It was several minutes before I was ____ of what was happening.

   A. fond of        B. realized   C. aware of   D. prepared of

After supper she would sit down by the fire , sometimes for _____an hour ,

   thinking of her young and happy days.

   A. as long as      B. as soon as   C. as much as  D. as many as

.Don't ____ when other people are talking.

   A. cut through      B. cut across  C. cut into     D.cut in

--I can't find John .Where did you meet him this morning?

  -- It was in the hotel _____ he stayed.

   A. why           B. where      C. which      D. What

We offered these students a summer course ,aimed _____ improving their

   spoken English.

   A. to  B. of  C. at  D. for

This area experienced ____ heaviest rainfall in ____ month of May.

   A. / ; a   B. a; the   C. the ; a   D. the ;the

The Olympic Games are held _____.

   A. for four years    B. each four year

   C. every four years  D. every fourth year

 --How long are you staying ?

   -- I don't know . ______.

  A. It depends. B. That's OK. C. Never mind.  D. It doesn't matter.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

  Once upon a time there was an old general (将军). He liked to drink wine better than anything else.He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house.He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine.Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.

"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant."Please _41___ the house for me. There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there. But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."

But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner.He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat,drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed.The general returned home late that evening. He was __47__ to find that the hen,the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone.He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed.There were two empty bottles beside him. He woke the servant up.

"What was happened?" he asked.

"I'm very sorry."His servant replied."After you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat.A dog took the hen away. I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself  by drinking the poison . Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.

36.A.bought      B. stole          C. kept          D. carried

37.A.had to       B. had better      C. should        D. could

38.A. talking      B. writing        C. pleased       D. worried

A. stop        B. keep          C. notice        D. thank

A.ordered      B. told           C. asked        D. invited

41.A. take care of  B. leave          C. sell          D. buy

42.A. wine        B. milk          C. water         D. ink

43.A. touch       B. kill            C. forget        D.drink

44.A. Before      B. If             C. Because      D.Since

45.A. hid         B. threw          C. washed       D. cooked

46.A. both        B. all            C. some         D. either

47.A. sure        B. disappointed    C. surprised      D. sorry

48.A. dying       B. lying          C. singing       D. crying

49.A. left         B. returned        C. knew        D. drank

50.A. near        B. onto           C. under        D. through

51.A. thankful     B. angry          C. satisfied      D. strict

52.A. but         B. so             C. though       D. that

53.A. fool        B. teach           C. kill          D. wake

54.A. excuse      B.drink           C. help          D.kill

55.A. when       B. that            C. what         D. How

    One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

    He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

    When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

56. Who wrote the story?

   A. Rupert’s teacher.         B. The neighbour’s teacher.

   C. A medical school teacher.     D. The teacher’s neighbour.

57. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

58. What happened at the airport?

   A. The skeleton went missing .     B. The skeleton was stolen .

   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.   D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .

59. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

   A. He is very angry .                B. He thinks it rather funny .

   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.         D. He feels good without Rupert .

60. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

   A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

   B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.