24. －Why haven’t you posted the letter?

－I __________ to but I forgot about it.

   A. wished      B. liked       C. expected       D. Meant

27．—Why is your professor so happy recently?

    —Because the theory she insisted on ________correct．

      A．is proved    B．proving    C．was proved   D．has proved

43. ______ he was absent, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me, for I didn’t have much experience.

A. If             B. If that                        C. That if                  D. That

23. Allow others the space to voice their opinions, ______ they are different from yours.

A. as though       B. as if                C. unless               D. even though

3. ______, I can spare no time for it now. I’ll have to finish my homework first.

A. However exciting the football is             B. No matter exciting the football is

C. However the football is exciting             D. No matter how the football is exciting

26. —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door?  

   —It ______ be Father, but I’m not sure.

   A. can; must    B. can; may       C. must; can     D. may; must

35．He fell into the couch and turned on the TV. Unaware of there_________a snake lying near his feet.

       A．is                           B．being                      C．was                        D．Be

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給題目的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. __21__, I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salisbury .

I was going along __22__ at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a   __23__ scream ---“Help!” I looked round, but the only __24__ of life was a large, black, rather suspicious—looking（可疑的）car just __25__ a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I __26__ speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw __27__ me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with __28__.

“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh !”

I felt my __29__ boil. The fog was coming down __30__ now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no __31__ that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.

“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh !” Then a cry and a groan（呻吟）.

If I was to save her, it was now or __32__. Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to __33__. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its __34__, and its brakes（煞車）screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and   __35__ into the ditch（溝）at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out.

“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was __36__ than him. I put all I could into __37__ that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It __38__ him right on the point of the chin; his __39__ slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, w.&w.^  __40__ open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.

“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”

21.   A. And                         B. Though                    C. Therefore                 D. But

22.   A. quietly                            B. quickly                    C. carefully                  D. nervously

23.   A. boy’s                       B. man’s                       C. woman’s                  D. driver’s

24.   A. person                            B. sign                         C. sound                       D. form

25.   A. turning                    B. crossing                   C. going                       D. driving

26.   A. slowed down            B. put on                      C. added to                   D. took up

27.   A. right behind             B. close to                    C. away from                D. near by

28.   A. joy                          B. sorrow                            C. fear                         D. anger

29.   A. tears                        B. heart                        C. face                         D. blood

30.   A. slighter                    B. thicker                            C. lower                       D. harder

31.   A. need                        B. effort                       C. trouble                            D. doubt

32.   A. never                       B. late                          C. ever                         D. then

33.   A. justice                      B. court                        C. lawyer                            D. sentence

34.   A. direction                  B. path                         C. front                        D. nose

35.   A. drove                       B. ran                          C. crashed                    D. sped

36.   A. slower                            B. quicker                    C. taller                        D. heavier

37.   A. an anger                   B. a fist                        C. a beat                       D. a blow

38.   A. caught                            B. struck                      C. knocked                   D. beat

39.   A. chin                         B. fists                         C. knees                       D. body

40.   A. hit                           B. brought                    C. pushed                         D. Pulled

第二部分       非選擇題(共55分)

I.單詞填空(共25小題；每小題1分，滿分25分)

A) 按課文內(nèi)容填空，每空一詞。(共15空格；每空格1分，滿分15分)

NCE L27

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something.   76   this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to   77   of material good in terms of money,…The conditions of society are   78   that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.

NCE L29

Whether we find a joke funny or not   79   where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with   80  .

 Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations   81  .

U4

Science is my   82   as there is no equipment and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket!   83   I was showing the boys a chemistry experiment…Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids,   84   will be going back to…In fact, I wonder whether I’m   85   to these boys’ lives at all.

U5

Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and   86   for London.

“…I have been so   87   used to everything that I haven’t had time for  88  . I think it’s important to   89   between study and a social life. I’m going to join a few university clubs and    90   I’ll meet some people I have things in common with.”

B) 根據(jù)首字母或括號(hào)內(nèi)的提示填寫單詞。（共10空格，每空格1分，滿分10分）

91. He managed to get a loan to p________ a house.

92. Linda was o__________ with the work of redecorating her house.

93. The Students’ Union called on us to d__________ money to those children in trouble.

94. Parking in this street is the p___________ of the residents.

95. Do as you’re told, o___________ you’ll be in trouble.

96. She was such an excellent clerk that she was strongly r___________ for the new post.

97. In Britain the Queen reigns, but the country is __________ (治理) by the Prime Minister.

98. The novel c____________(吸引) the imagination of thousands of readers.

99. No one s________ (懷疑) that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.

100. Do me a f_________ and turn the radio down while I’m on the phone, will you?

26. Many applicants stood outside the manager’s office, nervously waiting _________ for the job.

A. to choose      B. being chosen     C. choosing      D. to be chosen