第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空和词形变化。（每格填1~2个单词）

Several days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the earthquake.    31   (副词), people in the city of Tangshan thought    32    of these. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to shake,      33    destroyed the city. Steam（蒸汽）    34     (burst) from holes in the ground. It gave    35     smelly gas. Many buildings fell into bricks all of a sudden like pieces of dominos. Many people,    36    (include) workers and doctors, came to rescue those      37    (trap) under the ruins. Later that afternoon,     38    (限定词) big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers.  Teams      39    (organize) to dig out those under the ruins and bury the dead.   40     number of the miners who were rescued from coal mines reached almost 10,000. With the help from all over the country, Tangshan began to recover slowly.

77. --- What is the weather like these days?

--- It has been warm for ______ few days.

past                     B. passing                   C. the past                    D. Pass

57. I caught the last bus from town, but Harry came home        that night.

A. very late               B. even later            C. the same late         D. the last one

37. Stop! If you go any _____, you will be in danger..

A. far                      B. farther                 C. further                 D. far away

17. The boy sat at the top of the hill, looking at the valley ______.

A. under                 B. above                 C. up                  D. Below

127. Snakes are _________blooded animals while cats are_______-blooded ones

 A. warm; cold       B. coldly; hot          C. hot; warm         D. cold; warm

107. Our company has been very____ to react to foreign competition. Most of our products are out of fashion.

A. slow                     B. quickly                 C. smart                  D. Clever

87. I’m sure your parents are _______ with your progress in English study.

A. please                      B. pleasing                 C. pleased                     D. Pleasant

67. Her trouble was found to be        , not physical.

A. mental                      B. material             C. mad                   D. Mentally

47. I will invite some of my friends to my home on Christmas Eve, and I do wish all of them will have a _____ evening.

A. glad                           B. pleasant               C. exciting                    D. Interesting