I have no idea go there with her.

A. it is why that he will B. why is it that he will

C. why it is that he will D. it is why will he that

Some famous brand designers attended the ceremony stories and experiences behind their brands.

A. making B. hearing

C. describing D. sharing

A beekeeper has a to motivate the bees by leaving some honey in the hive—not so much in case that the bees stop working.

A. trick B. tool

C. talent D. desire

Parents have to be able to to be , to go with their kids, and also give them the room to grow.

A. flexible B. strict

C. responsible D. careful

He thought that as he had worked for the company for so long, he higher pay.

A. received B. required

C. deserved D. saved

—Do you think George has passed the driving test?—No. If so, he ______ his car to our college yesterday.

A. would drive B. drove

C. would have drivenD. had driven

, the disease will produce a powder poison that will kill the patient.

A. If it untreated B. If is untreated

C. If being untreated D. If untreated

What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not enough．

Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, however hard we work, it seems that there is someone else who can do it much better．

I have always enjoyed music and it is to me that every musician has a of their own．My father _ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own sound．

I heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, " else can make the sound that you make．" The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's, but who is to say which is ．It is said that, " is in the eye of the beholder .” . Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ．

Every person has a different tone of voice that only to them, we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．

Each person has a（an） on the world in some way．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it in the same way that you do it．The next time you feel , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make．

1.A．easy B．good C．simple D．hard

2.A．because B．a(chǎn)lthough C．when D．if

3.A．seldom B．a(chǎn)lways C．never D．sometimes

4.A．satisfying B．convincing C．inspiring D．interesting

5.A．gift B．sound C．life D．song

6.A．played B．designed C．created D．checked

7.A．turn down B．call up C．pick out D．give off

8.A．loud B．powerful C．perfect D．special

9.A．once B．yet C．even D．still

10.A．Anybody B．Somebody C．Nobody D．Everybody

11.A．bigger B．better C．deeper D．lower

12.A．Beauty B．Interest C．Patience D．Honesty

13.A．speaker B．receiver C．listener D．looker

14.A．devotes B．a(chǎn)dds C．a(chǎn)dapts D．belongs

15.A．but B．yet C．a(chǎn)nd D．for

16.A．running B．walking C．jumping D．speaking

17.A．must B．might C．would D．should

18.A．choice B．opinion C．duty D．effect

19.A．exactly B．carefully C．cautiously D．seriously

20.A．a(chǎn)nnoyed B．puzzledC．discouragedD．bothered

Hercule Poirot looked over the small gate which gave admission to Pine Crest. It was a modern nicely-built house. It was on a hill top, and the hill top was planted with a few sparse pines. It had a small neat garden and a large elderly man was watering with a big tin.

Spence’s hair was now grey all over. He had not shrunk much in girth（圍長）, though. He stopped watering and looked at the visitor at the gate. Hercule Poirot stood there without moving.

“God bless my soul,” said Spence. “It must be. It can’t be but it is. Yes, it must be Hercule Poirot!”

“Aha,” said Poirot, “you remember me. I’m grateful.”

Spence abandoned the watering can and came down to the gate.

“What brings you down here?”

“What has brought me to many places in my time,” said Poirot, “and what once a good many years ago brought you to see me. Murder, Spence.”

“I’m done with murder since I retired,” said Spence, “except in the case of weeds. Killing weeds is never easy as you think, something’s always wrong. How did you know where to find me?” he asked as he opened the gate and Poirot passed through.

“You sent me a Christmas card. It had your new address on it.”

“Ah yes, so I did. I’m old-fashioned, you know, I like to send round cards at Christmas time to a few old friends. I’m an old man now.”

“We both are.”

“Not much grey in your hair,” said Spence.

“I take care of my hair with a bottle,” said Poirot. “There is no need to appear in public with grey hair unless you wish to do so. By the way, why have you come to live in Woodleigh Common?”

“As a matter of fact, I came here to join forces with a sister of mine. She lost her husband, her children are married and living abroad. So I moved in here. Pensions（退休金）don’t go far nowadays, but we do comfortably living together.”

1.From their dialogue, we can learn about _______.

A. their common friends B. Spence’s sister’s characters

C. their relationship D. Poirot’s recent life

2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Spence used to deal with murder.

B. Poirot didn’t care about his appearance.

C. Spence moved to join his sister for lack of money.

D. Poirot came specially to reunite with his old friend.

3.From the passage we can infer that they might _______ next.

A. meet Spence’s family B. discuss about a murder

C. visit Spence’s new homeD. water the garden together

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette（禮儀）is sort of strange,” Gray told the BBC. “They are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.

If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally（對角線地）across from each other to create distance.

When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.

Why are we so awkward in lifts?

“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed（理解）as threatening or strange. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

1.The main purpose of the article is to _______.

A. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride

B. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette

C. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

B. remind us not to behave strangely when in an elevator

2. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _______.

A. turn around and greet one another

B. look around or examine their phone

C. try to keep a distance from other people

D. make eye contact with those in the elevator

3.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when they are in the elevator?

4.The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. judge B. ignore

C. put up with D. make the best of