9. It is wise to have some money _______ for old age.

A. put away B. put up C. hide away D. stay awake

10. Do tell me the ways you think of _____the problem as soon as possible.

A. to solve B. solving C. solve D. being solved

11. -Did he notice you enter the room?

-I don't think so. He _____ to the radio with his eyes shut.

A. listened B. was listening C. has listened D. had listened

12. I ___reading, and he ____ of singing.

A. am fond; enjoy B. like; fond C. enjoy; is fond D. enjoy; like

13. John shut everybody out of the kitchen _____ he could prepare his grand surprise for the party.

A. which B. when C. so that D. as if

14. ___ staying at hotels in Red River Village, tourists can help the villagers make money so that they can take _____the river and the birds.

A. By; care for B. By; care of

C. Through; care about D. With; care of

15. _______ our teacher will allow _______early after examination?

A. Who do you think; leaving B. Who do you think; to leave

C. Do you think who; leaving D. Do you think who; to leave

Ⅱ. 完形填空

Have you 16 asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say they go to learn their 17 language and other languages, arithmetic, geography, history, science and all the other 18 . That's quite true. But 19 do they learn these things? And are these things all 20 they learn at school?

We 21 our children to school to prepare them for the time 22 they will be big and will begin to work for 23 . Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their lives. But is that the 24 reason 25 they go to school?

There's more in education than just 26 facts. We go to school above all to learn how to 27 , so that when we have left school we can 28 to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be 29 , because whenever he has to do something new that he has never had to do 30 , he will rapidly teach himself how to do it 31 the best way. The uneducated (未受教育的) person, on the 32 hand, is either 33 to do something new, or 34 it badly. The purpose of school, therefore, is not just to teach languages, arithmetic, geography, etc., 35 to teach pupils the way to learn.

16. A. had B. never C. ever D. once

17. A. native B. foreign C. home D. own

18. A. Chinese B. physics C. maths D. subjects

19. A. where B. which C. why D. what

20. A. that B. what C. who D. how

21. A. send B. take C. bring D. hope

22. A. while B. when C. which D. that

23. A. oneself B. themselves C. them D. they

24. A. only B. mainly C. lonely D. alone

25. A. which B. why C. when D. what

26. A. study B. studied C. learning D. learn

27. A. learn B. teach C. write D. speak

28. A. make B. keep C. continuous D. continue

29. A. success B. successful C. succeed D. successfully

30. A. then B. ago C. later D. before

31. A. on B. in C. by D. at

32. A. other B. others C. either D. neither

33. A. able B. unable C. can D. could

34. A. does B. do C. done D. doing

35. A. or B. nor C. but D. and

Ⅲ. 阅读理解

A