(05·浙江)

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.     21    I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed     22    . I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls     23    their souls belonged to the     24    .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man     25    in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm     26    ", he said. He was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn't know--and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game--a war game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and,     27    , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was     28    .

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried     29     to speak to that computer geek (怪人),     30    not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. I was     31    . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout,          "    32    !"

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I     ___33    , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    34    , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more     35    having a relationship with the     ___36    , particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to     37     the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines     38    with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even     39    that the coffee was bad,    ___40    Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.

21．A．Before                 B．Since                  C．Although            D．While

22．A．pain                   B．loneliness            C．sadness              D．fear

23．A．because               B．when                  C．until                   D．unless

24．A．home                 B．world                 C．Net                     D．Cafe

25．A．sleeping              B．laughing              C．sitting                 D．learning

26．A．busy                  B．thirsty                C．tired                   D．sick

27．A．first of all           B．just then              C．at the same time D．by that time

28．A．surprised            B．delighted             C．moved                D．frightened

29．A．once                  B．again                  C．first                   D．even

30．A．but                     B．so                       C．if                       D．or

31．A．excited               B．respected             C．afraid                 D．unhappy

32．A．Shut up               B．Enjoy yourself     C．Leave me alone   D．Help me out

33．A．walked about      B．walked out          C．raised my hand    D．raised my head

34．A．From then on      B．At that moment   C．In all                  D．Above all

35．A．interested in        B．tired of               C．careful about       D．troubled by

36．A．computer            B．soul                    C．shop                   D．geek

37．A．tell                     B．plan                    C．imagine               D．design

38．A．other than           B．instead of            C．except for           D．as well as

39．A．pretend               B．understand           C．insist                  D．realize

40．A．as if                   B．just as                 C．just after             D．even though

 (05·江苏)

On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,

  36   my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it  37   over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down,   38   to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of  39   with lots of unexpected challenges( 挑战). We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.

        40   what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of   41   difficulties. We came to learn that something  42   could happen in a disaster . All over the world people

  43   Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week

in a  44   center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of  45   had been received and sorted.

      As   46  , we opened letter after letter. They gave us   47   and became a source of strength for us. We used them to  48   ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a  49  , or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or  50  in bed living happily and  51  .

      These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so   52   we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

      My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your  53   accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this   54   challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you   55  .

Yours Sincerely,

Nancy Reagan

36.A.since                    B.before                C. when                D.while

37. A. walked                B. climbed             C. pulled                D. jumped

38. A. able                    B. unable               C. suitable             D. unsuitable

39. A. disability             B. possession         C. convenience      D. experience

40. A. So                      B. For                   C. Or                    D. Yet

41. A. sharing               B. separating          C. fearing                     D. exploiting

42. A. terrible                B. similar               C. wonderful         D. practical

43. A. wrote for            B. cared for           C. hoped for          D. sent for

44. A. medical               B. postal                C. experimental      D. mental

45.A. news                   B. paper                C. equipment         D. mail

46. A. patients               B. a family             C. nurses               D. a group

47. A. effect                 B. effort                C. comfort            D. explanation

48. A. encourage           B. express             C. control                     D. treat

49. A. cry                            B. laugh                 C. chat                  D. sigh

50. A. much                  B. never                C. even                 D. seldom

5l. A. bitterly                 B. fairly                 C. weakly              D. successfully

52. A. here                    B. there                 C. therefore           D. forward

53. A. driving                B. flying                C. running             D. riding

54. A. technical             B. different            C. difficult             D. valuable

55. A. nearby                B. close                 C. busy                 D. alive

 (05·山东)

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling ___36___, but I always knew he was ___37___. He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best. He’d say,” If you pout water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and my father said, “___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would  get the best ___43___. From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running

my company.

   Dad’s also always been very ___45___. At 15, I started a magazine. It was ___46___ a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47___: stay

in school or leave to work on my magazine.

