[单项选择]（） that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A. For
B. Now
C. Since
D. Despite

[单项选择]______ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A. For
B. Now
C. Since
D. Despite

[简答题]Settlers of the Plains also had to contend with social isolation. The European pattern, whereby farmers lived together in a village and traveled each day to their nearby fields, was rare in the American West. Instead, various peculiarities of land division compelled the rural dwellers to live apart from each other. The Homestead Act of 1862 and other measures adopted to facilitate western settlement offered free or cheap plots to people who would live on and improve their property. Because most homesteads and other plots acquired by small farmers were rectangular--usually encompassing 160 acres--at most four families could live near each other, but only if they congregated around the same four-corner boundary intersection. In practice, farmers usually lived back from their boundary lines, and at least a half-mile separated farmhouses. Often adjacent land was unoccupied, making neighbors even more distant. Many observers wrote about the loneliness and monotony of life on the Plains. M

[单项选择]If you had followed my advice to leave for London in the past，you wouldn’t be in such a terrible situation in New York now.（）
A. 要是你早先听了我的劝告去伦敦，现在就不会在纽约陷入这么惨的处境了。
B. 要是你以前接受我的劝告离开伦敦，也不至于看到纽约现在这可怕的情景了。
C. 要是你过去肯听从我的建议去伦敦，现在就不会在纽约，也就不会处于这么惨的环境。
D. 如果你跟着我的建议走，去伦敦，就不会在纽约陷入这骇人的处境了。

[填空题]Task 5
It was years since I had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my stay. I went to see my old friend, Tom Clark, who, among other things, was a member of the Local Council. At the time Tom was busy making arrangements for a distinguished writer to give a talk on modem literature at the town library. As the subject interested me a great deal, I gladly accepted Tom’s invitation to go with him.
Tom was going to introduce the guest speaker and that evening we went to the library to meet him. Since he had not yet arrived, l left Tom and went into the Reading Room where a large audience had already gathered. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was due to begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he had just received a telephone message from the writer’s secretary. Our guest speaker had missed the train and would

[单项选择]I was lucky because I had turned my back on （）, pursuing instead common-sense reality.
A. illustration
B. illusion
C. imagination
D. imitation

[填空题]If you had followed my advice, you might not ______ (make) such a serious mistake.

[填空题]I had trouble with my car on my way home yesterday, but I finally managed to get it（）(start).

[填空题]If you had taken my advice, ______ (就不会犯这样严重的错误).

[单项选择]Grandpa My Hero My grandfather had only one child and that was my mother. He always wanted a son but it never happened. 26 When my mom got pregnant, he thought he finally had a boy in the family, but it turned out that her first child was my other sister. When I was born, Grandpa was very happy. He was the first person to give me a baseball glove and to play baseball with me. My first glove was as small as my whole hand is now. When Grandpa gave me that glove, I was very excited. 27 It was my pride and joy. When I was five, I played on my first baseball team and Grandpa was the coach. He wanted me to play one position, but I wanted to play another. 28 I tried so hard that I made good progress. Grandpa was very proud of me. Ever since then, he has worked with me to make me a better player. Grandpa has helped me become not only a better player, but a better person. 29 Today Grandpa does not play baseball with me so often, but he still comes