5. A. out of sight 　　　　　　 B. visible 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. big 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. clear

4. A. full　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. half 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. bright 　　　　　　　　　 D. part

3. A. occurred 　　　　　　　　 B. came 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. ran 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. went

2. A. deal with 　　　　　　　　 B. do with 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. develop with 　　　 D. form into

1. A. wish 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wait 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. hope 　　　　　　　　　　 D. expect

55.A.customers　　 　B. friends　　　　 　C. strangers　　　　　D. conductors

答案36-40 CABDA　　　　 41-45 BCBCC　 　　 46-50 BABCD　 51-55 DBBAC　 　

Passage 2

Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't 　1　 　it to be blue - the name has nothing to 　2　 　the color of our closest celestial(天体) neighbor.

A full moon 　3　 　on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the 　4　 　moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be 　5　 　in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up 　6　 　New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.

However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse(月蚀) on New Year's Eve when　 7　 　of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The 　8　 　will not be visible in the Americas.

A full moon occurs 　9　 　29.5 days, and most years have 12.　 10　 , an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The 　11　 time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't 　12　　 again until 2028.

Blue moons have no astronomical 　13　 , said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

"`Blue moon' is just a　 14　 in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,'" Laughlin said in an e-mail.

The popular definition of blue moon　 15　 after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misunderstood the Maine Farmer's Calendar and marked a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the calendar 　16　 a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.

Though Sky & Telescope corrected the　 17　 decades later, the definition caught on. For purists(语言纯正癖者), however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a 　18　 moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season.

In a tongue-in-cheek essay 　19　 on the magazine's Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: "If skies are clear when I'm　　 20　 celebrating, I'll take a peek(眯着眼睛看) at that brilliant orb(天体) as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it's an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I'll just howl."

54.A.earlier　　　　 　B.sooner　　　　　 　C. later　　　　　　　 　D. former

53.A.owning　　　　 　B.wearing　　　　 C. hating　　　　　　 　D. losing

52.A.in　　　　　　 　　B.to　　　　　　　 　C. down　　　　　　　 D. on

51.A.left　　　　　 　　B. saving　　　　 　 C. borrowed　　　　D. remaining