第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）

阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

31.Hardly ___________________(他一下火车)when he was met and surrounded by his fans.(get)

32.But for the warning message, more lives___________________(会失去) in the flood.(lose)

33.The telephone is considered___________________(发明) by Bell.(invent)

34.This is the explanation ___________________(提出的) by him.(put)

35.Betty___________________(明确表示) she would support Amy.(clear)

36.__________________(最令我惊讶的是) that he has ended up designing the whole car and putting it into production.( surprise)

37.All too often, global development means that rich people get richer ,___________________(而穷人更穷).(while)

38.We are said ___________________(正生活在)the Information Age, a time for great discoveries and changes.(live)

39.You have no idea ___________________(对我们来说有多重要)to take every chance to live life to the fullest.(how)

40. ___________________ (用完了所有的钱),they had no chance of surviving.(run)

________the warning message, more deaths would have been caused in the flood according to the report from Xinjiang.

A. Regardless of    B. In spite of         C. But for           D. Thanks to

.________ the warning message, more lives would have been lost in the flood.

A. Regardless of   B. In spite of             C. But for               D. Except for

 ______ the warning message, more visitors might have been trapped in the flood.

A. Apart from      B. Regardless of       C. Other than                  D. But for

________the warning message, more deaths would have been caused in the flood according to the report from Xinjiang.

A. Regardless of   B. In spite of C. But for          D. Thanks to