There are ten boxes on the desk and the ______ is yours.

A. nine    B. nineth    C. ninth    D. forth

―What happened to the old mail carrier?

―He _______ to a new neighborhood to work.

A. has sent   B. has been sent  C. was sent   D. sent

——You seem to get lost. Need help?—— _______

A. Yes, would you please help me with the bag?

B. Help me find my key, please.

C. Yes, give me a hand, please.

D. I'm looking for Zhongshan Road.

The police saw the woman _______ a bus and _______ a taxi.

A. get off …get on    B. get on … get off

C. get off …get into    D. get on … get into

The meeting was _______. Many people were for our plan.

A. a success  B. success      C. succeed   D. failure

The clock ________ and we realized it was five o'clock.

A. hit   B. beat    C. struck   D. run

Sports build the body _______ reading builds the mind.

A. while   B. when    C. as   D. for

.Mary talked ________ she had seen the fire. But in fact she only heard of it from others.

A. so that            B. as if                C. even if                D. as soon as

. I do every single bit of housework _____ my husband Bob just does the dishes now and then.

 A. since            B. while         C. when         D. as

III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)

One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he  36  that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good 37  lived there and he wondered if I 38  know him. At first I wanted to say that it was  39  to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could 40  meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that  41  was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to  42  me about his friend.

He told me that his friend was an excellent   43  player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He  44  that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools,   45  that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I  46  several people like that, for example,47  and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked  48  my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend   49   the summer in Sacramento and lived  50  to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and  51  in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say  52  .

 “Would your  53  name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your   54  name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my  55  to laugh.

36. A. turned out    B. made out    C. took out         D. found out

37. A. friends  B. classmates  C. brothers         D. teachers

38. A. managed to  B. happened to       C. tried to          D. got to

39. A. clever   B. wise    C. foolish          D. kind

40. A. likely   B. friendly      C. luckily          D. possibly

41. A. New York    B. Chicago     C. California       D. Edmonton

42. A. tell       B. learn   C. know            D. talk

43. A. football       B. tennis  C. basketball        D. swimming

44. A. decreased     B. increased    C. added         D. pluses    

45. A. and      B. however     C. so              D. therefore

46. A understood               B. knew C. met             D. saw

47. A. my sister      B. my friend   C. my brother      D. my teacher

48. A. Which  B. What  C. Why            D. Where

49. A. spent    B. took    C. paid             D. cost

50. A. above   B. below C. next door        D. behind

51. A. worked B. studied       C. researched        D. lived

52. A. anything      B. something  C. someone         D. anyone

53. A. brother’s      B. friend’s      C. teacher’s         D. family’s

54. A. friend’s B. family’s     C. brother’s         D. teacher’s

55. A. way      B. road    C. mouth          D. turn