education and health care.

　　A．presentations B．applications

　　C．qualifications D．appreciations

　　解析：选B　句意：到目前为止，美国联邦政府已经发布了252个申请，覆盖领域包括教育和医疗保健。presentation"展示"； application"申请，应用"； qualification"资格"； appreciation"欣赏"。根据语境可知B项正确。

　　9．-Whom did you ________ the wall?

　　-Jack.There ________ masses of things for him to do, but he managed to finish the work as required.

　　A．have painted; was B．have paint; were

　　C．have to paint; were D．have paint; was

　　解析：选B　句意："你们让谁粉刷的墙？""杰克。虽然有大量事情需要他做，但他总是努力按照要求做好。"第一空是短语"have sb.do sth."结构，此处是特殊疑问句形式，故用have paint；第二空的谓语动词取决于后面的"masses of things"，故用复数形式were，故B项正确。

　　10．It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any ________.

　　A．shadow B．similarity

　　C．sample D．symptom

　　解析：选D　shadow"阴影，影子，阴暗处"； similarity"类似，相似点"； sample"样品，样本"； symptom"症状，迹象"。根据语境可知D项正确。

III.完形填空

　　Mr.Jackson was blind from birth.He owned a fruit __1__ on a very busy street.__2__ he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely.He could see nothing and he could only __3__ the things within his reach.__4__， he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.

　　One day his son came to him.He told Mr.Jackson in __5__ that he read in the newspaper of a __6__ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see.The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the __7__.

After the operation, the doctor asked Mr.Jackson："What is the first thing you are __8__ to see when I take the bandages off？"He replied，"I really want to see my beautiful __9__ on my stand！"