– May I go to the movies tonight, mum?

   -- You can when you ____ your homework.

A. will finish  B. are finishing    C. will have finished   D. have finished

____ to light for a long time, the potatoes turned green.

A. Introduced to    B. Exposed to   C. Linked to            D. Connected to

____ I understood very little French, I couldn’t follow their conversation.

    A. Although     B. Unless       C. Since                D. Before

___ the room, the nurse found the tape-recorder ___.

A. Entering; stealing               B. Entering; gone

C. To have entered; being stolen    D. Having entered; to be stolen

The woman ____ herself a writer has never written any books.

    A. calling      B. called       C. calls                D. to call

The prize of the game show is ＄30,000 and an all expenses ____ vacation to China.

A. paying       B. paid         C. to be paid       D. being paid

She is not very ____ about the idea of going camping. I think she will stay at home reading.

    A. optimistic       B. enthusiastic C. confused         D. curious

____ he grows up can he understand your intentions.

    A. Unless       B. Once         C. Only when        D. Ever since

In hot weather, an old tyre can break again easily      it’s mended.

A. when         B. where        C. which            D. that

Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday of September after America’s Labor Day. People often  36   their parents on this day.

    Many people  37  the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card giving. Some children  38  their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students  39  storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their  40 .

    About four million greeting cards are  41  within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a   42  for people to appreciate and express their  43  to their grandparents through  44  actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grandparents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may  45  a visit form their grandchildren.

    National Grandparents Day has more than one  46 . Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home. Others  47  Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main  48  of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to  49  people about the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make  50  asked. She also urged(强烈要求) people to take good care of a grandparent, not for one day a year and not for material giving,  51  for a lifetime of experience.

    National Grandparents Day was  52  signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to  53  her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her  54 . A presidential proclamation(声明) on September 6, 1979 made this day  55 .

1.A. support    B. praise   C. reward       D. honor

2.A. begin      B. hold     C. celebrate        D. remember

3.A. invite     B. expose   C. force            D. remind

4.A. make the use of    B. take part in     C. take up  D. build up

5.A. diaries    B. plans        C. reports      D. artworks

6.A. signed B. sent     C. carried      D. brought

7.A. chance B. luck     C. condition        D. possibility

8.A. satisfaction   B. interest C. love     D. agreement

9. A. quick     B. careful  C. difficult        D. kind

10.A. create        B. receive  C. present      D. realize

11.A. cause     B. origin   C. background   D. beginning

12.A make       B. expect   C. consider     D. allow

13.A. driver        B. owner    C. researcher   D. inventor

14.A. warn      B. educate  C. interview        D. ask

15. A. if           B. though   C. so           D. until

16.A. since     B. but      C. even         D. unless

17.A. finally   B. recently C. nearly       D. generally

18.A. rid       B. persuade C. clear            D. inform

19.A. energy    B. goals        C. bravery      D. efforts

20.A. reliable  B. changeable   C. official D. beautiful