About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion--the reading of a will. I can rememb

A.urgent

B.aggressive

C.stressful

A.Long ago

B.Long before

C.About one month

D.Once a year

I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something 【C1】______ this.

"And I direct that $ 10,000 be 【C2】______ to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, 【C3】______ always put off doing so." It 【C4】______ the last words of a dying man. But the story does not 【C5】______ there. When the lawyers came to 【C6】______ out the bequest (遗赠), they discovered that old William B had 【C7】______ , too, and so the 【C8】______ deed was lost.

I felt rather 【C9】______ about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable. 【C10】______ that William should not have had his $10,000 just 【C11】______ somebody kept putting 【C12】______giving it to him. And from 【C13】______ accounts, William could have done with the 【C14】______ . But I am sure 【C15】______ there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be 【C16】______ today, which are being put off 【C17】______ later.

George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, 【C18】______ that "One of these days is better than 【C19】______ of those days." But I say that 【C20】______ is better than all.

【C1】______

A．about

B．for

C．like

D．of

on. “My previous work didn’t have an artistic element to it, whereas this is exciting and creative,” he says. “I really enjoy the design side.”

［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.

［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.

［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.

［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.

［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.

［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.

not in．

A.Yes,it' S a long way to Italy

B.Since last month

C.About a month

D.Yes, I'll be in Italy

ns or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D． You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet．

Passage 1

Questions are based on the following passage．

As prices and building costs keep rising, the"do-it-yourself"(DIY) trend (趋势) in the U．S．continues to grow．

"We needed furniture(家具) for our living room," says John Ross,"and we just didn't have enough money to buy it．So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs．"(76) John got married six months ago, and like many, young people these days, they are straggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high． The Rosses took a two-week course for $280 at a night school．Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house．

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died．He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoemaking factory． Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420．"I was deeply upset about

it．Now I've finished a car repair course． I should be able to fix the car by myself．"

John and Jim are not unusual people．In order to save money, most families in the country are doing everything they can so that they can fight the high cost of living．If you want to become a

"do-it-yourselfer," you can go to DIY classes．And for those who don't have time to take a course,

there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself．

We can learn from the text that many newly married people__________ 查看材料

A.find it hard to pay for what they need

B.have to learn to make their own furniture

C.take DIY courses run by the government

D.seldom go to a department store to buy things

— How long will you be away from Italy？

— _________________.

A: Yes, it's a long way to Italy

B; Yes, I'll be in Italy

C; About a month

e deposits accounts.

M: There are three kinds of fixed deposits, Madame. They are three-month, six-month and twelve-month deposits. The interest on a three-month deposit is 4.5% per annum, on six month 5%, on twelve month 5.5%.

Q: What is the interest rate on a six month deposit？

(12)

A．4%.

B．4.5%.

C．5%.

D．5.5%.