— Professor Lin, can I be absent from your lecture tomorrow?

— ______

A. Great news, isn’t it?

B. I can’t agree with you.

C. Give me your reasons.

D. Thank you for your help.

My little brother never does any reading in the evening, and _____.

A. so does Mike B. Mike does so

C. Mike doesn’t too D. nor does Mike

This passage has too many long sentences. I’m afraid they will be hard for most of the students. Could you help to _______ them?

A. mix B. take

C. destroy D. simplify

By 2003, I had grown as tall as 180 cm, and I wondered if I ______ grow taller.

A. would B. will

C. / D. am to

By 25, my dream of being an actor _______ at last.

A. has come true B. will come true

C. had come true D. comes true

We’ll take a honeymoon trip to Venice. Would you like to _____ my dog for me while we are away?

A. look at B. search for

C. watch over D. care about

Life is a thing one can’t live all to oneself, but a thing one ______ others.

A. talks with B. likes with

C. shares with D. loves with

— How did the blind man go home yesterday?

— ______

A. I don’t want to. B. Can you do me a favor?

C. You’d better not. D. With the help of a dog.

— Sorry, I got a bad cold yesterday.

— Every time you are absent, you _______ an excuse.

A. take up B. give up

C. send up D. make up

There lived in the State of Qi a man who had a very bad memory. While walking, he would forget to stop; while sleeping, he would forget to get up. His wife was very much _______ this and said to him one day, “I’ve _______ that Master Ai is a very _______ man. He can even _______ the dying back to life. Why don’t you go and _______ him for advice?”

“Good idea!” the man agreed. So he _______ on horseback, bow and arrow in hand. Before he had _______ a distance of about 30 li he felt a call of nature (想解手). He got off his horse and, after sticking the arrow into the ground and tying the _______ to a tree, crouched down (蹲下) to hide himself. This done, he _______ and looked to the left and then caught sight of the __________.

“Wow!” he cried. “What a narrow escape! I wonder __________ that arrow came from. It __________ hit me.” Then, looking to the __________, he saw the horse.

“Well, well!” he said with joy. “__________ I’ve been badly frightened, I’m now __________ with a horse.” Whipping his horse, he took the __________direction. Not long afterwards, he arrived __________ pacing up and down in front of __________ own house, he said to himself, “Whose house is this? Can this be the house of Master Ai?” __________ this moment, his wife saw him. Guessing that his memory must have gone wrong again, she said dirty words to him. Very much upset, the man __________, “I’ve never seen you before in my life. Why did you say something like that to me?”

1.A. excited about B. angry with C. worried about D. surprised at

2.A. heard B. known C. understood D. told

3.A. kind B. stupid C. strange D. learned

4.A. bring B. take C. get D. lead

5.A. see B. tell C. ask D. look

6.A. set out B. set up C. set aside D. set on

7.A. gone B. covered C. done D. passed

8.A. horse B. bow C. arrow D. hand

9.A. pulled up B. sat down C. stood up D. set up

10.A. arrow B. bow C. horse D. tree

11.A. which B. when C. why D. where

12.A. almost B. closely C. just D. only

13.A. front B. left C. sky D. right

14.A. Even B. Though C. Once D. As

15.A. rewarded B. punished C. fined D. given

16.A. direct B. right C. front D. wrong

17.A. home B. house C. village D. city

18.A. her B. his C. their D. Master Ai’s

19.A. During B. On C. At D. In

20.A. complained B. smiled C. felt D. laughed