阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词的标号 (A、B、C、D、E…) 填写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。

A. countries  B. invented C. began D. one E. after F. as G. carry H. speak I. only J. few  K. first L. held  M. heard N. listen

The word "Hello" maybe used more often than any other word in the English language. Everyone in the USA and other   小题1:  uses this word again and again every day..
The American inventor Thomas Edison is believed to be the   小题2:  person to use "Hello" on the telephone soon   小题3:  the world's first telephone was   小题4:  .
At first people   小题5:   their words on the telephone with "Are you there?" They were not sure if a telephone could really   小题6:  voices.
Edison was a man of  小题7:  words. He wanted to save time. The first time he picked up the phone, he was very busy. He trusted the telephone   小题8:  he invented it himself. He was sure someone was there and   小题9:  said "Hello".
From then on, "Hello" is often  小题10:  when you pick up the telephone.

When I was a little girl, my grandparents lived in a house with a big front yard. They loved each other and planted lots of vegetables and flowers together in the yard.
But one summer Grandpa died, so it was hard for Grandma to care for the garden alone. When spring came, she planted just a few vegetables and flowers.
One day in the early summer, Grandma heard big noises in the yard. She looked out of the window and saw thousands of bees.
What could she do? Should she hire someone to get rid of the bees? But that would cost more than she could afford. She decided to wait.
Over the next few days, the bees were busy with their own business. That summer, Grandma's little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the big crop of vegetables and the lovely flowers.
One day, Grandma's brother visited. When she told him about the bees, he said, "Farmers often hire beekeepers to come to their fields. The bees pollinate (授粉) the crops, which helps them to grow."
"So that's why my garden is doing so well!" She believed Grandpa had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma's little garden grow and grow... 
小题1:What did the writer's grandparents plant in the yard?
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小题2:What caused the big noises in the yard one day?
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小题3:Why didn't Grandma get rid of the bees?
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小题4: How did the bees help Grandma?
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小题5: Why did Grandma believe her husband had sent the bees to take his place?
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Considering the advantages of the method, they decided to         it.

A．arrange	B．possess
C．adopt	D．attach

—How did it _____ that you made such a silly mistake?
—I myself haven’t figured it out yet.

A．bring about

B．come about

C．come across

D．come on

I am told that the new law will come into _____ on January 1^st next year.

A．effect	B．fashion
C．service	D．existence

Lucy _____her daily spending in order to survive the financial storm.

A．cut down	B．cut off
C．cut out	D．cut in

When we climbed up to the top of the mountain, we were all __________ ,but we were very happy.

A．out of sight	B．out of reach
C．out of breath	D．out of danger

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. __小题1:__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __小题2:__
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __小题3:__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __小题4:__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.
What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __小题5:__
To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

B．Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

C．That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

D．“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.

E. Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
F. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
G. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

Dear Editor,
I’m the only daughter of my parents. So they worried about everything I do. For example,
when I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me to ride by myself. They are afraid I might          
fall off  my bike and hurt myself. They are taking great trouble to support a bike, with
my mother even carried a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say angry, “Why not
let me ride alone?”Now, most family have one child. Parents want to do everything       
for his children. This does no good on them. Too many love from parents may prevent
children from independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do that they
should do alone.           

Much to her delight, three _________ neighbors showed up and several of them even brought with them some candies and cookies.

A．dozens

B．dozen

C．dozen of

D．dozens of