------When can I see you, Mr Black? Three o’clock this afternoon?

------Oh, no. I _____ a meeting then.

A. will have　　　 B. will be having　　　 C. am having　　　　 D. have

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. 1 It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. 2 I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. 3 I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

4　 I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!

5 I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

A. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.

B. He’s living in Australia now and he loves it.

C. It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.

D. It was a smile.

E. That smile changed my life.

F. It’s practically impossible to make friends here.

G. As a result, no one knew who I was.

---Would you mind if I opened the door?

　 --- ________________.

A. Yes, go ahead　　　 B. No, go ahead　　

C. Yes, please　　　 D. Never mind

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

　　 However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

　　 Parents can see that their children’s skills vary（不同）, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack (缺乏) self-respect and self-confidence.

　　 The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

　　 Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.

　　 Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

　　 Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse（激起）his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1. Parents in China, according to this passage, _________.

A. are too strict with their children　　　　

B. are too rich to educate their children

C. have some problems in educating their children correctly

D. are too poor to educate their children

2. The writer of this passage doesn’t seem to be satisfied with_______.

A. the parents’ idea of educating their children

B. the education system

C. children’s skills

D. children’s hobbies

3. Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.

A. learn how to serve their parents　　　　

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. benefit（受益）from it and prepare themselves for the future

D. make their parents believe that they are clever

—I’m sorry, but there’s no smoking on this flight.

—Oh, I______ that. Sorry, I won’t again.

A. don’t know　 B. didn’t know　 C. won’t know　 D. haven’t known

I think Jack will________a good monitor，so I’d like to vote for him.

A．turn B．change　　 C．make D．elect

He tried his best to solve the problem, _______difficult it was.

A. however B. no matter C. whatever　 D. although

I ________ rather than sit there doing nothing.

A. prefer working　 B. like to work　　 C. like working　 　　　 D. prefer to work

he_________look on his face suggested that the news was_________.
A. excited;exciting  B. exciting;exciting  C. exciting;excited  D. excited;excited

We won’t give up _____ we should fail ten times.

A. even if 　 　　B. since　　　　 C. whether　 D. until