My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it  21  and as he is very 22  it, it still looks as good as new.

“That umbrella must have   23  you a great deal of money, Uncle.” I said to him one day.

“No,” he replied, “ 24 ”

“Was it a present?” I asked again.

“No,” said he.

“Then how did you get it?” I asked.

“Well,” he answered, “it is a strange true story. About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening   25   it suddenly rained. I had no raincoat and no umbrella. No buses ran through that street and there were no  26   in sight. As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get  27  . So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop. By and by it grew quite  28  .There wasn't a person around, and  29   it rained and rained.  30  a young man came to the place where I was standing,  31   a large umbrella over his head.  32 I hoped he would   33  me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped   34   the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said: “  35  , where are you going with that umbrella?”

 36   by my sudden appearance, the young man  37   the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and  38 into the darkness. I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk. I knew it would be  39  in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it   40  .”

21. A. for months             B. for years     C. since childhood    D. for a few days

22. A. satisfied with       B. afraid of     C. proud of            D. careful with

23. A. given           B. cost           C. saved           D. made

24. A. very little             B. I don't know      C. not a penny                D. quite a lot

25. A. when           B. though       C. because               D. after

26. A. bicycles              B. policemen      C. friends                D. taxis

27. A. tired            B. back          C. wet                     D. away

28. A. dark            B. fine            C. dirty                   D. dangerous

29. A. naturally              B. suddenly C. always                D. still

30. A. At once        B. At last C. As usual              D. As well

31. A. selling          B. carrying  C. moving               D. showing

32. A. As        B. Although     C. While           D. If

33. A. order           B. persuade     C. allow           D. promise

34. A. into             B. out of  C. towards              D. along

35. A. By the way   B. Help           C. Excuse me          D. Stop

36. A. Punished             B. Discouraged   C. Warned                D. Frightened

37. A. raised          B. took           C. dropped              D. forgot

38. A. disappeared  B. lost            C. pulled           D. turned

39. A. endless        B. interesting        C. exciting               D. hopeless

40. A. ever since           B. for a while     C. for you               D. forever

 Tom said he would appreciate _____ if we would go to help her with housework.

    A. that                  B. this                C. one          D. it

 — Have you made any plan for the coming May 1st Holiday?

—I don’t mind what to do _______ there's less homework from the teachers and more pocket money from my parents．

A．as long as                  B．as far as        C．now that D．in order that

 Dieting for some girls means eating too little, which _______ can lead to poor nutrition.

    A. if not       B. in return                C. even so                 D. in turn

 You should report any incident, _______ minor it is.

    A. whatever                B. whenever               C. however        D. wherever

 The weather wasn’t fine. Otherwise, we _____ a picnic down by the lake.

    A. would have had        B. would have      C. had                      D. hah had  

 Edison was a clever boy, and _______ he was fourteen, he had learned advance mathematics by himself.

    A. whenever   B. by the time     C. the moment          D. ever since

 —You ______ Mary of the meeting to be held this afternoon.

   — I’m sorry. I have forgotten all about it.

    A. must have informed   B. may have informed       C. would inform  D. should inform

 I _____ to go on a diet, but the dishes at the party were simply impossible to resist.

   A. intend B. am intending            C. had intended            D. could intend

 Not until the teacher explained the importance of getting up early ______ we promise to come early.

    A. should       B. would               C. did            D. could