通读短文, 掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Do you know the history of bowling(保龄球)? Scientists think that a game like bowling was 41 in Egypt thousands of years ago. Things look like the balls and bowling pins were found buried(埋葬)with a child who 　42 　around 5,200 B. C.

People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played in some churches in order to 　43 　that they were very good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more 　44 　than the others.

The first bowling place was built inside a very big building and 　45 　in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside just for fun.

During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for 　46 , so several cities made the game illegal(违法的). And later, a group 　47 　the American Bowling Congress(ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up(整顿)bowling and make it a gentleman’s game again. At that time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they 　48 　a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them.

Then, in 1916, a woman’s 　49 　named the Women’s International Bowling Congress(WIBC) made a point of showing that the game was fine for 　50 　men and women.

41.(　　 ) A. done　　　　　　 B. played　　　　　　　　　　 C. seen　　　　　　　　　 D. watched

42.(　　 ) A. died　　　　　　　 B. was dying　　　　　 C. dead　　　　　　　 D. death

43.(　　 ) A. tell　　　　　　　　 B. show　　　　　　　　　　 C. look　　　　　　　　　 D. say

44.(　　 ) A. possible　　　　 B. often　　　　　　　　　　　 C. time　　　　　　　　　 D. chance

45.(　　 ) A. closed　　　　　 B. built　　　　　　　　　　　 C. opened　　　 D. stopped

46.(　　 ) A. fun　　　　　　　　 B. pleasure　　　　　　　　 C. money　　　　　　　 D. health　　

47.(　　 ) A. calling　　　　　 B. calls　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. naming　　　 D. named

48.(　　 ) A. hanged　　　　 B. hang　　　　　　　　 　　　 C. hung　　　　　　　　 D. hunged

49.(　　 ) A. party　　　　　　　　　 B. group　　　　　　　 　　　 C. class　　　　　　　　 D. kind

50.(　　 ) A. between　　　 B. both　　　　　　　　 　　　 C. all　　　　　　　　　　 D. whole

根据对话内容，选出适当的一项完成下列对话。

A：Hello, Jim. I called you yesterday afternoon, but no one answered.

B：We were all out yesterday and got home very late.

A：(36)______

B：First my parents took me to Beijing Zoo. And then...

A：Beijing Zoo? That’s wonderful.(37)_____

B：Yes, thirty yuan for a person. By the way, have you ever been to the History Museum?

A：No, why?

B：Then we went to the History Museum.(38)_____ It’s only ten yuan for each person.

A：(39)______　　　　

B：Yes. But only my mother and I went to the museum, because my father met an old friend on the way to the museum, and went away with him.

A：(40)______

B：Yes, of course.

A. Another thirty yuan was enough.　

B. Did you have a good time?　

C. Where did you go?

D. The tickets for the museum are a little cheaper.

E. But the tickets are very expensive.

35. 我们快点，赶上前面的那一伙人。

Let’s hurry and ______ up ______ the group ahead.

34. 他尽力赶在火车开出之前到达车站。

　　　 He ______ his ______ to reach the station before the train left.

33. 明天我们打算去旅行。

We’re going ______ a______ tomorrow.

32. 谢谢你请我到你家里吃饭。

　　　 Thank you for ______ me to ______ dinner in your house.

根据汉语意思完成英语句子。

31. 如果他继续这样下去, 他会丢掉差事的。

　　　 If he ______　 ______ like this, he’ll lose his job.

30. They seem to have trouble.

______ seems ______ they have trouble.

29. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with the computer.

　　　　 ______ the ______ of 13, Bill started playing with the computer.

28. If you study hard, you will keep up with others.

　　　　 If you don’t study hard, you will ______　 ______ others.