【2011·江蘇南通市第二次模擬】

完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)

請認真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the   36   or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a   37   Christmas after all.

  38  , the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陸續(xù)來臨) in.

There was a   39   on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to   40   us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a   41   on the porch (門廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had   42   a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.

The   43   feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.

As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas   44   from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to   45   us to dig out.

Then, we received an invitation to   46   a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their   47  —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.

Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our   48  . Our Christmas morning   49   was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so   50   for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.

This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The   51   and work schedules just made things too difficult.   52   that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were   53   in the holidays.

Lonely people are all around us, but most of us   54   notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest   55   gesture can make a world of difference.

36. A. chance    B. time      C. anxiety     D. ability

37. A. merry    B. free    C. lonely     D. usual

38. A. Therefore   B. Meanwhile   C. Somehow    D. However

39. A. card     B. sign    C. knock    D. note

40. A. welcome   B. invite    C. drive    D. send

41. A. tree     B. package     C. mail       D. flower 

42. A. forgot    B. arranged   C. received    D. missed

43. A. deep      B. true      C. warm     D. mixed 

44. A. snow      B. rubbish      C. dust       D. leaves

45. A. teach      B. help      C. urge      D. forbid

46. A. share      B. prepare    C. taste      D. exchange

47. A. aunt       B. guest      C. maid    D. partner

48. A. folks       B. relatives     C. colleagues      D. neighbors

49. A. call     B. greeting     C. breakfast     D. meeting

50. A. sorry      B. eager      C. ready     D. grateful 

51. A. distance     B. expense     C. season      D. situation  

52. A. Studying    B. Showing     C. Knowing     D. Discovering

53. A. alone      B. busy         C. happy     D. active

54. A. always      B. seldom    C. finally         D. usually

55. A. careful      B. patient      C. vague      D. kind

【2011·江西鷹潭市第二次模擬】

完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文, 從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）, 選出可以填入

空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

   When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg __36__a few coins, do you hurry on, not __37__ what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly __38__ some money? What should our attitude__39__ beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It __40__ be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems __41__ not to give some money to beggars.

__42__, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and __43__what we have with those less lucky than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, __44__ one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their __45__.

First, some believe that many city beggars dress up __46__ to look pitiable and actually make a good __47__ from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil. __48__, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion__49__there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of __50__ and self-dependence.

Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be handled by the government __51__ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and __52__ help.

It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various __53__and we must __54__ them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the__55__.

36.   A. to                     B. with                   C. at                       D. for

37.   A. knowing             B. expecting            C. demanding         D. settling

38.   A. put away           B. hand over            C. take in            D. get out

39.   A. at                    B. in                   C. over              D. towards

40.   A. must                B. can                 C. need              D. might 

41.   A. warm-hearted       B. generous             C. cruel                D. considerate

42.   A. Strangely            B. Honestly              C. Certainly          D. Surprisingly

43.   A. give                   B. donate               C share             D.contribute

44.   A. why                B. when                  C. what                 D. how 

45.   A. arguments         B. quarrels           C. sayings           D. talks

46.   A. on show           B. on purpose        C. for fun           D. by accident

47.   A. money            B. comfort           C. living             D. decision

48.   A. Secondly          B. Surely              C. Possibly              D. Then

49.   A. what              B. whether           C. that               D. which

50.   A. goodness          B. pride                     C. security             D. responsibility

51.   A. rather than        B. or rather               C. other than            D. but also

52.   A. produce              B. receive                C. earn              D. offer

53.   A. cases             B. events                 C. conditions           D. states

54.   A. go with                B.communicate with C. deal with              D. meet with

55.   A. giver                B.receiver              C. villager              D. government

【2011·浙江寧波第二次模擬】

完形填空（共20小題；每每小題1分；滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21 –40各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，．選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。

Once upon a time, there was a herd of forest deer. In this herd was a wise and respected  21 , tricky in the ways of deer. HeHe taught the tricks and strategies of  22  to the young fawns.

One day, his younger sister brought her son to him, to be taught  23  is so important for deer. She said, “Oh brother teacher, this is my son. Please  24  him the tricks and strategies of deer.” The teacher said to the fawn, “  25 , you can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson.”

26   , the young deer came to the lessons as he was  27  to. But soori, he became more interested in playing with the other young bucks  28  does (雌鹿) . He didn't  29  how dangerous it  30  be for a deer who learned nothing but deer games. So he started cutting classes. Soon he was playing hooky all the time.

  31  , one day the fawn who played hooky  32   in a snare and was trapped. Since he was missing, his mothet _33   . She went to her brother the teacher, and asked him, “My dear brother, how is my son? Have you taught your   34     the tricks and strategies of deer?”

