Just be patient. You _____ expect the world to change so soon.

A. can’t    　  　     B. needn’t           C. may not        D. will not

---See you next Friday.

   --- Next Friday? Why, what ________ that day?

   A. will be happened    B. happened   C. is happening    D. has happened

“ Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with．It is  36  to find someone who is down-to-earth．A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to  37  accepts other people as equals．A down-to-earth is just the 38 of someone who acts importantly and proudly.

Down-to-earth persons may be  39  members of society, of course．But they do not let their importance “ go to their  40  ”．They do not  41  themselves to be better persons than others of less importance, someone who is filled with his own importance and  42 , often without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”．There is no way a person with his nose in the  43  can be down-to-earth．Americans use another expression that means almost the same  44  “down-to-earth”．The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”．Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person  45  a good understanding of reality．He has what is called “   46  sense”．He may have  47  , but he does not allow them to  48  his knowledge of what is real．The opposite kind of person is  49  who has his “head-in-the-clouds”．A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the  50  world.

Sometimes  51  a dreamer can be brought back to earth． 52  words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.

Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very  53  to have both-feet-on-the-ground.

     54  we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act  55  and openly toward others．Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.

A．common       B．sad         C．pleasant         D．surprising

A．but           B．yet         C．and             D．while

A．kind          B．like     C．example          D．opposite

A．important     B．famous    C．successful       D．necessary

A．nose          B．heads      C．minds           D．forehead

A．wish          B．desire      C．expect          D．consider

A．proud        B．pride       C．famous         D．fame

A．air            B．sky         C．tree             D．cloud

A．like           B．with        C．of              D．for

A．has         B．who        C．is              D．with

A．usual         B．ordinary  C．common        D．daily

A．dreams      B．fortunes         C．advantages      D．luck

A．prevent       B．protect    C．block           D．gain

A．one         B．those       C．that             D．the one

A．reality       B．real         C．dreamful     D．true

A．so           B．such        C．each            D．that

A．Sharp        B．No         C．All             D．Bad

A．able          B．probable  C．likely           D．possible

A．When        B．While     C．As             D．Since

A．kindly       B．directly  C．friendly         D．honestly

For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries —  where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. Partly, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents

and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. The second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. The third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the taws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong for both wish to be considered an authority, and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to suppose that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A. Both can continue for generations.          B. Both are about where to draw the line.

C. Neither has any clear winner.                 D. Neither can be put to an end.

What does the underlined part in Para. Two mean?

A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______.

A. give orders to the other                         B. know more than the other

C. gain respect from the other                           D. get the other to behave properly

What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.       B. Examples of the parent-teen war.

C. Solutions for the parent-teen problems.   D. Future of the parent-teen relationship.

After graduation from college, he began to wander from city to city, ______ a suitable job.

A. hunting for              B. taking on                C. looking after           D. bringing up

I’m examining the composition he has just finished ________ the possible mistakes in it. 

A. to correct                 B. correct                    C. corrected                 D. correcting

It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few   41  .On their faces was confidence（信心）.This was their   42   exam—then they would graduate and begin to work.

Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they   43  get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 44  and able to take control（控制）of the world.

The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n)   45  task, as the professor had said they could bring  46  books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not  47  each other during the test.

  48  they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles  49  on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.

Three hours had passed 50 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

He looked at the  51  faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?”   52  a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hand.

“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.

“One, then? Certainly somebody finished  53  .” But the class remained silent.

The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I   54  ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 55  many things about the   56  you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common（普遍）in everyday  57  .” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all  58  this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just  59  .”

The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the  60 he taught.

A. seconds   B. minutes      C. hours  D. days

A. only B. first    C. very    D. last

A. would     B. must   C. had to D. used to

A. glad B. ready  C. sorry   D. nice

A. interesting      B. necessary    C. easy    D. unusual

A. no    B. neither       C. any     D. some

A. listen to   B. look at       C. care for      D. talk to

A. Hardly    B. Happily      C. Anxiously   D. Carefully

A. appeared  B. changed     C. failed  D. stopped

A. then      B. as       C. before D. after

A. pleased  B. worried      C. surprised    D. moved

A. Not       B. Once   C. Only   D. Even

A. all  B. none   C. one     D. it

A. wondered      B. enjoyed      C. hated  D. expected

A. even      B. already       C. so       D. still

A. exam     B. subject       C. question     D. college

A. exercise B. class   C. practice      D. homework

A. pass       B. fail     C. take    D. start

A. begun    B. completed  C. failed  D. succeeded

A. subject   B. questions    C. lecture       D. things

---Mike, please don’t forget to turn off the light when you leave.

---Pardon?

---I ________ forget to turn off the light.

A. tell you don’t                   B. told you not to  

C. told you to not                  D. told you don’t

The film The Founding of a Republic is wonderful because about 80 stars appear in it, some of ________ are world-famous.

A. who        B. whom      C. them        D. those

---- Does your wife like tea?

   ---- Well, she doesn’t really ____ tea; she likes coffee better.

       A. care for                    B. care                  C. care about         D. care of