His house burnt down in a big fire.         was the base on which it had stood.

A．What remained                                          B．All that remaining

C．What was remained                                D．All what remained

A reward of $1,000 will be given to      can provide any clues to the case which has been investigated by the police for nearly half a year.

A．whoever         B．whomever         C．anyone           D．who

He          to go to Beijing today, but he postponed the trip when he heard that there would be a downpour at noon.

A．was intending        B．would intend         C．had intended        D．intended

It is not uncommon for there      problems of communication between the old and the young.

A．being          B．would be            C．be              D．to be

Contemporary English is quite different from Old English. There has never been a year    the language was not changing.

A．that          B．when          C．for           D．until

To help a friend solve the problem troubling him,      .

A．a friend should be made known of his difficult situation

B．a man should be equipped with the kind of knowledge required

C．nothing is better than offering of knowledge required

D．keeping one’s promises is most important

Not until all the fish died in the river       how serious the pollution was.

A．did the villagers realize B．that the villagers realized

C．the villagers did realize                             D．didn’t the villagers realize

San Diego's Zoo and Sea World are places where residents and visitors alike can enjoy rare animals and plants in shows and exhibits, __     _ in part by San Diego's climate.

A．made it possible                                          B．making it possible

C．making possible                                      D．made possible

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．

GAN Xiaolin, 18, only gets half a day __1__ school every week since the Hubei student started senior high school．Every day, he takes core （核心的） courses from 7:10 am to 10:30 pm．

Sometimes, Gan feels extremely stressed from the heavy workload．But he hopes that his three years of hard work toward the college entrance examination will change his life for the _2_．

Gan is a typical Chinese student, as shown in a recently released survey．The new survey, which was __3__ by the China Youth and Children Research Center and other foreign institutions, polled（調查） about 4,000 high school and vocational school students in China, Japan, the United States and South Korea．

The five biggest frustrations listed by all the young people were: an over-busy school life, an empty_4__ life, dissatisfaction with their appearance, a lack of time for exercise and friends, and no spare money．

Although some of the teenage problems were universal, there were big _ _5_ between the students when it came to the time they spent on schoolwork．

For example, Chinese students spent the most time at school and on homework．Nearly 80 percent of them spent at least eight hours a week in school, and 56．7 percent spent two or more hours on their homework．By_6_, only about 25 percent of US students, 20.5 percent of Japanese students, and 15 percent of Korean students had more than two hours of homework each night．

The responses from the Chinese students also __7__ significantly from their peers （同齡人）in the other three countries when asked about their life goals．

Only 16．7 percent of Chinese students said that they didn't __8__ much about their future, while the figure for that category was 72．4 percent for US students, 59．1 percent for the Japanese and 58．2 percent for the South Koreans．The _9_ found that Chinese students were more motivated than the other students to work hard for a better life．

What is the purpose of the World Games? What's the difference between the World Games and the Olympic Games?

_1_the Olympic Games, the World Games have a rather _2_ history．In 1981, the first World Games were held in Santa Clara．Since then, in the year following the Olympics, some of the world's best athletes _3_ in their common search for _4_ at the world Games．

There are usually 25 to 35 _5_ at the World Games, The events at the World Games are not part of the Olympics or ones were part of the Olympic Games．Many events at the World Games _6_ as Olympic events, like weightlifting and badminton．They got their start as events at the World Games 7_ being moved into the Olympics．Just like the Olympics, the World Games also have _8_ competitions．These competitions get the sport the chance to be seen and the chance to become medal events．

The World Games are _9_ tied to the Olympic Games because the International Olympic Committee is the sponsor of the International World Games Association．The International Olympic Committee has decided that the number of Olympic participants is _10_ 10,500．The new policy means that no World Games competitions will be _11_ the Olympics any time soon．   

This year, the World Games were held in Taiwan．Some events, like softball, _12_ be Olympic sports but were dropped and now are _13_ for the World Games．The World Games look like a perfect supplement and _14_ ground for future Olympic Games．So next time you get a chance to watch the World Games, you may want to pay attention as it could be the future, or maybe even _15_．

1．A．As for             B．But for               C．Because of       D．Compared with

2．A．early             B．young                 C．long               D．ancient

3．A．unite           B．lie            C．result                D．participate

4．A．fame             B．excellence       C．wealth           D．knowledge

5．A．games             B．sports           C．events            D．matches

6．A．end up            B．start on           C．break off         D．come up

7．A．after              B．since              C．before             D．unless

8．A．international        B．intense              C．fair                D．exhibition

9．A．loosely            B．somewhat         C．closely           D．partly

10．A．amounted to      B．limited to           C．added to         D．reduced to

11．A．moved into       B．engaged in          C．held in            D．established in

12．A．had to         B．seemed to          C．happened to      D．used to

13．A．good          B．available           C．helpful            D．convenient

14．A．competing       B．playing             C．training             D．camping

15．A．focus           B．truth               C．hope               D．history