15、            she says should be considered

A. No matter what     B. Whatever    C. No matter how      D. However

14、It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, ______ if you don’t speak the language.

A．specially      B．particular   C．especial     D．especially

13、The number of the employees has grown from 1,000 to 1,200. This means it has risen ______ 20 percent. 

A. by         B. at        C. to         D. with

12、We are earning more money. In fact most people are        than they were five years ago.

A. better off       B. well off         C. badly off        D. worse off

11、He is ________ as an artist，but _________ as an art teacher．

A. a failure ; a success   B. failure; success  C. failures; successes   D. a failure; success

10、American eat          vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.

A. more than twice         B. as twice as many

C. twice as many as        D. more than twice as many

9、At that time on the ship __________ 2200 people .

A . was         B . is      C . are         D . were

8、       our teacher will allow         early after examination?

A. Who do you know; leaving           B. Who do you think; to leave

C. Do you suppose who; leaving         D. Do you think who; to leave

7、    In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __1__and love.

    I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __2__the water. Any kind of boat ride seemed to give him pleasure. And he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

    But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __3__the water, moving through it, having it all around me, and I was not a strong __4__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my fear. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __5__those summer days with my father, who would come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __6__person not in swimsuit.

    After swimming, I would go inside his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __7__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __8__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his __9__. But my father always __10__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get myself an ice cream…

1．A. wish             B. joy               C. anger            D. worry

2．A. avoid             B. refuse           C. praise          D. love

3．A. on               B. off             C. by             D. in

4．A. swimmer         B. rider             C. walker         D. runner

5．A. spending          B. saving           C. wasting         D. ruining

6．A. next                     B. only            C. other            D. last

7．A. put up            B. break down    C. play with          D. work out

8．A. during            B. however      C. while             D. before

9.    A. fishing net       B. office things     C. wooden chair  D. lab equipment

10. A. stood up          B. set out            C. turned out       D. turned up