-When shall we set off?
-We ____ start off at five o’clock if it ___ raining by then.
A. will; has stopped B. are about to; stops
C. are going to; will stop D. are to; will stop
She won’t lose weight ___ she keeps a diet and takes exercise every day.
A. if B. when C. unless D. as if
-Who is the lady standing over there?
-I am not sure, but it may be ___ from the provincial government.
A. everybody B. nobody C. somebody D. anybody
-It is said that Juliet has been dismissed by her boss.
-_____________.She is late for work five times a week!
A. Hardly surprising! B. Forget it
C. How come D. Who knows?
It was Valentine's Day, my freshman year of college. I was so young, the romantic type. All I wanted was a rose. A single rose to __36__ up my Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day at school was over,and I had no rose to __37__ in my locker like I had hoped. I came home a little __38__. I sat in my room dreaming about next year's romantic Valentine's Day __39__ the doorbell rang. There at the front door was a deliveryman __40__ one single rose to my house. Surely this rose wasn't for me. I didn't have such __41__. I closed the front door with a single rose in my hand and gave it to my mother. “__42__ the card!” she insisted when I told her it must be for her. I unsealed the envelope as my hands were __43__. I slowly lifted the card and read what it said:
To Amanda
From someone who cares
I must have read it twenty times in a matter of seconds, __44__ my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. But they weren't. The rose was for me. I must have been __45__ for about five minutes, until I started __46__ the obvious people and __47__ them of sending me a rose and playing a joke on my __48__ romantic heart. No one knew who sent it to me. My friends, family and relatives were as __49__ to hear I got a rose from a __50__ someone as much as I was. I was on cloud nine(兴奋) for weeks.
I __51__ did figure out who was it who sent me that rose. __52__ I did figure something else out. It didn't __53__ if it was a guy who secretly __54__ me who sent me that rose. What mattered was that it was from someone who __55__ about me and wanted to brighten up my day.
1.A. brighten B. fill C. take D. decorate
2.A. hide B. hang C. plant D. stick
3.A. mad B. hungry C. angry D. sad
4.A. before B. until C. when D. once
5.A. posting B. carrying C. holding D. delivering
6.A. chance B. luck C. value D. confidence
7.A. Open B. Read C. Check D. Break
8.A. closing B. moving C. shaking D. spreading
9.A. praying B. expecting C. doubting D. believing
10.A. sorry B. curious C. happy D. nervous
11.A. realizing B. calling C. visiting D. questioning
12.A. informing B. reminding C. accusing D. telling
13.A. specially B. actually C. obviously D. hopelessly
14.A. surprised B. excited C. amused D. disappointed
15.A. considerate B. distant C. secret D. generous
16.A. anyhow B. still C. already D. never
17.A. For B. So C. Then D. But
18.A. happen B. matter C. appear D. mean
19.A. loved B. helped C. pitied D. cheated
20.A. asked B. worried C. cared D. talked
—I often see him working hard in his spare time.
—________he has won the scholarship from time to time.
A. No wonder B. No doubt C. No way D. No problem