The teacher replied, “My dear sister, your son was   35   and unteacha’ole. Out of respect for you, I tried my best to teach him. But he did not want to learn the tricks and strategies of deer. He played hooky! How couldl   36   teach him? You are obedient and faithful, but he is not. It is useless to try to teach him.”

Later they heard the  37   news. The naughty fawn who played hooky had been  38  and killed by’a  39 . He skinned him and took the meat home to his family.

The moralis:   40   can be learned from a teacher by one who misses the class.

21. A. leader        B. student        C. pupil         D. teacher

22. A. survival      B. approval    .   C. arrival        D. travel

23. A. that         B. what           C.how          D.it

24. A.learn         B.study           C.teach         D.bring

25. A. How simple   B. Very well       C. Quite easy      D. What a pity

26. A. At first       B. For the first      C. The first time    D. Firstly

27. A.preserved     B.thought          C.supposed        D.suspected

28. A. nor         B. or              C. but             D. and

29. A.realize       B.orgnize          C.admit            D.clarify

30. A. should       B. could          C. would           D. must

31. A. Generally     B. Luckily        C. However        D. Unfortunately

32. A.banned       B.caught          C.stepped          D.broke

33. A. fainted       B. delighted       C. shocked         D. worried

34. A. uncle        B. aunt            C. nephew         D. niece

35. A. dishonest      B. disobedient     C. inconvenient     D. unbelievable

36. A.possibly       B.likely          C.necessarily       D.logically

37. A.rare          B.good           C.sad             D.popular

38. A. bought       B. kidnapped       C. transported      D. trapped

39. A. hunter        B. researcher      C. advocator       D. settler

40. A.Anything     B.Nothing        C.Something        D.Everything

 (05·天津)

Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海灣)She stepped into the  16  and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and

   17   to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach 18  side. The waves struck against the side of the boat,  19  and uneven; it became  20  difficult to row. If she  21 for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the  22  .

She wasn' t even halfway,  23  she was already tired and her hands  24  from pulling on

the rough wooden oars (船槳). "I'm never going to  25  it”, she thought. She rested the oars on

her knees and 26  her head helplessly, then looked up as she  27  the boat shift(晃動) against the tide.

 The east wind , which had swung(旋轉) around from the south-west,  28 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be   29  . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst   30  .

The lights of the town became   31  . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she   32   it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just   33  ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last   34  on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves   35  and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car                     B. boat                  C. ship                  D. mail

17. A. beside          B. before               C. behind               D. beyond

18.A. another         B. other                 C. either                D. the other

19. A. deep            B. calm                 C. gentle                D. rough

20. A. more           B. less                   C. as                     D. least

21. A. slept            B. continued          C. rested               D.rowed

22. A. home           B. mountains          C. south-west        D. entrance

23. A. if                 B. so                     C. but                   D. since

24. A. hurt             B. ruined               C. troubled            D. broke

25. A. get                     B. make                 C. keep                 D. take

26. A. mined          B. dropped             C. cocked                     D. raised

27. A. saw             B. made                 C. heard                D. felt

28. A. got to          B. came to             C. sent for             D. reached for

29. A. difficult        B. serious              C. all right             D. certain enough

30. A. any more     B. still more           C. no more            D. once more

31. A. brighter        B. bigger               C. closer               D. smaller

32. A. destroyed     B. threw                C. repaired             D. seized

33. A. dreaming      B. guessing            C. inventing           D. expecting

34. A. blow            B. hit                     C. pull                   D. strike

35. A. anxiously     B. happily              C. sadly                 D. carefully

 (05·北京)

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love  would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  36 .

I wanted to do something very   37   for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He   38   all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   39   it looked almost new. I was so   40   of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could   41   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to   42   the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   43  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so   44  . It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   45   lessons. “L earn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   46 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could   47   this expensive gift.

Of course, the   48   awoke, and my son was thrilled（激動的）with my reaction. Many kisses were   49  , and I immediately wanted him to   50   my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not   51   what I was expecting. Then I   52   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother   53   on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still   54   and lives even in the ever–changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   55   this story.

