Stop ________ about the haze(雾霾）. Just think about what we can do to improve it.

A. complain B. to complain

C. complaining D. Complained

Reading provides me with fun and it also enables me ______ the world around me.

A. understand B. understood

C. to understand D. understanding

By the end of last week, Maggie________ in the west of China for two months helping the homeless children.

A. will stay B. has stayed

C. would stay D. had stayed

If you continue to use old-fashioned (过时的) language, young people will ________that you haven’t kept up with today’s thinking and knowledge.

A. consider B. correct

C. control D. Create

This problem ________ be talked about any more. We’ve found the solution.

A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t

C. needn’t D. can’t

– ________ do you fly to New York on business?

– Nearly once every two months.

A. How fast B. How soon

C. How long D. How often

A: I’m sorry I’m late, Tony, but the bus broke down, and there were no taxis.

B: _________________, Arthur. I’ve just got here myself, so I wasn’t waiting for long.

A. It’s my pleasure

B. That’s all right.

C. Enjoy your time

D. Good idea

– I think keeping pet dogs isn’t a good idea. Dogs create a lot of mess.

–_______________. In my opinion, it can help you become a more responsible person.

A. I think so, too

B. So do I

C. That’s a good idea

D. I don’t agree with you

Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次):

A. if B. that C. after D. same E. grew up

Late regrets

I’ve read many stories about family memories. In those stories, I’ve found voices of sadness and longing(渴望). It is true ___1.__ so much in our daily lives makes us busy all the time. We have less and less time to spend with our families and friends. I’ve had the 2. experience myself.

I used to spend happy times with my grandfather when we lived together. When I was very young, I often enjoyed his garden, looking at the blooms (花) and watering his fruit trees. As I 3. , I gradually started to become self-centered.

Once, when I was 6, I went out shopping with him. As he and I took the wrong bus and got lost outside, I couldn’t stay calm and shouted rudely in his face. And I didn’t say sorry to him 4. returning home, believing that I had done nothing wrong.

A. speak B. ones C. how D. truly E. say

I know now how ridiculous (荒谬的)I was at that time. I now realize 5. late it was when Ifinally said it was my fault! Yet, when I 6. wanted to express my regret, my grandfather had left me forever, leaving me with no more chances to apologize for my mistake. I couldn’t 7. even the three simplest words: “I am sorry.”

We are spending more and more time at school, while little time is left for us to spend at home with our families. So make the most of every second you still have with your loved 8. , because time keeps going, waiting for no one.

Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子 )

1.Tu Youyou(屠呦呦) is the first Chinese ________ to win a Nobel Prize in science. (city)

2.Mr. Smith and his wife are preparing for their son’s ________ birthday party. (nine)

3.Let’s hope that all our troubles will________ in the coming new year. (appear)

4.Mathew wanted to build a ________ dog house for his pet dog, Snowball. (wood)

5.Making a picture in your mind is a good way to help you to ________ something. (memory)

6.In _________ years, many people choose to read e-books instead of paper ones. (recently)

7.She has been very __________ since her brain was injured in the accident. (forget)

8.Kobe Bryant, one of the ________ players in NBA history, will say goodbye to his great love----basketball. (great)