閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C或者D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

（一）

Jane was a few minutes late. Smith had ___1___ the office when she got there. His secretary[秘書] told her he would be back in a few minutes. She had to sit down and ___2___ outside the office. “Ill ___3___ get this job.” She told herself. For a moment she ___4___ to run out of the building. Just then， Smith came through the door and hurried into his ___5___.

A few seconds later his secretary took Jane in and told Smith her ___6___. Jane said ___7___ to him for being late. Smith did not seem to ___8___. They then had a short talk and got down to business. He ___9___ out her application[申請] letter for the job and ___10___ it.

“Youve never worked in radio or television before， have you？” he said. Jane answered that she was ___11___ she hadnt. Now she was even more sure that she would not ___12___ the job. __13__ Smith asked her a few questions.

To her surprise he seemed __14__ with her. She was even more __15__ when he asked her if she could start soon. It seemed that she had got the job after all.

（? ? ?）1.A. returned B. left C. closed D. reached

（? ? ?）2.A. work B. talk C. wait D. sleep

（? ? ?）3.A. certainly B. again C. almost D. never

（? ? ?）4.A. wanted? B. tried? C. had? D. began

（? ? ?）5.A. car? B. building? C. office? D. home

（? ? ?）6.A. age B. name? C. family? D. address

（? ? ?）7.A. hello? B. please? C. sorry? D. OK

（? ? ?）8.A. mind? B. understand

C. start? D. excuse

（? ? ?）9.A. filled? B. kept? C. broke? D. took

（? ? ?）10.A. studied? B. turned? C. wrote D. posted

（? ? ?）11.A. sure? B. afraid C. happy? D. clear

（? ? ?）12.A. lose? B. change? C. get? D. finish

（? ? ?）13.A. First B. So? C. Then? D. Hardly

（? ? ?）14.A. angry? B. pleased? C. careful? D. interested

（? ? ?）15.A. sorry? B.terrible? C. surprised? D. tired

（二）

Sato Miyoko is a Japanese schoolgirl. She didnt have a camera. ___1___ she lives out in the country， there is no place ___2___ a very good camera. She decided to buy a digital camera online __3__ it could be sent to her.

She had searched the Internet for two hours ___4___ she found an ad for the Sony digital camera. She liked the ___5___. After she had found more information， she asked her father if she ___6___ buy it. Mr. Sato looked at the ad. Then he found ads for other cameras ___7____. After he had checked out all the information about different kinds of cameras， he believed his daughter had ___8___ a good decision. This camera seemed to offer the most at the ___9___ price. He helped her order the camera online.

Miyoko clicked ___10____ the screen， and a form appeared for her to fill in her personal information. Her dad helped her ___11___ the form and typed in his credit card number. Miyoko filled in their ___12___， address and e-mail address. Then a screen came up that read， “Congratulations！ You have ___13___ bought a Sony camera.” A week later Miyoko received the camera she had ___14___.

Miyoko came to Beijing with her friends last month. She enjoyed her visit to Beijing so much that she ___15___ with the new camera. They will help her remember this special trip forever.

（? ? ?）1.A. For? B. As? C. Because of? D. As if

（? ? ?）2.A. buy? B. find? C. to buy? D. to find

（? ? ?）3.A. so? B. that? C. so that? D. while

（? ? ?）4.A. when? B. then? C. while? D. after

（? ? ?）5.A. ad? B. picture C. information D. size and shape

（? ? ?）6.A. will? B. can? C. must? D. could

（? ? ?）7.A. as well? B. by the way? C. in the end? D. at last

（? ? ?）8.A. got? B. made C. found? D. did

（? ? ?）9.A. good? B. better? C. best D. most

（? ? ?）10.A. in? B. on? C. with? D. at

（? ? ?）11.A. fill in? B. fill? C. write? D. copy

（? ? ?）12.A. telephone? B. names? C. ages? D. telephone number

（? ? ?）13.A. never? B. successful? ? C. success? D. already

（? ? ?）14.A. seen? B. made? C. ordered? D. bought

（? ? ?）15.A. has a good time? B. had a good time

C. takes a lot of photos? D. took a lot of photos

（三）

One hot night last July when our new baby wouldnt or couldnt sleep， I ___1___ everything I could think of： a warm bottle， songs， gentle rocking. Nothing would make him go to sleep. Guessing that I had a long ___2___ ahead of me， I brought a portable TV into his room， thinking that watching the late movie was the best way to kill off the ___3___ until early morning. To my ___4___， as soon as the TV lit up， the baby ___5___ right now and his little eyes were fixed brightly on the screen. Not to waste a chance for ___6___， I? then walked out of the room quietly， ___7___ him to watch Mickey Mouse.

My wife and I heard ___8___ of the baby that night， and the next morning when I went into his room， I ___9___ him still watching TV himself.

I found something for us to think over in my babys behavior[行為]. My wife and I had given him some books to examine， ___10___ he took no notice of them. When we ___11___ to him， he did not feel ___12___. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students dont read and they look down upon reading and scold[責(zé)備] those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the ___13___， however， I have reached a conclusion[結(jié)論]， “l(fā)et them watch it！ If television is much more ___14___ to children than books， ___15___ should we fight it？ Let them watch all they want！”

（? ? ?）1.A. took? B. made? C. tried? D. learned

（? ? ?）2.A. morning? B. afternoon? C. evening? D. night

（? ? ?）3.A. hours? B. films? C. days? D. books

（? ? ?）4.A. joy? B. happiness? C. surprise? D. anger

（? ? ?）5.A. sat? B. slept? C. stayed? D. quieted

（? ? ?）6.A. work? B. study? C. sleep? D. play

（? ? ?）7.A. asking? B. leaving? C. letting? D. allowing

（? ? ?）8.A. anything? B. something? C. nothing? D. everything

（? ? ?）9.A. heard? B. found? C. felt? D. watched

（? ? ?）10.A. when? B. since? C. but? D. and

（? ? ?）11.A. read? B. listened? C. talked? D. wrote

（? ? ?）12.A. difficult? B. comfortable? C. shy? D. wonderful

（? ? ?）13.A. students? B. baby? C. readings? D. TV

（? ? ?）14.A. attractive? B. strange? C. boring? D. surprising

（? ? ?）15.A. what? B. how? C. when? D. why