Dear Mary, I just read your E-mail and thanks so much for inviting me on your birthday party on Sunday. I’d like very much take part in, but I had an exam on Monday morning. It is such important an exam that I can’t afford to fail it. I’ll have to spend all the whole weekend studying and prepare for it. So I’m really sorry that I won’t able to come. I’m sure you can understand. Let me take one chance to send you your early wishes Happy birthday and many happy return of the day.And please give my regard to your parents as well. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours, 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 Lily

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___26___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___27___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___28___ is.”

The song made her ___29___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___30___. As a young ___31___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___32___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___33___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___34___to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___35___time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___36___ at that time and she was ___37___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___38___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___39___ of nothing else. Then she ___40___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___41___. David asked her to be his ___42___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___43___,too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___44___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___45___.

26. A. sorry　　　　　　　　　　 B. successful　　　　　　 C. first　　　　　　　　　　 D. wonderful

27. A. dance　　　　　　　　　　 B. moment　　　　　　　　 C. show　　　　　　　　　　 D. party

28. A. voice　　　　　　　　　　 B. face　　　　　　　　　　　 C. dress　　　　　　　　　　 D. life

29. A. think of　　　　　　　　 B. bring back　　　　　　 C. go back　　　　　　　　 D. come back

30. A. age　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. friend　　　　　　　　　 C. mother　　　　　　　　 D. teacher

31. A. musician　　　　　　　　 B. pop star　　　　　　　　 C. lady　　　　　　　　　　 D. girl

32. A. French　　　　　　　　　 B. music　　　　　　　　　 C. piano　　　　　　　　　 D. dance

33. A. actress　　　　　　　　　 B. student　　　　　　　　 C. singer　　　　　　　　　 D. dancer

34. A. prepared　　　　　　　　 B. learning　　　　　　　　 C. driven　　　　　　　　　 D. waiting

35. A. some　　　　　　　　　　 B. any　　　　　　　　　　　 C. no　　　　　　　　　　　 D. enough

36. A. eight　　　　　　　　　　　 B. eighteen　　　　　　　　 C. eighty　　　　　　　　　 D. eighty-eight

37. A. lucky　　　　　　　　　　 B. sure　　　　　　　　　　　 C. afraid　　　　　　　　　 D. fond

38. A. fill　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. live　　　　　　　　　　　 C. lead　　　　　　　　　　 D. take

39. A. heard　　　　　　　　　　 B. knew　　　　　　　　　　 C. talked　　　　　　　　　 D. thought

40. A. saw off　　　　　　　　　 B. learned from　　　　 C. heard of　　　　　　　 D. met with

41. A. love　　　　　　　　　　　 B. feeling　　　　　　　　　 C. music　　　　　　　　　 D. touch

42. A. assistant　　　　　　　　 B. teacher　　　　　　　　 C. wife　　　　　　　　　　 D. student

43. A. him　　　　　　　　　　　 B. engineering　　　　　 C. herself　　　　　　　　　 D. music

44. A. certainly　　　　　　　　 B. possibly　　　　　　　　 C. only　　　　　　　　　　 D. mainly

45. A. thought　　　　　　　　 B. hope　　　　　　　　　　 C. purpose　　　　　　　　 D. will

25.　　　 Students are burdened with too much exercises, _______ their school grade.

A. aiming to improve　 B. aiming at improving　 C. aimed to improve D. aimed to improving 　

24. ---I hear there is an art gallery around here and could you tell me how to get to it, sir?

　 ---It is ______207 on the Fifth Avenue. Walk down this street and you ______.

A.　　 on; can’t miss it　 B. at; can’t avoid it　 C. on; can’t escape　 D. at; can’t miss it

23. Please give us a _______ explanation ______ why you have done so ______ in geometry in school.

　　 A. specific; to; well B. concrete; for; good　 C. general; to; wonderful D. specific; to; good

22. The district committee ______ having a big headache in ______ with the aggressive boys who make trouble now and then in the area.

　　 A. is; dealing　 B. are; dealing　 C. is; doing　 D. are; doing