1 . ---I’m not going to the party tonight. I’ll stay at home and read.
---Come on, ________

A．You get a frog in your throat.	B．You’re pulling your weight.
C．We’d better throw in the towel.	D．Don’t be such a wet blanket.

2 . We have much to look forward to in the future, thanks to advances in technology. I’m sure that AI doctors are________.

A．in the way

B．on the spot

C．in the end

D．on the horizon

3 . If you have second thoughts, you’d better         making a decision until you’ve spoken to your high school advisor.

A．pass up

B．weigh up

C．look into

D．put off

4 . —You seem to be very upset this afternoon.
—______. I should not have said so much about Jack’s family.

A．Never say never	B．Pull your weight
C．Loose lips sink ships	D．Get a load of it

5 . There is no month in the whole year ________ nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August.

A．where

B．what

C．when

D．that

6 . Searra, an eight-year-old brain cancer patient, was a “regular” in the Radiation Department. With my office located near the ________, I could hear Searra, also called CC, coming. Several steps behind, CC’s grandmother, also called Mommie, would follow as she tried ________ CC.

I had prepared toys and coloring materials for her in my office. When she walked into the ________, it was time to socialize with us and to see what she could color for ________ before her treatment.

I was surprised by the love CC had for Mommie. ________   I asked her about home life, or how she was feeling, every reply referred to her time ________ with Mommie, the funny stories they ________ and how much she loved her. When CC was first ________ with radiation treatment, the therapists (治疗专家) told her they’d give her a quarter each day if she promised to keep her ________ still on the treatment table. So on the last day of 6-week treatment, the therapists ________ what big toy she was going to buy with all her ________. CC replied, “Oh, I am not going to buy a toy. I’m going to buy something for Mommie ________ all the nice things she does for me.”

CC taught me about what is really important in life. She ________ showed that loving others is the best gift you can give another. Certainly, CC had an excuse to complain or be   ________ at the world for a childhood totally ________ from other children’s in her class. I have never heard her ________ about her hairless head, swollen (肿胀的) body or ________ energy level, which keeps her from playing outside.

CC reminds me not to ________ the love people give us for granted and to look beyond the superficiality (表面情况) that is often found in daily life. I am ________ to be more thankful for what I have today and not to complain what is behind me or what lies ahead. CC, just like many other cancer patients, is a true ________,   so let’s make the best of what we have today.

1.

A．road

B．car

C．store

D．entrance

2.

A．coming up with

B．putting up with

C．keeping up with

D．keeping in touch with

3.

A．hospital

B．department

C．studio

D．waiting room

4.

A．herself

B．Mommie

C．doctors

D．nurses

5.

A．Whenever

B．Whatever

C．However

D．Wherever

6.

A．spent

B．taken

C．cost

D．wasted

7.

A．said

B．shared

C．spared

D．told

8.

A．cured

B．experienced

C．treated

D．experimented

9.

A．leg

B．face

C．head

D．hand

10.

A．realized

B．noticed

C．knew

D．wondered

11.

A．checks

B．belongings

C．bills

D．change

12.

A．unlike

B．because of

C．as to

D．in front of

13.

A．constantly

B．seldom

C．never

D．occasionally

14.

A．excited

B．curious

C．surprised

D．angry

15.

A．similar

B．familiar

C．different

D．unfortunate

16.

A．talk

B．think

C．complain

D．ask

17.

A．high

B．normal

C．full

D．low

18.

A．look

B．take

C．link

D．think

19.

A．reminded

B．informed

C．requested

D．admitted

20.

A．girl

B．example

C．exception

D．patient

7 . They certainly need a ________of the fundamentals of playing their instruments, but learning to collaborate requires understanding how these roles work together.

A．stability

B．grasp

C．acknowledgement

D．manner

8 . Literally, overcapacity (产能过剩) pressured operating margins (利润), impacting players that lack scale or management ________to reduce costs.

A．stability

B．fluency

C．persistence

D．expertise