1 . George, remember to wear more clothes when it gets cold, for the change in climate may ______ your health.

A．affect

B．prevent

C．destroy

D．reduce

2 . It was a pleasure to learn to dance from Polly, who was a gentle and ______ young lady.

A．brave

B．dishonest

C．forgetful

D．graceful

3 . My sister has made ______ great progress in her spoken English that she can now talk freely with foreigners.

A．so

B．too

C．such

D．quite

4 . —Do you agree to my plan of climbing a mountain this weekend?
—______! It’s one of my favourite sports.

A．Crazy idea

B．Absolutely

C．Goodness

D．No way

5 . 阅读下面短文,并根据短文内容完成下列各题。

Mr. Boswell, the owner of a hardware (五金制品) store, was looking for a young man to hire. Several dozen young men responded to his ad, but he eventually narrowed his choice down to three. They are Ted, John and Bob. Then he devised (设计) a final test. He gave each of them a new screwdriver (螺丝刀) with an innovative (创新的) design and told them to deliver it to Mr. Henderson at 314 Maple Street.

After a while, Ted phoned the store to ask whether the number was actually 413, rather than 314. Later, he returned saying there was no house at that address.

When John came back, he reported that 314 Maple was a funeral parlor (殡葬馆) and that Mr. Henderson had lived at 314, but had moved away.

Bob took longer than the other two young men. Like John, he also discovered that Mr. Henderson had moved away but he managed to make sure of his new address and had gone there. Mr. Henderson didn’t remember ordering the screwdriver, but when Bob pointed out its unique features and told him the price, Mr. Henderson decided he wanted the screwdriver and paid for it on the spot.

Who was hired? Bob, of course. He was given a task to do and he did it. We shouldn’t let any difficulty put in our paths and stop us from reaching our goals. The secret to success in our lives is to do the common things uncommonly well. Persistence (坚持) and patience produces payoff in our lives. Even when it doesn’t appear to do so, it produces a payoff in character.

1. By writing the passage, what does the author want to tell readers? (No more than 8 words)
2. Please explain the underlined word “deliver” in English. (No more than 3 words)
3. How do you understand the sentence “He eventually narrowed his choice down to three.”? (No more than 15 words)
4. Why did Mr. Henderson accept the screwdriver? (No more than 8 words)
5. What do you think is the secret to success in our lives? (No more than 20 words)

6 . It was the golden season. I could see the _________ leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a harvest season, while for me, it is a(n) _________ season. I was _________ for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination. But so many unhappy things made me so tired, so I decided to have a walk along the Yanjiang Road in my university.

“Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me _________”, I thought when the sound of a guitar flowed into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, _________ when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.

Lost in the music, I did not _________ that I had been standing for so long. But my existence did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only _________ and I was the only audience. During the rest of the days in the season, life became _________ and I could review the courses carefully.

Autumn was _________ over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.

“You __________ like the music,” she said.

“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.

Suddenly, a(n) __________ expression appeared on her face.

“I came here just to have a rest because I __________ in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that __________ me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”

“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a __________ autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the __________ to know each other and we should be good friends.”

She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn.

1.

A．yellow

B．green

C．new

D．empty

2.

A．annoyed

B．annoying

C．bored

D．boring

3.

A．going

B．waiting

C．preparing

D．caring

4.

A．across

B．out

C．away

D．down

5.

A．mainly

B．specially

C．mostly

D．especially

6.

A．understand

B．remember

C．realize

D．consider

7.

A．performer

B．artist

C．reporter

D．volunteer

8.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．sad

D．dull

9.

A．nearly

B．hardly

C．already

D．just

10.

A．may

B．would

C．can

D．must

11.

A．excited

B．angry

C．sad

D．worried

12.

A．failed

B．sent

C．broke

D．took

13.

A．moved

B．encouraged

C．wondered

D．saved

14.

A．short

B．meaningful

C．relaxing

D．successful

15.

A．space

B．gift

C．chance

D．luck

7 . If you meet a problem head-on, you should ______ it directly without trying to avoid it.

A．catch up	B．deal with
C．come across	D．take away

8 . He went to the airport to pick up his wife, but she ______ before his arrival.

A．left

B．has left

C．had left

D．was leaving