--- I was trying to repair that stupid machine, but I failed.

--- Well, you_______.

 A. needn’t do that  B. needn’t have done   C. needn’t have      D. needn’t

Two thieves came to a house to steal something.They dug a hole in the wall of the house.There lived many mice in the house.The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl（爬行）into the house.“Look！In comes one，”she said to the man in the house.The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside，“She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him，so he said，“Let us two try to crawl into the house together.”At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house，too.The woman saw the mice and shouted，“In come two，catch them！” The two thieves were terribly frightened.The man in the house said，“You saw them come in but where are they？ I will catch them tonight.”The two thieves started running away at once.

The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before.The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house.The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields.The rein（缰绳）broke and the woman came home for a rope.She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some.She picked out two which looked like mice.At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up.The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said，“How they look like the two of last night.”The man said，“I asked you to fetch a rope，why don’t you hurry for it？”The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes.

44.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because______.?

A.they were found out

B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

C.they didn’t work together well with each other

D.mice stopped them from doing so

45.From the last paragraph，we know that ______.

A.the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes

B.the woman recognized the two thieves

C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them

D.the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all

46.“______”is the best title for this passage.

A.Two Clever Thieves                                       B.Terrible Mice

C.Hit the Mark by a Fluke（歪打正着）            D.A Clever Couple

47.Which of the following statements is WRONG？

A.The man let the woman go home for a rope，which would be used for catching the thieves.

B.Whenever they found mice，the people in the house would try to catch them.

C.The two thieves ran away at once，because they thought the woman had seen them.

D.The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes.

Janet as well as the other young people who          sent abroad by the government        brought up in a small town.

A. was, was             B. was, were         C. were, were       D. were, was

The bell rang and came in Mr.Brown,    a book in his hand. Then the class began.

A．for                         B．when               C．with                D．while

—What does this sentence mean ?

  --- It seems to me that it ________.

A. doesn’t make sense B. doesn’t have sense  C. doesn’t make meaning D. doesn’t be meaningful

III. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a     26     in the waiting area,     27     him it would be at least 40 minutes     28     someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided. Since I was not busy—my patient didn’t     29     at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

The gentleman said no and told me that he     30      to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his     31    . He told me that she had been there for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she     32     knew who he was，that she had not been able to     33     him for five years now. I was     34    , and asked him，“And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said ,“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” I had to hold back     35     as he left.

Now I     36     that in marriages，true love is     37     of all. That is, the happiest people don’t     38     have the best of everything; they just     39     the best of everything they have.     40     isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

26. A. breath              B. test                C. seat                     D. break

27. A. persuading       B. promising       C. understanding       D. telling

28. A. if                    B. before           C. since                     D. after

29. A. turn up            B. show off        C. come on              D. go away

30. A. needed             B. forgot        C. agreed                     D. happened

31. A. daughter          B. wife               C. mother                    D. sister

32. A. so far           B. neither               C. no longer              D. already

33. A. recognize        B. answer               C. believe                    D. expect

34. A. moved             B. disappointed     C. surprised              D. satisfied

35. A. curiosity          B. tears              C. words                    D. judgment

36. A. realize             B. suggest           C. hope                      D. prove

37. A. agreement        B. expression        C. acceptance           D. exhibition

38. A. necessarily       B. completely       C. naturally                D. frequently

39. A. learn               B. make          C. favor                      D. try

40. A. Adventure        B. Beauty         C. Trust                      D. Life

II用所给词或词组的适当形式填空 (每小题2分，共20分)

  go up       deal with      ban      work out       advantage     comfortable    tiring      different     make a living    rely on    

1 Has anything been done to __________ pollution?

2 He was __________ from driving for six months.

3 The poor little girl __________ by selling matches.

4 I hope my lack of experience won’t be to my __________.

5 China and the United States __________ in many aspects.

6 I’m too __________ even to think.

7 The have __________ all these problems by themselves.

8 You can’t __________ the map to find the stream since it’s too samll.

9 With no winds, smoke __________ in a straight line.

10 I couldn’t sleep because the bed was so __________.

 The Yellow River is _____ the Pearl River.

  A twice long as               B twice as long as        

  C as twice longer as           D as long twice as

—Why did he suffer failure again?

—It was his carelessness ________  ________it.

A．which, managed by      B．that, resulted from 

C．that, contributed to       D．that, benefited from

What he regrets is that more than a chance          ．

A．were given up                                            B．is given up

C．has been given up                                       D．have been given up