Last weekend, I visited an old friend with five children under the age of three. I found that changing diapers at their house is like working on a(n)_____ line.

A . go B . going C . went D . had gone

A . where B . to which C . which D . for which

A . where B . which C . that D . in that

A . is coughing B . coughing C . to be coughing D . to coug

A . what B . whether C . which

A．I did it B．I still remember it C．I couldn't make it D．I will come

A．A.kept quiet B．B.stay at home C．C.you stay at home D．D.keep quiet

I had() to visit my grandmother last week, but unfortunately I had a bad cold and therefore couldnt go. A.refused B.saved C.intended D.managed

A．that B．when C．why D．so that

A．where B．that C．when D．why

A.he is considered to be too individualistic B.he enjoys the freedom to avoid socializing C.he cannot get along with people from other cultures D.his or her vi．ews conflict with those of others who speak different languages

A.of B.why C.that D.when

One day I was【39】to the college I taught in at Henderson, 17 miles away from where I lived. When a quarter mile was left down the road to the college, my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't【40】So I walked to the college. My secretary asked me what had happened. "This is my lucky day," I replied, smiling. "Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day？" She was【41】. "What do you mean？" "I live 17 miles from here." I replied. "My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't.【42】it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway,within walking distance of the college. I'm still able to teach my class and get help from the tow truck. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been in a more convenient way." The secretary's eyes opened【43】and then she smiled. I scanned the sixty faces before me.【44】it was a big crowd, no one made any noise. Somehow, my story had【45】them. In fact, it had all started with a student's observation that I was cheerful. (36) A．nervously B．carefully C．cheerfully D．eagerly

M：I'm sorry to hear that, but you can always rent one if you have a license. Q：What does the man mean？ (14) A．She can use his car. B．She can borrow someone else's car. C．She must get her car fixed. D．She can't borrow his car.

For a sport barely known in Britain five years ago, triathlon has grown at a sprinter's pace. This year the British Triathlon Association, the governing body, will sanction some 450 triathlons, duathlons (running and biking) and aquathlons (running and swimming). These vary from tough races aimed at endurance junkies to shorter events designed to lure newcomers. By far the most successful is the London triathlon, which, three weeks ago, brought 8,000—half of them first-timers—to the Royal Victoria Dock in east London. That made it the world's biggest. There are echoes of the jogging craze of the early 1980s. Both sports are American exports; both have grown partly thanks to television coverage. Inclusion in the Olympic and Commonwealth games has conferred credibility and state funding on triathlon. Even better, Britain's professional triathletes are doing rather well on the international circuit. There are practical reasons for the growth of the sport, too. Nick Rusling, event director of the London triathlon, points out that established events such as the London marathon and Great North Run are hugely over-subscribed (this year the marathon received 98,500 applications for 36,000 places). Triathlon offers a more reliable route to exhaustion, and a fresh challenge to athletes who are likely to cross-train anyway. The sport will not soon supplant "the great suburban Everest", as Chris Brasher, founder of the London marathon, described his event. The sport's tripartite nature means that putting on events is fiendishly complex, a fact reflected in high entry fees: competitors at last weekend's Ironman race forked out ￡220. Shorter events are cheaper, but participants must still provide their own bicycles and wetsuits and pay for training. Compared with the inhabitants of Newham, the London borough where this year's London triathlon was held, competitors appeared overwhelmingly white and middle class. Another drag on growth is a shortage of suitable venues in a small island—a problem exacerbated by safety fears. But that ought to be less of a hindrance in future. Two court decisions, in 2003 and earlier this year, have firmly established that the owners of large bodies of water may not be held responsible when adults injure themselves as a result of extravagant sporting actions. The meaning of the word "gruelling" in the first paragraph is most close to ______. A．competitive B．exhausting C．grand D．gruesome

M: I had planned to go, but when I got up in the morning, it looked like it was going to rain, so I decided to stay home instead. W: It looked like rain？ Are you sure about that？ It was sunny all day long at the picnic site. M: When I woke up in the morning, it was really cloudy and overcast, so I just went back to bed. I suppose that the weather cleared up later on in the day. Why didn't the man attend the picnic？ A．He didn't enjoy the previous one. B．He thought it was going to rain. C．He had some other weekend plans. D．He wanted to stay home instead of going out.

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是 否

A．shortly B．well C．little D．rarely