He ______ say what he thought.

   A. dares not                                   B. hasn’t dared            

   C. dare not to                                D. didn’t dare to

 He observed a stranger _______ around the store at 12 p.m. last night.

A. to hang     B. hang        C. hanging    D. to be hanging

It is said that sandstorms will become more      as a result of global warming.       A．frequent

B．normal

C．formal

D．rare

第三节 完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21_￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter．As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season．Many forests are badly __21__ by fire each year．Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer．We were in a heatwave which had been  22  for three days．

    Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible  23  ．I no longer had any hope that Lulu would come  24  to the shelter．In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his  25_  in the forest, when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and   26   me that my dog Lulu had  27__ to save four kittens who were trapped by the flames．According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a  28_ place．I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to  29_ the rescued kittens．When we arrived at the  30  of the incident, we found Lulu was not  31  . Then we heard the  32  of a dog came from the forest barking furiously．I  33  it was my dog Lulu．The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until we found him barking  34  by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately   35  rescue．Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved．

That day, I was very__36__of Lulu for his two heroic  37  toward the kittens and the fireman．Lulu showed much compassion (同情) for both    38  like him and for a human being who was trying to  39  the fire with his colleagues．

This true story of genuine(真诚的) love and compassion shows us that pets are loving,  40  and compassionate．We should love and protect them．One day they could do us a good turn．

21．A．damaged                B．injured                   C．wounded                D．hurt

22．A．taking on             B．coming on             C．going on               D．keeping on

23．A．heat                     B．energy                  C．fever                    D．burn

24．A．by                       B．round                   C．up                       D．back

25．A．return                   B．honour                 C．death                    D．action

26．A．warned                 B．informed                C．communicated       D．gave

27．A．tried                     B．wanted                   C．managed               D．failed

28．A．safe                      B．cool                      C．lonely                    D．beautiful

29．A．pick out                 B．pick up                  C．bring on                 D．bring up

30．A．scene                     B．position                 C．situation                D．view

31．A．here                             B．out                        C．in                          D．there

32．A．voice                     B．noise                     C．accent                   D．sound

33．A．acknowledged               B．recognized             C．heard                     D．listened

34．A．heavily                  B．strongly                 C．loudly                   D．happily

35．A．waiting for             B．searching for           C．asking for              D．looking for

36．A．surprised                B．satisfied                 C．shamed                  D．proud

37．A．things                    B．actions                   C．sayings                   D．reactions

38．A．fireman                B．animals                  C．people                   D．persons

39．A．put off                   B．put away              C．put up                    D．put out

40．A．careful                   B．careless                 C．caring                   D．carefree

第二节　根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

—Lovely day, isn't it?

—Mm, yes,   61   And it's supposed to get warmer.

—Yes, that's true. You know, though, I'm always a little worried to see winter go.

—   62 

—Well, I love skating. In fact, I used to teach skating for a living.

—Oh? That sounds interesting.   63 

—I work at Bank of America. How about you?

—   64 

—Here?

—No, I'm from Chicago. I'm just visiting here for the wedding.

—Oh, I see.

—By the way,   65   I'm Helen Keller.

—Nice to meet you. My name is John Smith.

A. But what do you do now?

B. It's very cold.

C. It's really warm.

D. I guess I should introduce myself.

E. I'm on the radio station.

F. What' your name?

G. Really?

—Where is that report?

—I brought it to you _______ you were in Mr. Black’s office yesterday.      

A. if              B. because            C. when         D. before

A few days after the interview．I received a letter       me admission to the university.

       A．offering                                                         B．offered                   

C．having offered                                       D．to be offered

Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to           a scientific theory.

       A．confirm             B．conclude        C．consult        D．confuse

I’ve never seen anyone as_____ as Aunt Li-- She never gives up even when things were at their worst.

A．generous        B．devoted  C．tense       D．optimistic 

 The message is very important, so it is supposed _______as soon as possible.

  A. to be sent   B.  to send  C.  being sent  D.  sending