Was it in the village___ we used to live in____ the accident happened ?

   A. where,  that             B. which,  that             C. that,  where        D. where,  which

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53．Suppose you want to buy each of the four books in the bookstore, you will at least have to pay      .

         A．$115      P．$23             C．$92               D．$85     

54．Which of the four books mainly deals with the use of the language in a speech?

         A．Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speech in History．

         B．The Lost Art of the Great Speech; How to Write One and How to Deliver it．

         C．In the Spotnight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing．

         D．10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking.           

55．Which of the authors of the books used to write speeches for presidents?

         A．Richard Dowis              B．Janet, E．Esposito   

         C．Lenny Laskowski                  D．William Safire

56．The common purpose of the above books is to____． 

         A．give encouragement in making a speech

         B．tell readers how to make a forcefuLand impresive speech

         C．show readers the skills of writing a good speech         

         D．tell readers how to get over stage fright and to speak easily and confidently

语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）．  

         从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其音标与所给单词的读音相同的选项。

I’m ____ of listening his ____ lecture, so I began to read a magazine．

       A．interested; interesting      B．fond; content

       C．bored; boring D．tired; tired

The world economic crisis       in 2008, but the global economy began to recover in the second half of 2009.

A.rose                   B. raised                C. aroused             D. arose

_____ Sun Yue has been selected into the L.A.Lakers(湖人队), he might as well make full use of the chance.

   A. After                        B. Although               C. As soon as            D. Now that

—Shall we go and see a movie this Sunday?

       —_______．

       A．Don’t flatter yourself             B．I don’t agree

       C．Why do you think so?                 D．That’s an excellent idea．

单词填空

As we all know, “Failure is the mother of s___________.”.

Nigeria gained its i______________ from Britain in 1960.

Tom and Jack said they would come, but they didn’t keep their w__________.

Though he did something wrong, she finally f____________ him.

We should a_________ great importance to education which later will shape our life.

We only had a b__________ talk because time is very limited.

Fewer people were e__________ in that company because of the latest economic crisis(危机).

Much to his r_________, his wife was saved.

The distant country is so p________ that I don’t want to go back to the noisy city.

He is very famous and his name is f_________ to every family.

My schoolbag has disappeared. Who ________ have taken it?

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

—Why did you eat your words, Billy?

  — Sorry, dear．But I really forgot where I was _____ to meet you．

     A．demanded           B．imagined           C．supposed           D．guessed