1. What time will drinks be served?
A. At 5:30 B. At 7:30
C. At 8:15 D. At 12:00
2. You can do the following things EXCEPT ______________________.
A. bringing your swimming clothes
B. dancing with jazz music
C. taking a taxi to the party
D. wearing jeans and T-shirts
3. Which is the following is NOT true about the party?
A. It is Nicola’s 16th birthday party.
B. It is a swimming pool party.
C. It will be held at Hillview Hotel.
D. You must pay for the towels that the hotel will provide you.
Last night, I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving ____.
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. I was ____ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, It turned ____, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, ___ there I sat, waiting for the light to ___, the only human being, for at least a mile in any ____.
I started wondering why I ____ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was ____ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no ____ in going through it.
Much later that ____, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light ____ me. I think I stopped ____ it’s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow ____:We don’t go through red lights.
We do ____ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.
I was so ____ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg, I had to tell someone.
1.A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard
2.A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid
3.A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark
4.A. and B. or C. so D. but
5.A. return B. change C. start D. continue
6.A. attention B. background C. direction D. information
7.A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot
8.A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly
9.A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy
10.A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning
11.A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to
12.A. though B. unless C. because D. until
13.A. me B. it C. him D. us
14.A. what B. how C. why D. that
15.A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry
---We’re organizing a party next Saturday, and I’d like you to come.
---_____! I have a meeting to attend that day. Thank you all the same.
A. Good luck B. What a pity
C. Never do it again D. Well done
---Would you like to go to the amusement park?
--- If Jim does, _____.
A. I go, too B. so will I
C. neither will I D. so do I
---Seems no one knows _____ what happened to Malaysia Airline Flight 370.
---It’s really sad, hope more and more resources will be offered in the search.
A. exactly B. especially C. hardly D. quickly
---Mum, it’s late. Why are you still here?
---Dad hasn’t come back yet. I _____ for him.
A. am waiting B. have waited
C. was waiting D. waited
