. -------Have your working conditions been improved? ------- No, ______ than before, I’m afraid.
A. no better B. a little better C. not worse D. no worse
________ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.
A. As soon as B. After C. Now that D. Although
. The boy lost his parents in such a terrible earthquake, so he was ______by the government.
A. brought out B. raised up C. grown up D. brought up
--------I wonder why Tom was ________ from the post.
--------Don’t you know he can’t ________ that kind of work?
A. moved; match B. removed; be equal to C. moved; be suitable for D. removed; suit
Why should we elect him _________mayor? I mean last year he was elected as _________ member of the Congress and he has failed to keep any promise he made during the election.
A. a; / B. the; the C. a; the D. /; a
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college, I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church, the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 36 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 37 would be---a very low figure that 38 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 39 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 40 living place, since the daughter was to 41 home. To my delight, they 42 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 43 ----their people became my people. I 44 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 45 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 46 that she was more independent than I first 47 .
We finally fell in love, 48 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 49 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 50 largely because we knew that we are deeply 51 .
It isn’t about marriage… It’s about 52 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 53 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 54 ----you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is 55 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
36. A. honest B. surprised C. friendly D. pleased
37. A. price B. rent C. money D. pay
38. A. had B. included C. made D. contained
39. A. idea B. plan C. service D. offer
40. A. same B. different C. another D. extra
41. A. return B. go C. get D. leave
42. A. ordered B. agreed C. arranged D. suggested
43. A. house B. family C. group D. friend
44. A. happily B. sorrowfully C. evidently D. efficiently
45. A. bad B. exciting C. nice D. strange
46. A. realized B. thought C. knew D. doubted
47. A. saw B. told C. imagined D. believed
48. A. separated B. parted C. left D. married
49. A. smooth B. challenging C. exciting D. different
50. A. backward B. eastward C. forward D. westward
51. A. hated B. cared C. felt D. liked
52. A. friendship B. relation C. love D. family
53. A. close B. good C. far D. long
54. A. away B. out C. in D. around
55. A. nobody B. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
