[单项选择]It is over two years since my brother （　） the army.
A. joins
B. joined
C. has joined
D. had joined

[单项选择]My （　） brother two years older than I is a computer illiterate (电脑盲).
A. elder
B. older
C. younger
D. old

[单项选择]My brother （） college for over three years.
A. has gone to
B. has been to
C. has been in

[填空题]His brother joined the army three years ago. His brother______ ______ ______the army for three years.

[填空题]Since World War Two, especially in the last few decades of the 20th century, large groups of foreigners have come and settled in the United States. The{{U}} (11) {{/U}}is that many Americans speak a foreign language at home. Today, one in seven Americans speaks a language{{U}} (12) {{/U}}English. Spanish is the leading foreign language spoken by 17 million Americans. All together, 31.8 million Americans speak 329 foreign languages in the{{U}} (13) {{/U}}. That means there is an increase of 34 percent in foreign language usage since 1980. Asian languages are used by 14 percent of foreign language speakers. That{{U}} (14) {{/U}}the new wave of immigrants from Asian countries{{U}} (15) {{/U}}India, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. However, fewer European languages are heard in American families than before.

[单项选择]Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military （）in the coastal city.
A. goals
B. aims
C. targets
D. destinations

[填空题]Task 5
It was years since I had visited my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my stay. I went to see my old friend, Tom Clark, who, among other things, was a member of the Local Council. At the time Tom was busy making arrangements for a distinguished writer to give a talk on modem literature at the town library. As the subject interested me a great deal, I gladly accepted Tom’s invitation to go with him.
Tom was going to introduce the guest speaker and that evening we went to the library to meet him. Since he had not yet arrived, l left Tom and went into the Reading Room where a large audience had already gathered. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was due to begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he had just received a telephone message from the writer’s secretary. Our guest speaker had missed the train and would