[单项选择]John got the first prize in the math contest, ______ made his parents very happy.
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. this

[单项选择]When John Rothas got into the hydraulics (水力学) business 18 years ago he never dreamed he’d see his work up on the silver screen. But today he is, essentially, a Hollywood veteran.
Rothas is a sales representative with Mayo Hydraulics, based in California. He has worked with special effects teams to move sets on some major Hollywood films. "Designing the systems needed for such projects makes for challenging and exciting work," says Rothas. "but Mayo Hydraulics’ most recent project--sinking the Titanic for Paramout Pictures (派拉蒙影片公司) —takes the cake".
"It was thrilling because it was the Titanic and it was the largest moving set ever built," says Rothas, with whom company President Mark Force, partnered with engineers at Parker Hannifin Corp. to design and build the systems needed to sink the set. I was engineers at Parker Hannifin the first time Mayo has ever gotten its name in the credits (导演、演员、制片人等名单).
Titanic director James Cameron needed to achieve unique spec
A. excited
B. special
C. outstanding
D. motivated

[单项选择]John Ciardi got his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939 and has published more than 40 poems.
A. True
B. False

[简答题]John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.

[单项选择]John Steinbeck was awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for his masterpiece （　）.
A. The Moon Is Down
B. In Dubious Battle
C. The Grapes of Wrath
D. Cup of Gold

[单项选择]

M: John is not good at math. Maybe he needs a tutor to get him through the class.
W: That could be true, but I think we should talk with him first.

What are the two persons probably going to do （）
A. Talk with John about his study.
B. Take John to see a doctor.
C. Study math with John.
D. Ask John to be their tutor.

[填空题]John

[单项选择]Mike：I got a job offer from Dell． John：That’s great news．I’m very happy for you． Mike：Thanks．I feel like celebrating．Let’s go have a beer．（）．
A. It is rather expensive
B. It’s so fine today
C. It’s your turn
D. It’s on me

[填空题]
The Nobel Prize was founded by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Nobel died in 1896 and left his fortune of about US $9.2 million to a fund to honour people who have helped other human beings. Jelinek won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, and she was the ninth woman winner since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

Alfred Nobel was the founder of (46) .
The fortune Nobel left to a fund was about (47)
(48) won this year’s Nobel Prize for (49)
The year Nobel Prize was first awarded: (50)