   I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would. When he realized I Had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49___ me to go into law. And I’ve ___50___ regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, ___51___ I didn’t pursue my ___52___. You know what you want.

Go fulfill it. ”

   As ___53___ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54___ for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55___ me.

36. A. biologist            B. manager                     C. lawyer                  D. gardener

37. A. strict                                                      B.honest              

C.special                                                 D.learned

38. A. praise                                      B.courage            

C. power                                      D. warmth
 39. A. think                   B. imagine           C. remember         D. guess
 40. A. unnecessary       B. unkind                 C. unimportant          D. unusual
 41. A. Another               B.Some                       C. Any                      D. Other
 42. A. on                      B. in                           C. at                        D. about
 43. A. in case                       B. by turns               C. by chance             D. in return
 44. A. revise                B. set                   C. review                 D. follow
 45. A. understanding      B. experienced         C.serious                 D. demanding
 46. A. taking up             B. making up               C. picking up            D. keeping up
 47. A. suggestion           B.decision           C. notice                     D. choice
 48. A. and                   B.as                            C. even if                 D. as if
 49. A. helped              B.allowed              C. persuaded               D. suggested
 50. A. always                       B.never                       C. seldom                   D. almost
 51. A. rather               B.but                          C.for                         D. therefore
 52. A. promise               B.task                   C. belief                      D. dream
 53. A. this                     B.he                           C. it                            D. that
 54. A. newspaper           B. magazine                C. program                 D. project
 55. A. controlled            B. comforted              C. reminded               D. raised

 (05·重庆)

Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great 36   between human beings; and insects. The former  37  every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 38  attention to themselves.

We can only show mercy to the  39 man who had to slop his car soon after 40 from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 41 of the car, he naturally got out to 42 the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 43 his way. Again the noise began, 44 and became even louder. Quickly 45 his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 46 cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees 47 .

On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour's 48 driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 49 and went in- It was not long 50 a customer who had seen him arrive 51 in to inform him that his car was 52 with bees. The poor driver was 53 that the best way should be to call a 54  . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this 55 gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.

36. A. connection          B. difference          C. communication         D. similarity

37. A, do                      B. take                  C. make                       D. try

38. A. give                    B. keep                  C. pay                          D. draw

39. A. unfortunate         B. careless             C. unpleasant                D. hopeless

40. A. passing by           B. leaving out         C. setting out                D. getting up

41. A. front                   B. back                 C. left                          D. right

42. A. clean                  B. change                     C. test                          D. examine

43. A. drove                  B. continued          C. pushed                     D. forced

44. A. normally             B. gently                C. actually                    D. immediately

45. A. hiding                                              B. turning

C. shaking                                           D. raising

46. A. black                                              B. beautiful    

C. white                                              D. colorful

47. A. below               B. ahead                  C. nearby                            D. behind

48. A. boring               B. careful                 C. exciting                   D. hard

49. A. hotel                 B. museum              C. hospital                    D. school

50. A. when                B. after                   C. until                         D. before

51. A. broke                B. moved                C. hurried                     D. dropped

52. A. crowded           B. covered               C. filled             D. equipped

53. A. advised             B. required               C. ordered                    D. requested

54. A. bee-keeper     B. policeman            C. waiter                      D. repairman

55. A. unfamiliar     B. unknown              C. unexpected                     D. uncertain

 (05·全国Ⅱ、全国Ⅲ)

As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was   21   too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the   22   space. That left

  23    enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home   24  , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space － too close to my car,   25  . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had   26   and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not   27   me enough space” Park father over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into  28 ,

the driver shouted back: “Make me!”   29   this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my   30  . Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found   31  . The next day the woman   32   a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃):

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

I’m sorry mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I

know  it because she doesn’t sing anymore while   33  . It wasn’t like her to scream   34  . Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I   35   you and your mistress will   36   her.

                                                    Your neighbor,

                                                   Blue Buick

When I went to the   37   the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a

note on my windshield:

Dear Blue Buick,

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so   38   because she just learned to drive. We will

park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be   39   now.

