9. You'd better take something to read when you go to see the doctor ________you have to wait.

　　A. even if B. as if

　　C. in case D. in order that

　　解析：选C。in case 连词词组，"以防；万一"，后可跟句子，作副词时，可放在句末。

　　10. While in university，we were offered a number of afterschool activities to ________our social skills.

　　A. create B. grow

　　C. develop D. settle

　　解析：选C。develop表示"发展"。句意：大学期间我们有许多课外活动来发展我们的社交技能。

　　Ⅱ. 完形填空

　　(2009年日照二模)I was on my lunch break in the city，enjoying a salad at an outdoor cafe, when a shabby homeless lady came walking towards me. She was yelling and__1__ everyone who walked past her for spare__2__and she looked like a mess. My__3__reaction was fear. . . to close off and hope she didn't come near me, but she did. I was on the phone and when she__4__yelling, I said，"I'm on the phone，"in the nicest way I could, assuring myself what she needed was a lesson in__5__. She walked away, mumbling(自言自语)，"I'm __6__ you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll leave. "And she turned the corner.

　　__7__，I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn't __8__. Without another thought, I looked in my__9__for the spare change I had. Even I started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything-for all of the change I could__10__ find to give.

　　I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I __11__. She held my hand and said, "Thank you！"Her hand was__12__and dirty，but I didn't mind__13__her hand. I wanted to be there for her for some reason，when normally I would__14__the other way. She looked at me and said，"Will you touch my face？"And for some reason, I did. I put my hand on her cheek and she started to __15__. I could __16__it was as if she had not been touched by a loving，soft hand in ages，__17__，and so I held it there, trying to__18__ her with my heart open. It was powerful.

　　She thanked me and walked away quietly. And I walked away with an open heart, trying to__19__ sense of what had just happened. It changed something in me and has made me want to be a __20__ person to the people I meet during my day.

　　【解题导语】　现代社会人们看不起穷人，总是尽量避开他们。本文作者通过自己的亲身经历告诉我们，穷人也有自尊，也希望被人尊重。

　　1. A. greeting　　　　　　　　　　B. praising

C. applying D. begging

解析：选D。从上句"a shabby homeless lady came walking towards me"可知，她在向路过的人讨钱。D. 乞求。A. 打招呼；B. 表扬；C. 申请。

　　2. A. change B. room

C. clothes D. food

解析：选A。从第二段第二句". . . for the spare change I had"可知，她在向路人乞讨钱。

　　3. A. usual B. instant

C. last D. general

解析：选B。从前文可知，她看上去很邋遢，可知"我"当即的反应就是害怕。A. 往常的；B. 当即的；C. 最后的；D. 总的。故选B。

　　4. A. came across B. came out

C. came over D. came through

解析：选C。从上句". . . hope she didn't come near me, but she did. "可知"我"在打电话她正喊着朝这边(came over)走来。

　　5. A. attitude B. trouble

C. practice D. manners

解析：选D。"我"在打电话，她还叫着向我讨钱，说明"我"想给她在礼貌上(manners)上一课。A. 态度；B. 麻烦；C. 惯例，练习。只有manners符合语境。

　　6. A. calling B. hurting

C. annoying D. abusing