If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river           so seriously now.

    A．is not polluted       B．would not be polluted

    C．had not been polluted      D．would not have been polluted

--Does he always keep an appointment, Jenny'?

-- Seldom, ______.

A. if any    B. whenever possible        C. if ever    D. when necessary

第四節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出適合填入對(duì)應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。

“Are you too stupid to do anything right?” These words — said by a woman to a little boy who was obviously her son — were spoken  26  he had walked away from her. The boy returned, his eyes downcast.

Not a   27   moment, perhaps,   28  small moments last a very long time. And a few words — though they mean   29  at the time to the people who say them — can have great  30  .

I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the last 24 years he has been a professional   31   . Here is what he told me:

As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly    32  . He had few   33  and no self-confidence. One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment. The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now they were to write their own chapter that would   34  the last chapter of the novel.

Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it   35  . Today he can not recall anything   36  about the chapter he wrote, or what  37  Mrs Brach gave him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs Brach wrote in margin（空白）of the paper: “This is  38  writing.”

Fourwords. They   39  his life.

“  40  I read those words, I had no ideal of who I was or  41  I was going to be,” he said. “After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been   42  of doing but never believed I could do.”

Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to school for Mrs Brach to evaluate. She was   43  , tough and honest. “She was just what I  44  ,” Dalkoff said.

His confidence   45  . Dalkoff believed that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of the paper.

26. A. where   B. why    C. because      D. when

27. A. wonderful    B. difficult     C. funny  D. big

28. A. yet       B. although     C. for      D. therefore

29. A. much    B. little   C. more   D. most

30. A. meaning      B. power C. force   D. sense

31. A. writer   B. player C. poet    D. singer

32. A. sorry    B. proud  C. sick    D. shy

33. A. books   B. ideals  C. friends       D. chances

34. A. follow  B. match C. decide D. improve

35. A. on      B. in       C. out     D. down

36. A. more    B. again  C. different     D. special

37. A. honors  B. remarks      C. prizes  D. grade

38. A. poor     B. serious       C. good   D. silly

39. A. changed       B. damaged    C. affected      D. improved

40. A. Unless  B. Until   C. When  D. While

41. A. what     B. how    C. where D. which

42. A. tired     B. fond   C. proud  D. dreaming

43. A. strict    B. kind    C. encouraging       D. praising

44. A. feared   B. needed       C. expected     D. loved

45. A. grew    B. lifted  C. appeared    D. returned

.Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains ___ whether they will enjoy it.

A. to see     B. to be seen   C. seeing     D. seen

.  _______   to the left and you’ll see the post office.

A. To turn             B. Turning            C. Turned              D. Turn

. ---Will the Smiths go abroad this summer?              ---No, they finally decided  _______  .

A. to              B. not going                  C. not to                D. not to be going

. The next morning she found the man      ___________      in bed, dead.

A. lying                       B. lie                     C. lay                                         D. laying

．Paul doesn't have to be made ______ .He always works hard．

    A．earn        B.  to learn      C．earned       D．earning

.  Three-fourths of the buildings ______.

A. was destroyed    B. is destroyed    C. were destroyed     D. has been destroyed

. The public ______ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.

A. is    B. was    C. are    D. has been