[单项选择]The salesman’s （　） annoyed the old lady, but finally she gave in.
A. endurance
B. assistance
C. persistence
D. resistance

[单项选择]The salesman’’s ______ annoyed the old lady, but finally she gave up.
A. endurance
B. assistance
C. persistence
D. resistance

[简答题]She noticed the old lady’’s hand _________constantly during the talk.

[单项选择]It was the lady’s view that the country’s problems had been exacerbated by foreign technocrats, so to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.
A. so inviting
B. so invite
C. so that to invite
D. so that inviting

[单项选择]What was the purpose of U.S. first lady’s visit
A. To promote mutual trust between the U.S. and the Islamic countries.
B. To strengthen the trading partnership between the U. S. and the Islamic countries.
C. To speculate on her future plan.
D. To obtain more political support.

[单项选择]

Passage Four
Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking(搭车) before. However, the weather and the coming dark ness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andrea, in a voice that was almost a whisper. "Thank you dearie—I’m just going to Brockbourne."
Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn’t know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, some thing odd, something.., dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous It was absurd.
Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs... Thick black hairs Hairy arms Andrea% blood froz
A. the hitchhiker was an old woman
B. she was curious about the old lady
C. the lady had a heavy bag
D. she knew the old lady

[填空题]The old lady was greatly relieved to find her son coming back from the war safe and sound. (relief) ____________________.

[填空题]The doctor saw at the first sight that the lady (suffer) ______ from heart trouble.