_______ meet my uncle at the station, I went there by taxi instead of by bus.

. Fortunately we had a map, without          we would have got lost.

He asked _______.  

There’s no doubt _________ our team will beat yours.

I go to see a film _________ .

. He was wearing a lot of clothes to _________ himself from the cold.

. There are a group of foreign visitors in our school this term, ________ are from the UK.

. --- How about the book on the most famous musicians of the age?

--- Oh, Mozart’s story _________ well.

. --- Would you like to join us in the game?

--- _______, but I have something important to attend to.

第二节完形填空（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和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was    36    big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to    37    it. He needed money very much to get    38    for his sick baby.

　　  The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the    39   . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and    40     went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望)  of everyone.  Only one person  stood in the    41    and that was Kino,  who became every man's    42    .

　　   Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow    43    he was coming and were    44    for him.

　　 Kino walked into the first shop. An old man    45    to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took    46    not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said    47   a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to    48    one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”

　　“Go and    49    it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you    50   .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know   51    about the pearl. They    52    five hundred for it.

Kino    53     the pearl and left.    54    he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had    55    with them.

36. A. so          B. too            C. very       D. as

37.   A. buy       B. sell            C. show      D. go with

38.   A. clothes       B. delicious food    C. sweets     D. medicine

39.   A. town      B. village              C. city        D. street

40.   A. they       B. he              C. it         D. which

41.   A. way       B. street         C. town      D. dream

42.   A. friend     B. enemy         C. follower     D. boss

43.   A. saw       B. realized         C. knew     D. recognized

44.   A. ready     B. worried         C. happy     D. afraid

45.   A. ordered      B. suggested      C. wanted       D. promised

46.   A. care       B. notice         C. attention     D. place

47.   A. on         B. in                  C. with       D. by

48.   A. want      B. get             C. carry      D. buy

49.   A. take       B. show          C. give       D. hand

50.   A. want      B. pleased          C. sell        D. like

51.   A. something  B. everything     C. anything     D. nothing

52.   A. gave      B. offered          C. paid       D. bought

53.   A. fetched      B. carried              C. brought      D. took

54.   A. But        B. Though         C. And       D. However

55.   A. pearls     B. money              C. guns      D. nothing