With the country’s population reaching 1.6 billion in the mid of this century, most of China’s rivers, including the Yellow River, ________.

A. is drying up B. will be drying up    C. dry up       D. have dried up

All over the world the mobile phone has leaped from being an impossible luxury in the early 1980s to        most people would now call a necessity.

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

After having some alcohol, drivers tend to        speed when passing streets with less people.

    A．pull up  B．put up   C．rise up  D．pick up

To my surprise, at yesterday’s meeting he again            the plan that didn’t sound reasonable.

A. cheered up           B. settled  down        C. brought up           D. put up

Anti-Japanese War _______ in 1937 and it _______ eight years

A. was broken out; was lasted                     B. broke out; lasted

C. happened; was continued                 D. was happened; continued

---Do you think walking is good to one’s health?

---_____________!

A. Absolutely     B. Completely    C. Wonderfully   D. Likely

The disaster-stricken village was inaccessible ___________ by helicopter, and the storm added to the rescuers’ difficulty.

A. instead of   B. other than   C. rather than D. regardless of

The new movie  _____to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time . 

   A. pretends      B  agrees       C. promises         D. declines

完型填空（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。

When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my    41      I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.    42    so? Each did his business    43    but the line never moved a step    44   . I was very    45   , so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your    46    for other’s privacy”—a polite    47    to keep people away from nosing into other’s    48    (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the    49    and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so    50    at a distance that they seemed quite    51    to the practice. The    52    thing happened at a public telephone box.    53    waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of    54   . It’s another typical example!

From then on I    55    to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment   56    towards others. I found the Germans always mindful of other’s privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing situation. For instance, they never    57    about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat,    58   would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws    59    reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows    60    matters are not allowed to be disturbed.

A. sorrow             B. anger                C. delight              D. surprise

A. Why                B. How              C. What                 D. Where

A. in secret          B. with care        C. in turn              D. by turns

A. slower             B. nearer           C. farther              D. longer

A. curious            B. angry                C. interested           D. impatient

A. care               B. respect              C. help             D. search

A. voice                  B. phrase               C. warning          D. sentence

A. pockets            B. savings          C. needs                D. affairs

A. word               B. sight                C. people           D. matters

A. honestly           B. anxiously        C. nervously            D. calmly

A. used               B. familiar             C. uncomfortable        D. polite

A. interesting            B. strange              C. same                 D. different

A. They               B. These            C. Those            D. That

A. sight               B. hearing              C. touch            D. question

A. went on                B. took care            C. paid attention       D. took charge

A. moving             B. shown            C. facing           D. offered

A. asked              B. heard            C. worried          D. learned

A. so                 B. nor              C. not only             D. if

A. appreciate             B. stop                 C. hate                 D. forbid

A. pubic               B. personal         C. small                D. important

It was essential that the application forms ________ back before the deadline.

A. must be sent         B. would be sent        C. be sent          D. were sent