[单项选择]Although he lives alone in the countryside. he doesn't feel ______ .
A. alone
B. on his own
C. himself
D. lonely

[单项选择]Although he lives alone in the countryside. he doesn't feel ______ .
A. alone
B. on his own
C. himself
D. lonely

[单项选择]The old woman lives alone. She feels （）
A. alone
B. lonely
C. lone

[单项选择]The little elephant is afraid to go alone. He always walks （　） his mother.
A. besides
B. beside
C. below
D. under

[单项选择]When an Arab wants to be alone, he ______.

[单项选择]Although he thought he was helping us to prepare the dinner, he was actually______ the way.
A. in
B. off
C. by
D. on

[单项选择]Although he was disabled when he was only ten years of age, yet he aimed （　）, for which his classmates spoke （　） of him.
A. high; high
B. highly; highly
C. highly; high
D. high; highly

[单项选择]He has lived alone （） he was eighteen.
A. about
B. since
C. at
D. by

[单项选择]Although their lives changed, they ______ continued writing to one another.
A. ever
B. never
C. still
D. rather

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Passage 2
Debbie is a divorcee who lives with her children. She works in a doctor’ s office and enjoys the contact with people. Her son, John, age ten, stays with a neighbor both before and after school. Jennifer, her daughter, age five, goes to a day-care center.
Debbie’ s daily responsibility often seems overwhelming. Each morning she prepares breakfast, fixes bag lunches and organizes things she and the children need to take for the day. Debbie insists her children make their beds before leaving in the morning. Neither child, however, is able to meet her standards, so she usually makes the beds while they are eating. The children watch television and usually are not ready to leave when they should be. Debbie has been late to work several times during the last few months.
Debbie feels guilty for not being more a part of her children’ s day. John’ s teacher recently sent a note home that expressed concern about his behavior.
A. great in amount
B. annoying
C. troublesome
D. uncontrolled