[单项选择]My former school is now very different from （　） it was when I was there.
A. what
B. where
C. that
D. which

[填空题]The school isn’t near my home.
The school is （） my home.

[单项选择]How does the English school system work now
A. Children will have to take an examination at the age of eleven.
B. Most children can leave school before the age of sixteen.
C. Children don’t have to take an examination at the age of sixteen.
D. Most children start school at the age of fiv

[单项选择]My home is about ______ from my school.
A. 15 minutes
B. 10 minute’s ride
C. 20 minutes by bike
D. 15-minute’s on foot.

[单项选择]
How is George White now[A] He is very strong now.[B] He is still weak and stays in the hospital.[C] He is recovering gradually.

[单项选择]My old school friend comes to see me now and then. The underlined part means（　）
A. seldom
B. sometimes
C. once a year
D. never

[简答题]TOPIC
Private cars are very popular now in China especially in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of owning a car in a big city.

[多项选择]Cell phones are very popular now; even the primary school students hold one everyday. What do you think of its advantages and disadvantages Write an essay of about 120 words to state your opinions.

[单项选择]______ in the traffic jam, he got to school very late this morning.
A. Having caught
B. Be caught
C. Being caught
D. Caught

[单项选择]How is the school now
A. It’s not as good as it was.
B. It’s better than it used to be.
C. It’s even worse than people say.

[单项选择]The secretary and manager ______ very busy now.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were

[单项选择]We returned school late from a party and found the door of the students’ apartment （）
A. had closed
B. close
C. to close
D. closed

[单项选择]How’s the school now
A. It’s not as good as it was.
B. It’s better than it used to be.
C. It’s even worse than people say.

[填空题]I’m sorry I am very busy now. If I had time, I (come) ______ to see you.

[单项选择]It is __________ from my school to the railway station.
A. two-hours walk
B. two-hour’s walk
C. two-hour walk
D. a two-hour walk

[单项选择]
For several years now my newsagent has been spelling my name incorrectly. Every morning I glance hopelessly at the top right - hand corner of my newspaper and wince. There is something vaguely uplifting about seeing one’s own name, one’s correct name written out in blue pencil at the top of a newspaper; and there is something litterly degrading about seeing one’s name carelessly distorted. I have mentioned the matter to my newsagent several times, but it makes no difference. He is a surly, militant, independent devil, a monopolist of the worst kind.
He does not realise of course that his carelessness causes me endless trouble and no little embarrassment. I take my newspaper to the office, I read it on the train, and the people with whom I travel mispronounce my name because they have only the newsagent’s written instruction to go on. When I fail to recognise my spoken name they look at me suspiciously —— as though I
A. the newsagent wanted to revenge on the author’s habit of frequently changing the order
B. the newsagent was intentional to punish Topham
C. the newsagent was careless and opinionated
D. the newsagent was reluctant to write the author’s name in a correct way