Bill Trew worked on the night shift（夜班） in an old coal mine called Park Deep．Day and night 180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet   21  ．They all took their   22   of night work, but Bill always worked at night．he said he   23   it．

       One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning．He had his ‘Supper’,   24   he called it, and went to bed．An   25    dream troubled his sleep．  26  , the only thing he remembered about it was— a throbbing（跳動(dòng)） blue light．

       Bill got up in the afternoon as usual．It was a   27    getting up—because he could still see the blue light in front of his eyes．As the evening   28   darker, the light grew stronger．Bill got ready for the night shift．But by 8 o'clock the blue light was so bright that he could   29    see anything else．He and his wife were very puzzled．Bill had never been    30   before．

       “Don't go to work,”Mrs．Trew said．“If it isn't better   31    tomorrow, I'll have to send for the doctor．”

       Bill didn't go to work．He sat in an armchair,    32    but with closed eyes．  33   then the blueness was like a living thing．It surrounded him, silent, throbbing．The family went to bed but Bill wasn't   34  : he stayed in his armchair．

       At 11 o'clock a long, loud explosion(爆炸)   35   the ground．Bill opened his eyes and   36 to his feet．The blue light was   37   ! He rushed outside．Someone shouted, “Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity the night shift!”

       The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep．The mine was destroyed   38   ．Bill Trew has never  39   wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man   40   for work that night?

21．A．down                     B．a(chǎn)round                    C．off                         D．a(chǎn)way

22．A．order                      B．time                        C．share                      D．list

23．A．decided                   B．preferred                 C．suited                     D．needed

24．A．what                      B．because                  C．when                     D．a(chǎn)s

25．A．uneasy                    B．unusual                   C．extra                      D．ordinary

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

27．A．regular                    B．fresh                      C．late                        D．strange

28．A．turned                    B．developed                C．grew                      D．fell

29．A．possibly                  B．hardly                     C．probably                 D．immediately

30．A．fearful                    B．calm                       C．safe                       D．sick

31．A．for                         B．within                     C．by                          D．on

32．A．a(chǎn)wake                    B．frightened               C．clear                      D．relaxed

33．A．Just                        B．Till                         C．From                     D．Even

34．A．serious                   B．tired                       C．free                        D．troubled

35．A．shook                     B．destroyed                C．a(chǎn)ttacked                 D．broke

36．A．struggled                B．rose                        C．jumped                   D．bent

37．A．gone                       B．left                         C．frozen                    D．lost

38．A．a(chǎn)t last                     B．a(chǎn)t all                       C．for ever                  D．for all

39．A．stood                      B．stopped                   C．kept                       D．delayed

40．A．unfair                     B．unreasonable           C．unfit                       D．unacceptable

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—Yes. It’s the company　　 my elder brother belongs.

A．there B．that C．what D．where

Look at the girl coming toward us. From the clothes on her,      she be a student?

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

Steven 　　　　so active and lively after so many years, which I didn’t expect.

　　　 A．remained B．remains C．has remained D．had remained

Nigeria, a major West African country, is nearly        Great Britain.

       A．three times the size as                                 B．three times the size of

       C．three times as the size                                 D．the size three times of

I have to spend much time on my notes     sure I can pass tomorrow’s test.

       A．making                   B．to make                  C．to be making           D．made

Mum, I arrived at the train station twenty minutes ago, but Betty 　　　　 up yet.

A．hadn’t turned B．won’t turn C．hasn’t turned　　　　　 D．didn’t turn

Our industry makes use of what farmers　　　　 throw away as waste.

A．a(chǎn)lso B．though C．otherwise D．therefore

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　　　 A．to beat B．being beaten C．to be beaten　　　　　 D．beating

—Shall I help you with the washing up?

—　　　　 . I’ll do it later. Thanks anyway.

A．Not exactly B．No way C．Don’t bother D．Never again