16、The book didn’t            children probably because it employed too many scientific terms.

A．apply to          B．appeal to             C．intend to            D．attach to

15、When            into consideration, his problems seemed nothing if compared to hers.

A．taken          B．took          C．taking         D．to take

14、—That’s a lovely dress. You look good in it.

—Really? Thank you. My aunt gave it to me for my birthday, but I don’t            the color.

A．go in for         B．care for        C．care about        D．concern about

13、One of the consequences of our planet’s being warming up is a(n)            in the number of natural disasters.

A．result         B．account          C．reason           D．increase

12、I must be getting fat—I can            do my trousers up.

A．fairly         B．nearly            C．seldom           D．hardly

11、Look at the map of the world. Please put a mark            you’ve even been.

A．at the place          B．where            C．the place where          D．at which

10、Alice’s father had her            because he couldn’t take care of her himself.

A．adopt          B．be adopted               C．adopted            D．adopting

9、Out rushed an old man,            son admitted to the hospital suffering from burns.

A．his         B．whose           C．of whom            D．that

8、The students            busily in the classroom when Miss Brown came in to get the book she            .

A．had written; left                                          B．were writing; has left

C．had written; had left                                    D．were writing; had left

7、“You must give something back to your community,” my mother told me summers ago. Since she was  1   me to do something. I figured that I might as well enjoy it and so I decided to  2  swim lessons . I love the  3  and I thought I could  4  that love with others by helping little kids learn to swim.

As an assistant to an instructor I started off . When I got in the water, I   5  a boy of about eight sitting on the edge of the poo1 looking   6 . That was how I got to know Jack.

While   7  to get Jack in , I was told that he had a(n)  8  that caused him to be afraid of many things,  9  the water. He was so scared that when he first got in , he held me very tightly. I had thought this would be a long and  10  two weeks with Jack,  11  after a while he became more comfortable  12  me and began to love the water. His parents watched him with the biggest   13  . They never thought their son would be able to   14  .

I felt like such a hero for making the  15   so happy. By the end of the two weeks, I had a special tie with Jack, and I'll never forget him and the difference I made to his  16    .Although teaching him to swim may sound like no big deal, it  17  huge.

On the last day of the lessons, Jack's mother told me  18  he always talked about me at home, and was so  19  to come to this lesson every day. These are the  20  things which make my community worth all the time. That's what I've given over the past few summers.

1．A．persuading            B．forcing               C．allowing              D．begging

2．A．take                     B．give                    C．quit                    D．learn

3．A．kids                     B．response             C．advice                D．water

4．A．share                   B．sell                     C．attach                 D．exchange

5．A．blamed                 B．watched             C．noticed               D．observed

6．A．annoyed               B．terrified              C．surprised            D．satisfied

7．A．trying                   B．agreeing              C．carrying             D．pretending

8．A．ability                   B．habit                   C．interest               D．illness

9．A．merely                 B．especially            C．finally                 D．naturally

10．A．puzzling              B．frightening          C．disappointing       D．charming

11．A．but                     B．so                      C．or                      D．and

12．A．without              B．around                C．above                 D．behind

13．A．smiles                B．patience              C．worry                D．cries

14．A．give in                B．turn up               C．set out                D．make it

15．A．boy                    B．friends                C．parents               D．family

16．A．holiday               B．life                     C．study                 D．health

17．A．stayed                B．seemed               C．remained            D．felt

18．A．how                   B．where                 C．when                 D．why

19．A．worried              B．nervous              C．excited               D．curious

20．A．necessary           B．little                    C．important            D．unusual