[单项选择]On the eve of my departure ______ Beijing, a few relatives of mine came to my place to say good bye to me.
A. for
B. from
C. to
D. by

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Christmas Eve(圣诞前夜) arrives at my house each year. The center of the celebration is dinner. My mother spends days preparing a rich variety of seafood. The guest list seldom changes. It is made up of my Aunt Marcy and her husband, my oldest brother, Sal, his wife, and their four children, my sister, Joann, her husband, and their two children, and my second brother, Richard, his wife, and their two children.
My aunt and uncle always come heavily loaded with enough food and wine for a whole army. My brother Sal and gang usually show up an hour early and empty-handed. Joann’s family is usually late while Richard’ s group generally arrives on time, bearing gifts for everyone. I am in charge of getting the Christmas tree. Plenty of food is served at the dinner table, and all the hours of preparation are wolfed down in a matter of minutes. Along with the yearly repeated menu comes the yearly repeated conversation.
Everyone talks about how good the food tastes
A. The rest of the guests
B. The children of the guests
C. The writer and her mother
D. Sal's family members

[单项选择]That will be _______ useful reference book in my research.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /

[单项选择]Seldom （） mistakes during my past few years of working here.
A. would I make
B. did I make
C. I did make
D. shah I make

[单项选择]My brother brought me a few reference books, but ______ of them was of any use for my report.
A. neither
B. none
C. either
D. all

[单项选择]My book is ______ finished; I have only a few changes to make in the writing.
A. virtually
B. violently
C. vertically
D. visually

[单项选择]My pain （） apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically "Are you feeling all right"
A. must be
B. had been
C. must have been
D. had to be

[单项选择]You can borrow my tape-recorder ______ your will return it to me tomorrow.
A. unless
B. until
C. as soon as
D. provided that

[单项选择]I wish my son would stop ______ and do something realistic.
A. hanging on
B. hanging on to
C. hanging about
D. hanging up

[单项选择]A:Well, after my report, there’ll be a break for refreshments. B:（）
A. The break won't be long
B. All right, I see
C. All right, I'll see it

[单项选择]The scheme was so impracticable that I refused even ______.
A. to consider supporting it
B. considering to support it
C. to considering to support it
D. considering supporting it

[单项选择]On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a frantic competition for last minute gifts.
A. busted
B. soared
C. filled
D. broadened

[单项选择]The government requires that a census be taken every five years so that accurate statistics may be ______ .
A. composed
B. complemented
C. completed
D. compiled

[单项选择]Christmas Eve is ______.
A. the night before December 24
B. the night after December 25
C. the night of December 25
D. the night of December 24

[单项选择]Evening dress necessary A. You must wear your evening dress. B. You don't have to wear evening dress, but you can if you like. C. Evening dress will make you look nice.