There is little chance that we will succeed in changing the law. _________, it is important that we try.

A．But                         B．Nevertheless            C．Otherwise               D．Therefore

I ______ the hobby of collecting stamps as a child.

A．built up                   B．set up                     C．kept up                   D．took up

What do you think we can _______ to make our picnic more interesting?

A．bring up                  B．bring in                   C．bring down             D．bring with

It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central ______ must be taken by scientists and technologists .

A．process            B．action                  C．part                    D．measure

The shelves were lined with books which neither Tom nor Sally would ever open , ____ read .

A．less than            B．rather than            C．much less              D．more than

I’m sure I once saw the girl _______ day, but I’m not sure when and where exactly.

A．the other                 B．another                   C．other               D．any

—It is said that Jack is very rich and is always changing his private cars .What is he?

—_______, I am not sure .

A．Somebody of a manager                                 B．Anyone of a manager

C．Something of a manager                         D．Anything of a manager

1．All the rooms were _______________ (舒适地) furnished.

2．The Super Voice Girl cannot _____________ (符合) its name when it does not produce a girl who is the beauty of beauties and whose singing is a girl’s voice .(live)

3．The new house is well on the way______________(竣工), we will move to it next year.（complete）

4．It’s already 12 o’clock. I wonder how it __________________ (发生) that she was two hours late on such a short trip. (come)

5．His ____________ (发音) is good, but his grammar is terrible.

6．__________________ (毫无疑问) that we have done the right thing. (doubt)

7．You ________________ (没有必要告诉) him the news; he knew it already. (need)

8．In such a small town everyone’s actions are __________________(普通的) knowledge.

9．The telephone is considered __________________ (发明) by Bell.

10．The reason why he didn’t attend the meeting was __________________ (因为他病了).

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a   1   part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we   2   this same right to our children.

When I see a child   3   from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His   4   of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He   5   answered questions — he was afraid he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his   6  . But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, all   7   her very much.

One morning, we were working on math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had   8   the problems with pains-taking tidiness. Pleased with his progress, I   9   the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in   10  . He’d missed the third problem.

My student teacher looked at me in despair.  Suddenly her face   11  . From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.

“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently   12   the tear-stained (弄脏的) face from his arms. “I’ve got something to   13   you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.

“See these   14  , Donnie,” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are  15  ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you   16   learn to do, too.”

She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on   17   desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes,  18   teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The   19   became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually   20   him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.

1．A．small                 B．basic               C．necessary    D．large

2．A．give                  B．disallow           C．offer               D．permit

3．A．come                B．take                 C．fall                  D．suffer

4．A．fear                   B．lesson              C．chance            D．sense

5．A．always                     B．often               C．never               D．seldom

6．A．self-protection    B．self-improvement    

C．self-confidence    D．self-learning

7．A．respected           B．disliked                   C．avoided                   D．minded

8．A．worked out        B．written down           C．gone over           D．learned

9．A．left                    B．offered                   C．missed                    D．parted

10．A．surprise           B．astonishment           C．anger                 D．tears

11．A．darkened          B．brightened           C．pulled                  D．loosened

12．A．lifting              B．picking                   C．holding                   D．pushing

13．A．help                 B．show                      C．reward                   D．promise

14．A．pencils             B．mistakes                 C．marks                     D．containers

15．A．used                B．built                    C．worn                        D．damaged

16．A．may                B．must                       C．ought                        D．can

17．A．my                  B．someone’s           C．the teacher’s         D．your

18．A．still                  B．also                        C．even                       D．not

19．A．pencil              B．words                     C．mistake                   D．desk

20．A．warned            B．informed                 C．persuaded            D．reminded

People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.

The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”

Generally the information was not extremely personal. It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences.

Dr. Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves. And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However, this style of talking is not entirely new. “In the 19^th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.”

Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company.” If you don’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”

1．The subject discussed in this passage is _________.

A．how people open up when emailing              B．how people do research studies

C．how to communicate at work                      D．how to discuss and solve a problem

2．The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that _________.

A．they didn’t talk about very personal things    

B．they couldn’t see each other

C．the cameras on the computers were turned on            

D．they had to discuss a question

3．What do the underlined words (in para. 4) refer to?

A．The telegraph.         B．The computer. 

C．Emailing.  D．Face-to-face talk.

4．In the writer’s opinion, one should __________.

A．focus on oneself when emailing           

B．talk more freely in email than usual

C．discuss any subject that one wants to   

D．consider how one uses email at work