It’s just a petty mistake．

A．They’ve been smoking like chimneys. B．I can’t stand smoking here. C．Many people around here are smoking. D．The secondhand smoke is going to kill us.

(24) A．He doesn't want to correct the mistake. B．I saw him take one of those. C．He always seems to do everything right. D．I never used to see him working.

A．enter B．entered C．to enter D．enters

A．go over B．go by C．go against D．go for

A．firm B．company C．corporation D．enterprise

A、Beside B、Besides C、Apart from D、Except

A．A.could have caught B．B.had caught C．C.could catch D．D.caught

A．A.being completed B．B.completed C．C.is completed D．D.have been completed

Most of us schedule our lives by the Gregorian【23】. Our years are measured from the【24】of Christ. The first year of the first century is 1, or 1 A.D. The last year of that century is the year 100. Simple？ Yes! A century is 100【25】long. A millennium is 1,000 years long, which is【26】ten centuries. Since the last year of the first century is the year 100, the first year of the【27】century is 101. Follow that pattern, century by century and you'll get my【28】. The year 2000 is the last year of the twentieth century. After all,【29】thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twenty centuries. The year 2000 is the【30】, the final, the one that's still here, year of the twentieth century!!!! I know, I'm getting too【31】. But it isn't fair, While most people will really be enjoying this coming【32】celebration, those of us in the know will be yawning. Everyone else will be【33】for the new millennium and we'll be saying, "It's not until next year." I don't agree with the【34】, "Ignorance is bliss." But in this case, perhaps it's【35】. (41) A．get B．bring C．celebrate D．cheer

Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog." Is he really on your side？ If he says, "You're a lucky guy" or "You're a lucky gal," that's being friendly. But "lucky dog" ？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What be may be saying is that be doesn't think you deserve your luck. "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of you life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night. How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with the tone of voice？ His posture？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake. Note: guy = boy; gal = girl In paragraph 1, when the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends, ______. A．he feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him. B．he feels he may not have "read" his friends' true feelings correctly. C．he thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girlfriend. D．he is sorry that his friends let him down.

A．lightly B．sparsely C．hardly D．rarely

A．complaint B．order C．request D．application

A．while B．when C．until D．after

A．that B．when C．which D．what