                                                                  Yours,

                                                                 Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36．A．hope                   B．advice                 C．support               D．courage

37．A．polite                  B．similar                 C．special                D．private

38．A．played                B．studied                C．traveled               D．worked

39．A．after                   B．before                 C．unless                 D．until

40．A．sure                    B．fond                    C．proud                  D．confident

41．A．perhaps               B．really                   C．almost                 D．hardly

42．A．start                    B．cook                   C．set                      D．serve

43．A．note                    B．notice                  C．word                  D．sign

44．A．disturbed             B．confused             C．astonished           D．inspired

45．A．give                    B．take                    C．draw                   D．teach

46．A．reason                 B．request                C．comment             D．response

47．A．present                B．afford                 C．find                    D．order

48．A．neighbor              B．building               C．home                  D．house

49．A．exchanged           B．experienced         C．expected             D．exhibited

50．A．tear                     B．open                   C．check                 D．receive

51．A．purely                 B．basically              C．obviously            D．exactly

52．A．realized               B．remembered         C．imagined             D．supposed

53．A．only                    B．still                     C．ever                    D．even

54．A．works                 B．exists                  C．matters               D．counts

55．A．send                   B．publish                C．share                  D．write

 (06·遼寧)

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work －___36___ up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was___37___ jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38_______. a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s___39___ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had___40___ happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of___41___.

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had___42___ an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just___43___ I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.___44___ that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was___45___ than that. For I felt I had become a part of their___46___.

Freda stayed at home with the kids,___47___ I would often see her in the morning___48___ them to school. And I’d be there when they___49___ home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had___50___ them grow up. Now I was fired, but the ___51___thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the___52___ relationship with my clients（主顧）. Who am I___53___ them? As a matter of fact, I’m ___54___ an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted___55___ of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

36. A. stepping              B. coming              C. jumping             D. moving

37. A. hanging                     B. making              C. wearing             D. changing

38. A. cleaned               B. washed             C. swept               D. brushed

39. A. duty                   B. money               C. work                D. pay

40. A. already               B. seldom              C. never                D. yet

41. A. regret                 B. surprise             C. fear                  D. loss

42. A. started                B. developed          C. improved           D. broken

43. A. why                   B. what                 C. that                   D. which

44. A. but                     B. and                   C. or                     D. for

45. A. less                    B. least                  C. more                 D. most

46. A. life                     B. story                 C. activity              D. experience

47. A. as                      B. so                     C. since                 D. however

48. A. taking                 B. bringing             C. meeting             D. calling

49. A. left                     B. returned            C. went                 D. marched

50. A. found                 B.noticed            C.watched       D.realised

51. A. possible              B.great                C.prople             D.strange

52. A. meaning              B.nature                C.result               D.important

53. A. for                            B.to                      C.with            D. at

54. A. hardly                 B.certainly             C.probably             D.merely

55. A. member                     B.person                C.relative               D.impanion

 (06·江蘇)

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real   36   .

He had gone out of the study for some   37   , leaving me alone . In his absence I looked to see   38   was on his desk . In the   39   was a small piece of paper on which were written the   40   “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物傳記).”

A(n)  41   boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the   42   . I did not . The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a   43   until the start of the exam so I could not   44   reading it .

When the headmaster   45   , I was looking out of the window .

I should have told him what had   46   then . It would have been so   47   to say : “I’m sorry but I   48   the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk . You’ll have to   49     it.”

The chance passed and I did not   50   it . I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t     51   to cheat , but it was still cheating anyhow .

That was thirty-eight years   52   when I was fifteen . I have never told anyone about it before ,  53   have I tried to explain to myself why not .

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title  54   admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk .  55   there must have been more behind it . Whatever it was , it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入)you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

36．A．plan                    B．fault                    C．grade                  D．luck

37．A．reason                 B．course                C．example              D．vacation

38．A．this                     B．which                 C．that                     D．what

39．A．drawer               B．corner                C．middle                 D．box

40．A．names                B．words                C．ideas                  D．messages

41．A．honest                 B．handsome            C．friendly               D．active

42．A．desk                   B．paper                  C．book                   D．answer

43．A．question              B．key                     C．note                    D ．secret

44．A．help                    B．consider              C．practise               D．forget

45．A．disappeared         B．stayed                 C．returned              D．went

46．A．existed                B．remained             C．happened             D．continued

47．A．tiring                   B．easy                    C．important            D．difficult

48．A．saw                    B．gave                    C．set                      D．made

49．A．repeat                 B．defend                 C．correct                D．change

50．A．take                    B．have                    C．lose                    D．find

51．A．remember            B．learn                   C．mean                  D．pretend

52．A．past                    B．ago                     C．then                    D．before

53．A．either                  B．never                  C．nor                     D．so

54．A．by                      B．besides                C．through               D．without

55．A．But              B．Though         C．Otherwise         D．Therefore

 (06·山東)

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 36 better than driving our truck, 37 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(賒賬) at the store.

Sixteen is a 38 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly 39 of racial discrimination was 40 a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 41 whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were 42 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

My family was 43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 44 us ?

At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 45 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 46 to the caskh desk, I said 47 , “I need to put this on credit.”

The farmer gave me and amused, distrustful 48 . But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure,” he said 49 . “Your daddy is 50 good for it.” He  51 to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

The farmer nodded in a neighborly 52 . I was filled with pride. James William’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  53  brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to 54 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 55 much to do wrong.

