--- ____homework is required for a middle school student every day ?          

   ---About two hours .                                            

    A. How much      B . How many      C. How long          D. How often 

 ---Why does Kate look so ____ ?

   ---Because her father was hit       when he went to work .

A. happy, by car      B. unhappy, by car   C. happy, by a car      D. unhappy, by a car

--- A new book on how to prevent floods and droughts is ____ soon.   

   --- Really ? I can’t wait to read it.   

     A. giving out      B. coming out        C. working out        D. selling out

---What do you think of Andy’s singing?

   --- No one does       .

A. good                B. well                     C. better                      D. best

 --- How ____ it is to see you again!

--- Me, too.

   A. happy           B. pleased           C. glad               D. pleasant

. --- What’re you going to do to protect the environment?

   --- Plant trees on       side of the river.

A. both             B. all              C. each               D. every

--- Linda       late for school.

   --- But she arrives on time at present.

   A. used to be        B. used to being      C. is used to           D. is used to being

--- Lily isn’t here today, What’s happened to her?

   ---She stays at home       her illness.

   A. because          B. because of        C. so                 D. so that

---Do you mind me sitting beside you?

--- ____ . The seat is for my son.

A. Better not         B. Certainly not      C. Yes, you can        D. Yes, please 

If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use  36  and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the  37   of the light because the light shines on their work.

Every  38  gets its light either from daylight  39  the window or from the lamps,   40   no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.

Take a book and sit with your  41  towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it  4  for your eyes as if you were in a  43  room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again,  44  the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your  45  side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow  46   fall across the page and trouble you  47  .There is another way – sit  48  your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for  49   as well.

Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is  50  the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.

1.. A. eyes                           B. heads                              C. books                               D. hands

2. A. road           B. path              C. way              D. trail

3.A. house                     B. woman                            C. man                                 D. animal

4.A. from                    B. through                           C. into                                  D. inside

5. A. but                         B. until                                 C. if                                       D. when

6. A. side                    B. back                                 C. body                                 D. front

7.A. good                           B. bad                                   C. useful                              D. clear

8.. A. bright                        B. clean                                C. dirty                                 D. dark

9. A. while                           B. or                                      C. if                                  D. till

10. A. front                         B. back                                 C. left                                   D. right

11.. A. can                         B. may                                  C. has to                         D. ought to

12. A. few                            B. a few                               C. little                                 D. a little

13.A. by                     B. with                                 C. against                                     D. near

14. A. speaking                  B. reading                           C. writing                        D. playing

15.. A. only                          B. never                               C. hardly                         D. always