7. When food supplies were cut off that winter, the sick and wounded soldiers managed to_______ on wild herbs.

A. scrape up
B. scrape by
C. live through
D. go through

8. ________ reasoning works from the more general to the more specific. Sometimes this is informally called a "top-down" approach.

A. Effective
B. Inventive
Creative
Deductive

9. A new house of any size was now almost invariably________.

A. vertical
B. systematical
C. symmetrical
D. reciprocal

10. Allied armies________ France from the Nazis----- she is free now.

A. liberated
B. alleviated
C. emancipated
D. released

11. The inhabitants of the island________ their drinking water ________ underground sources.

A. picked------up
B. pulled------out
C. drew------from
D. extracted------from

12. The governors are passing welfare reforms that expand employment, limit dependency, and_______ parasitic social workers.

A. displace
B. replace
C. discharge
D. display

13. Our newspapers try to cater________ all opinions.

A. to
B. for
C. with
D. up

14. He could_______ forget about the experience________ he could forget his own name.

A. no rather---than
B. no more---than
C. not more---than
D. not rather---than

15. There were times_______ he thought his career might be over after he suffered a knee injury last December.

A. that
B. what
C. how
D. when

16. Translation(20'). Directions: Translate the following paragraph into English.中国民间故事(Chinese folktale)是中国文化的财富。它展示了中国人民如何追求爱情和更美好的生活。中国的故事多种多样，尤其是民间故事。主流的中国民间故事可以分为两种：一种是关于人们如何为了自己的梦想而奋斗;另一种是关于人们如何在神的帮助下过上好日子。中国有56个民族，其中55个是少数民族。民间故事吸收了少数民族的信仰和习俗。