As you can see, the number of cars on roads _______ rising these days.

A. we keeping      B. keep     C. keeps      D. were keeping

Once, a rich man was near death. He was very upset because he had worked so hard for his money   1.    he hoped he could take it with him to heaven. So he prayed to God he might be able to take some money with him.

   2.    angel heard his pray and appeared. “Sorry,   3.    you can’t take your wealth with you.” The man begged the angel to speak to God to see    4.    he might break the rules. The angel reappeared and said that God could allow him to take one suitcase. Excitedly, the man gathered his suitcase and filled it    5.    pure gold bars.

Afterward, he died and showed up in heaven to greet St. Peter.    6.   (see) the suitcase, St. Peter said, “Hold on, you can’t bring that here!” The man explained that he had God’s    7.    (permit). St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, “You are right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I’m supposed to check its contents (内容)    8.    letting it through.”

St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the things    9.    the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed (感叹), “You brought pavement? As you can see, the great street of the city of heaven   10.  (make) of pure gold!”

对话填空（共10题，共10分）

P：Peter       J：Jimmy

Peter is talking with Jimmy about the just finished match between L.A Lakers and Miami Heats on Christmas Eve, in 2010

P: Hey, Jimmy, watched the game between Lakers and Heats?

J: Certainly. It was really an a_____ fantastic game. My Heats beat L.A.

P: Your Heats? I remembered you were a fan of the Cavaliers.

J: To be exact, a fan of Lebron James. Since James joined the Heats, I also changed my range, which is undoubtedly logical. By the way, which team do you p_____ will win the title of c_____ this season?

P: I think the Lakers will do

J：I don’t a_____ of you. I strongly believe the title must go to the Heats. As you can see, the present Heats possesses the super “BIG THREE”, James is good at scoring. Wade is an expert in penetration(带球突破) and Chris Bosh can d______ backboard(篮板)

P：Maybe you are right. But I am afraid you l_____ out the e______ element（因素） in winning a basketball game---- team work. After all, basketball is not an i_____ game.

J：Apart from the “BIG Three”, there are quantities of excellent bench players available such as Dampier, Arios Arroyo, Eddie House and so on. I see no reason why the Heats can’t p_____ the NBA

P: I still have a preference for the Lakes. Compared to the Heats, the Lakers has a more mature(成熟的) play. And as long as there is Kobe, there is victory. On the other hand, we should not forget that other teams are making rapid progress like the Thunder led by Kelvin Durant，the Celtics and the Magics. They all have the p____ to challenge our teams.

As you can see, the number of the students ______rising these days.

A. keep                   B. was keeping         C. were keeping         D. keeps

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A rich man was near death and was very upset．He had worked so hard for his money1._______ he dreamt he could take it with him to heaven．So he2._______ (祈祷)to God his dream would come true．

An angel appeared and said no．The man begged the angel to speak to God to see whether he might3._______ the rules．The angel reappeared and said that God could permit him to take one suitcase．4._______ (激动)，the man gathered hi s suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars．

Afterward，he died and showed up in heaven to greet St．Peter．5.S_______ the suitcase，St．Peter said，“Hold6._______，you can’t bring that here!”The man explained that he had God’ 7.P_______ St．Peter checked it out and said，“You are right．You are allowed8.o_______ suitcase，but I'm supposed to check its contents9._______letting it through.”

 Inspecting the things that the man found too10.p_______ to leave behind,  St．Peter exclaimed，“You brought pavement? As you can see , the street of heaven is made of gold!”