                                                 Your neighbor,

                                                 Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick   40   Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers

waved cheerfully and smiled.

21．A．driven              B．parked             C．stopped                      D．stayed

22．A．complete          B．close               C．narrow                       D．fixed

23．A．quite                B．nearly              C．seldom                       D．hardly

24．A．hurriedly          B．first                 C．finally                        D．timely

25．A．as usual           B．as planned        C．as well                       D．as yet

26．A．run into           B．run about         C．run out                       D．run off

27．A．keeping            B．saving              C．offering                      D．leaving

28．A．mine                B．hers                 C．itself                          D．ours

29．A．For                 B．With                C．From                         D．Upon

30．A．room               B．area                 C．front                          D．side

31．A．an instruction   B．a result            C．an answer                  D．a chance

32．A．put                  B．wrote              C．sent                           D．discovered

33．A．working           B．driving             C．returning                    D．cooking

34．A．on end             B．so long            C．like that                      D．any more

35．A．hope                B．know               C．suppose                     D．suggest

36．A．comfort           B．help                 C．forgive                       D．please

37．A．office              B．flat                  C．place                          D．garage

38．A．crazily             B．eagerly             C．noisily                        D．early

39．A．neighbors         B．friends             C．drivers                       D．writers

40．A．followed          B．passed             C．found                         D．greeted

 (05·全国Ⅰ)

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I ___36___ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, ___37___ he knew me. The man had a newspaper ___38___ in front of him, which he was ___39___ to read, but I could ___40___ that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my ___41___the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the ___42___ way in which the waiter and I ___43___each other. He seemed even more puzzled as ___44___went on and it became ___45___that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the ___46___. When he came out, he paid his bill and ___47___without another glance in my direction.
   I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had  ___48___. “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He ___49___ you here because he thought you were the man he ___50___. ” “What? ” I said, showing my ___51___. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I ___52___ say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ___53___. ” “Well, it’s really ___54___I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said. “___55___, I might have been in trouble. ”
36. A. knew                  B. understood               C. noticed                     D. recognized
37. A. since                  B. even if                      C. though                            D. as if
38. A. flat                     B. open                        C. cut                          D. fixed
39. A. hoping                B. thinking                    C. pretending                D. continuing
40. A. see                     B. find                          C. guess                       D. learn
41. A. menu                  B. bill                           C. paper                       D. food
42. A. direct                  B. familiar                     C. strange                     D. funny
43. A. chatted with        B. looked at                  C. laughed at                 D. talked about
44. A. the waiter            B. time                         C. I                              D. the dinner
45. A. true                    B. hopeful                     C. clear                        D. possible
46. A. restaurant            B. washroom                C. office                       D. kitchen
47. A. left                     B. acted                        C. sat down                  D. calmed down
48. A. wanted               B. tried                         C. ordered                    D. wished
49. A. met                    B. caught                      C. followed                   D. discovered
50. A. was to beat         B. was dealing with       C. was to meet             D. was looking for
51. A. care                    B. surprise                    C. worry                      D. regret
52. A. must                   B. can                          C. need                        D. may
53. A. discovery            B. mistake                    C. decision                   D. fortune
54. A. a pity                  B. natural                      C. a chance                  D. lucky
55. A. Thus                  B. However                  C. Otherwise                D. Therefore

 (06·陕西B卷)

The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)　operation.His throat  21  ,and he was afraid.However.the young nurse  22  By his bed  smiled so  23  hat the little boy smiled back.He  24  to be afraid.The young  nurse  was  May Paxton  25   e was deaf　(聋的).May Paxton graduated  26   the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909.Three years   27  she went to see Dr.Richard son about   28  nurse.Dr Richardson was one of the founders of  Mercy Hospital of Kansas City.  29  had never heard of a deaf nurse.She told May that her  30  would be very low and that the work would be   31   . However,May said that hard work did  not frighten her.Dr. Richardson was  32  her,and accepted May as a student nurse.

