---I hear two high speed railways will be built in Xiangyang __________ a few years.

---That sounds great. It’ll be more convenient and faster for us to go out.

A. after B. on C. in D. at

---The passenger ship Eastern Star capsized(倾覆) in the Yangtze River on the evening of June 1st.

---____________ bad news! Can we do something to help with the rescue(救援)?

A. What a B. What

C. How a D. How

---Did you catch the first subway this morning?

---No, I didn’t. It had started moving __________ I could get on it.

A. before B. since

C. after D. as soon as

---You come to school early every day. __________ is it from your home to school?

---It’s only about one kilometer.

A. How long B. How much

C. How many D. How far

---We ordered beef noodles, but ___________ any beef in the noodles.

---Put on your glasses and you can see the beef.

A. there isn’t B. there is

C. there aren’t D. there are

---Did you talk back to your mother when you were a child?

---Yes. But now I realize I was wrong. I really regret ___________that silly thing to my mum.

A. do B. to do C. doing D. did

---Lucy, what were you doing at nine last night?

---I ___________ the piano. I usually practice the piano at that time.

A. play B. played

C. was playing D. am playing

---It’s cold today. I can’t stand it. I hope tomorrow won’t be so __________.

---I can’t, either. But the radio says it will be even ___________ tomorrow.

A. cold, cold B. cold, colder

C. colder, colder D. colder, coldest

---Can you tell me __________?

---Sure. He lives on Center Street.

A. where does he live B. where he lives

C. why he lives there D. what does he do

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It was the beginning of a new term. As a teacher in that school, I didn’t know any of the students. A little girl was standing at the gate of the classroom. She looked very shy.

I walked up to her and why she stood there. But she said nothing. Then a boy shouted, “She is from Grade Four, the worst student in her grade.” I looked at the little girl. She didn’t seem to be the smart kind. I why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and her into the classroom.

“Sit here. Now you are my student and I’m your teacher,” I said. She still said nothing, but suddenly began to cry.

I later learnt that her parents died in a car accident. She became sad and didn’t like talking to others after that.

She learnt very . I gave her respect(尊重) and never looked down upon (鄙视) her as I know everybody deserves(值得) respect. I helped her after school, and she was making little by little. As time went by, she was not as as before. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her sadness. She was not among the best students when she left that school, but , she was not that shy and sad little girl any more.

In the following , she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I an invitation to her wedding(婚礼). And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.

Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy.

1.A. new B. beautiful C. strict D. famous

2.A. told B. answered C. knew D. asked

3.A. thought B. understood C. forgot D. remembered

4.A. poured B. threw C. led D. turned

5.A. slowly B. quietly C. well D. quickly

6.A. friends B. decision C. progress D. surprises

7.A. smart B. shy C. angry D. careful

8.A. at least B. at first C. at once D. at birth

9.A. days B. weeks C. months D. years

10.A. wrote B. sent C. refused D. received