Hard work ______ success while failure often ______ laziness.

A. lies in; leads to 　　　　　　 B. leads to; lies in　

C. leads to; depends on 　　　　　 D. depends on; leads to

---- Could you do me a favour and take the box up to the six floor?

---- ______. No problem at all.

A. With please 　 　 B. My pleasure

C. For pleasure 　 　 D. at your pleasutre

Bob would have helped us yesterday,but he 　　　 .

A. was busy　　　　 B. is busy　　　　　 C. had been busy　　　 D. will be busy

It is said that the book is well worth ______.　

A. to read　　　 B. reading　　　 C. read　　 D. to be read

He is 　　 as a leader but he hasn’t 　　 in teaching.

A. success; many experiences　　　　 B. a success; much experience

C. great success; an experience　　　　 D. a great success; a lot of experiences

Look at the trouble we’re in. If only we ____ ourt eacher’s advice ！

A. took　　　　　　　 B. would take

C. would have taken　　 D. had taken

Brenda Linson never goes anywhere without an empty spectacles case. It is as vital to her as her purse. Yet, she doesn’t wear glasses. The reason she cannot do without it is that she cannot read and she cannot write. If ever she gets into any situation where she might be expected to do either of these things, she fishes around in her bag for the spectacles case, finds it’s empty, and asks the person concerned to do the reading for her. Until a few months ago hardly anybody knew about her problem. Her husband didn’t know and her children didn’t know. The children still don’t.

She had many tactics for hiding her difficult—for example, never lingering near a phone at work, in case she had to answer it and might be required to write something down.

It has never occurred to the children that their mother cannot read. She doesn’t read them stories, but then their father doesn’t either, so they find nothing surprising in the fact. Similarly they just accept that Dad is the one who writes the sick notes and reads the school reports. Now that the elder boy Tom is quite a proficient reader, Brenda can skillfully get him to read any notes brought home from school simply by asking,“What’s that all about, then?”

Brenda’s husband never guessed the truth in ten years of marriage. For one thing, he insists on handling all domestic correspondence and bills himself. A salesman for a large company, he travels a great deal and so is not around so much to spot the truth. While he’s away Brenda cores with any situations by explaining that she cannot do anything until she’s discussed it with her husband.

Brenda was very successful in her job until recently. For the last five years she had worked as waitress at an expensive restaurant, and had eventually been promoted to head waitress. She kept the thing a secret there too, and got over the practical difficulties somehow.

1．Brenda carries an empty spectacles case wherever she goes because__________.

　　　　 A．she is always so forgetful

B．she uses it as a purse

C．it may provide her with an excuse

D．she wishes to look like an educated woman

2．Brenda’s children have never found out about her problem as__________.

　　　　 A．she isn’t often at home

B．they are too young to guess the truth

C．they find it normal to ask their father for everything

D．they think it natural that short-sighted people like their mother don’t do much reading or writing

3．What most probably made Brenda try hard to hide her difficulty?

　　　　 A．Her desire to be successful in her job.

B．Her fear of losing face.

C．Her deceitful nature.

D．Both A and B.

4．Of the following suggested titles, which is the most appropriate?

　　　　 A．Brenda and Her Family

B．A Woman Who Doesn’t Wear Glasses

C．A Woman with an Empty Spectacles Case

D．The Miserable Life of a Waitress

Please excuse me _______ your letter by mistake.

A. to open　　　　　　　　　 B. to have opened

C. for opening　　　　　　　 D. in opening

—Have you ___been to our town before?

—No, it is the first time that I___ here.

A. even; come　　 B. even; have come　 C. ever; come　　 D. ever; have come

My son stayed in an ________ country for about half a year, so his ________ English is much better than before.

A. English-speaking ; spoken　　 　B. English-spoken ; speaking　

C. English-spoken ; spoken　　　　　 D. English-speaking ; speaking