The long and tiring talk, filled with arguments and quarrels, ended in disorder,            _________ no agreement at all.

       A. reaching            B. reached             C. to reach             D. being reached

When the two tiny ducklings were caught by the sharp jaws of a larger German shepherd, they must have thought their time on earth was up.

But as luck would have it for the frightened wild ducklings that had lost their mother, the dog that helped them out of the bushes had only their best interests at heart.

Duke, a one-year-old German shepherd, found the two ducklings hidden in long grass next to his owner’s workplace on the edge of the Thronybank Industrial Estate in Dalkeith.

   And despite the natural instincts of a hunter, the dog gently took them in its mouth and carried them back to his blanket, putting them down where it was warm and even washing them clean with his tongue.

The ducklings will be looked after by staff at the center until they are old enough to be released into the wild.

“This dog is a modern day Rin Tin Tin, ( the world’s most famous German shepherd dog) and to pick them up in his mouth without harming them is quite something. “To them try and wash them is just amazing behavior.” said one of the staff.

45.   The underlined part in the first paragraph means ___________.

A. they used up their time completely.         B. they will become the food of the dog.

C. they will be saved by the dog.              D. they have finished their daily job.

46.   Duke is the ________ of the German shepherd.

A. name          B. owner                   C. friend              D. trainer

47. From the sentence “And despite the natural instincts of a hunter,…” in fourth paragraph we learned the fact that ________.

A. Dogs are friendly to their preys                       B. Dogs change their appetite

C. Dogs are born hunter                               D. Dogs become vegetarian

48. According to the last two paragraphs we know that it is ________ for a hunter like dog to save and even lick ducklings clean.

A. common        B. impossible           C. interesting         D. amazing 

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I have a good friend w____ name is Liu Mei. She is our           76________________

_____ （班长）and one of the excellent students in our class.            77________________

Clever _____ she is, she works very hard. We have a                               78________________

lot in c_______ and have a lot to talk about. One evening she                79______________

told me that something h______ when her parents were out.                         80________________

She was doing her homework one Sunday morning _____                       81_______________

she smelt something ____（燃烧）.She stopped to look out                82________________

of the window _____ found a cloud of smoke coming out                         83_______________

of her neighbour’s house. She called 119 ______ （立刻）. Ten 84________________

minutes later, firemen came and put o_____ the fire. Her neighbor    85______________

was very thankful for her help.

Jack had          feeling of excitement when hearing his article had been published in       school magazine．

       A．the；a           B．a；the           C．／；the    D the；／

Honey, stay outside and ______ a few minutes; then we'll go to church together.

A. hang around                      B. hang up               C. hang on               D. hang out

18. — Hi, Kathy. We’re going to have a party this Saturday. Will you come?

— __________. What time?

A.I suppose so           B. I’d love to  C. I think so    D. I like it

 .The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics ＿＿by .

A. has been completed        B. has completed

C. will have been completed   D. will have completed  

.   He was so foolish  _______  his car unlocked.

 A. to leave             B. that leave           C. as to leave         D. for him to leave

. ___________   for several weeks, the city needed food.

A. As having flooded      B. being flooded      C. Having been flooded                D. To flood

The officers narrowly escaped ___________  in the hot battle.

A. have killed             B. to kill                C. to be killed          D. being killed