44. A. son                        B. dog                   C. daughter                   D. husband

  43. A. caught                   B. gave                 C. took                         D. sent

  42. A. liked                      B. took                  C. preferred                  D. hated

  41. A. best                       B. least                  C. worse                       D. bad

  40. Half of the fruit in that basket ___________ bad.

    A. is                            B. are                   C. do                    D. does

III. 完形填空（10%）

    Mrs. Brown, a rich woman, lived with Benny. She liked Benny very much. She made little coats for him and gave him the ____41____ food. Benny grew fatter every day. Mrs. Brown didn’t want to take him out for long walks because she ____42____ long walks herself, for she was also very fat.

    One day Benny became ill. He lay on the floor and would not eat anything. Mrs. Brown was very afraid, so she ____43____ him to the doctor. As soon as the doctor saw Benny, he knew what had happened. “Will you leave your ____44____ behind with me for two days?”he asked Mrs. Brown. “I am sure I will make him eat.”She ____45____. When the woman had left, the doctor told his man to put Benny in a little room and give him only cold water.

    Mrs. Brown came to the doctor’s house two days later. The doctor brought Benny to her. He looked like a ____46____ dog. He jumped into Mrs. Brown’s arms.“Does he eat now?”the ____47____ asked. Then the doctor gave some bread to Benny, “Bread!”cried Mrs. Brown.“Benny ____48____ eats bread!”But before she finished speaking, Benny had eaten up the bread!

    Mrs. Brown ____49____ the doctor. She paid some money to him, “What ____50____ did you use?”“Water only!”the doctor smiled.

  39. He stayed up late last night so he felt ___________ today.

    A. sleeping            B. sleepy               C. asleep               D. sleep

  38. Is it _____________ that a _____________ tiger has been seen in the village?

    A. true...real          B. truly...real         C. real...true          D. really...true

  37. I am not sure _____________ English is spoken in South Africa or not.

    A. if                            B. whether             C. that                   D. weather

  36. The old man ____________ at the age of 90.

    A. had died            B. has been dead    C. was died            D. died

  35. Look out! The traffic is moving fast. It’s _______ dangerous ___________ cross the street.

    A. very...to            B. so...to               C. much...to          D. too...to