--- He was nearly killed by a car once. 

   --- Oh. when was________ exactly?

    --- It was in 2002 __________  he was riding a bike on the drive-way.

   A. this; that          B. that; when         C. that; that             D. this; when

They love their daughter so much that they are always ready to do everything they can ________ her happiness.

A. to make sure of     B. make sure of    

C. be sure of          D. to be sure of

Can you believe that in ______ a rich country there should be _______many people.

A. such, such      B. such, so    C. so, so   D. so, such

Look out! Don’t get too close to the house ______ roof is under repair.

A. where        B. that         C. whose            D. which

Edmund Halley（哈雷）was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets（彗星）which other scientists had made. The orbit（軌道）of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not work it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

However, Halley had a friend named Newton, who was a brilliant（有才華的） mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse（橢圓）.

Now Halley set to work. He worked out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by other scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart（相隔）.

This seemed very strange to Halley. The different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

It was an amazing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction（預言）of what would happen in the future. He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.

In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet has been called Halley’s comet, in his honor.

Edmund Halley worked out the orbit of ____________.

A. some different comets appearing several times

B. the same comet appearing at different times

C. three different comets appearing three times

D. several comets appearing at the same time

Halley made his discovery ____________.

A. by doing experiments                

B. by means of his own careful observation

C. by studying the work of other scientists

D. by chance

Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction（預言）in the year ____________.

   A. 1704         B. 1705         C. 1706         D. 1707

This passage in general is about ____________.

A. Halley and other scientists         B. the orbit of a comet

C. Newton and Halley                D. Halley and his discovery  

According to the passage, which of the flowing is NOT true?

A. Newton worked out the orbit of the comet.

B. Halley worked out the orbit of the comet first.

C. Newton gave Halley some help.

D. Halley died before 1758.

You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on tbe other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!

Communieating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.

Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or respect.

When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the knife of a negative person is put in you, you have the heavy feeling that, all in all, brings you down.

Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won't feel ashamed of themselves about that.

Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of others at the start of the day can be attached to you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.

Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped? (E: entrance P: position where the miners were trapped)

The purpose of Paragraph 1 is to   .

A. make a comparison    B. introduce a topic

C. offer an instructive story   D. tell a true story

How can negative people have effect on us?

A. By influencing our emotion.  B. By telling us the nature of life.

C. By changing our way of thinking. D. By comparing their attitude to life with ours.

Some negative people base their happiness on   —.

A. their pity for other people  B. their respect for others '

C. building up a positive attitude  D. making other people unhappy According to the passage, to reduce negative people's influence on us, we are advised.

to change negative people's attitude to life

to show our dissatisfaction to negative people

to make negative people feel as hamed of themselves

to communicate with negative people as little as possible

Japan's refusal to release Chinese fishing boat captain had caused serious damage to

Sino-Japanese bilateral contacts (雙邊交往).

A. a;不填   B. a; a C. the;不填 D. the; the

I’d appreciate _____ if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.

A. that             B. this             C. it               D. you

Kate didn’t come yesterday, or you ________ her.

    A. would see       B. were to see        C. had seen          D. might have seen

If you had come here earlier, the work_______ yesterday.

 A. would have been done                    B. would be done

 C. were to do                              D. were done