39．A．Since　　 　　　　　 B．Before　　 　　　　　　　　 C．While 　　　　　　　　 D．After

38．A．alone　　 　　　　　 B．along　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．away 　　　　　　　　　 D．around

37．A．puzzling　　 　　 B．terrible　　 　　　　　　　　 C．interesting 　　　 D．harmful

36．A wrote　　 　　　　　　 B．read　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．told 　　　　　　　　　　 D．imagined

40. A．husband　　　　 B．children　　　　　　 C．relatives　　　　　 D．neighbors

答案 　21－25 CCDBC　　 26－30 ADACB　 31－35 CABBA　　 36－40 DBACB

Passage 72

(辽宁省沈阳二中2010届高三上学期期中考试)

　 Many people believe everything or almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio．A few years ago I　 36　 a story about a husband and wife who made a　 37　 mistake．They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby　 38　 　with them．After they had finished their

　shopping，they returned to their car to go home．　 39　 they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that　 40　 rode in for safety．The couple then　 41　 in their car towards

home．After they had driven a few miles．They　 42　 the back seat to see how the baby was．To

their surprise，they baby was not there．According Io the　 43　 ，the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had　 44　 to put him inside the car．They had driven away

　with the baby on the top of the car．

　　 The couple drove back　 45　 the store but did not find the baby．They called the police，and police said that they　 46　 their baby and that the baby was　 47　 ．The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been　 48　 by his plastic seat．The　 49　 couple took their baby home and were always careful after that．

There was one thing 　50　 　with the story．It was not true．Stories such as this one are often

　 51　 　in newspapers and on radio and television．Because they are read and heard 　52　 　that

usually report the truth，many people believe them．People also believe them because，like the

story　 53　 ，their have something unusual or frightening about them．What is　 54　 is that

newspaper and radio reporters　 55　 believe them．

39．A．gets　　　　　 B．gives　　　　　　　 C．deserves　　　　 D．delivers

38．A．times　　　　　 B．days　　　　　　　 C．months　　　　　 D years

37．A．asked　　　　　 B．told　　　　　　　 C．ordered　　　　　 D required

36. A. interrupting　　　 B．disliking　　　　　　 C．representing　　　 D．remaining

35.　 A．grown　　　　 B．pleased　　　　　　 C．trained　　　　　 D．well-behaved