47. What did my friends plan to do?

A. They planned to leave the room as soon as possible.

B. They planned to sing as loudly as they could.

C. They planned to eat in the bathroom.

D. They had planned to come out of hiding places together

C

If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!” These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments(实验)to test the learn while you sleep method(方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them. Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day-and this does not affect(影响)his rest in any way. However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours - from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary(词汇)were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby(催眠曲)was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 oclock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.

46. I usually went into the ______ when I got home from school.

A. living room　　　 B. bedroom　　　　 C. bathroom　　　 D. dining room

45. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. I got home from school at 3 or 3:30 on the day of my birthday.

B. I dislike birthday parties held for me.

C. Henry agreed that he would not do anything on my birthday.

D. I knew there were some of my friends hiding in my room.

44. Which country did the friend come from?

A. China　　 　　　　B. America　　　　　 C. England　　　　　 D. Japan

B

If you know me well, you know I don't like birthday parties. At least, I don't like birthday parties given for me. I enjoy them when they’re for other people, but when they’re for me, I just don't like them.

I remember one birthday party some friends of mine had for me when I was a student at the university. Of course, I had told my best friend Henry that I didn't want a party and I made him promise he wouldn't do anything. He agreed. I should have known better than to believe him.

On the day of my birthday, we got home from school at about, oh, I don't know, three or half past three. we went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom and started to close the door when suddenly from behind the shower curtain(浴帘), a kind of strange female(女)voice started singing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.”

And then from all over the room, people joined in. There were about fifteen people hiding everywhere in the room.

They had got my roommate's key and got in earlier. They had all planned to come out of the hiding place just at the same time while singing. I guess I really upset their plans by going in just to wash my hands.

43. My friend telephoned me two hours later _______ .

A. from my home　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. at the airport

C. in his office　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. from my neighbor's house

42. My friend climbed into the room because ________ .

A. there was an apple tree outside　　　　　　 B. the living room window was left open

C. he had difficulty opening the door　　　　　 D. he hadn't found the key

41. An old friend of mine called _______.

A. to tell me to meet him at the airport　　　 B. to tell me about his arrival

C. to ask me to leave the office　　　　　　　　 D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival

39. A. as　　　　　　　 B. that　 　　　　C. so　　　　　　　 D. such

38. A. forget　　　　　 B. show　　　　　 C. disagree　　　　 D. admit