—What do you think of the book?

—Oh, excellent. It’ s worth ______ a second time.

    A. to read            B. to be read     C. reading          D. being read

When he saw a little boy ______ in the river, he took off his shirt and jumped into the water.

A. struggles          B. struggling     C. to struggle      D. struggle

I regret ______ that we have no news for you.

A. to say             B. saying         C. to have said     D. having said

Eugene’s never willing to alter any of his opinions. It’s no use ______ with him.

A. to argue         B. arguing          C. argued           D. having argued

Progress so far has been very good. ______, we are sure that the project will be completed on time.

A. However          B. Otherwise        C. Therefore        D. Besides 

According to a recent U.S. survey, children spent up to 25 hours a week ______ TV.

A. to watch         B. to watching      C. watching         D. watch

        was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

    A. It    B. This      C. What   D. As

The father as well as his three children _____ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A. is going             B. go           C. goes            D. are going

A poet and artist _____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.

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

 A long time ago there lived a farmer in a village. One day, while   36   in the fields, the farmer’s son   37   and broke his leg. The villagers went to the __ 38 __ and said，“My goodness, what great misfortune! Your son has broken his leg; now he can’t   39   you in the fields.”One day later, government troop (军队) went to the village   40   young men to join the __ 41 _. They had to leave the boy ___42   because his leg was broken. Again, the villagers came and said，“My goodness, what great __ 43 __!”  The farmer replied, “It is neither fortune __ 44 __ misfortune.”

Then one day the farmer’s     45    horse jumped the fence and ran away. The villagers came and said，“What great misfortune that your horse has run away.” Two or three days later, the horse __ 46 __ with a dozen wild horses ___47    it. The villagers came and said，“What great misfortune that your horse came back with twelve_ 48 __.”

The farmer was __49 __ enough to know that nothing was either fortune or misfortune. Everything that happens has a ___50 __ and meaning beyond   51    appearances of the events. So many times, we are __ 52   by the feelings we have about the events in our lives. Remember: “Nothing is long or short, hot or cold, good or bad.” There is no   53    in thinking of something as good or bad, because we __ 54   know what will happen next. The best thing we can do is__ 55   it.

1.A. playing        B. walking      C. living      D. working

2.A. came up                      B. fell down     

 C. broken down                  D. ended up

3. A. ground        B. son          C. farmer     D. village

4. A. supply         B. help        C. teach       D. move

5. A. looking for                   B. thanking for     

   C. asking for                    D. waiting for

6.A. club          B. group       C. army       D. government

7. A. up           B. down        C. away       D. behind

8. A. pleasure      B. success      C. fortune      D. fun

9. A. or           B. nor         C. and         D. but

10.A. only         B. next         C. same        D. first

11.A. provided      B. rose        C. ran         D. returned

12. A. watching     B. following    C. begging     D. crossing

13.A. ones         B. others       C. those       D. another

14. A. wiser        B. confident     C. quick       D. honest

15. A. use          B. dream       C. purpose     D. goal

16. A. usual        B. strange     C. real         D. simple

17. A. left         B. kept        C. surprised     D. cheated

18. A. point        B. luck        C. chance      D. way

19.A. always      B. never        C. often        D. seldom

20.A. use         B. change       C. accept     D. enjoy