It is agreed _______ there is a river, there is a city.

A. that     B. where      C. that where    D. there which

Not until he left his home ______ to know how important the family was for him.  

A. did he begin     B. had he begun     C. he began    D. he had begun 

Nothing_______ after the terrible fire which had been caused by someone smoking in bed.

A. left     B. was remained    C. remained     D. continued

If we sit near           front of the bus, we’ll have           better view.

    A. 不填; the        B. 不填; a      C. the; a       D. the; the

Everyone knows the smart black-and-white dog that sits on top of a red doghouse with his best friend---a bird called Woodstock.

Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, the clever dog is loved by generations of kids and adults. He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily in 26,000 newspapers around the world.

When Snoopy first appeared, he was not different form other pet dogs. But two years later, he had begun to speak with simple words and sounds. By 1957 he could walk on two legs and was going to school with his master, Charlie Brown, who failed in just about everything. Later he learned to use the typewriter.

Snoopy has done lots of jobs. He has been a bow-tie wearing lawyer, a tennis player, an Olympic figure skater, a world famous grocery checkout clerk, a pilot and even the first astronaut on the moon.

However, Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer. The beginning of his story is always, “It was a dark and stormy night…” Unfortunately for him no one has ever wanted to publish the story.

In love, Snoopy is as much of a failure as Charlie Brown is at baseball. He easily falls in love but always has his heart broken. He eats to forget, but it never works.

Snoopy is an insightful, feel-good and sometimes sad dog. If you think a little about words, you might find them full of life lessons. Among his most famous lines are “To live is to dance, to dance is to live.” And “Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There’s so little hope for advancement”.

Snoopy has done all the following jobs except ____________.

A. a lawyer      B. a player      C. a clerk      D. a writer

From the passage, we can learn that _________.

A. Snoopy is always a sad dog

B. Snoopy can not speak in the beginning

C. Snoopy often dreams of true love

D. Snoopy is a real smart pet dog

It can be inferred that Snoopy ____________.

A. has many bird friends and relatives

B. is a well-known writer and clerk

C. has been unfortunate since it was born

D. is very popular in the whole world

The word “advancement” in the last paragraph probably means__________.

A. success      B. progress      C. growth      D. popularity

Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over types of illnesses, from depression(沮丧) to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.

    Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Taking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support money aid, material resources, and needed services - that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.

Interpersonal relationships are important because they can ________

    A. make people live more easily         B. smooth away daily problems

    C. deal with life changes               D. cure types of illnesses 

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "cushions"?

　  A. takes place of                       B. makes up of

　  C. lessens the effect of                D. gets rid of

What is the subject discussed in the text?

    A. Interpersonal relationships.         B. Kinds of social support.

    C. Ways to deal with stress.                D. Effects of stressful condition.

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_ massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck ___ Pacific coastal areas of northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.

A. A; the                B. A; /                C. The; the                D. The; /

Though ______ to see us，the professor gave us a warm welcome。

　　A.  surprise  B was surprised  C.  surprised  D. being surprised

People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.

Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8(1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)

Taylor’s fame(名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.

Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others — several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.

The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.

A. was small in size                    B. was too young

C. did not play well enough                 D. did not show much interest

What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.

A. popular all their lives              B. famous actresses

C. suecessful when very young           D. rich and kind-hearted

Taylor became Best Actress at the age of          .

A. 12         B. 28                  C. 31          D. 34

In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to             .

A. doing business and helping others        B. turning herself into a legend

C. collecting money for the poor           D. going about research and education work