[单项选择]Why was my mother disappointed
A. Because I didn’t show her my homework.
B. Because I didn’t show her my homework in time.
C. Because I didn’t do my homework.
D. Because my homework was done poorly.

[单项选择]Why was my mother disappointed（　）.
A. Because I didn’t show her my homework.
B. Because I didn’t show her my homework in time.
C. Because I didn’t do my homework.
D. Because my homework was done poorly.

[填空题]A new shirt was bought for me by my mother for my good grades in the exam.
→My mother______for my good grades in the exam.

[单项选择]Why is the man disappointed
A. The film keeps selling out.
B. The theater has stopped showing the film.
C. The viewing screen was too small.
D. The newspaper review was harsh.

[单项选择]Why was the woman disappointed
A. The tickets were sold out.
B. The play was not interesting.
C. She got tickets for an afternoon performance.
D. She got tickets for another night.

[单项选择]Why is Jack disappointed（）
A. Because he was late.
B. Because he didn’t pass the English test.
C. Because he didn’t pass the math test.
D. Because his math teacher criticized him seriously.

[填空题]Why was the speaker disappointed when they drove to Hollywood Because the place looked rather _________________.

[单项选择]I can’t understand why my boss is always （） fault with my work.
A. finding
B. seeking
C. looking
D. making

[单项选择]Why is their mother unhappy（）
A. Their father is unable to keep his promise.
B. Their father is going on a vacation without her.
C. Their father isn’t telling her the truth.
D. Their father doesn’t want to travel abroad.

[单项选择]The mother flatly rejected my suggestion that she （　） her daughter the next week.
A. meet
B. would meet
C. met
D. had met

[简答题]After my mother passed away, my dad tried even harder to stay healthy and active. Every morning, until the weather turned too cold, he swam in the turquoise pool in the complex where he lived. (86) Each day, no matter how he felt, he swam one more lap than the previous day, just to prove there was always room for improvement. Every few days he reported the new number of laps to me, pride edging his voice. By his late seventies, in spite of swimming and working six days a week, my dad had noticeably dwindled in strength and energy. By age eighty-one he was in poor health and had to retire. (87) He pretended he didn’t need to lean heavily on me for support as we walked slowly, and I pretended not to notice. His mind was clear, but congestive heart problems and disabling arthritis had worn him down. One day he said, “In case of an emergency, I do not wish to be kept alive by any extraordinary means. I’ve signed an official paper to this effect.” He smiled his wonderful,

[单项选择]I can’t understand why my boss is always _____fault with my work. 　
A. finding
B. seeking
C. looking
D. making

[单项选择]I still remember my happy childhood when my mother _______ take me to Disneyland at weekends.
A. might
B. must
C. would
D. should

[单项选择]When I was 13 my mother died. Through my own sorrow I was aware of the great loss this was to Pop. But he made only one reference to his own misery. He said, "To be happy every day is to be not happy at all." He was saying to his sons that happiness is not a state you achieve and keep, but something that must be won over and over, no matter what the defeats and losses.
Later that year I got a job as an entertainer in small clubs, and suddenly I knew this was the career I had been searching for. The world of the theater was far removed from the world of my father, yet I found myself returning to him time and again, for the same reason his friends did.
When I was 20 I got what every actor dreams of—a permanent job! At that time, at the depth of the depression, actors were out of work by the hundreds, yet I wanted to quit that job because I needed new experiences and challenges.
Pop heard me out, then said, "There are some people who always have to test themselves, to stret
A. the author to sing
B. the author’s big break in a major movie
C. Pop’s singing performance
D. some Hollywood film stars