One day a young man put an ad in most of the newspapers in England．He said that his parents  1  him millions of pounds(英镑)．He graduated from Oxford University．Everyone knows this university is one of  2  universities in the world．So he had got great education there．He’d like a girl to be his  3  ．The girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerest Maugham(英国小说家及剧作家)， 4 Maugham was his favourite．

    This ad was read and known  5  by parents and young girls all over the country．Parents went to shops to  6  the books．They bought those books for their daughters  7  presents．Girls tried to get those books  8  ．They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man．

    All the books written by Maugham  9  in a short time and the writer became famous．

    Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerest Mangham  10  ! What a clever man he was !

1．A．give                  B．gave               C．has given                D．will give

2．A．the most famous             B．more famous     C．most famous           D．famous

3．A．friend                B．classmate          C．wife                    D．teacher

4．A．though                 B．so               C．but                         D．because

5．A．truly                  B．wrongly           C．slowly                 D．quickly

6．A．look at              B．look over         C．look for               D．look after

7．A．as                        B．with               C．for                      D．like

8．A．to keep                 B．to sell             C．to read                D．to show

9．A．are sold out                B．were sold out     C．have sold out          D．sold out

10．A．himself               B．herself             C．itself                   D．themselves

One day a young man put an ad in most of the newspapers in England．He said that his parents   1   him millions of pounds（英镑）．He graduated from Oxford University．Everyone knows this university is one of   2  universities in the world．So he had got great education there．He’d like a girl to be his  3  ．The girl Must be like the one in the books written by Somerest Maugham（英国小说家及剧作家）， 4  Maugham was his favourite．

This ad was read and known    5   by parents and young girls all over the country．Parents went to shops to   6   the books．They bought those books for their daughters  7  presents．Girls tried to get those books   8  ．They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man．

All the books written by Maugham   9  in a short time and the writer became famous．

Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerest Maugham    10   ！What a clever man he was!

1．A．give                B．gave                C．has given           D．will give

2．A．the most famous     B．more famous       C．most famous       D．famous

3．A．friend                 B．classmate          C．wife                    D．teacher

4．A．though              B．so                C．but                D．because

5．A．truly                B．wrongly            C．slowly             D．quickly

6．A．look at               B．look over            C．look for           D．look after

7．A．as                  B．with               C．for              D．like

8．A．to keep               B．to sell              C．to read            D．to show

9．A．are sold out          B．were sold out       C．have sold out       D．sold out

10．A．himself            B．herself             C．itself              D．themselves

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite  41  at the answer. Thinking he had not made  42   understood or the girl had not    43  him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   44  the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know    45   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   46   a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   47   understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the  48  , people will feel proud and  49   when they are praised . So if someone says the     50    you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
   In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not  51   being proud, so sometimes you should be confident  52   being modest.

     53  you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by    54  . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will     55    get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

（   ）41.A．excited          B．surprised                 C．relaxed                   D．frightened

（   ）42.A．itself             B．herself                    C．himself                   D．themselves

（   ）43.A．heard            B．watched                  C．listened to              D．looked at

（   ）44.A．Though         B．Although                 C．Or                          D．But

（   ）45.A．when            B．which                     C．what                      D．how

（   ）46.A．receive          B．accept                    C．refuse                     D．disagree

（   ）47.A．hardly           B．really                      C．rarely                     D．badly

（   ）48.A．east              B．south                      C．west                       D．north

（   ）49.A．difficult         B．modest                   C．shameful                 D．confident

（   ）50.A．dishes           B．cups                       C．glasses                   D．bowls

（   ）51.A．think             B．say                         C．ask                         D．mean

（   ）52.A．as soon as    B．as well as               C．instead of                D．in spite of

（   ）53.A．Unless          B．Until                       C．Whether                 D．If

（   ）54.A．another         B．the other                 C．the others               D．others

（   ）55.A．fail to           B．expect to                 C．succeed in              D．believe in

DIY is very poplar in China now. Do you know what it is?
Yang Chen works ________ a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him ______after work.
“ for a long time, I had no choice except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself,” he said.
One day ________ he saw many toys in a toy shop, he had an idea. “ why _______ some kind of things and relax myself?” Then he began to ________ model planes, model ships and something else. The things he has made by himself don’t look as professionally(专业的) made as those in the shop, ________ he likes doing it.
“ Maybe it is not as much fun ______ as things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said.
Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful and his friends _______ them very much.
More and more people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things of their own. They like to do it __________.
Though making things with our own hands may _______ much time, some people enjoy doing it, now known as DIY-do-it-yourself, very much. They can make all kinds of things they like.
DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.