Give me their telephone numbers ________ I can call them up.
A. so that B. as soon as
C. in order to D. such that
I often hear the little girl ________ the piano in the next room.
A. practising playing B. practise to play
C. practise playing D. practise play
It was a ________ day and she felt very ________.
A. tiring; tired B. tiring; tiring
C. tired; tiring D. tired; tired
—Give him a(n) ________ to explain. Maybe he is right.
—All right.
A. answer B. reply
C. problem D. chance
Today, it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. ________that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one itself is not easy.
“Finding a job" is not _________ as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job because they are not __________ for it. Sometimes "chance" may __________ a more important part than “decision".
Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs __________ you might enjoy doing after school or university. First, it is important _________ what kind of person you are, which special qualities ________ you outstanding among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference ______ an interest and a skill. If you like_______ and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can _______ a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a ________.
Then ask yourself a question, "In the following three areas -- skills with people, skills with information and skills with things, which are your ________skill?"
After _______ your skills, the next step is research. To ______ as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends ______ the work they do.
Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life, just find the job you really enjoy doing.
1.A. It's saying B. It's say C. It is said D. It says
2.A. same B. as same C. so good D. the same
3.A. suitable B. fitted C. able D. like
4.A. take B. play C. have D. choose
5.A. which B. what C. if D. whether
6.A. feel B. realize C. to feel D. to realize
7.A. helps B. makes C. make D. help
8.A. both B. between C. from D. either
9.A. art B. music C. sports D. acting
10.A. ride B. feed C. draw D. treat
11.A. success B. skill C. hobby D. fact
12.A. good B. the best C. better D. best
13.A. examine B. have examined C. examining D. examined
14.A. find out B. look out C. find D. look at
15.
A. what do they think of
B. how do they think of
C. what they think of
D. how they think of
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story _____their children. And they must have realized how difficult it is to write a _____children’s book. Either the writer has aimed too _____, so that children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, ____ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books should be _____very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy the _____who hears the story and the adult who_____ it. Unfortunately(不幸的是), there are in fact few books like this,_____ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _____ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as _____of children’s literature were in fact written for ________ ― “Alice in Wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often _____ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a _____ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an unimaginative way, or have a look at the most children’s comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the rejections of teachers and righting-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop _____ to brainwash(洗脑)children into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so _____that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协)over the bedtime story.
1.A. to B. in C. with D. around
2.A. short B. long C. bad D. good
3.A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult
4.A. and B. but C. or D. so
5.A. both B. neither C. either D. very
6.A. child B. father C. mother D. teacher
7.A. hears B. buys C. understands D. reads
8.A. but B. however C. so D. because
9.A. hard B. easy C. enough D. fast
10.A. articles B. work C. arts D. works
11.A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children
12.A. are B. show C. find D. add
13.A. school B. home C. office D. library
14.A. going B. liking C. trying D. preferring
15.A. same B. friendly C. different D. common
