Please remain ______ until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A．to seat     B．to be seated      C．seated              D．seating

He does what he wants, _________ what I say.

A．regardless of    B．because of       C．a(chǎn)s a result of  D．on way of

The burst of good feeling can help __________ for a bad day.

A．figure       B．turn   C．a(chǎn)pply        D．compensate

A person can be described as a___________ if he or she has big changes of mood or personality.

A．Jekyll and Hyde                                          B．red tape              

C．white elephant                                            D．piece of cake

A cloud came down the mountain, __________ out the sun and buried everything in its path.

A．blocking   B．blocked     C．to block    D．block

He has never _________ making a living by playing the violin.

A．expected          B．found       C．thought     D．considered

He has been____________ himself in finding a job in the city.

A．busying    B．busied       C．busy  D．to busy

When I won an award for the report, I found it ______ for me to have made so much effort.

A．worth       B．worthy     C．worthwhile      D．valuable

A middle-aged man was feeling very   1   . Everything had been going wrong for him. He had had   2   with his family and his wife had left him to go off with a lion yammer. So after he had been feeling   3   for over a month, he decided to go to the doctor. He had to wait for   4    seemed like ages in the doctor’s surgery. The man next to him was looking at his watch nervously, a woman was coughing   5   and a baby was screaming.   6   , after he had been waiting for about half an hour, he was called in.

The doctor was writing a note at her desk when he came in. “Sorry, I’m just finishing something.   7   we’ve been busy this morning.”

She then turned to the man. “So, what’s the problem?” she asked. “Well, I’ve been having a bit of a crisis. You know, lots of problems,” replied the man. “And I’ve been doing a lot of work.”

“Mum, you’re looking very pale.” The doctor started to   8   him. “Well,   9   is working OK,” she announced afterwards. “You have   10    high blood pressure and you’re breathing quite heavily, but   11   , everything’s fine.”

“So what can I do?” asked the man. “I’m going on a trip soon. I’m working in the States for three months. This time next week, I’ll be arriving in New York.”

The doctor thought   12   . “I think what you need is a good   13   . That would do you a lot of good. A circus is performing in town. Why don’t you go to see   14   ? I hear there’s an   15    clown who’ll really make you laugh. His name’s Crock.”

“I’m Grock,” replied the man sadly.

1．A．up                        B．a(chǎn)cross                 C．down                  D．below

2．A．requests            B．problems             C．doubts                D．questions

3．A．pleased                 B．puzzled                C．a(chǎn)stonished           D．depressed

5．A．truly                     B．badly                   C．usually                D．rarely

6．A．Unfortunately        B．Suddenly         C．Finally                 D．Immediately

7．A．I hope                  B．I’m afraid            C．I believe              D．It’s my pleasure

8．A．look                      B．examine               C．test                     D．practice

9．A．everything             B．something            C．nothing               D．a(chǎn)nything

10．A．a(chǎn) slight                B．a(chǎn) little                  C．a(chǎn) piece                D．a(chǎn) kind

11.   A．otherwise            B．more or less         C．besides                D．now and then

12.   A．in a while         B．for a while           C．a(chǎn)t some time        D．for the moment

13.   A．lesson                 B．movie                 C．rest                     D．laugh

14.   A．it                        B．them                   C．one                     D．a(chǎn)ll

15.   A．funny                B．a(chǎn)mazing        C．delightful           D．special

 It suddenly struck me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long     1   the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with a (n)    2    for permission to open a window to let in fresh air.

   Nowadays air pollution is something that we hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down in any of the big cities without    3   that people are suffering from the air pollution. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really leaves him  4   when he climbs above the smog layer(煙霧層)and looks down into it, thinking, “I’m breathing that!”  This kind of pollution    5    the bad management of resources.

1．A．a(chǎn)go                       B．a(chǎn)fter               C．before                 D．since

2．A．wish               B．a(chǎn)pology               C．decision              D．suggestion

3．A．supporting             B．informing            C．concentrating       D．thinking

4．A．breathless              B．careless               C．foolish                D．a(chǎn)wesome

5．A．results in         B． results from   C．causes by        D．causes from