______ the first to use nuclear weapons.

　　A. At no time China will be

　　B. Never China will be

　　C. Will China never be

　　D. At no time will China be

All substances, ＿＿＿＿＿ solids, liquids, or gases, are made up of entirely atoms.

A.whether they B.whether  C.whether are they D.whether are

＿＿when we passed by its nest.

A.Up into the blue sky did the bird fly

B.Up into the blue sky the bird flew

C.Up into the blue sky flew the bird

D.Flew up into the blue sky the bird

Everyone has arrived at eight and ＿＿＿＿.

A.then does the meeting begin

B.then begins the meeting

C.begins the meeting then

D.does the meeting begin then

He suggested that the work ＿＿＿＿＿ at once.

A.be done B.should do   C.could do D.does

That is the day ______I'll never forget.

A. which B. on which C. in which D. when

Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the   1   of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.

'What?'   2   one participant. 'Those guys have to be lying.'

There is no reliable   3   of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the   4   spender.

A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the   5   . The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than 'survey'), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.

About half the respondents（受调查者） inherited（.继承） their   6   , a quarter   7   it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it   8   . That is roughly in line with other surveys of   9   women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than   10   a salary.

As for   11   , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as 'below their means.' The report on the survey said that is 'possibly   12   they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.

'Women tend not to spend as much as   13   and splash（泼洒得使到处是） their names all over the place,' said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and he lifestyle as 'below the radar.'

Many women also worried about wealth having   14    effects on their children and didn't want to spend lavishly（挥霍） to   15   a bad example.

At the same time, 70% of the women said they 'buy nice things when   16   .' And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making   17   on major purchases, which   18   that they do a lot of the big spending.

Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision   19   .

But what about other   20   ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?

(   ) 1. A. results                B. reasons             C. times                D. directions

(   ) 2. A. cried                  B. sighed              C. shouted            D. laughed

(   ) 3. A. data                   B. measure            C. division            D. news

(   ) 4. A. biggest               B. bigger              C. smaller             D. worse

(   ) 5. A. matter                B. message            C. point                D. report

(   ) 6. A. spirit                 B. money              C. habit                D. cost

(   ) 7. A. bought                      B. robbed             C. got                   D. earned

(   ) 8. A. itself                  B. herself              C. ourselves          D. themselves

(   ) 9. A. wealthy              B. poor                 C. ordinary            D. honest

(   ) 10. A. making            B. earning             C. taking              D. spending

(   ) 11. A. buying             B. wasting            C. spending           D. saving

(   ) 12. A. when                      B. if                     C. whether            D. because

(   ) 13. A. women             B. youth                      C. adults               D. men

(   ) 14. A. serious             B. good                C. bad                  D. various

(   ) 15. A. send                 B. set                   C. do                    D. give

(   ) 16. A. necessary          B. possible            C. pleased             D. anxious

(   ) 17. A. plans                B. decisions          C. appointments    D. suggestions

(   ) 18. A. notices             B. stresses             C. implies             D. intends

(   ) 19. A. away                B. together            C. as well             D. out

(   ) 20. A. purchases         B. effects              C. differences        D. examples

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was

walking home from the village, where he had   36   to buy what he needed   37    his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  38  , when he would bring out his gold．Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was   39   for him. And it would   40   him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it   41   over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   42  about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door

  43  . He could not imagine that a thief would   44    his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).

   When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   45     anything was different. He   46   is wet coat, and pushed the meat   47    he fire.   48   he was warm again, he began to think about his gold . It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.   49     he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.

   But when he   50    he floorboards near the loom, and saw the   51   hole, he did not understand   52  . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was    53    !he put his hands to his head and tried to think . Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He   54    every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been  55   !

36．A．arrived          B．been          C．left           D．gone

37．A．to              B．in                  C．for           D．with

38．A．holiday      B．old           C．supper-time    D．meat

39．A．ordinary     B．unusual             C．normal        D．common

40．A．pay                 B．spend               C．take           D．cost

41．A．boiling              B．cooking             C．smoking       D．making

42．A．interesting           B．worried             C．interested       D．worrying

43．A．unlocked      B．uncovered           C．discovered     D．locked

44．A．go          B．lead               C．find           D．lose

45．A．whether        B．that                C．because      D．as

46．A．turned off          B．threw into          C．threw off            D．got off

47．A．away from          B．farther on           C．on to        D．closer to

48．A．As soon as          B．As well as          C．No sooner     D．As long as

49．A．But                B．As                 C．So                 D．For

50．A．took down          B．took after      C．took over            D．took up

51．A．dark               B．empty       C．small        D．deep

52．A．at last              B．at once          C．at most              D．at least

53．A．everything           B．something           C．nothing      D．anything

54．A．search              B．search for            C．looked into   D．found

55．A．gone                B．missed              C．lost           D．stolen

        was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

    A．It   B．This

    C．What D．As

__________lessons were not difficult.

A. Our few first short English   

B. Our first few short English

C. Our few first English short           

D. Few our first English short