—Not getting that job was a big let-down.

    —Don’t worry. Something better will ____.

  A. come along     B. take on      C. go by     D. fall behind

—He looks very hot and dry.

    —So ____ if you had a temperature of 103.

 A.would you  B. will you C. would you have been D. do you

—Hey, Kelin. Happy new year! ____?

    —Ok, I guess. My grandma kept cooking and cooking, so I just kept eating.

A. How was your break    

B. How is your grandma

C. Where did you go for holiday

D. What did you do in your holiday

Though I ____ to go abroad, I changed my mind and decided to stay with my family.

A. had wanted B. wanted C. would want D. did want

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    37    for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    38    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    39     .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    40    over the hills. They had been   41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    42    . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   43   .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   44   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   45   . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    46   treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly   47   something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd.  But who would he the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   51   such a man in a story  52   Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   53   .

So thanks to a    54   .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   55   stories in the English language.

36．A．However  B．Therefore    C．Besides  D．Finally

37．A．alone    B．next door    C．at home  D．abroad

38．A．meeting  B．story    C．holiday  D．jib

39．A．Lloyd    B．Robert   C．Henley   D．John

40．A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game

41．A．attempting   B．missing  C．planning D．enjoying

42．A．quiet    B．dull C．busy D．cold

43．A．cleaning B．writing  C．drawing  D．exercising

44．A．doubted  B．noticed  C．decided  D．recognized

45．A．the sea  B．the house    C．Scotland D．the island

46．A．forgotten    B．buried   C．discovered   D．unexpected

47．A．saw  B．drew C．made D．learned

48．A．book B．reply    C．picture  D．mind

49．A．star B．hero C．writer   D．child

50．A．help B．problem  C．use  D．bottom

51．A．praise   B．produce  C．include  D．accept

52．A．Yet  B．Also C．But  D．Thus

53．A．read B．born C．hired    D．written

54．A．rainy    B．sunny    C．cool D．windy

55．A．news B．love C．real-life    D．adventure

Fading beauty

She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last for ever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.  

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.   

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state (化学状态).  

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.  

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.  

During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.   

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

What does the writer mean by “time is catching up with the Mona Lisa”?

A. The painted woman is not so beautiful any more.

B. Ageing is something that affects us all.

C. The painting needs repairing.   

D. At such an old age, she is no longer popular.

What makes the repair work difficult?

A. The wooden panel is thin and old and has also changed shape.

B. The health of the painting is suffering

C. Experts can’t agree on how the painting might respond to treatment.

D. No one knows exactly what materials were used to create the painting.

What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingston?

A. The materials the Italian artist used.   B. The way Da Vinci painted the smile.

C. The way she smiles.      D. It plays a trick upon the human eye.

Which of the following is in the right order?

①The painting was stolen from the Louvre.

②The painting was sent back to France.

③It was sold to France’s King Francis I  

④Da Vinci carried the painting with him.

⑤French hid the painting to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

A. ④→③→①→②→⑤   B. ④→①→③→②→⑤

C. ①→④→③→②→⑤   D. ①→③→④→②→⑤

The police have ____ power to deal with such matters by ____ law.

    A. the; the      B. 不填；不填

    C. 不填；the     D. the；不填

—What should I wear to attend his wedding party?

   —Dress ____ you like.

   A. what     B. however     C. whatever     D. how

Not far from the club there was a garden, ____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.

A. whose B. its C. which D. that

Never _____ time come back again.

A. has lost B. will lose C. will lost D. lose