1 . —Shall we offer the new position to Jack?
—________.You are the boss.

A．You bet.

B．It’s your call.

C．No problem.

D．It depends

2 . What you really need to do is to ________ the reason why you fail the exam.

A．figure out

B．burn out

C．fill out

D．turn out

3 . This pen is a birthday present that Father gave me. I hate to have to part with it___________ it is old.

A．even though

B．as soon as

C．as long as

D．now that

4 . I went home and _______ my schoolbag and started to help Mother do the cooking.

A．put off

B．dropped off

C．turned off

D．shut off

5 . It’s time you _________the fact that it’s a dangerous world out there. Be brave and optimistic.

A．put up with	B．woke up to
C．took the place of	D．looked down upon

6 . On the 70th birthday of the PRC, many policemen and policewomen were called out to _________.

A．take action

B．keep order

C．make sense

D．watch out

7 . We’ll meet again in the morning and we can ________ where we left off.

A．pick up

B．put down

C．take in

D．cut off

8 . Close to the king’s palace stood a little house. In it lived a ______ gardener who worked at the palace grounds from dawn to dusk. It was hard work. Yet he ______ complained. He always seemed to be at peace with himself.

The king wondered, “I wish I could be as happy as him.”

One evening the king found the gardener packing up his tools after ______ the day’s work. He was covered with dust and mud. But he kept singing to himself. The king ______ him and said, “You are always happy. I wish I could be as happy as you. What is the ______ of your happiness? Won’t you ______ it with me? ”

“Why should I be unhappy when I get two meals a day and have a ______ to sleep in at night? I’m happy that I have the ______ to work from morning till evening to earn my bread. I’m so ______ now that I can enjoy anything, even hard dry bread. And I am tired too. So I can ______ on the hardest floor, and drop off to sleep ______ . When I wake up in the morning, I feel fresh and full of ______ to welcome another day. I take every ______ as it comes. This moment is what ______ to me the most,” the gardener bowed and replied ______ .

“But what if tomorrow you fall sick! Shouldn’t you think of the future too?” the king asked.

“And start ______ ? Then I will lose my appetite. I will not get good sleep. I will fall sick and ______ my job. I will starve and die. I can’t ______ to worry about the future. Only this moment counts. Nothing else,” the gardener explained.

“You said it. Thank you,” the king nodded and ______ to change his attitude and to make the best use of the ______ .

1.

A．silly

B．lazy

C．cheerful

D．rich

2.

A．rarely

B．immediately

C．uncomfortably

D．jokingly

3.

A．starting

B．finishing

C．missing

D．studying

4.

A．shot

B．arrested

C．ignored

D．approached

5.

A．secret

B．use

C．price

D．goal

6.

A．exchange

B．divide

C．appreciate

D．share

7.

A．garden

B．palace

C．bed

D．kitchen

8.

A．money

B．strength

C．time

D．company

9.

A．sad

B．weak

C．tired

D．hungry

10.

A．get up

B．roll over

C．lie down

D．break out

11.

A．carefully

B．instantly

C．occasionally

D．painfully

12.

A．energy

B．hate

C．meaning

D．ambition

13.

A．chance

B．day

C．dream

D．meal

14.

A．sings

B．listens

C．matters

D．prefers

15.

A．respectfully

B．awkwardly

C．shyly

D．humorously

16.

A．celebrating

B．arguing

C．learning

D．worrying

17.

A．love

B．lose

C．change

D．forget

18.

A．afford

B．fail

C．decide

D．plan

19.

A．refused

B．pretended

C．threatened

D．determined

20.

A．power

B．wealth

C．present

D．talent

9 . Hearing the injured soldier was saved, I ________ a sign of relief.

A．left out

B．let out

C．gave out

D．put out

10 . The yearly income of the newspaper dropped ________ from $57.8 billion in 2020 to $14.3 billion in 2021.

A．dramatically

B．potentially

C．slightly

D．steadily