[填空题]We called him our Christmas Boy because he came to us during that season of joy, _____________(当时他生下来才六天).

[填空题]We called him our Christmas Boy because he came to us during that season of joy, _____________(当时他生下来才六天).

[填空题]We called him, wrote to him, and e-mailed him, but he did not (act) ______ for quite some time.

[单项选择]I （　） him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays.
A. ought to have sent
B. couldn’t have sent
C. must have sent
D. needn’t have sent

[单项选择]Last Thursday a doctor came m our school to talk about the harm of smoking. He said he wouldn’t go on for too long, and we saw him take his wrest-watch off and lay it on the table. I can’t remember what he said about smoking, because Bob and I had other things to think about. He fin ished when the bell rang for play-time, and the headmaster told us to go out.
In the playground Bob showed me the watch. He put it on his wrist, and it looked love ly. I wished I had been the one to sit by the table. It was really a beautiful watch, gold by the look of it. The headmaster came outside then, and the doctor was with him. They walked about, looking around and talking all the time. After a while the bell rang, and we got into our lines, ready to go in.
The headmaster said, "I’ve got a little job for boys. This doctor, who was giving us a talk just now, has lost his watch in the playground. It happened before, he says- it just slips off his wrist. So look around for it, will you See if
A. not thinking about anything
B. thinking about the harm of smoking
C. thinking about the watch and how to get it, perhaps
D. thinking that the headmaster was very clever

[单项选择] I was 13 when Benji came into our lives. With his deep brown eyes, floppy ears and cheerful disposition, he was my constant companion throughout my teenage years. We would play together in the garden, and take long walks over the hills behind the house and being a dog, he seemed to have a sympathy for my problems that went deeper than words could express. He was my best friend. Benji left us about 15 years ago for that great kennel in the sky. But recently I’’ve been thinking about him a lot. Was he really conscious Could any animal have consciousness like we do Does it matter whether animals are conscious or not For many, it is a matter of life and death. On the one hand, animal research has helped prevent some of the most pressing human diseases, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, "mad cow" disease, malaria, cystic fibrosis and emphysema. On the other hand, this research is performed largely on chimps, our closest nonhuman relatives, with whom we share 98.4% of our gen
A. He ran away.
B. He became conscious.
C. He died.
D. He was the author’’s best friend.