_____ you told me, I heard nothing of what had happened．

A． Unless                  B． Until            C． After               D． When

____the financial crisis, our government has taken a series of measures ____ it．

A． Faced with; to deal with                              B． Facing with; dealing with

C． Faced with; dealt with                          D． Facing with; to dealt with

He got "Jay Chou II" after the singing competition and the name ______ever since．

A． was used                                                 B． is used

C． had been used                                    D． has been used

Most of the children can work out the problem, so it should be quite ____ to adults．

A． usual             B． plain               C． ordinary              D． normal

While doing her homework, she heard a piece of music being played, _______ soft and sweet．

A． was sounded           B． sounded             C． sounding           D． being sounded

We were hoping for a full team today but only five players _______

A． turned up              B． turned on               C． turned down               D． turned in

It is difficult to fill the minds of kids with the idea _____ they must love study．

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

You did turn in your report on time, but it ______ better, you know．

A． could be done                                    B． must be done

C． could have been done                         D． must have been done

-- I’m terribly sorry that I missed your birthday part．I just completely forgot．

-- Oh, ______

A． that’s all right                             B． take it easy

C． don’t mention it                          D． that’s right

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin．Many people put some money into the   1   of the young man．

The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully． 2  from the day before, he took out a large piece of   3   and laid it on the ground．Then he began  4 ．

Before long, the young violinist was  5  with people, who were all attracted by the   6  on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat  7  ．Please come to claim（認(rèn)領(lǐng)） it soon．"

After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and  8  through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you．You did come here．I knew that you’ re an honest man and would   9   come here．"

"Are you Mr. George Sang?"

The man nodded．

"Did you   10  something?"

"Lottery （彩票）． It’s lottery," said the man．

The violinist   11   a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen．"Is it？" he asked．

George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and   12   it; then he danced with joy．

George bought a lottery ticket which   13   him a prize of $ 500,000．He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat．  14   , the lottery ticket was also thrown in．

When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket   15   himself, the violinist said,"  16   I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever．"

We can gain and lose so much in our life．But being honest should   17   be with us．If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we  18  succeed temporarily（暫時(shí)）．However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser．Such a person is just like the   19   on the mountain．It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the  20  of going up．

1． A． box               B． hat                        C． bowl                     D． bag

2． A． Different        B． Away                    C． Free                            D． Far

3． A． cloth                     B． stone                    C． paper                    D． wood

4． A． begging                 B． shouting                C． singing                  D． playing

5． A． crowded            B． surprised               C． surrounded            D． satisfied

6． A． picture                  B． money                  C． ticket                    D． words

7． A． on purpose            B． by mistake             C． in advance             D． in a hurry

8． A． rushed                  B． looked                   C． broke                    D． lived

9． A． probably            B． certainly                C． recently                D． nearly

10． A． buy                     B． get                        C． lose                      D． search

11． A． handed out           B． gave out                C． sent out                D． took out

12． A． tore                    B． threw                    C． kissed                   D． hid

13． A． beat                    B． won                      C． took                            D． sold

14． A． However             B． Fortunately            C． Otherwise            D． Generally

15． A． by                      B． with                      C． from                     D． for

16． A． Although             B． Whenever              C． Unless                  D． Until

17． A． often                   B． always                  C． seldom                  D． never

18． A． must                   B． should                   C． may                      D． need

19． A． water                  B． air                        C． grass                    D． tree

20． A． road                    B． chance                  C． path                      D． method