[单项选择]John Bullyer and I met for the first time in 1956 when we were both in our early sixties, but it is true to say that he did more to shape my life than any other person.（　）
A. Chiefly because of his existence, I have become what I am.
B. I owe him a lot for the kind of person I am today.
C. He, more than anyone else, was responsible for what I am.
D. He was the person that urged me to strive for success.

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I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, 21 that was over twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to 22 me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a 23 time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near we lived, but the more my father argued, the more 24 it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for 25 an hour. While we were waiting, I 26 around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finallyA. if
B. despite
C. although
D. since

[单项选择]I think this is the first time that we have met．______ anywhere．
A. Before have we never seen each other
B. Never before we have seen each other
C. Each other have We seen never before
D. Never before have we seen each other

[填空题]John McEnroe:
I have been using the Internet since the late 80’s when the Internet was called ARPANET and this is the first year I actually did some Christmas shopping on the Internet. I could not find several items for my child’s Christmas gifts so I decided to look online. Normally when I shop in real stores I go in, find what I want and get out (my wife hates this because she wants to look at EVERYTHING). The Internet allows you to go shopping without any fuss or having to wait in line.
John Starks:
You never know if they are chatting with a kidnapping pervert, seeing pornography, downloading illegal files or viruses and other bad software. Of course I have Net Nanny installed on my child’s computer, it isn’t perfect but it is a good piece of software and with a little tweaking blocks 99.8% of harmful content. We do not allow our child to use Instant Messaging or other programs.
Ibrahim Ba:
There also several devious online adv