The word "guarantee" in Paragraph 2, Line 2 is closest in meaning to
A．security
B．agreement
C．insurance
D．direction

The statement that "Love is blind" is all too true. People in love need to depend on others to help them separate their idealization of who they think their lover is from the reality of who their counterpart（对方) really is. That is one reason why I don't advise Internet dating since it is very difficult to get realistic impressions of supposed Internet counterparts.
Sadly, students have told me that as soon as people finally reach the point of marriage, "true love dies". I disagree. It is not the end of true love, but the beginning of realistic love. I have been married for 21 years in a cross-cultural marriage. Despite the difficulties of such marriage, I love my wife now more than ever before. But that does not mean my emotions are always the same as when I first fell in love. As a matter of fact, love is more than emotion; it's both a decision and a commitment（承诺，奉献).
True love must include making a self sacrificial（自我牺牲的) commitment to always work for another person's good. I like to think that falling in love is like a match lighting a candle. It can start a love relationship. But it doesn't "hold a candle" to the true lifelong realistic commitment that makes true love last for life. Unlike a candle, true love will not grow tired and eventually bum out, but will grow ever deeper throughout a lifetime.
People in love usually can't __ their idealization of their lover from the reality.
A．separate
B．connect
C．depend on
D．think

A．Less than $500.
B．$500.
C．More than $500.
D．$40.

The sentence "Our planet has shrunk" underlined in Paragraph 1 means that______.
A．the earth has become physically smaller
B．the more advanced ways of traveling has made the distance between countries shorter
C．the traditional concept of our planet has become out-of-date
D．modern means of communication has made it much easier for people to communicate with each other from different parts of the world

This Month's Exhibition
Name: Scientific and Technological Inventions since Second World War
Time: 8: 30-16: 00, from Monday to Friday, September
Place: Exhibition Center, St. Loais
Fare: 2. 5 dollars
Limitation: 120 persons /day
Corporate visit should make an appointment
E-mail: club@exhibition stl@gnail. com
To: Reception Office, Exhibition Center, St. Louis
From: TPR Software Company
Subject: Make an appointment for visiting the Exhibition on Scientific and Technological Inventions
Ladies or gentlemen,
We were very pleased to learn from the local media that many important and valuable inventions of science and technology made since the Second World War are now on display in your exhibition hall. We all know that there have been a large number of scientific and technical achievements, the application of which has been a large changing our total view of the world. The past six decades in particular have witnessed the birth of many new theories. They deal with almost everything in all fields of human activities. Thanks to the industrious efforts of scientists, human's life has been daily improving. Today, science and technology are advancing in our country much more rapidly than at any time in the past. They are being applied to the needs of production and life. We, young technical workers, intend in all eagerness to make in-depth studies of national and international trends of science in various fields. To do this, it is necessary for us to get well known of the lates result of scientific researchers.
We sincerely write to ask an appointment to visit your exhibition. We will very much appreciate it if you can arrange for our colleagues about 32 persons to come on Sept. 26, 2009, this Friday.
Thank you in advance for a favorable reply at your earliest convenience.
Regards,
TPR Software Company
How many people are allowed to visit the exhibition center every week？
A．500
B．600
C．400
D．700

The young man was advised to Go West to______.
A．find and accumulate more wealth
B．get more free land for the family
C．be the pioneers of the West
D．expand the country's territory