Around the world more and more people are            1.___________

taken part in dangerous sports and activities. Of            2.___________

course, there have always been people have looked        3.___________

for adventure. They look for an immediately pleasure      4.___________

from a dangerous activity what may last only a few         5.___________

minutes or even second. Bungee jumping is considered       6.___________

a good example of such a activity. You jump from a          7.___________

high place of 200 meters above the ground with a rope        8.___________

tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers           9.___________

an hour until the rope stops you hit the ground.             10.___________

Have you ever heard the saying: All work and no play       1.___________

makes Jack a dull boy? What this means is that if you study  2.___________

all the times you will become a boring person. You must     3.___________

go out and have a fun with your friends, otherwise you’ll  4.___________

lose him. No one wants to be friends with someone who   5.___________

only talks work and study.                           6.___________

  Perhaps you have a confidence problem. Please try      7.___________

remember what the work you do is for yourself but no one  8.___________

else. You don’t have to compete for your classmates. No     9.___________

one could be happier in studying seven days and seven nights  10.___________

in a week.  

  An old man went to the hospital for something was trouble   1.___________

with his lungs. Come to see him, the doctor said, “Well,       2.___________

Mr. John, you are going to have an injections（注射）,       3.___________

and then you’ll probably feel very better. ”In the evening,      4.___________

a young nurse came to Mr. John’s bed and said gently         5.___________

to him, “I’m going to give you first injection now, Mr.         6.___________

John. When do you want it?” The old patient seemed puzzled .   7.___________

He saw at the nurse for several seconds, and then said,          8.___________

“Nobody has ever let me to choose that before. Are you really  9.___________

going to let me choose now? No, Mr. John, ” replied she, “Where  10.___________

do you want your injection? Well, then, ” Mr. John answered with  

a smile, “I want it in YOUR arm, please.”   

  A warm - heart nurse on her first day’s work came to    1.___________

a patient. She asked him she could do anything for        2.___________

him, and he only waved his hands and said something     3.___________

she could hardly understand. She asked him again        4.___________

and he just kept saying the different words, but           5.___________

in a more lower voice, before closing his eyes. She        6.___________

felt his pulse and found him death. She rushed to          7.___________

repeat to the doctor sounds she had heard. “My           8.___________

dear girl,” said the doctor after listen carfully to           9.___________

what she repeats,“he was saying you’re standing on        10.___________

my oxygen pipe.”  

My aunt lives in a village far from my town.  

  Last year she came to visit us brought me a             1.___________

little dog for my birthday present. It was a little black       2.___________

dog with white spots on. It was so lovely that I            3.___________

liked it at once. Every day after school I played the         4.___________

dog and it gave me much more pleasure. I was glad         5.___________

to have it as my company. One day the dog went away        6.___________

and never came back again. All my families were out searching  7.___________

for it but it was nowhere to found. How I worried           8.___________

about it all those days. A week later a letter came about       9.___________

my aunt saying that the little dog had returned            10.___________

　　Michael was walking along the street other           1.___________

day. Then he felt someone shouting his name.             2.___________

He stopped and looked around. He was Jack              3.___________

Events were running after him. Michael and              4.___________

Jack went to the same school and then to the              5.___________

same university. So they hadn’t met each other            6.___________

since then. They decide to have lunch together.            7.___________

They went to the nearest restaurant and sat by the         8.___________

table near the window. Then they talked about that         9.___________

they had done since they graduated university.             10.___________

 —Madam, your clothes are ready now.

—Thanks. And how much shall I　　　　for them？

A. cost              B. take                 C. spend              D. pay

 As the old man ____ dying in bed, he finally let out the secret about his daughter.

A. lied              B. lay                  C. laid               D. lain

 The new books are of great use. They  ____ well and ____ already.

A. sell;  sell out  B. sold; had sold out

C. sold; have sold out                       D. sell; have been sold out

 Does this meal cost $50? I __________ something far better than this!

A. prefer            B. expect               C. suggest            D. suppose