31. Ben studied the menu for ______ while and then ordered his meal.A) a B) an C) the D) /32. —Simon could look after ______ when he was five.— Really? How independent he was!A) he B) him C) his D) himself33. Shelly plans to visit Shanghai with her parents ______ August.A) at B) on C) in D) by34. Martha is happy as her daughter has made much ______ in her study recently.A) progress B) fun C) mistakes D) friends35. I‟m too sleepy to go on reading, I‟d better have ______ cup of coffee.A) other B) the other C) another D) others36. Nowadays even a small personal computer ______ store huge amounts of information.A) must B) need C) should D) can37. ______ terrible weather we‟ve been having these days!A) What B) What a C) What an D) How38. Ipad 2 is ______ accepted by the young people than those of other brands.A) widely B) more widely C) most widely D) the most widely39. A moment, please. I‟m checking if Mr. Smith ______ free tomorrow．A) is B) will be C) was D) has been40. My uncle ______ as an engineer in a company since five years ago.A) will work B) worked C) has worked D) had worked41. You‟d better not disturb Tony now as he ______ his speech for tomorrow‟s meeting.A) is preparing B) will prepare C) was preparing D) has prepared42. The plane ______ by the terrible storm so the passengers had to wait at the airport fornearly 2 hours.A) would delay B) was delayed C) will delay D) has been delayed43. The river here is seriously polluted and I‟ve warned Jack ______ in it.A) not to swim B) to not swim C) don‟t swim D) doesn‟t swim44. In the kindergarten, all the children liked to play with Miss Guo as she seemed so ______.A) gently B) friendly C) beautifully D) sadly45. Tom rarely visits her aunt during work days, ______?A) has he B) hasn‟t C) does he D) doesn‟t he46. Sonia never cleans ______ even offers to wash the dishes. How lazy he is!A) but B) and C) so D) or47. I really enjoyed your lecture ______ there were some parts I didn‟t quite understand.A) because B) unless C) though D) when48. The young man has denied ______ the motorcycle near the Wal-Mart store.A) steal B) to steal C) stealing D) stole49. —I‟m afraid French is too difficult for me.—______ You can do it!A) Don‟t give up. B) I‟m sorry to hear that .C) So am I. D) It‟s too awful.50. —We plan to go out for a picnic next weekend. Would you like to come along?— ______ It‟s my favourite.A) Enjoy yourself. B) It doesn‟t matter.C) You‟re welcome.D) That would be very nice.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空格限填一个单词或词组，每词只能填一次）:（共8分）A. niceB. instead ofC. chanceD. understoodE. wrongF. have a breakG. memberH. promisedI. came out ofOnce a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so faraway from everywhere.He needed to get up before sunrise every day to help hisfather on the farm. During sunrise he would 51 andclimb up on the fence along the side of the farm. He couldsee a house with golden windows. “If they could affordgolden windows, then there must be other 52 things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he 53 himself, “Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his 54 , he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how 55 he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw a place in bad need of a painting 56 golden windows. A small girl very close to his age 57 the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” And invited him to sit on the porch. As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he 58 that everyone had his own house with golden windows.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。

每空格限填一词）:（共8分）59. The book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold millions of ________. (copy).60. The actor who acted in the TV series last night became famous in his ________. (thirty)61. When the horse finished the race,________sides were wet all over with sweat. (it)62. They were ________ with the recent case the young detective had dealt with. (pleasure)63. Last month we received Peter‟s ________ and went to his birthday party happily. (invite)64. I don‟t go out much, ________ because I have to look after the kids. (main)65. Most people think that traveling abroad can ________ one‟s knowledge. (rich)66. Nowadays blogs are much more ________ than traditional diaries and especially welcomed byyoung people. (useless)V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。