Tom as well as his parents______ Hawaii for a holiday this afternoon .

Tom as well as two of his classmates ________ invited to the party.

A.was

B.were

C.has

D.are

A.that

B.as well as

C.were

D.coming

A.are

B.were

C.have

D.was

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r. Thompson often went to a bar near his house.But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young.Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.They drank for an hour.Tom drank a bit.Then Mr. Thompson said to his son,“Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson.How do you know when you’ve had enough？ Well, I’ll tell you.Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar？ When they seem to become four, you’ve had enough and should go home.”

“But, Dad,”said Tom,“I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”

20、Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen()

A.is not

B.are not

C.many

D.must

21、When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar______ taking him()

A.by

B.for

C.with

D.without

22、On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for ______()

A.the first time

B.once

C.many times

D.eighteen times

23、Father wanted to tell his son ______()

A.the time to drink

B.something about the light

C.when to stop drinking

D.something about the bar

24、In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar

A.was one light

B.were two lights

C.were three lights

D.were four lights

Tom is （21） little brother, he is only five and （22） know how to read （23）write.One day

Tom is （21） little brother, he is only five and （22） know how to read （23）write.

One day Mary sees her little brother at the table with （24）pen（25）his hand , and a big piece of paper in front of him.

" （26） are you doing Tom ？ "she （27）. " I'm （28）a letter to my friend, Mike." Says Tom.

" But how can you？" says Mary. " You even don't know how to （29）" " Well, '' says Tom, " It doesn't matter, because Mike doesn't （30） how to read.

（）21.A.Mary’s B.Marys C.Marys’ D.Maries

（）22.A.not B.don’t C.doesn’t D.isn’t

（）23.and B.or C.to D./

（）24.a B.an C.the D./

（）25.on B.of C.at D.in

（）26.Whose B.How C.What D.Who

（）27.asks B.ask C.toask D.asking

（）28.write B.writing C.writing D.writes

（）29.write B.writing C.read D.reading

（）30.knows B.know C.writes D.write

I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage.For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father.Totally loving.No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio.The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of heir wives.Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will.A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband.Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did.Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”

“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased.Maybe a little puzzled.

After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read.Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach.I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went.Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums.Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed.I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however.Evelyn and I still laugh about it today.On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter？” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “do you know something I don’t？”

“What do you mean？”

“Well… that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago … our doctor… did he tell you something about me？ Tom, you’ve been so good to me… am I dying？”

It took a moment for it all to sink in.then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms.“You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

26.In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means “_________”.

A.unintentionally

B.inevitably

C.impressively

D.unconditionally

27.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________.

A.with his family

B.with Evelyn

C.alone

D.with his children

28.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ____________.

A.she looked lovely in her new clothes

B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C.he was determined to be a good husband

D.she was seriously ill

29.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What was the one thing that went wrong？

A.He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B.She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

C.He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

D.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

30.By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ____________.

A.he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

B.he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

C.he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D.he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

Dear Mr. Brown,

Thank you for your letter of 6 September regarding Mr. John Green who has been employed by this company for the past 10 years.

Mr. Green served his apprenticeship (学徒) with Vickers Tools Ltd. in Manchester, followed by a three-year course of engineering for Production Engineers. He is technically well—qualified and for the past five years has been our Assistant Works Manager responsible for production and related business in our Sheffield factory. In all his job duties he has shown himself to be hard-working, responsible and in every way a very dependable employee.

I can strongly recommend Mr. Green as I feel sure that if he were to be chosen to manage your factory in Nairobi he would bring to his work a true atmosphere of teamwork, which would be found necessary and helpful by all who would work with him.

Sincerely yours，

Tom Smith

1. How long has Mr. Green been employed by the writer's company？

For ().

2. What kind of course did Mr. Green take？

A three-year course in engineering for ().

3. What job position has Mr. Green held in the past five years？

4.What does the writer think of Mr. Green as an employee？

He is hard-working, () and dependable.

5.What is the purpose of this letter？

To () Mr. Green to manage a factory in Nairobi.

A.isn'the

B.washe

C.wasn'the

D.didn'the

A. well..better

B.well.. best

C.better..better

D.better..best