--I let my secretary call you several times．Do you know that?

--I _________in a meeting．I’m sorry．

A．had been        B．was          C．am            D．have been

The newspaper says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics _____by 2007.

A．has been completed               B．has completed

C．will have been completed          D．will have completed

--This is for you．

--You __________have! I don’t know how to thank you．

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

--Do you think ___________worthwhile to go all the way to Los Angles to buy that computer?

--Well．I’m going to visit some relatives，too．

A．it           B．／          C．this         D．that

________parents may have a stronger desire to see their children step into the world of _________.

A．Poor；rich   B．The poor；rich   C．Poor；the rich   D．The poor；the rich

He was disappointed to find his suggestions________________．

A．to turn down  B．turned down  C．to be turned down   D．been turned down

--How often do you eat out?

--___________，but usually once a week．

A. Have no idea   B．It depends    C．As usual    D．Generally speaking

一Here．Your new computer is ready．

--Thank you．

--___________to call this number if you have any problems or questions．

A．You’re free  B．It is free    C．Feel free  D．Don’t forget

Sometimes，I doubted that there was any love between my parents．Every day they were 1 earning money．They didn’t 2 in the romantic 3 that I read in books．For them，“I love you”was too luxurious(奢侈)．When he was 4 working，my father had a bad temper．

    One day, my mother was 5 a quilt．I sat beside her and looked at her．“Mom，I have a question to ask you，”I said．

    “ 6  is it?”she replied．

    “Is there any love between you and Dad?”I asked 7 ．My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 8 in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．9  she continued her work．

    I was very 10 because I thought I had 11 her．But at last，my mother said 12，“Susan，look at this thread．Sometimes it is 13 ，but most of it disappears into the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong．If life is 14 ，then love should be a thread．It call hardly be 15 anywhere，but it’s really there．Love is inside．”I listened carefully but I didn't 16  her until the next spring，when my father became seriously ill．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．

    After they were back，every day in the morning，my mother 17 my father to walk slowly along the country road．My father had never been so gentle．The doctor had said my father would 18 in two months．But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself．

    “Dad，how are you feeling now?”I asked him one day．

    “ Susan，don’t worry about me，”he said gently．”To tell you the truth，I just like 19 with your mom．”Reading his eyes，I knew he 20 my mother a lot．

1．A．interested in      B．busy in       C．devoted to        D．used to

2.A.act               B．work        C．live            D．speak

3.A.times             B．spaces       C．ways           D．thoughts

4．A．back from      B．late for       C．kept from       D．tired from

5．A．washing       B．sewing       C．spreading       D．folding up

6．A．How          B．Why         C．Where         D．What

7．A．immediately     B．carefully       C．in a low voice    D．in a romantic tune

8．A．sorrow        B．fear          C．excitement      D．surprise

9．A．But          B．Then          C．Therefore       D．Thus

10．A．sorry        B．anxious        C．sad            D．terrified

11．A．interested       B．embarrassed   C．puzzled         D．troubled

12．A．clearly          B．sadly        C．attentively       D．thoughtfully

13．A．inside          B．visible        C．short           D．long

14．A．a thread         B．a quilt       C．a family         D．a home

15．A．seen            B．felt         C．kept            D．got

16．A．misunderstand    B．understand   C．complain of      D．agree with

17．A．asked           B．sent         C．helped         D．supported

18．A．recover          B．walk        C．work          D．satisfy

19．A．living           B．staying       C．being busy     D．walking

20．A．loved           B．understood    C．admired        D．depended on

Dear SJ，

    Losing a best friend is never easy．

    Your problem，SJ，is not just that you miss your best friend，it is that you feel empty and lost without her friendship．

    It takes time to get over a loss，and during that time，your mind is getting used to a new way of being．This is usually a good thing，even if it feels like a bad thing．

    Now that you are on your own，you are being forced to learn to be by yourself and to rely upon your own inner voice for guidance．I am sure that this feels strange for you，but if you can hang on for a bit，it may work to your advantage．

    Best friends are cool，but it is important to know the difference between missing someone and being too dependent upon them．

    At your age，girls do tend to stick together and having a boy friend may not yet be the better choice．Your friend is a little ahead of herself in leaving you，her best friend，for a boyfriend．Boyfriends are completely different from best friends；the distinction being that boyfriends come and go，while girl friends often stay in your life throughout high school，and even afterwards．It is a completely different sort of bond．

    I suggest that you take advantage of this period in your life to expand your horizons．Enjoy the freedom of having no best friend for a while，and hang with the group．By the time your former best friend breaks up with her boyfriend，you will be in a completely different place，a far better place；in your head that is．

    And，by the way，next time that you feel empty and lost，try to write about it in a diary or just simply on paper．In several months，you will look back and read it with curiosity about yourself．“       Who was I then．and what could I have been thinking?”

1．Judging from the letter, SJ’s problem was that she didn’t know_________．

    A．whether to give up her best friend   B．what to do without her best friend

    C．who to choose between two friends      D．how to stop missing her former friend

2．By“a new way of being”．the writer referred to the situation in which SJ had to_________．

    A．find a new friendship    B．live without a best friend

    C．learn to give up         D．be independent

3．When the writer said“your friend is a little ahead of herself’, she meant SJ’s friend_____________．

   A．was acting without thinking

B．was doing something she might regret later

C．was too young to fall in love

D．was unwise to leave SJ so soon

4．The writer believed SJ would _______by the time her former friend lost her boyfriend．

   A．grow physically stronger                    B．do better at school

   C．feel more independent and confident          D．win her best friend back

5．The last paragraph seems to suggest that_______________．

A．keeping a diary helps correct oneself 

B．SJ will get over her problem soon

   C．unhappy experiences are easy to forget

D．one shouldn’t forget the past experiences