He tried to solve the problem, but he （quick) ________ gave up.

He tried for forgery in a law court but was lucky enough to ______.

A. get on B. get off C. get through D. get out

The more they tried to help him，__________he seemed to appreciate it． [A]less[B]lesser[C]theless[D]thelittle

The writer thinks that Anderson tried to persuade him to stay on because

A．he was afraid that he would find creative writing an unrewarding career

B．he was afraid of losing such a valuable employee

C．he thought the writer was too pleased with himself

D．he was disappointed by his resignation

The writer thinks that Anderson tried to persuade him to stay on because

A．he was afraid that he would find creative writing an unrewarding career

B．he was afraid of losing such a valuable employee

C．he thought the writer was too pleased with himself

D．he was disappointed by his resignation

Passage One

Mark went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area's city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. "The problems are too big," he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here."

On his way back, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery hag and baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn't have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy's arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks!" she said. "You've got great timing (适时) !"

"Just being neighborly (友好的) ," Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus passed by. On one of them was "Small acts of kindness add up." Mark smiled and thought, "Maybe that's a good place to start."

31. In the first paragraph, Mark thought that______.

A. nobody was so able as to solve these problems

B. many people were too selfish to think about others

C. he was not in the position to solve such problems

D. he already had more than enough work to do

Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about

the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In

the 16 th century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built.

Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man

in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed

them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead,

he fell to the ground and broke every bone of his body and rested in peace.

The first real step took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers,

made a very large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon

with it？ The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and

Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air

passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how

they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the

animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above

Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled

about.

6. Leonardo Da Vinci _______.

A. said that man would fly in the sky one day

B. built a kind of machine which never flew

C. made designs for flying machines

D. drew many beautiful pictures of birds

7. Eight hundred years ago an Englishman _______.

A. made a kind of flying machine

B. tried to fly with wings made of chicken feathers

C. wanted to build a kind of balloon

D. tried to fly on a large bird

8. In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly _______.

A. got badly wounded B. succeeded in flying

C. lost his life D. flew only 8 minutes

9. The very first air passengers in the balloon were _______.

A. two animals B. the Montgolfiers

C. two Frenchmen D. the King and Queen

10. When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris？

A. In December 1783. B. In September 1783.

C. In the 17 th century. D. In November 1783.

The harder I tried, ______it seemed to solve that math problem.

A．the impossible

B．most impossible

C．the more impossible

D．the most impossible

Statements

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper, so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

听力原文：When reaching school this morning, Judy said that he tried in vain to read every book the teacher had suggested the day before.

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A．The teacher wrote a recommendation for Judy.

B．Judy didn't finish all the recommended reading.

C．Judy had dried herself off already.

D．The teacher could not mend the damaged book.

Mark went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area's city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. "The problems are too big," he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here."

On his way back, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery hag and baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn't have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy's arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks!" she said. "You've got great timing (适时) !"

"Just being neighborly (友好的) ," Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus passed by. On one of them was "Small acts of kindness add up." Mark smiled and thought, "Maybe that's a good place to start."

In the first paragraph, Mark thought that______.

A．nobody was so able as to solve these problems

B．many people were too selfish to think about others

C．he was not in the position to solve such problems

D．he already had more than enough work to do