_____ I know the money is safe, I shall not worry about it.

A. Even though      B. Unless      C. As long as       D. While

We can’t afford a holiday, so we’ll just have to go____.

A. round       B. over       C. by         D. without

---- My parents said that we would take a camping on May Day.

  -----_____ it rains then?

A.What if         B.What about        C. What for        D. So what

I really don’t know for certain____ they discussed.this important event very secretly.

A. where was it that    B. where it was that      C. where that      D. it was where that

You know nursing is____ a way of life.

A.as a much job as  B. as much a job as  C. so job a much as D. a job so much as

Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously ( 匿名 ).

  But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced (增強)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

  The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

  You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.

56. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.

A. in her early twenties                       B. in her early teens

C. in her late twenties                  D. in her late teens

57. What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

A. Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.

B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.

C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.

D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.

58.The author（作者）writes this passage in order to________.

A. attract readers to visit the city of Bath            B. ask readers to buy Austen's books

C. tell readers about Jane Austen's experience

D. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

59. It takes you about one and a half hours________.

A. to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street

B. to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

C. to find a guide to take you to the Centre                D. to look around the city of Bath on foot

  If only he _______ quietly as the doctor instructed, he would not suffer so much now.

    A. lies                             B. lay

    C. had lain                         D. should lie

 In that country, guests usually feel that they are not highly ________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date．

   A. regarded　　      B. thought      C. admired     D. concerned 

---I hear the church was badly damaged last night.

---____, let’s go and see it.

A. When necessary      B. What’s more    C. If so         D. Where possible

 What surprised me was not what he said but ___ he said it.

    A. the way                                               B. in the way that

    C. in the way                                            D. the way which