A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, _____all four people on board.

A. killed B. killing

C. kills D. to kill

_______ more and more people speak the global languages of English,

Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing.

A. When B. While

C. As D. As soon as

When I arrived, Bryan took me to see the house，_____ I would be staying.

A. what B. when C. where D. Which

It was only after he had read the papers _____Mr. Gross realized the task before him was extremely difficult to complete.

A. when B. that C. which D. what

Bob called to tell his mother that he couldn’t enter the house, for he ________ his key at school.

A. had left B. would leave

C. was leaving D. has left

—How long have you been learning English?

—About four months.

—________! Your English is so good.

A. You can’t be serious B. You got it

C. I couldn’t agree more D. I’m stuck

They are______ interesting novels _______ I want to read them once again.

A. so; that B. such; as

C. so; as D. such; that

As a senior in high school, Emily Raleigh wrote a short book to her younger sister, an incoming freshman. This book taught her sister the ins and outs to surviving high school and told her to be the person she could be. Her family told her to this book, but she wanted to do something a little more. , she took a different route and an online organization for girls across the country.

Now, as a sophomore in college, Emily and owns The Smart Girls Group, a one-stop shop for the next generation of superstar women. This website provides and articles for girls aged 12-25. Once run by just eight girls, this organization has to over 300 girls, including myself. The of The Smart Girls Group is to and empower girls all throughout the world via many mediums. From the online blog and magazine classes and book clubs, The Smart Girls Group the needs of many girls, and has over 4,000 worldwide. Besides the listed above, this organization has campus chapters（分會） located throughout the US and Europe, and has become a to many girls throughout our world.

No one ever told her she start The Smart Girls Group because it was a school assignment. Rather, Emily started it because she wanted to girls across the country be better versions of themselves and help break the glass ceiling that females face in today’s society.

Without Emily, I would not be where I am today. Without the help of all the girls at The Smart Girls Group, I would not have found all the that I am now involved in. Because of this group, it has helped me decide what I want to do with my . I used to want to be a publisher, but now I becoming a lawyer for women’s rights. It brought me to a new view, and I see things in a light.

1.A. favorite B. best C. famous D. humorous

2.A. publish B. sell C. donate D. collect

3.A. Besides B. Anyhow C. Instead D. Therefore

4.A. bought B. created C. attended D. found

5.A. joins B. follows C. plans D. runs

6.A. happiness B. information C. entertainment D. value

7.A. developed B. formed C. succeeded D. turned

8.A. importance B. concern C. quality D. purpose

9.A. praise B. encourage C. attract D. impress

10.A. at B. in C. to D. for

11.A. meet B. require C. order D. want

12.A. customers B. workers C. volunteers D. readers

13.A. topics B. articles C. presents D. resources（資源）

14.A. hotel B. home C. gym D. place

15.A. had to B. used to C. was able to D. decided to

16.A. educate B. admit C. help D. affect

17.A. chances B. dreams C. performances D. stages

18.A. reality B. pain C. future D. trouble

19.A. are used to B. are against C. am devoted to D. pay attention to

20.A. difficult B. magic C. colorful D. different

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(錄取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from a medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科醫(yī)師) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn’t get admitted to a medical school.

B. She decided to further her education in Paris.

C. A serious eye problem stopped her.

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.

2.What main obstacle(障礙) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from a medical school.

D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3.How many years passed between her graduation from a medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years B. Ten years

C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six years

4.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell, except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

5.Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.

A. England B. Paris

C. the United States D. New York City

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green － a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

1.The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects.

B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness

D. some information on color blindness

2.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can ___________.

A. tell different shapes B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes D. tell orange from yellow

3.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.

B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.

D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

4.Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?

A. Neither men nor women can see deep red.

B. All of them see everything in shades of green.

C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.

5.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.

A. red light B. yellow light

C. blue light D. green light