A．They live in London.
B．It is their first time in England.
C．They study in Scotland

A．that  
B．why
C．what  
D．how

     "Today is the day I start the big diet (节食)," I told my wife as I raised my hand and   __1__,
"No chocolate today!"
     "Oh, has the hospital gift shop   __2__   selling it?" she asked.
     "No," I said. "I'll just have to   __3__   my strong determination."
     But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton had been there   __4__. I knew my
promise would   __5__   disappear. Because if Benton had things his way, I'd always be eating a
piece of candy from the   __6__   bag he often shared with me.
     Benton was an eightyearold boy who was    __7__    because of a kind of cancer, which caused
him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen   __8__   old. For the next twentysix months, he was
in and out of our hospital. For nearly four years, it seemed   __9__   Benton could beat the disease,
until one Friday afternoon in April 2009, when he   __10__   a headache and lost   __11__   on his
right side. His mom   __12__   him to the hospital.
     Over the next several months, Benton came to our   __13__ many more times. Each time he came,
we   __14__    say hello, while Benton answered the   __15__   by holding out a candy from his bag.
     So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes  
__16__   but not looking into this world.
     "We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to have some?" his mother asked.
     Without thinking of my diet, I   __17__   into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched.
It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece   __18__   me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Benton's   __19__. As I __20__   it up, I opened the candy and ate it.

    Although there are many ways in which people communicate through speech, public speaking
has probably received more study and attracted more attention than any other. Politicians winning
an election, salespeople presenting products and etc. All depend upon this form of public
communication. Even people who do not make speaking a part of their daily work are often asked
to make public speeches: students at graduation, for instance, or members of churches, clubs or
other organizations. Nearly everyone speaks in public at some time or other, and those who perform
the task well often become leaders.
    There are many reasons for speaking in public. A public speaker may hope to teach an audience
about new ideas, or provide information about some topic. Creating a good feeling or entertaining
an audience may be another purpose.  Public speakers, however, most often seek to persuade an
audience to accept new opinions, to take certain actions, or to see the world in a new way.
    Public speakers usually know well in advance when they are scheduled to make a speech.
Consequently, they are able to prepare their message before they deliver it.  Sometimes, though,
speakers must deliver the message unprepared, or off the cuff, such as when they are asked to
speak at a wedding reception or to participate in an interview.
    When they do not have to speak unprepared, most speakers write their own speeches. Politicians
and business managers sometimes employ professional writers who prepare their speeches for them.
These professional writers may work alone or in small teams. Although the speaker may have some
ideas into the contents of the speech, the writers sometimes have a great influence over the opinions
expressed by their employers. Regardless of how a speech is prepared, the person who delivers it is 
given credit for its effect upon its hearers.