Because her family was poor, she _____her way through college, like washing dishes in the restaurant.

  A. made    B. worked      C. felt      D. lost

Those were the graduate assistants ______ to do the research work in the lab.

    A.to whom it was their responsibility        B. whose responsibility there was

    C.whose responsibility was              D. of whom with the responsibility

Those bad conditions have given ______ to a lot of crime in the area.

    A.reason        B. suspicion        C.rise         D. impulse

 —I found my mom not feeling well this morning. I’m afraid she is ill.

—_________.

A. Don’t worry too much                   B. It’s nothing at all

C. I’m sorry to hear that                     D. Take it easy

Write down the key words that you ____ your students to find in the passage.

A. make      B. expect          C. suggest     D. hope

— Will your brother stay home tonight?

— I’m not quite sure. He _____ to the cinema tonight.

 A. must go       B. can go       C. may go      D. may be going

When dawn came, they realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had 1_____ asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe(斧), and 2_____great care, so as to 3_____ a hole in the ice on the deck（甲板）, he began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes 4_____ the others looked on 5_____. By this time he was 6______ cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.

Each member of the crew took it in 7_____ to cut the ice away as long as he could 8_____it.

First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their 9_____. Standing on that rolling deck meant 10_____, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.

Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called 11_____ one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would 12 _____enough heat to warm the cabin above 13_____ point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the 14_____ could be raised, they were in 15_____.

It took an hour’s 16_____ before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in 17_____ most of the ice.

Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again 18_____ their work. In the face of this danger, Captain Slater 19______ the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would 20_____ until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for anther day.

1. A.gone           B. fallen           C. become         D. grown

2. A.at              B. for             C. with            D. by

3.A.make           B. drill            C. dig             D. fill

4.A.until            B. before          C. after            D. while

5.A.excitedly        B. anxiously        C. happily          D. strangely

6.A.too             B. so              C. as              D. very

7.A.surprise         B. time             C. trouble          D. turn

8.A.support         B. help             C. bear             D. put up

9.A.knees           B. legs             C. feet             D. arms

10.A.life            B. pain             C. damage         D. death

11.A.to             B. on               C. up             D. at

12.A.get out         B. give off           C. get over        D. give in

13.A.boiling         B. marking          C. freezing         D. melting

14.A.boat           B. deck             C. sail             D. back

15.A.ruins          B. excitement         C. danger         D. surprise

16.A.delay          B. work             C. break           D. play

17.A.piling          B. getting            C. freezing        D. removing

18.A.whichever       B. though           C. as long as        D. in spite of

19.A.demanded       B. made            C. ordered          D. agreed

20.A.sink           B. live              C. float             D. flow

If their marketing plans succeed, they ____ their sales by 20 percent.

A. will increase       

B. have been increasing         

C. have increased   

D. would be increasing

-Is there any flight to New York today?

--I think there ____ be, for the weather is too bad.

A mustn’t       B may not       C shouldn’t       D can’t

I ______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened.

A. shouldn’t        B. couldn’t       C. mustn’t         D. needn’t