—Did you go to see the film yesterday?

—Unluckily，I couldn't ______ it.But I am going to see it this evening.

A．realize B．manage

C．make D．do

My sister met him at the Grand Theatre yesterday afternoon, so he ________ your lecture.

A. couldn’t have attended 　　　　　　 B. needn’t have attended

C. mustn’t have attended 　　　　　　　 D. shouldn’t have attended

The school has decided to adopt a different _________ to attract more students, since old ways didn’t work well.（ ）

A. use　　 B. approach　　　 C. issue　 D. trick

Which do you enjoy _____ your weekend, swimming or fishing?

　 A. spending　 B. being spent　　 C. spend　　 D. to spend

The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________ his notes.

A. bringing up B. trying on C. looking for D. referring to

That’s the woman one of __________ daughters works as an engineer in the US.

A. who　　　　　 B. whom　　　　　 C. her　　　　　 D. whose

New York Times-The already crazed competition for admission to the nation’s most famous universities and colleges became even more intense (激烈的) this year, with many recording the lowest acceptance rates.

Harvard College, for example, offered admission to only 7.1 percent of the 27,462 high school seniors who applied — or, put another way, it rejected 93 of every 100 applicants, many with extraordinary achievements, like a perfect score on one of the SAT exams. Yale College accepted 8.3 percent of its 22,813 applicants. Both rates were records.

Columbia College admitted 8.7 percent of its applicants, Brown University and Dartmouth College about 13 percent, and Bowdoin College and Georgetown University 18 percent — also records.

　 “We love the people we admitted, but we also love a very large number of the people who we were not able to admit,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean (主任) of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College.

Some colleges said they placed more students on their waiting lists than in recent years, in part because of uncertainty over how many admitted students would decide to enroll （登記入學(xué)）. Harvard and Princeton stopped accepting students through early admission this academic year; that meant that more than 1,500 students who would have been admitted in December were likely to have applied to many famous schools in the regular round.

Many factors contributed to the tightening of the competition at the most selective colleges, admissions deans said. The number of high school graduates in the nation has grown each year over the last decade and a half, experts estimate that the figure will reach the highest point this year or next, which might reduce the competition a little.

Other factors were the ease of online applications, expanded financial aid packages, an ambitious students’ applying to ever more colleges.

1．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Harvard has the lowest admission rate this year.

B．Many factors have led to the intense competition.

C．Famous universities prefer to have more students on their waiting lists.

D．Admission to famous universities became even more difficult this year.

2．Which of the following has the highest acceptance rate this year?

A．Yale College.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Georgetown University.

C．Columbia College.　　 　　　 D．Dartmouth College.

3．How many of the 20,000 applicants would be rejected by Columbia College this year?
A．18,260　　　 B．1,740　　　 C．18,350　　　 D．1,950

The kind man picking a wallet in the street will return it to________it________.

A．whom; belongs　　　　　 B．whoever; belongs to

C．the man; belongs　　　　 D．whichever; belongs to

________ the new policy，we are now living in a new house.

A. Thanks for 　 B. Because 　 C. For 　　　 D. Thanks to

The salesman scolded the girl caught 　　　　 and let her off.?

A.to have stolen　　　　　　　 B.to be stealing

C.to steal　　　　　　　　　　 D.stealing?