[单项选择]She tried hard, but still couldn’t make us ______ our mind.
[A] to change [B] change [C] turn [D] to turn

[填空题]The foreigner tried his best, but he still couldn’t make his point (understand) ______.

[单项选择]I tried hard, but I couldn’t find the ______ to the problem.
A. solution
B. help
C. reply
D. demand

[单项选择]Although she was still ill, she （　） herself from the hospital.
A. extracted
B. discharged
C. injected
D. drained

[单项选择]No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t ______ of what the old woman said.
A. work out
B. make sense
C. make sure
D. figure out

[单项选择]They all study hard but she studies the hardest __________.
A. all B. of all C. in all D. all in all

[单项选择]A. Alice worked so hard that she was soon offered the manager’s job.
B. Alice didn’t expect that she would be given the manager’s job.
C. Alice got the job she wanted with the help from the manager.
D. Alice didn’t enjoy the manager’s job and she quitted, to everyone’s surprise.

[单项选择]

The natural environment still manages to fill us with a sense of awe and amazement. Despite the amount of scientific knowledge mankind has gathered, nature still holds great mysteries that we may never be able to unravel. This complexity has continually daunted man.(66)______As a result, we have distanced ourselves from the earth, even though our survival is completely dependent on it. We are now trying to regain our close connection to nature.
(67)______Referred to as "natural architecture", it aims to create a new, more harmonious, relationship between man and nature by exploring what it means to design with nature in mind.
The roots of this movement can be found in earlier artistic shifts like the "land art" movement of the late nineteen sixties. Although this movement was focused on protesting the austerity of the gallery and the commercialization of art, it managed to expand the formal link between art and nature. (68)______
The mo
A. This has helped develop a new appreciation of nature in all forms of art and design.
B. Instead, the structures deliberately expose the natural materials used in the building process.
C. The core concept of the movement is that mankind can live harmoniously with nature, changing and using it for our needs
D. There is an emerging art movement that is exploring mankind’s desire to reconnect to the earth, through the built environment.
E. Because of this, the results often resemble native architecture, reflecting the desire to return to a less technological world.
F. In frustration, we try to control nature by enforcing order.

[填空题]"The days that make us happy make us wise." I first read this line by England’s poet John Masefield. It startled me. What did he mean Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the (47) was true. But the confidence and certainty in his words (48) my attention. I could not forget it.
Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a (49) observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not hidden in anxiety or (50) , and without the blind spots caused by fear.
Active happiness-not mere (51) -often comes suddenly, like an April shower. Then you (52) what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are (53) ; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eye glasses (54) your spiritual vision.
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to