There are 56 ___________ in China all together and they get on well with each other in our socialist big family.

A. nations　　 B. races　　　 C. nationalities　 D. people

Two years ago, I 　　　 a high school.

A. graduate for　 B. graduated from

C. left from　　　 D. left for

　 One side of the board should be painted black, and _______.

A. the other is white　　　　　　　　 　 B. the other side white　

C. the other side was painted white.　　 D. the other was white.

—I often see him working hard in his spare time.

—________he has won the scholarship from time to time.

A．No wonder B．No doubt

C．No way D．No problem

——Silly me! I forget what my luggage looks like.

——What do you think of 　　　　　　 over there?

A. the one　　　　　 B. this　　　　 C.it　　　　　　 D.that

Some oil wells produce nothing but salt water , _ others always remain dry

　 A．when　　　　　 B．while　　　　 C．for　　　 D．because

I don’t know how I became a writer，but I think it was because of a certain force in me that had to write and that finally burst through and found a channel.My people were of the working class of people.My father，a stone?cutter，was a man with a great respect and veneration (崇敬) for literature.He had a tremendous memory，and he loved poetry，and the poetry that he loved best was naturally of the rhetorical kind that such a man would like.Nevertheless it was good poetry，Hamlet’s Soliloquy，Macbeth，Mark Antony’s “Funeral Oration”，Grey’s “Elegy”，and all the rest of it.I heard it all as a child；I memorized and learned it all.

He sent me to college to the state university.The desire to write，which had been strong during all my days in high school，grew stronger still.I was editor of the college paper，the college magazine，etc.，and in my last year or two I was a member of a course in play writing which had just been established there.I wrote several little one?act plays，still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man，never daring to believe I could seriously become a writer.Then I went to Harvard，wrote some more plays there，became obsessed with (著迷于) the idea that I had to be a playwright，left Harvard，had my plays rejected，and finally in the autumn of 1926，how，why，or in what manner I have never exactly been able to determine.But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its channel，I began to write my first book in London.I was living all alone at that time.I had two rooms—a bedroom and a sitting room—in a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar，smoked brick and cream?yellow?plaster look.

1．We may conclude，in regard to the author’s development as a writer，that his father________.

A．made an important contribution

B．insisted that he choose writing as a career

C．opposed his becoming a writer

D．insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer

2．The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of________.

A．his special talent

B．his father’s teaching and encouragement

C．his study at Harvard

D．a(chǎn) hidden urge within him

3．The author________.

A．began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard

B．had always been successful in his writing career

C．went to Harvard to learn to write plays

D．worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer

4．The author really started on his way to become a writer______.

A．when he was in high school

B．when he was studying at Harvard

C．when he lived in London

D．a(chǎn)fter he entered college

5．What can we learn about the author’s life in the autumn of 1926?

A．He left Harvard and got married.

B．He couldn’t make up his mind what to do.

C．He started his dream as a writer.

D．He began to think seriously what to do.

________ that they are inexperienced, they have done a good job.

A. Giving　 B. To give　 C. Given　 D. If given

I know Mr Brown；we ＿＿ to each other at an international conference.
A. are introduced                              B. have been introduced
C. were introduced                             D. had been introduced