Dean could hear the voices from around 40 feet below him .  “ Don’t give up , Dean ! ” Uncle Jim shouted encouragingly .  “ You can do it ! ” “ You’re almost there , ” Kurt called as he pulled on the 36  that ensured his cousin’s safety .  

       Kurt and Dean had just finished helping Uncle Jim 37  a climbing wall at a community gym in Canterville , Texas .  The wall , made of concrete and crushed granite (碎石) , looked like a sandstone cliff .  Despite his 38  of heights , Dean had volunteered to e the 39  to climb the new wall .

       Dean heard his cousin and uncle 40  him on from below , but he didn’t reply .  He was 41  the last section of the artificial rock wall to determine an approach for scaling it .  He 42  he was only a few feet from the top , 43  if he failed to concentrate on what he was doing , he could fall .  

       Dean 44  Kurt to serve as his belayer ,which is the person who controls a climber’s safety rope .  While Dean 45  , Kurt took the slack ( part of a rope that is not tight ) out of the safety rope that was attached to the 46  of the wall .  In that case , if Dean started to slip , he would fall only a few feet 47  the rope caught him .  However , Dean didn’t want to fall even a few feet ; he was too close to his 48  

       As Dean held on to the rock face , calculating each move with great 49  , Uncle Jim and Kurt watched intently .  50  , with a burst of energy , Dean climbed over the last outcropping and shouted , “ I did it ! ”

       Uncle Jim and Kurt 51  wildly .  Dean smiled broad , and then grew 52  again .  Falling to the ground was the 53  part for him , and his uncle and cousin knew it .  The last time Dean had scaled a climbing wall , it had taken 15 minutes for him to get the 54  to come down .  As the others watched in expectation , Dean 55  his tense muscles , took a deep breath , and backed over the edge .  In seconds he had dived more than 40 feet to the gym floor .  

When ________ why he went there , the astronaut said he was sent there to be trained for a space flight .  

A. asking               B. being asked        C. asked                       D. having asked

Once entering the university , the students are not expected to devote all their hours to studying .  ________ , they should learn to divide their time between clubs and studies .  

A. What’s more             B. Therefore                 C. In addition         D. Otherwise

Having sent several mails to apply for jobs , Susan waited for a reply , but _______ came .  

A. none                        B. neither               C. nothing                    D. nobody

Dan’s new shirt didn’t fit , so he took it back to the store ________ he’d bought it .  

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

You have to decide which school to choose .  You can’t postpone _______ that decision much longer .  

       A. to make                    B. make                        C. made                       D. making

Before I realized what ________ , the man had seized my bag and run off with it .  

A. happened                                             B. will have happened

C. was happening                                     D. had happened

―Hello , Ben .  I’m just checking if you can pick up Mary at the airport this evening.  

― Oh , yes , I __________ you about that .  But I have to go to my daughter’s school play .  

A. will phone                                                   B. have phoned

C. am phoning                                                 D. was going to phone

Linda’s German is really good .  I _______ by the way she talked to those people we met on holiday last year .

A. will be impressed                                         B. was impressed

C. was impressing                                            D. have impressed

 _________ people in Sichuan have the earthquake , they are still facing a not of financial problems

       A. As if                 B. Even though             C. As long as                D. Ever since