[判断题]The term“before”referring to date of shipment is inclusive of the date mentioned．( )

[判断题]In the term of shipment“until”referring to date of shipment will be understood to exclude the date mentioned．( )

[单项选择]

M: Have you finished your term paper I handed it in last Thursday.
W: I finished typing it at five o’ clock this morning. I have to hand it in by noon today.

When must the girl turn in her term paper（　）.
A. By five o’clock.
B. Late in the afternoon.
C. Thursday night.
D. By twelve o’clock.

[填空题]I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die.
The only light in her room is coming from a piece of medical equipment, which is flashing its red light as if is warning. As I stand there, the smell hits my nose, and I close my eyes as I remember the smell of decay from past experience. In my mouth I have a sour, vinegar taste coming from the pit of my stomach. I reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye.
Mrs. Clark is dying. She lies motionless: the head seems unusually large on a skeleton body; the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide; the right arm lies straight out at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in; the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with th