son’s “l(fā)ocal” grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly to have this couple as our “l(fā)ocal” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.

1.A. some B. few C. several D. many

2.A. served B. supported C. met D. saved

3.A. talked B. looked C. worked D. searched

4.A. pleased B. mad C. worried D. guilty

5.A. giving up B. turning down C. paying for D. waiting for

6.A. hotel B, hospital C. restaurant D. office

7.A. so B. but C. or D. since

8.A. invite B. help C. ask D. call

9.A. required B. predicted C. imagined D. promised

10.A. ever B. never C. still D. already

11.A. work B. school C. home D. play

12.A. control B. company C. pace D. trust

13.A. problem B. purpose C. stress D. habit

14.A. book B. letter C. report D. post

15.A. order B. share C. cook D. prepare

16.A. guest B. member C. doctor D. head

17.A. missed B. followed C. watched D. visited

18.A. duty B. style C. family D. dream

19.A. walk B. come C, live D. drive

20.A. thankful B. interested C. surprised D. successful