[单项选择]These shoes my mother bought for me are so（　）that they hurt.
A. tightly
B. tight
C. big
D. dirty

[单项选择]My mother bought me a new pair of pants on my birthday ______ she had promised.
[A] which
[B] what
[C] with
[D] as

[填空题]A new shirt was bought for me by my mother for my good grades in the exam.
→ My mother ______ for my good grades in the exam.

[单项选择]
Why hasn’t their mother bought the tickets

[单项选择]Why hasn’t their mother bought the tickets
[A]She has no time to buy them.
[B]The ticket is expensive.
[C]She has no money.

[单项选择]Xiao Wang’s mother bought him a______bicycle for his birthday.
[A] five-speeds [B] five-speed [C] five-speed’s

[单项选择]My boss has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ______ on what he promises.
A. assurance
B. probability
C. reliance
D. conformity

[简答题]My boss has failed me so many times_______________________________．(我已经不再对他的承诺抱有什么信任了)

[填空题]The song was so beautiful that it made me catch my (breathe)（）

[单项选择]

Passage Four
My kids tell me that I am "so 20th century", which troubles me. A person likes to feel that he is "with it", as we used to say in the 20th century.
So I have been thinking how I might change myself into a true 21st-century man. Clearly, in my advanced state of age I would be foolish to attempt some wild leap into the contemporary fashion. And anyway, my distinctive taste attracts much favourable comment.
But if my clothing is too characteristic to change, perhaps I should do something about my lifestyle. So last week I took myself to the NEC for the Smart Home Show which is "the exhibition dedicated to all the latest trends in smart home technology".
It was a shock. How could I have lived for half a century without a fingerprint-operated front door ("Never lock yourself out of your home again!") Or vacuum cleaners that suck dust straight into a dustbin, via a system of pipes in y
A. The plasma TV fireplace.
B. The automatic garden sprinkler.
C. Mirrors that turn into TV screens.
D. Heated towel-racks that turn into TVs.