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

37. A. and              B. so                      C. but              D. for

38. A. prideful           B. wonderful               C. respectful         D. colorful

39. A. intention          B. shadow                 C. habit             D. faith

40. A. thus              B. just                    C. still              D. ever

41. A. guessed           B. suspected               C. questioned         D. figured

42. A. watched           B. caught                  C. dismissed          D. accused

43. A. generous          B. honest                   C. friendly           D. modest

44. A. blame            B. excuse                  C. charge            D. trust

45. A. until             B. as                      C. once              D. since

46. A. purchases         B. sales                    C. orders            D. favorites

47. A. casually          B. confidently               C. cheerfully         D. carefully

48. A. look             B. stare                    C. response          D. comment

49. A. patiently          B. eagerly                   C. easily            D. proudly

50. A generally          B. never                     C. sometimes        D. always

51. A. pointed          B. replied                    C. turned           D. introduced

52. A. sense            B. way                      C. degree           D. mood

53. A. earned             B. deserved              C. given              D. used

54. A. receive            B. expect                 C. collect             D. require

55. A. very              B. so                     C. how              D. too

 (06·重慶)

Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)）.She was

unable to   36  .In fact, she could hardly make any   37  .Although she believed that she had a    38  chance of recovering, the doctors said that   39  ,if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not   40  .There, lying in her hospital bed, she   41  that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was

  42  .

She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not   43  . It seemed that she was   44  .The doctors were all fond of her and

taught her about   45  that she could make it . Every day Angela would lie there,   46   doing

her mental exercise.

One day,   47  she was imagining  her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle（奇跡）happened: The bed began to  48  ! “Look what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved!

I moved! ”she  49  .

Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was   50  .More importantly, they were running   51  safely.

People were crying, and equipment was   52  .You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t

  53  that to Angela. She has   54  that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, She’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can   55  the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?

36．A．see                     B．hear                    C．talk                     D．walk

37．A．progress              B．difference            C．movement           D．achievement

38．A．poor                   B．good                   C．little                    D．special

39．A．few                    B．all                       C．some                  D．most

40．A．satisfied              B．delighted              C．surprised             D．discouraged

41．A．insisted               B．sighed                 C．feared                 D．promised

42．A．true                    B．doubtful              C．certain                D．impossible

43．A．get up                 B．give up                C．turn up                D．stand up

44．A．disappointed        B．proud                  C．troubled              D．undefeatable

45．A．thinking               B．expecting             C．pretending           D．imagining

46．A．sadly                   B．madly                  C．carefully              D．faithfully

47．A．as                       B．since                   C．after                   D．before

48．A．fly                      B．move                  C．roll                     D．speak

49．A．jumped                B．wondered            C．screamed            D．recovered

50．A．frightened            B．pleased                C．touched               D．encouraged

51．A．in                       B．by                       C．for                      D．with

52．A．rising                  B．falling                  C．missing               D．gathering

53．A．tell                      B．do                       C．give                    D．show

54．A．noticed                B．supposed             C．believed               D．discovered

55．A．push                   B．shock                  C．shake                  D．save

 (06·北京)

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  37  and ill.

My father was  38  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  39  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  41  about life, and I told them about one of my  42 . I said that we must very often give things up  43  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  44  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  45  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  47 , he answered his own question: “I  48  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  49  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (憤怒的) at someone, I  50  remember his words and become  51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  52  to give up my small irritations. In this  53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  54  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  55 .

36. A. Afterwards              B. Therefore               C. However             D. Meanwhile

37. A. tired                       B. weak                      C. poor                   D. slow

38. A. already                    B. still                        C. only                    D. once

39. A. took                       B. threw                     C. sent                    D. put

40. A. impossible               B. difficult                  C. stressful              D. Hopeless

41. A. worrying                 B. caring                    C. talking                 D. asking

42. A. decisions                 B. experiences             C. ambitions            D. beliefs

43. A. as                           B. since                      C. before                 D. till

44. A. suggests                 B. promises                C. seems                 D. requires

45. A. spoke                     B. turned                    C. summed              D. opened

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

47. A. Surprisingly             B. Immediately            C. Naturally             D. Certainly

48. A. had                         B. accepted                 C. gained                 D. enjoyed

49. A. touched                  B. astonished              C. attracted              D. warned

50. A. should                    B. could                     C. would                 D. might

51. A. quiet                       B. calm                      C. Relaxed               D. happy

52. A. ready                      B. likely                      C. free                    D. able

53. A. case                       B. form                      C. method               D. way

54. A. doubt                      B. wonder                  C. know                  D. guess

55. A. award                     B. gift                        C. lesson                 D. word