----Has your uncle come back from England for a summer holiday?
----Yes. But he _________ at home for only a few days. Now he has been back to London.
A. stayed B. has stayed C. had stayed D. is staying
________ going to the program If You Are the One, she knew she had to be there or her mother would be unhappy.
A. Although much she disliked B. Much although she disliked
C. As she disliked much D. Much as she disliked
Under the environment of fierce competition, the only way John could imagine _______ stress was to get tougher by making greater efforts.
A. handling B. to handle C. handled D. having handled
Living in _______ ever increasingly fast-paced world, we are facing greater competition, so we must take ________ advantage of every opportunity to develop.
A. an; the B. an; / C. the; an D. the; /
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36 ~ 55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any , sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
“Are you all ?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to of their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.
Something was wrong. Our hospital policy, , was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit “Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”
Then, I checked their registration form out of curiosity. No address—they were .The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.
We were all a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our .We needed presents. We from different departments candies, fruits and other things that could be presents. As seriously as we met the needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.
, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
1.A．customers B．patients C．workers D．doctors
2.A．showed up B．took in C．came out D．looked on
3.A．tired B．hungry C．sick D．warm
4.A．descriptions B．comments C．instructions D．results
5.A．accompanied B．adjusted C．acknowledged D．affected
6.A．therefore B．otherwise C．however D．moreover
7.A．after B．since C．before D．when
8.A．shyly B．happily C．calmly D．politely
9.A．lonely B．greedy C．clever D．homeless
10.A．family B．holiday C．woman D．Christmas
11.A．operating B．interrupting C．managing D．working
12.A．present B．warm C．relief D．approval
13.A．beneficial B．friendly C．medical D．different
14.A．rewarded B．offered C．allowed D．ordered
15.A．neighbors B．relations C．brothers D．guests
16.A．borrowed B．received C．collected D．bought
17.A．expensive B．useful C．convenient D．available
18.A．healthy B．physical C．tragic D．mental
19.A．Soon B．Later C．Next D．Gradually
20.A．to run B．run C．running D．and ran
---I am taking my driving test tomorrow!
--- _______!
A. CheersB. Good luckC. Come on D. Congratulations
