35.  A. the road       B. the street           C. the path             D. the way

34.  A. running        B. run                C. ran                 D. to run

33.  A. left            B. forgotten          C. arranged             D. told

32.  A. watching       B. seeing              C. feeling               D. feeding

31.  A. tree             B. lake               C. stall                 D. boat

30. The reason _______ he is late is _______ there is a break-down on the way.

   A. why; that        B. for; why          C. for; for                D. why; for

  通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31-50各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)最佳答案。

Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the other children came running through the trees with sharp cries. They rushed up to the ___31__, leaning over the clear water, and __32__ the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but all at once those who had been  _33__ behind at the ice cream stall(小攤) came  34  up to make some announcement, and they all left the water and dashed back _35_ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen   36  after them.

When she saw what they had been running for, she __37__ running. They were buying ___38__ again. The toy stall was open and they were crowded around it. Behind the stall a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took  39  from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils and rubbers, anything. Maureen leaned __40___ a tree, looking on. The idea of spending washed against her face like a strong current(水流) , trying to draw  _41_  in.

Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group _42_ laid what she had bought on the ground __43__ she could see how much money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen’s eyes __44__ a boat, a mouth organ, and little plates of dolls’ food in colored plaster―a brown load of bread, a joint of beef, a pink pudding. Maureen was so full of the _45   for the same things that she couldn’t stand  46  at them. She turned her head sharply. Her face against the tree, she shut her __47_ and prayed (祈禱) eagerly for some money, for the price of a set of toy plates.

After a moment, she opened her eyes, but she didn’t turn back to the stall. It was too  48  to see the others buying _49_ they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground. And there at her very _50_ was a ten-penny piece.

29. Alice trusts you; only you can  _______ her to give up the foolish idea.

   A. suggest         B. persuade          C. discourage             D. manage

28. _______ the fact that I don’t like my job, I must work hard.

   A. In spite             B. Instead             C. In case             D. Despite

27.―How do you like the school life here?

   ―Oh, _______. Everyone is so friendly to me.

       A. thanks      B. no problem            C. very well         D. very good

26. I wish I _______ my time when I was young.

 A. hadn’t wasted  B. didn’t waste      C. wasn’t wasting   D. wouldn’t waste