40．I won’t go to the island _________．It’s not interesting at all．

    A．too much         B．any more                C．no more                  D．much too

    Time is important in our lives．But I didn’t realize（认识到）it until I   41  a watch from my father．It  42   me the importance of time in my life．I got this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the  43  at 9:00 a．m to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However，I forgot it   44  I was playing with my friends．Later on that day，around 11:00 a．I   45  my uncle．but I was late for him．He had got out of the plane and   46  a taxi to my father’s house．

    I got to my father’s house at 2:00 P．m   47  ．My father looked at me angrily．I said “hi” to him and my  48   uncle．My father asked me to sit   49  him and handed me this watch which was a gift from   50  ．It weighed 8 oz and all of it was made of silver．Then he said，”Essa，did you have fun  51  your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your   52  ．”I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again．Then he said，”This watch will be a reminder（提醒物）for you．I hope today you have learned something   53 ．”I learned a lesson from my father：to respect time and   54  be late．The watch is important to me，not because of its   55    ，but because of the lesson that I learned from it．

39．If it rains tomorrow，we will watch TV instead of _________ football．

  A．played                B．to play                    C．play                       D．playing

38．As everyone knows，a lot of waste we produce does harm _________ our environment．

  A．in                       B．at                           C．to                           D．for

37．As students，_________，we should study hard to be well prepared for the future．

  A．at all                   B．in all                      C．after all                  D．above all

36．Tom was _________ tired after a whole day’s work．

  A．a kind of             B．kind of                   C．bit of                     D．a bit of

35．”Thank you for offering us such a good meal．” “_________．”

  A．I’m glad you all enjoy it                          B．Don’t mention it

  C．Come here next time                               D．I can’t cook so well

34．Few of us like him because he thinks _________of others than of himself．

  A．a   little               B．more                      C．less                        D．much

33．The songs of S．H．E sound _______．Their CDs sell _________．

  A．well，well          B．good，well             C．well，good             D．good，good

32．”When does your mother go shopping?” “Usually _________ Sunday morning．”

  A．in                       B．on                          C．at                           D．for

31．_________ pretty，your dress is! Where did you get it?

    A．How               B．What                      C．How a                    D．What a