[单项选择]"Better late than never" is a （） that is very familiar to most English speakers.
A. plaudit
B. plenary
C. plenty
D. platitude

[简答题]

Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand. On these sorts of trips it’s easy to zone out from the actual driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.
This is the well-travelled road effect: people tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.
The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.

[填空题]Johnson often worked until very late at night in the hope of______(赶上)the lastest developments in computer technology.

[填空题]When Americans are more than 10 minutes late to an appointment, they usually ______.

[简答题]原文：Never have I heard American music played better in a foreign land.
译文：我在外国从来没有听到过比美国的音乐更好的音乐。
改译：

[单项选择]The lazy boy got up very late and went to school in a hurry. When he arrived at school, he found that he had put his socks on （　）
A. outside
B. inside out
C. side out
D. back out

[单项选择]

I woke up very late for school that morning. I was afraid of being blamed by Mr Hamel. He had said that he would ask us about some participles(分词) and I didn’t know anything about them. For a moment, I thought about running away and spending the day outside
It was so warm and bright! The birds were singing in the trees. In the open field, the Prusslan(普鲁士的) soldiers were drilling. It was much more interesting than the participles, but I had to hurry to school.
When I got to the town, there were many people in front of a blackboard. For the last two years, all of our had news had come from there, like the names of dead people. I thought to myself without stopping. "What happened this time"
Then, when I hurried by as fast as I could, Mx Waehter called me, "Don’t go so fast, boy. You’ll have more time to get to school
I thought he was making fun of me, and I ran to school quickly.
Usually, when class began, the
A. he got up late
B. the weather was bad
C. he didn’t like studying
D. the weather was bright

[单项选择]A. He arrived very late. B. He spent two hours going there.
C. He missed the show. D. He showed the woman around the campus.

[单项选择]He couldn’t go up to Boston until very late due to
A. the trouble with the plane engine.
B. an accident on his way to the airport.
C. a hijacking incident.
D. the awful weather conditions.

[单项选择]Johnson: I got home very late last night, I hope I didn’’t disturb you. Landlady:______.
A. No, I heard a lot of noise
B. No, I didn’t hear a thing
C. Yes, I didn’t hear any noise
D. Yes, I didn’t hear you