Question

      阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

       "I wish I could sleep  1more," says Liu．

       The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   2School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   3curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  4Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

       During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  5home by six．

       " My teacher  6us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  7" , she says．

       In primary school, Liu  8taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  9at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

       "I didn't have time to rest,   10on Friday night," Liu recalls．

       The family has a monthly  11of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  12classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

       " I think it' s   13the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   14she will get a good job in the future．"

       Chinese children face   15pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 16First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   17in exams．Most Chinese   18believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   19their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   20, which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

1.A．any                 B．some           C．even            D．far

2.A．Secondary           B．Training         C．Language            D．Primary

3.A．super               B．extra            C．huge            D．usual

4.A．In                  B．For             C．At              D．On

5.A．get                 B．stay             C．leave                   D．drive

6.A．orders               B．recommends      C．persuades         D．suggests

7.A．sleepy                  B．tired                 C．cold                  D．thirsty

8.A．stopped                  B．finished              C．enjoyed              D．started

9.A．housework              B．washing            C．homework        D．writing

10.A．besides               B．including             C．since              D．except

11.A．pay                      B．cost                    C．income                D． money                                 

12.A．weekend              B．Sunday             C．everyday             D．Saturday

13.A．wasteful             B．worth                  C．valuable               D．worthy

14.A．so that                   B．since                C．now that             D．while

15.A．challenging          B．increasing            C．developing       D．changing

16.A．ahead                 B．hard               C．late                  D．away

17.A．average                B．achievement        C．advance           D．advantage

18.A．teachers                B．students            C．friends            D．parents

19.A．send                B．hope                   C．take                    D．wish

20.A．strength            B．interest              C．talent               D．skill

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C 

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D 

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B 

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.C