[单项选择]I am（）short to reach the shelf.
A. enough
B. very
C. too
D. rather

[单项选择]I am （　） short to reach the shelf.
A. enough
B. very
C. too
D. rather

[单项选择]In short, I am going to live there myself.
A. In other words
B. That is to say
C. In a word
D. To be frank

[单项选择]I am going to have a short rest as I ______ a headache.


A. take
B. have
C. feel
D. suffer

[单项选择]I am afraid that I am not able to finish the task in ______ a short time. Could you help me, please
A. so B. such C. this

[单项选择]The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ________.

[单项选择]— Sorry, am I in your way I'll move.
— （　）.
A. Oh, well done!
B. Well, that's my pleasure.
C. Go ahead.
D. Thank you for your kindness.

[单项选择]He will not turn the cold ______ on me when I am in trouble.


A. back
B. heart
C. eye
D. shoulder

[单项选择]I am sorry I（） your glasses off the desk when I was wiping it.
A. hit
B. knocked
C. struck
D. drew

[单项选择]I am afraid I have little influence over her once her mind is made up on any subject.


A. 我担心一旦她改变了主意，我会受到一点影响。
B. 一旦她的头脑被任何学科所组成，我怕我会对她没影响力。
C. 一旦她能对自己的事作决定，我恐怕不能影响她了。
D. 我怕一旦她拿定主意，我就不能改变她。

[单项选择]According to what you have just said, am I to understand that his new post no responsibility with it at all
A. shoulders
B. possesses
C. carries
D. shares

[简答题]Passage Three I am afraidtosleep. I have been afraidto sleep forthe last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me; it isthe realityI took with me into sleep. I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the market place comes into my mind. I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her. She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue, green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriendsand I used to spendhours braiding ribbons intoour hair. I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and, with three fingers against my head. I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn ’t sure if she un
A. A．The writer was not used to bargaining.
B．People in Asia always bargain when buying things.
C．Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.
D．The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.