. If you take the pills three times a day, it should        your headache.

You’ll find this book of great        to those who are learning English.

He hurried to the railway station only         that the train had already left.

.        with the children living in poor area, I have a happy childhood.

. –The maths exam is not difficult, is it?

--        . Even Tom         to the top students failed in it.

. –Hi, Mary. Would you like to go to the concert this evening?

--Sorry, Tom.         Tomorrow’s lessons, I have no time to go out with you.

When first         to his new classmates, the little boy felt shy and said nothing.

SECTION B (18 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

There was once a lonely girl who wanted so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving (挨饿的) birds. She took them home and put them in a small  36 . She treated them with love and the birds grew  37 . Every morning they  38  her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.

One day, the girl left the door with the cage open. The  39  and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was worried that he  40  fly away，so as he flew close, she caught him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing (捕获) him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp (无力的). She opened her hands  41  looked at the dead bird. Her strong love had killed him.

She noticed  42  bird moving slowly to the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for  43 . He needed to fly into the blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and let him go. The bird  44  once, twice, three times over her head.

The girl watched happily at the sky. Her heart was no longer worried about her loss. She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly, the bird flew  45  and landed softly on her shoulder. He  46  the sweetest song for her that she had ever heard.

The fastest way to  47  love is to hold on to it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it WINGS.

36. A. cage                   B. box                      C. house                   D. bag

37. A. old                     B. tall                          C. strong                      D. weak

38. A. showed         B. gave                 C. greeted                     D. followed

39. A. smaller        B. weaker                     C. taller                        D. larger

40. A. will                    B. would                     C. should                      D. must

41. A. but              B. or                     C. and                      D. so

42. A. another            B. the other               C. others                  D. some

43. A. food              B. space                   C. love                    D. freedom

44. A. walked           B. left                           C. circled                  D. ran

45. A. closer             B. away                   C. farther                        D. down

46. A. sang              B. danced                        C. flew                    D. wrote

47. A. get               B. lose                   C. remain                  D. find

SECTION C (12 points)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

More than 220 people were killed in the fire,  48   destroyed the building on February 4th, 1974. The building was finished only a few months  49   the fire and it was the newest building. All the 25 floors of the building were completely destroyed.  50   fire also destroyed cars which belonged to people who worked   51   the building.

Over 500 people were working in the building  52   the fire broke out on the 11th floor.  53    knows how the fire started. Perhaps it was started by an electrical fire in the ceiling of one of the offices. Office workers tried to put out the fire,  54   it was impossible to control it. Soon the whole floor was on fire and it was impossible  55   people on the floors above to escape.

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green －a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

1. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects.            B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness          D. color blindness

2. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_______________.

A. tell different shapes                    B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes                        D. tell orange from yellow

3. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.              B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.    D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

4. Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?

A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.

B. None of them can see deep red.

C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D. All of them see everything in shades of green.

5. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.

A. red light       B. yellow light          C. blue light        D. green light