I was sleepy. I decided to make myself some      coffee so I could work     .

       A．weak; better     B．strong; well      C．strong; better    D．weak; well

What       makes him so upset?

A. is that                 B. is it              C. is it that          D. is that it

33. - How about going to a concert this weekend?

- ______? It's a few months since I enjoyed myself in the last one.

A. Why            B. Why not               C. What for            D. What

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， 然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few   21  .On their faces was confidence. This was their   22  exam—then on to graduation and jobs.

Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they  23  get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt  24  and able to take control of the world.

The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n）25  task, as the professor had said they could bring  26  books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not  27  each other during the test.

  28 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 29_on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.

Three hours had passed 30  the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

He looked at the  31  faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?”  32a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hand.

“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats. “One, then? Certainly somebody finished 33 .” But the class remained silent.

The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I  34,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 35 many things about the   36 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in everyday  37 .” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 38  this course, but remember--even though you are now college graduates, your education had just  39  .”

The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the 40 he taught.

21. A. seconds B. minutes      C. hours  D. days

22. A. only     B. first    C. very    D. last

23. A. would   B. must   C. had to    D. used to

24. A. glad     B. ready  C. sorry   D. nice

25. A. interesting    B. necessary    C. easy      D. unusual

26. A. no B. either  C. any       D. some

27. A. listen to       B. look at       C. care for        D. talk to

28. A. Hardly  B. Happily      C. Quickly        D. Carefully

29. A. appeared      B. changed     C. failed    D. stopped

30. A. then     B. as       C. before   D. after

31. A. pleased B. worried      C. surprised    D. moved

32. A. Not      B. Once   C. Only   D. Even

33. A. all B. none   C. one     D. it

34. A. wondered     B. enjoyed      C. hated    D. expected

35. A. even     B. already       C. so       D. still

36. A. exam    B. subject       C. question     D. college

37. A. job       B. class   C. practice      D. study

38. A. pass      B. fail     C. take    D. start

39. A. begun   B. completed  C. failed      D. succeeded

40. A. subject           B. things                C. words    D. lessons

It is not rare in _______ that people at the age of forty are going to _________university for further education.

A. 90s; the          B. the 90s ; /     C. 90s; a              D. the 90s; the

Typhoon Morakot swept across Taiwan on August 8, 2009_____ hundreds of people dead or missing.

       A. leaving      B. Left       C. to have left     D. having been left

第二节  语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Our vicar(牧师) is always raising money for one cause or    31     , but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock   32    (repair). The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and     33    （be) silent ever since.

    One night,    34   , our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at

his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times     35    it

stopped.   36    (arm) with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see    37      was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

    'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.

    'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

    'You certainly    38    give me a surprise!'  said the vicar.

'You've    39     （probability）woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

    That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that   40   one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."

    We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

 The country life he was used to _________ greatly since 1992.

A. change          B. has changed      C. changing         D. have changed

Rain is pouring down from the sky without any sign of stopping．Farmers begin to worry about their crops since it _____ as long as 24 hours．

       A．would rain      B．had rained       C．was raining      D．has been raining

He is pleased to think that he _________ himself on the beach at this time next week.

   A. will enjoy           B. is enjoying               C. will be enjoying        D. enjoys