It’s the same in China --- many people, ________ some are not overweight at all, are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, ________ are often dangerous．

A．whose; which       B．of which; who               C．of whom; which           D．who; that

-You won’t go to Mary’s birthday party, will you?

-Yes, ______ I’m invited．

A．even if           B．unless         C．if          D．though

Many people are quite at a loss as to what to do _______ a real fire．

A．in honor of          B．in need of            C．in case of           D．in form of

– Are you cleaning my room?

– I can’t help _____．I can’t bear seeing people’s room in a mess!

A．it            B．this         C．a(chǎn)nything           D．so

The factory, including its machines and buildings, ______ burnt to ashes during the fire last night．

A．is          B．a(chǎn)re           C．was          D．were

________ that I was puzzled．

A．So difficult a question did he ask me

B．Such difficult a question did he ask me

C．Such a difficult question he asked me

D．He asked me a so difficult question

The twin brothers stand under the tree, ______ and say nothing．

A．puzzled         B．puzzling         C．being puzzling     D．being puzzled

_______ Tom, we wouldn’t have been late for the last bus．

A．If we didn’t wait for                     B．If we haven’t waited for

C．we hadn’t waited for                            D．Had we not waited for

       After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children．As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed __1___, and they went off their usual route to see what it was．They found a  2   in flames．Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home．”

       But John   3  closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant．He wouldn’t be   4  works yet, maybe there is something we could do．” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary    5 ．

       But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in      6  ．A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John  7  her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the  8 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left．”

       In spite of Mary’s disagreement John  9   for the basement which was full of smoke  and  10    hot．He found the door and two children． 11  he left he could hear some more sobbing（哭泣）．He  12   the two badly frightened children into  13 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there．They told him   14  more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s   15  ! That house will fall down any second．”

       16   he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children．As he climbed up the   17  stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely   18  about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  19  and fresh air, he found that he had just  20  his own children．

       The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping．

1．A．direction               B．mistake               C．danger                D．smoke

2．A．home                    B．plant                C．store                  D．kitchen

3．A．ran                       B．walked               C．drove                D．rode

4．A．a(chǎn)t                        B．off                    C．to                      D．on

5．A．whispered            B．nodded               C．disagreed             D．required

6．A．ruins                   B．pieces                 C．flames                 D．silence

7．A．pushed                  B．seized                  C．greeted             D．stopped

8．A．basement              B．department          C．house                D．hall

9．A．went                   B．reached             C．a(chǎn)sked                D．rushed

10．A．heavily                B．slightly              C．partly                D．terribly

11．A．If                        B．As                    C．Since                 D．Unless

12．A．comforted          B．delivered             C．recognized          D．protected

13．A．cheering              B．freezing             C．waiting              D．suffering

14．A．many                  B．several               C．three                 D．two

15．A．dangerous           B．foolish                 C．practical             D．painful

16．A．Therefore            B．So                      C．Consequently       D．But

17．A．wide                   B．endless              C．final               D．dirty

18．A．particular            B．interesting           C．familiar               D．fortunate

19．A．car                     B．sunlight              C．crowd               D．a(chǎn)rms

20．A．rescued             B．found             C．lost              D．missed

       A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty．They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved．

       The boys' mother heard that a clergyman（牧師） in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys．The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually．So the mother sent her 8-year-old boy first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon．

       The clergyman, a huge man with a booming （嗡嗡） voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, "Where is God?"

       The boy's mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed．So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone "Where is God?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer．So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and shouted" Where is God?"

       The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him．When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked "What happened?"

       The younger brother replied out of breath, "We are in big trouble this time．God is missing, and they think we did it．"

1．What did their parents plan to do?

       A．They gave up their children．

       B．They liked their children very much．

       C．They wanted the clergyman to persuade their children．

       D．They helped their children to make trouble．

2．What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?

       A．Happy．                                             B．Sad．

       C．Afraid．                                     D．Surprised．

3．What do you think the underlined word "slamming" in Paragraph 5 means?

       A．Open．                                        B．Shut．

       C．Knock．                                    D．Pull．