[单项选择]The man looked at me suspiciously （） that he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case.
A. even if to say
B. as if was saying
C. as if to say
D. even though saying

[填空题]The old man to ld me how he had given shelter and protection without which I (die) ______of hunger.

[单项选择]Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money
A. Save up for their future education.
B. Pay for small personal things.
C. Buy their own shoes and socks.
D. Make donations when necessary.

[单项选择]The old man had no child so he suffered a lot from （）.
A. lonely
B. loneliness
C. along

[单项选择]

Once a man had a dream, he dreamed of a land of peace and harmony. He dreamed of a place where people were not judged by their skin color. He dreamed of a country where children of different races could play together. He dreamed of a nation where all people were equal. Some people didn’t like his dream. They said it would never happen. Some people applauded his dream. They wanted to make it happen. This noble vision has come true for some. For others, it’s still just a fantasy.
In 1963, this man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , expressed his vision in the famous speech, "I Have a Dream." But the dream -- rooted in the American Dream -- wasn’t really new. From the beginning, this nation of immigrants welcomed people desiring freedom and a new start. How ever, the coming together of different races and ethnic groups created some tensions. The early Americans ( except for the native "Indians" ) were almost all white Europeans. As more immig
A. Martin Luther King.
B. George Washington.
C. Indian.
D. Thomas Jefferson.

[填空题]A young man had a new girl friend. He invited her to go to a {{U}} (11) {{/U}} restaurant with him one evening. They dined wonderfully and had numerous drinks; they danced until midnight. The girl enjoyed the {{U}} (12) {{/U}} evening, and was suitably {{U}} (13) {{/U}} by everything she saw, including several film stars. Then the waiter brought the bill at the end of the evening, and when the young man saw how much he had to pay, he was so {{U}} (14) {{/U}} by the total that he went as white as a sheet. Watching his face, the waiter thought he might be going to {{U}} (15) {{/U}}, so he quickly poured out a glass of ice cold water and emptied it over the young man’s head. Then he took the bill back and added to it: "Iced water: 50p".

[单项选择]Henry（）a rich man today if he had been more careful about his investment in the past.
A. would be
B. is
C. will be
D. would have been

[单项选择]Henry （　） a rich man today if he had been more careful in the past.
A. would be
B. is
C. will be
D. was

[单项选择]In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people Such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters who were springing up everywhere. It was then that the question of payment arose.
At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough. But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange
A. men wanted things they themselves could not provide
B. men became independent of others
C. skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters sprang everywhere
D. people began to learn making tools

[单项选择]The man told me under rose that he often took trouble on your account．
A. 不辞劳苦
B. 挑剔
C. 打理
D. 惹麻烦

[单项选择]Once upon a time, there was a poor man. He had an orange tree. He took good care of it. In the harvest season, there were many oranges on the tree. One of them was very, very big. It was as big as a football. Nobody ever saw so big an orange. The poor man was very happy. He took it to the King. The King was so happy that he gave the poor man a large sum of money.
When a richman heard of it, he said to himself, "It is only an orange. Why does the King give him so much money for it I’ll give my gold cup to the King. He will give me more money."
The next day, the rich man went to see the King. When the King received the gold cup, he was very pleased. "What a beautiful cup!" he said, "I’11 show you something wonderful." Then he gave the big orange to the rich man.
The King gave the rich man a gold cup.
[A] True.
[B] False.