阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
When he was a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once noticed his mother turning the wheel of her sewing machine with her hand. “Won’t it work quickly if a machine 1. (turn) the wheel for you?” he asked. “I suppose it will.” said his mother, without paying any attention to him. Christopher knew she always had a lot of work and that she was 2. stubborn that he could hardly do anything to change 3. mind. But he wanted to help. In his bedroom there was a toy steam engine 4. (buy) by his father as a gift to him. “I will make better use of it,” little Christopher said to himself. So, when his mother was not using her sewing machine, he decided to fix the toy steam engine onto it. When he finished 5.(do) it, he was quite pleased, thinking his mother would like it. “Very clever,” his mother said when she saw it. But then she sat down and went on turning the wheel 6. hand. “I 7. (work) like this for too many years,” she explained. Christopher felt very 8. (disappoint). He couldn’t understand his mother’s 9. (behave).
This teaches Christopher a lesson that anyone 10. tries to improve anything has to learn: many people don’t like new ideas.
完形填空，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 was a warm Saturday morning in December. I reached my________ exam centre which was unreachable by public transport. Not very nervous about my correspondence Bachelor Computer Application exam, I entered the examination hall and then ________ one corner seat in the classroom. On my front bench was an old man in his seventies.
Question papers were ________ to us and I filled my answer sheet. I ________the old man. He had neatly drawn lines for each________. Having handed in my paper, I came out of the hall and waited for him. He came out after the last bell. I ________ him and asked him what he would do with the ________ at this age (out of curiosity). He ________ replied, “I thought I would find some good-looking girls here”. Later he told me how he was ________ before his grand kids for not knowing how to use a ________ and that he wanted to explore the box and things inside and be qualified (有资格的) for it. My ________ question was “Do you understand things written in the book at this age” (as I ________ to understand many things in it). He cleared his throat and replied, “We don’t stop learning because we are old; we grow old because we stopped our learning. We elderly don’t have ________ for what we have done, but rather for things we didn’t do and the only people who ________ death are those with regrets.” I admired the man for his ________ . I gave him a ride till his house and ________ telephone numbers.
We ________ our results after two months and we passed our exams. I ________ called the old man. His grand kid ________the call and informed about his death.
Growing ________is mandatory (强制性的) but growing up is optional(可选择的) .
1.A. serious B. various C. unique D. distant
2.A. arranged B. booked C. took D. offered
3.A. handed B. posted C. read D. introduced
4.A. talked with B. looked at C. dropped into D. smiled at
5.A. passage B. seat C. answer D. exam
6.A. guided B. approached C. visited D. encouraged
7.A. question B. prize C. practice D. degree
8.A. jokingly B. cautiously C. proudly D. anxiously
9.A. disappointed B. frightened C. embarrassed D. amazed
10.A. language B. phone C. dictionary D. computer
11.A. amusing B. immediate C. basic D. informal
12.A. refused B. desired C. failed D. tended
13.A. regrets B. problems C. opinions D. rules
14.A. cause B. fear C. bring D. stop
15.A. calmness B. generosity C. kindness D. enthusiasm
16.A. expected B. exchanged C. discovered D. forgot
17.A. got B. changed C. ignored D. produced
18.A. luckily B. seldom C. excitedly D. usually
19.A. put up B. set up C. gave up D. picked up
20.A. old B. tense C. angry D. impatient
Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20-hour operation to have _______
one-year-old twins at the head.
A. removed B. divided C. separated D. produced
Standing on the top of the hill, you will get a better _______ of the whole city.
A. scene B. scenery C. sight D. view
______ by a greater demand of vegetables, farmers have built more green houses.
A. Driven B. Exhausted C. Tracked D. Balanced
Please make a(n) _______ about your favorite festival and fill out the form.
A. discussion B. interview
C. survey D. application
