We may find that learning a foreign language does not have to be________learning our mother tongue，but can in fact be twice ________.

A．twice as hard as；as easy as

B．as twice hard as；as easy

C．twice as hard as；as easy

D．as twice hard；as easy as

Equipped with modern facilities，today's hospitals are quite different from __________ of the past.

A．that  B．those  C．one  D．ones

—Serina has been watching the TV series the whole night.

— ________.

A．So her parents have  B．So have been her parents

C．Her parents have been so  D．So have her parents

The reporters of all the leading newspapers ________ the trade talks between China and the United States.

A．printed  B．published  C．covered  D．interviewed

He wants to have ________ third cake，because ________ second one is too small.

A．the；the  B．the；a   C．a；the  D．a；a

In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally ____them and the job they do，although there are certain people who do not believe that the police____have the power that they do.

What does a policeman actually do? It is not ____job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in ____.A policeman often has to control traffic, either____ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time ____up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop ____motorists and help when there is an accident.

A policeman has to help keep the ___， too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we ___ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to ____ situation at great risk to their own ____.We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, ____ he is not a detective(侦探)，will often have to help___and arrest criminals.

And ___ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a____，a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.___a policeman has to be __17__to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the ___ world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ____ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could____do the job of a policeman.

1.A.dislike  B．join  C．appreciate  D．admire

2.A.should  B．would  C．could  D．must

3.A.a funny  B．a pleasant  C．an interesting  D．an easy

4.A.it  B．one  C．his  D．them

5.A.on  B．by  C．under  D．with

6.A.walking  B．driving  C．wandering  D．searching

7.A.resting  B．tired  C．speeding  D．drunken

8.．A.peace  B．silence  C．situation  D．condition

9.A．wait for  B．call  C．think of  D．expect

10.A.turn to  B．avoid  C．deal with  D．treat

11.A.safety  B．families  C．future  D．friends

12.A.although  B．as if  C．however  D．even if

13.A.get rid of  B．question  C．look for  D．sentence

14.A.how  B．where  C．what  D．who

15. A．power failure  B．fire  C．thunder storm  D．thief

16.A.Yet  B．Then  C．As  D．So

17.A.provided  B．promised  C．prepared  D．presented

18.A.future  B．modern  C．real  D．whole

19.A.extremely  B．specially  C．surprisingly  D．particularly

20.A.hardly  B．forever  C．ever  D．never

A friend of mine will go to France________Hong Kong，and we agree to contact each other________email.

A．via；by  B．across；with  C．over；by  D．with；via

It is reported that 40 percent of the land in Brazil________covered with trees.

A．is  B．was  C．are  D．were

The soldiers put up a strong________in order to protect their country.

A．performance  B．breakdown

C．defence     D．system

Last year the number of the students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000, a(n)________ of 40,000 per year.

A．average  B．number  C．amount  D．quantity