Questions 1to 5are based on the following passage:Some psychologists （心理学家)maintain th

W： How did you do with your essay for ProfessorBlack Scott?

M：__________

A.Everything is OK. But I failed to finish it.

B.Professor Smith Scott didn’ t work successfully enough to let me believe in him

C.Nonsense. It, s not your business.

D.Not too bad, it took me almost 10 hours.

W： How long can I keep the book?

M：______________

A.Yes. You can keep it.

B.No. I’m afraid you should return it now.

C.Three weeks. But you can renew it if you need it for a longer time.

D.You can take it at any time you want.

He _______reading silently at first.

A.used not to

B.didn’t use to

C.was not used to

D.is not used

_______ care would have prevented it.

A.A few

B.A little

C.Few

D.Little

Not always _______ they want to.

A.people can do what

B.people cannot do what

C.can people do what

D.can’ t people do what

I don’t like to disturb you, because you’re quite tired ______today.

A.of

B.with

C.out

D.on

This new instrument is far superior ______ the old one we bought three years ago.

A.than

B.to

C.over

D.of

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. (78) Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him-water splashing，bees humming，a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

From this passage, we know that __________.

A.man never made sounds

B.man made animal sounds

C.man used to be like animals to make sounds

D.man learned from the animals to make sounds

Speaker A： Td like to book a ticket for next Monday morning to New York.

Speaker B ：_________

A.What can I do for you?

B.What’s the matter?

C.At your service.

D.Just a second, please.

W： What is your general price range (范围）？

M：_____________

A.We are looking for a three-bed-room home on the east side of the town.

B.I think it would be hard to find something in that range.

C.We’ re hoping to find something under $200.

D.The range is about $200 or so.