Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of        while we walked.

Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together，a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it       her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I      it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her         .

I walked the first mile of the       in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch.       was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the        she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “       ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.

The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can          the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望）I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list，now sweaty in my hand： You just can make it!

I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down.  ______, it carried me past the finishing line.

1.A. cheering      B. smiling C. shouting  D. chatting

2.A. taught   B. saved  C. calmed  D. helped

3.A. hid    B. gave  C. moved   D. carried

4.A. promise   B.list  C.word   D. idea

5.A. round   B.circle  C.race   D. road

6.A. At the back   B.At the top C.In the beginning  D. In the past

7.A. task       B.strength C.thought   D. way

8.A. Team       B.House  C.Family   D. Home

9.A. have       B.gain  C.finish   D. put

10.A. Besides   B.Instead  C.Later   D. Again

---Bill, can I get you anything to drink?    ---________.

A. You are welcome     B. I wouldn’t mind a coffee

C. No problem         D. It doesn’t matter

  --- This dress is last year’s style.

--- I think it still looks perfect _______ it has gone out this year.

A. so that    B. as if    C. even though  D. even since

---Could you tell me_______?   ---More than a year.

A. how soon will the new airport be built

B. how long has the new airport been in service

C. how soon the new airport will be built

D. how long the new airport has been in service

We all know that the Anti-Japanese War_______ in 1937 and _______ for eight years.

A. broken out; was lasted

B. was broken; lasted

C. was broken out; was lasted

D. broke out; lasted

--- ______ I know by what time you want the report to be done?

--- By the day after tomorrow. ______ you finish it on time?

A. May; Can       B. Must; Need

C. Could; Must       D. Need; Would

I think ______ quite difficult _______ all the tasks in time.

A. that, to finish  B. it, finishing

C. it, to finish   D. that, finish

The old man has something wrong with her eyes and has to have them_______.

A. operated on    B. operated

C. operate    D. operate on

---The old TV is so big that it ________ too much space.

---Well, I will buy a new one soon.

A. takes off   B. takes away

C. takes place   D. takes up

---We have never been to America. What about Jack?

---_______. He hopes to visit it some day.

A. So does he    B. Neither does he

C. So has he    D. Neither has he