I am（)to get out of bed on cold morning.

A.out of practice

B.out of print

C.out of control

D.out of stock

A、get along with

B、get down upon

C、get out of

D、get away with

A. went

B. would go

C. had gone

D. am going

One of the things I am really fond of is the weekly shopping experience. I like to

imagine pushing the trolley slowly around the supermarket and taking anything that

interests me. But my experience is not always so exciting. First it is difficult to get

a shopping trolley. Carefully designed not only to hold all shapes and sizes of

purchases, a single trolley is hard to get out of the line of trolley s where it is

parked. Often one needs the help of two strong men. The next lesson is that women never

follow a logical route when shopping. Your wife has disappeared before you know it.

After ten minutes of searching, when you finally find her in a far corner, she

enquires: “Where have you been all this time, dear？” Supermarket managers are sent on

courses to learn how to tempt the customers and persuade them to buy goods they do not

really need, at prices they are not able afford. As a newcomer, I am often taken in by

their clever techniques, as I take many goods off the shelves. But I am often

discouraged by my wife. “Put it back, dear.” “You’ve tried that before and didn’t

take to it.” “No, it’s too expensive.” After the week’s groceries have been

collected, the last trial is passing through the checkout counter. Never join the

shortest queue. It usually contains several shoppers who pay by writing out a personal

cheque and who wait until all their purchases have been totaled up before beginning a

mad search through their handbags for their cheque books. When the book is found, the

customer never knows the date, asks again for the forgotten total and forgets to put

the address on the back. Don’t be fooled, either, by thinking that this is the end of

the exercise. When the cheque has been carefully examined by the cashier, a bell rings

, and there is a further wait until a supervisor arrives to say that the cheque can be

accepted. Then it is our turn, and the checkout girl is so quick and efficient that we

don’t have time to get our own chequebook ready. But the people who are packing our

shopping are kind and give us friendly smiles When we come once more into the great

outside world, a broken egg is running down my trousers. I hear the voice of my wife

call out: “Oops, dear, mind the trolley.” Shopping!

1. How often does the author go shopping？

A. every day

B. every week

C. every month

D. every year

2. The author does not find his shopping experience always ______.

A. exciting

B. useful

C. embarrassing

D. time-consuming

3.The last trial is ____________________________.

A. collecting groceries

B. passing through the checkout counter

C. having a rest

D. saying goodbye

4. Who comes to check whether the cheque can be accepted.

A. The supervisor

B. The manager

C. The salesgirl

D. The husband

5. When they come into the great outside world, the author finds that ______.

A. he can’t find the car

B. he can’t find his wife

C. a ten-dollar note on the ground

D. a broken egg is running down his trousers

There is a special life stage that our generation goes through.It is the (1) period,during which we move from teenage to adolescence.We learn who we are and what we stand for and what inspires us.Also, in this period we are (2) with a lot of pressure from our parents who want us to make something out of ourselves.My parents have already expressed feelings of (3) over my future with academics and life.When I expressed to them recently that I would not mind graduating in five years instead of four in order to study abroad to (4)myself with the world, they seemed so shocked.That idea sounded foreign and to them was (5) to lack of ambition.Apart from that, my mother has (6) to me that she is worried that I am not searching for a boyfriend.I (7)this stupid idea of marrying out of college since it does not suit me one bit.Women today can get what they want out of life without a man, even children, as it becomes more (8)for women to adopt children.I personally want to stay in school as long as I can to (9) my academic work, possibly complete a law degree and start a career, and then after, and only after, begin to think about (10)to marriage.If my math is correct, that means I will be more or less "ready" for marriage at the age of 29 or 30, the age when my mother had me.

results."Hey, I got 62 points. The results say that I am an aggressive person. I don't think I am, do you, Carol？ And it says here that I am boastful. I am not boastful," says Jenny."Well, perhaps a little, Jenny. Do you remember the time when you got top marks in that English test and you kept going around telling everybody？ And then you asked Paul what he got when you know how bad he is at English. When he wouldn't tell you, you ripped his test paper out of his hand" replied Carol. "But look at my results. I only got 19 points. Does that really mean that I am shy and indecisive？""Yes," said her sister. "When did you last make a decision about anything？""I decided to get up this morning," said Carol."Super! And then you asked me what you should wear and if it was a good idea to go bowling this afternoon with your friends!""Yes, well. I sometimes do have problems reaching a decision but only on unimportant things."“Really？” asked her sister. "Is that why you ask Mum what you should study and where？ Is that something unimportant？ You always want something else to make the decisions and you’re afraid of getting too involved with anyone or anything."“Maybe l am just afraid of making the wrong decision,” 'said Carol defensively.Choose the correct answer.

What do the results say about Jenny ().

A、She is not a happy person

B、She is an aggressive and boastful person

C、She got top marks in the English test

D、She got 62 points

Once a week my aunt would announce, "I am going to have my bath today."

Now most people find it fairly simple to have a bath.You probably remember how it goes.You enter the bathroom, you put the plug in, turn on the hot water, get into the bath, wash, sing, get out, dry yourself and exit.My aunt's approach was more epic(宏大的), like one of those long Eisenstein films where people seem to be climbing up the same flight of stairs forever.

My aunt would first slowly collect her clean linen(亚麻布衬衫), so as to have it all ready for changing into after her bath.This involved sorting out her linen, which took up most of the morning.Sometimes she would find an old letter buried among her linen, become interested in the memories it aroused and have to postpone the bath until the next day.But if all went well, she would have a bite of lunch and start Phase Two around two o'clock.

Phase Two was washing out the bath.She would wash the bath very thoroughly, rinse(冲洗) it with running cold water, rewash it and then carefully feel the whole surface with her fingers.If there was the slightest blemish, she would clean the whole bath out again.This took about an hour.Then she would fill the bath.

By this time she was feeling a bit hungry and exhausted.So she would put on the kettle for a cup of tea.Several cups of tea and several cream crackers (her favourite food) later, she would go back to the bathroom.And find the water stone cold.

1.According to the writer, most people().

A.read magazines in the bath

B.make bath time a special occasion

C.sing when they are in the bath

D.have a bath once every other week

2.The writer's aunt().

A.never got used to taking a bath regularly

B.always treated bathtime as an event

C.hated climbing the stairs to the bathroom

D.would collect her new linen quickly

3.How did she use to spend most of the morning？()

A.Reading old letters.

B.Preparing lunch.

C.Getting the bath water hot.

D.Sorting out her linen.

4.Why might the writer's aunt put off bathing until the next day？()

A.She might get fascinated by an old letter.

B.She would sometimes get too tired.

C.She would sometimes have lunch instead.

D.She might start ironing the linen.

5.She would never fill the bath until she().

A.had cleaned it at least three times

B.had had several cups of tea

C.had polished it inside and outside

D.had made sure it was perfectly clean

A.used to

B.am used to doing

C.am used to

D.get used to doing

A.receive

B.accept

C.get

D.bring