I would prefer_______ to taking _______bus, for it is not a long way to go there.

   A. to walk; crowding   B. walking; crowded    C. walk; crowd     D. walking; crowding

As the little boy ______ milk now, he doesn’t want to eat any other food.

A. used to drink    B. used to drinking   C. is used to drink   D. is used to drinking

The local people like to dance _______ the rhythm of a kind of large drum; that is something typical _______ their culture.

     A. for; with     B. to; with     C. for; of    D. to; of

After a heated discussion, we suggested the customer _______ the product back for repairs.

     A. to send       B. send        C. sends      D. sent

_________ it with me and I’ll see what I can do.

   A. When left        B. Leaving         C. If you leave       D. Leave

I don’t think Ken did such a stupid thing，             ？

A. do I             B. did I             C. did he            D. does he

He was in great trouble, but he acted _______ nothing had happened.

A. even if      B. as if        C. unless       D. until

The writer ______ the old folk story with his own imagination and wrote a new story.

    A. performed      B. impressed      C. combined    D. represented

This is the best way I could think of _______ people getting into the dangerous areas.

   A. stopping         B. to keep         C. to stop       D. keeping

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In the north of Scotland there is a lake called Loch Ness. It is the biggest   36   in Britain. It is over thirty kilometers 37 and in some places nearly 300 meters deep . It is cold and dark and not many people went there until after 1930. Then a road was made   38   the lake.

     Holiday makers began to use the road, and this was when the   39   began. Someone said that he had seen a monster(怪兽) in the lake. He said it was twelve meters long. It had a long   40  and a small head. Then someone else said he had seen  41  . Others said the same thing and in 1933 a London doctor took a  42  . It  43   like a monster with a long neck and a thick body but the photo was not too   44 . The newspapers printed the picture and   45   it the Loch Ness monster, or "Nessie".

     Then the argument(争论) began.   46 people, however, were certain there was something living in the lake. Others said there was   47  there.

     In 1961, a lot of people joined together to make a real  48   to see and photograph the monster to find   49  there was one! Several times people thought they saw something but after ten years there was  50   no real proof (证据).

     Later underwater television cameras were used, but   51   found any real proof. However, they   52  find something interesting: a huge underwater cave. It was big enough to be   53   of a monster, but of course, this was not a proof.

     In 1975, however, some American scientists  54  a search group. They used an underwater camera. It took pictures every seventy seconds. Some of the pictures seemed to show a red-brown creature. Its body was about four meters long  55   had a very ugly head on the end of a four -meter neck. Many people then began to believe in the monster. But even today we can't be certain.

1. A. river                 B. ocean                C. sea             D. lake

2. A. wide                  B. tall               C. long               D. high

3. A. in                    B. over                 C. around          D. above

4. A. accidents             B. meetings             C. sayings              D. stories

5. A. eye                   B. ear               C. nose                D. neck

6. A. it                    B. one                  C. some                 D. all

7.A. photo              B. map             C. gun                  D. chance

8.A. sounded           B. looked            C. feel                D. would

9. A. clean                 B. clear                C. taken            D. shown

10. A. called               B. believed             C. thought              D. regarded

11.A. Some             B. More                 C. All                  D. No

12. A. nothing              B. anything             C. monsters             D. everything

13. A. effort               B. thing                C. interest             D. trip

14. A. so                   B. but                  C. as                   D. if

15. A. even                 B. still                C. also            D. yet

16. A. someone              B. no one               C. anyone               D. we

17. A. did                  B. really               C. were                 D. actually

18. A. room                 B. house                C. home                 D. ground

19. A. found                B. formed(组成)       C. invited           D. get

20. A. but                  B. or                C. and            D. however