（2010·湖南省高三模拟测试卷B卷）29. When I came in, I found Lucy_____   by the window _____    to music.

A. seated； listening          B. seated; listened

C. seating ； listened         D. seating ； listening

（2010·海南省高三五校联考）35．My headache is killing me．I         it       away．But now it’s getting worse and worse．

A．think; is going  B．thought; was going 

C．have thought; is going     D．had thought; was going

（2010·福建省仙游县高三5月片内交流试卷）      32. It’s crazy of you to spend more time playing computer games than you ______ studying.

A. are       B. do        C. have        D. will

（2010·湖南省高三模拟测试卷B卷）22. Color TV was first shown in 1929. It took more than two decades,        _______, until 1951, for color broadcasts to begin in the USA.

A. though   B. therefore C. Otherwise D. anyway

（2010·山东潍坊高考模拟训练A）21.    —I can`t get on well with some of my classmates. They just leave me in the cold.

—      .But what’s the reason?

A. Sorry to hear that                 B.Forget it

C.Don`t mention it                     D.Never give up

（2010·山东聊城市高三二模） 33. So suddenly       that the animals in the zoo looked very frightened during the total solar eclipse.

A. did the sky turn dark                     B. the sky did turn dark

C. turned the sky dark                  D. was the sky turned dark

（2010·黑龙江省哈九中高三三模） 28．The old lady had expected to see all her relatives when she was ill in hospital, but none came to see her ______ many of her neighbors offered their help．

A．when               B．as           

C．because         D．while

（2010·安徽师大附中高三二模）       29. —What do you think of Spain?

—Well, considering its diverse cultures, it is an attractive country,______ worthy of a visit.

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

（2010·山东淄博高三二模） 29. The traffic slowed down because of the heavy snow in Yushu county, presenting a new __________ to the recovery from the earthquake.

A. suffering           B. disaster      C. challenge   D. damage

Rudolph Valentino was a famous film star in the 1920s.

    He once wanted to buy a particular silver ring that had a semi-precious stone in 31              .

    The jeweler warned him against the ring, 32         (tell) him that it had a curse on it. 33           owned the ring would have bad luck.

    Valentino did not believe him 34         he bought the ring.

He wore it during the making of his 35         film, The Young Rajah. The film was a complete failure.

    Valentino put the ring 36   _   and went on to make many 37        (success) films. By 1926, he had forgotten all about the curse on the ring.

    He wore it 38        .  Soon afterwards, he fell ill and died.

    39         of Valentino’s friends inherited the ring.She, too, became ill, 40        quickly gave the ring away to a young artist. She recovered from her illness almost immediately,