39.A. surely　　 　　　　　　　 B. hurriedly　　　　　 　 C. dangerously　　　 　 D. fully

38. A. in no time　 　　　　　 B. at the time　 　　 　　　 C. for a while　　　　 　 D. on time

37. A. father　　 　　　　　　　 B. mother　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. teacher　　　　　 D. own

36. A. got　　　 　　　　　　　 B. left　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. went　　　　　　 　 D. hurried

35. _______ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped ___________.

A. Tiring; to admire　　 B. Being tired; admiring 　C. Tired; admiring D. Tired; to admire

SECTION B (18marks)

　　 Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

　　 One morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of the ship “S. S. Panama”. Rua Parori 　　36 　home immediately, against the wishes of his 　37 　, to see the fire at the ship. It was a good thing that he did, because the was nobody else around, and 　38　 , the small fire grew　 39　 big.

　　 Young Rua stood at the 　40 　of the stairway up to the ship, and shouted at the top of his voice. He　 　41　 the port workers living downstairs, who were enjoying a Sunday morning in bed.

　 The S. S. Panama was one of the six 　42　 　ships in port at the time, all of them within twenty-five metres of old buildings, shops and houses, of wood. 　43 　, the S. S. Panama was carrying oil, as well as paint, and paper from ports in the Far East.

　The fire 　44　 　hundreds of boxes of paper, which made the fire spread very quickly. The end of the ship now black with smoke, but 　45　 　to Rua Parori, the fire did not 　46　 　the paint or the oil

　Rua was also lucky, because his father was pleased 　47　 　angry with him.

34. The past year has been successful and, __________ ahead, we expect to do even better in the coming months.

A. look　　　　　　　 B. looking　　　　　　 C. to look　　　　 D. looked

33. -----What are you up to these days?

　 ------ I___________ for my university entrance exams.

A. have studied　　　 B. have been studying　 C. had studied　　 D. was studying

32. __________ the Internet is bridging the distance between people, it may also be breaking some families.

A. Once　　　　　　　 B. Since　　　　　　 C. While　　 　　　D. If

31. I ___________ in a middle school for fifteen years, so I’m quite used to the job here.

　 A. worked　　　　　　 B. have worked　　　 C. had worked　　　 D. was working

30. I forget where I read the article. Or I ___________ _ it to you.

　 A. will show　　　　　 B. would show　　　　 C. showed　　　　 D. had showed