They observed that two of the teams seemed __________ significant progress.

A. making B. to make

C. to have made D. having made

__________ a part-time job at the weekend does not necessarily mean not working on weekdays.

A. To take B. To be taking

C. Taking D. Having taken

—How do you like my suggestion? — As far as I’m concerned, it deserves _______.

A. considering B. to consider

C. being considered D. to be considering

If it is possible, __________ your days off to balance your time.

A. draw attention to B. make an impression on

C. look back at D. take advantage of

Witnesses said the participants, __________ young men, approached in a very orderly fashion.

A. most B. mostly

C. foremost D. almost

No sooner __________ these words than the warden hit him on the head with the soup spoon.

A. had Oliver spoken B. did Oliver speak

C. Oliver spoke D. Oliver had spoken

－How about going to the jazz concert tonight? －I’d rather not. ___________.

A. That’s settled B. It’s up to you

C. Let’s get going D. It’s not my cup of tea

Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the 1. (art).

2. people in the streets know about him, especially those who are poor.

For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that name? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit for business and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). 3. is different is that his briefcase always has some gloves in it.

In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not act like 4. New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and hurry down the street. He is 5. (routine) seen looking around at people and stopping when he finds someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he moves on, looking for more people with cold hands.

6. winter days, Mr. Greenberg gives away gloves. During the rest of the year, he 7.(buy) gloves. It

8. (be) 21 years since he did so. His behavior, though 9. (take) people by surprise, warmed their hands and heart.

A pair of gloves may be a small thing. However, it can make 10. big difference in winter.

1.The boys d__________ wanted to leave the house on fire.

2.This is not t__________ of Chinese, but is a feature of the Thai language.

3.__________ (守時(shí)) is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society.

4.Teacher: Does the book enjoy __________ (受歡迎) among you students?

Student: Yes, many say that they can’t tear themselves from it.

5.When he told them what had happened, they were in total a__________ . “I don’t believe it!” one man said.

6.The magician produced __________ (束) of flowers out of his glove hands.

7.The man who was announced guilty at court claimed that he had evidence to prove his i________ .

8.He got a __________ (獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金) to the Pratt Institute of Art.

9.Irish households are among the largest in Europe, with an a__________ of three people in each unit.

10.When he first arrived in the US, Yao was an __________ hit (爆紅) among basketball fans nationwide.

假定英語(yǔ)課上英語(yǔ)老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改l0處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Life is an mystery and we will never know that what is waiting for us. But one thing is for sure: problems are unavoidable. For us, it’s the process of solving problems that help us grow.

Make a speech used to be a big problem for me. With a strong accent and terribly pronunciation, I failed in speech competition many times, but I didn’t hold back. In the contrary, I considered it a good chance for me to improve myself. I recorded my speech, listening to it and corrected my pronunciation. Now I’m confident enough to give my best speech to you all. My dear friends, don’t afraid of problems, but take advantage of it to be the best of yourselves!