It is usually not quite cold in this area in March, but sometimes the temperature ______be very low.

A . can                 B. should               C. must                D. shall

To pass the exam, Li Hua had a busy week ______ to the radio and the tape.

    A. to listen       B. listened            C. listening      D. listen

Among the problems is _____ they often failed to take into account that those people are more likely to use sunscreen.

A. that                      B. what                     C. when                    D. where

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   36   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   37  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was   38  . I’ve always been glad about that.

       It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t   39   for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   40   for the kids was the fun of Christmas   41  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   42   what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   43   to share by all five of us.

The big   44   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   45   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would   46   back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   47   my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   48  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   49   we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,  50   to be angry again. This is what she told me.

       “I was looking   51   thinking of what to buy, and I   52   to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   53   for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   54   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

       I never felt so   55   as I did that day.

36. A. roof                          B. hat                           C. sky                          D. star

37. A. little                          B. less                          C. enough                     D. more

38. A. busy                          B. serious                         C. strict                        D. kind

39. A. effort                        B. room                       C. time                         D. money

40. A. improvement                  B. problem                   C. surprise                    D. excitement

41. A. shopping                    B. travelling                 C. parties                      D. greetings

42. A. the other                    B. each other                C. one by one               D. every other one

43. A. toys                               B. clothes                            C. presents                    D. bills

44. A. day                           B. chance                            C. cheque                            D. tree

45. A. forced                       B. reminded                  C. invited                            D. begged

46. A. draw                         B. stay                         C. move                       D. meet

47. A. including                   B. besides                     C. except                      D. considering

48. A. quiet                         B. excited                     C. happy                      D. ashamed

49. A. since                         B. after                        C. while                       D. until

50. A. waiting                      B. ready                       C. hoping                            D. afraid

51. A. out                               B. over                          C. forward                    D. around

52. A. forgot                        B. stopped                    C. failed                       D. hated

53. A. wanted                      B. did                          C. got                          D. played

54. A. made                         B. searched                   C. bought                            D. fetched

55. A. angry                        B. rich                         C. patient                            D. sad

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together．

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us; we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost------No television! -------So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full; they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．

69. The couple have not got a television, because   ______  ．

A. they are not rich enough         

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

70. At night when there is no electricity, the couple   ____    ．

A. have to look at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors  D. have to go out for candles

71. The best title for this passage is _____________.

A. Why Do We Need a Television?       B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies   D. We Go Without Televisions!

. He isn’t an honest man. You can’t believe anything ______ he says.

A. which      B. that              C. what             D. where

You _______ her in her office last Friday; she’s been out of town for two weeks.

A. needn’t have seen   B. must have seen   C. shouldn’t have seen    D. can’t have seen

_______ walk is expected to last all day, so bring ________ packed lunch.

A. A, a    B. The, /  C. The, a D. A, /

_____ she heard the news that she won a scholarship, she was very excited.

 A. The moment        B. At the moment      C. For the moment   D. A moment

 When he heard the little girl’s cry, he immediately came to ___________.

    A. her help     B. her assistance     C. his assistance      D. Both A and B