59. A. teach 　　　 　　 B. punish 　 　　　　 　　 C. treat 　　　 　　 　　 D. take care of

58. A. students 　　 　　 B. children 　　 　　 　　 C. daughters 　 　　 　　 D. uncles

57. A. friends 　　 　　 B. parents 　　 　　　　 C. servants 　　 　　 　　 D. family

56. A. never 　　　 　　 B. also 　　　　 　　 　　 C. always　　　 　　 　　 D. fairly

40.　 A. kept　　　　 　 B. held　　　　 　　 C. addicted　　　　　 　 D. stuck

21-25 CABAC　　 26-30 ADCDD　　 31-35 DADAA　　　　 36-40 BCCCC

As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sign of pleasure.

They had thought they had 　56　 　been able to get away on this holiday, their first holiday alone, without the 　57 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mrs Malloy’s mother to look after Freddic and George, their 　58 , while a neighbour had agreed to 　59 　Annabelle, their cat, for their two-week holiday. 　60 　there had been the problem of taking their leave from work at the 　61 　time, all the trouble of getting their 　62 　and make sure the 　63 　was clear what Annabelle liked to eat. 　64 　they had wondered whether it was all worthwhile. But they were 　65 　on a plane heading for Spain.

　　 Mrs Malloy was still a bit 　66 　about the thought of eating strange 　67 　food, and had some real English tea and tins in her bag 　68 　Mr Malloy wondered whether the few Spanish phrases he had 　69 　in six weeks of evening classes would be 　70 　to talk to the natives, and anxiously 　71 　his bilingual (双语的) phrase book.

　　 Now everything was sure to be all right, 　72 　they had read quite a few stories about the troubles people 　73 　abroad. They were quite sure troubles wouldn’t 　74 　them. They just had to sit back and look forward to the good time in 　75 .

39.　 A. short　　　　 　 B. lack　　　　　 　 C. waste　　　　　　 　 D. little

38.　 A. uselessness　 　 B. noise　　　　 　 C. nonsense　　　　　 　 D. rubbish

37.　 A. kept　　　　 　 B. held　　　　　 　 C. caught　　　　　 　　 D. killed

36.　 A. good　　　　 　 B. fortunate　　 　 C. safely　　　　　 　　 D. healthy

35.　 A. herself　　　　 B. her　　　　　 　　 C. anybody else　　　 　 D. everyone