[单项选择]While（）in China, the young man picked up some Chinese.
A. staying
B. stay
C. stayed
D. to stay

[单项选择]While ______ in China, the young man picked up some Chinese.
A. staying
B. stay
C. stayed
D. to stay

[单项选择]Nothing enables a young person to grow up so effectively as being put into a responsible position in which what he or she does clearly count．（　）
A. 没有什么做法比这种做法更能使一个年轻人成长为一个有用之人，这就是把他放在一个使他明显显示工作价值和有一定责任的位置上。
B. 应该把一个人放在一个使他能明显显示出他的工作价值、担负某种责任的位置上，没有什么比这更能有效地使一个年轻人成长为一个有用之才的了。
C. 把一个人放在一个使他能明显显示出他的工作价值并且负有一种责任的位置上，这比任何一种做法都能使一个人更能有效地成长为有用之才。
D. 没有什么事能如此有效地使一个年轻人成长，例如他被放在一个能使他表现其价值并在其中清楚地计数的位置上。

[单项选择]
Who is the young man

[填空题]Some students come up empty at graduation because ______.

[单项选择]Man: I’d like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council. I hear it’s a great way to connect with the community.
Woman: It sure is, but you’ll have to put in a lot of hours. So you must leave some room in scheduling your time.
Question: What does the woman imply（　）.
A. Voluntary work can help the man establish connections with the community.
B. The man’s voluntary work has left him little room in his schedule.
C. Voluntary work with the environment council requires a time commitment.
D. A lot of people have signed up for voluntary work with the environment council.

[填空题]Some scientists set up domes in the Polar Regions.

[单项选择]

Some people give up trying to learn a foreign language. It can seem too much like hard work. But the problem comes when they go abroad on holidays and find they cannot communicate. How do they ask the way, order a cup of coffee, or ask the price of something
Keith Chiwick thinks he has the answer to this problem. "I have got a machine which talks in different languages. I feel that I could go to any country in the world and converse with any foreigner," he says. Keith is an inventor. His invention is an electronic machine which produces phrases in four different languages, French, German, Italian and English. Unlike the phrase books, this machine has a voice. It looks like a cassette recorder.
Imagine you want to say, "What time is the next train for Munich" in German. First, you find the right card for that question. Each card has four strips of tape on it, one for each language. The cards are small, seven by nine centimeters, and each one can
A. Because they can use Keith’ s machine now.
B. Because it is like hard work.
C. Because they have difficulties to go abroad.
D. Because they cannot communicate with foreigners.

[简答题]Girls usually put on some make-up to make themselves look more mature and beautiful. (sentence with "to Opener" )

[单项选择]The American young man speaks Chinese as fluently as if he ______ a Chinese.
A. is
B. were
C. has been
D. had been

[单项选择]What did the young man try to do
A. Get the old man’s hag.
B. Help the old man up.
C. Collect his money.

[单项选择]The young man never listens to any suggestion that does not ______ with his own scheme.


A. fall on
B. fall in
C. fall out
D. fall through