Dr.Richardson never  33  her decision  34  ,she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses.The  35  was Miss Marian Finch,who was hard of  36  .The second was Miss Lillie Bessie.These three were   37  “the silent angles(天使) of Mercy Hospital”during the  38  they worked there.

Dr.Richardson often  39  her faith in the girls’ ability to learn nursing.She wrore to May,“For three years,you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man.  40   or child ever,to my knowledge,made a complaint(投诉)　against you…”

21.A.cut                       B.burt                   C.wounded                   D.darnaged

22.A.standing                B.jurnping              C.lying                         D.crying

23.A.shyly                    B sadly                  C.cheerfully                  D.weakly

24.A.continued              B.began                 C.stopped                     D.forgot

25.A.for                       B.so                      C.and                           D.but

26.A.as                        B.from                  C.with                          D.in

27.A.later                            B.before                C.ago                           D.then

28.A.seeking                 B.changing            C.hiring                        D.becoming

29.A.You                      B.She                    C.We                           D.He

30.A.money                  B.check                 C .pay                          D.price

31.A.easy                            B.disappointing   C.joyful                         D.difficult

32.A.angry with            B.sagtisfied with     C.sorry for                   D.ashamed of

33.A.regretted               B.thought of          C.liked                         D.believed

34.A.In fact                  B.In a hurry           C.In surprise                 D.In public

35.A.one                      B.others                C.first                          D.other

36.A.reading                 B.hearing               C.listening                    D.writing

37.A.offered                 B.chosen               C.told                           D.called

38.A.year                            B.month                C.time                          D.term

39.A.spoke of               B.said                    C.heard of                    D.noticed

40.A.person                  B.wornan                     C.boy                           D.girl

 (06·四川)

One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley.   36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds   37  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.  38  ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly   39    Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his  40   in his hands and rubbed his eyes.Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）.He   41  .There before him stood a tall, white   42  . An old man stared down at him from its back.

      “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered   43  .“Come with me.”

      Raul followed on his horse. A   44   feeling came over him. All    45    them the rain was pouring down,  46    not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  47   back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found  48  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  49  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard  to   51  him. “we have been  52  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  53  .”

   “Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

   “Can’t say I … wait. I  54  my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was  55  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something             B. Everything            C. Anything              D. Nothing

37.A.dropped                   B. fell                       C. rolled                   D. covered

38.A.Suddenly                 B. Strongly               C. Quickly                D. Hardly

39.A.beating                    B. blinding                C. burning                D. touching

40.A.nose                        B. hair                      C. neck                    D. head

41.A.looked up                B. woke up               C. lay down              D. sat down

42.A.tiger                        B. horse                   C. lion                      D. elephant

43.A.lazily                       B. angrily                 C. coldly                  D. slowly

44.A.natural                     B. common              C. strange                D. bad

45.A.around                    B. beside                  C. through                D. above

46.A.yet                          B. for                       C. so                       D. or

47.A.walking                   B. leading                 C. heading                D. returning

48.A.them                       B. themselves           C. him                     D. himself

49.A.shook                      B. waved                  C. held                     D. took

50.A.gone                       B. left                      C. followed              D. lost

51.A.see                          B. meet                    C. beat                     D. ask

52.A.waited                     B. thought                C. worried                D. excited

53.A.yard                        B. wind                    C. grass                   D. rain

54.A.believe                     B. consider               C. doubt                   D. forget

55.A.defeated                  B. caught                 C. damaged              D. struck

 (06·湖南)

I returned to Abujs,the capital of Nigerin,after college gradvation.I had been there before my mother became a minister.

Two weeks Inter.I told  my mother I was bored.She said.“Here’re the car keys.Go and buy some fruit.”  36   ,I jurnped into the car and speeded off.

Seeing me or rather my  37   ,a boy sprang up(跳起来).  38    to sell his banan is and peanuts.“Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!”

Looking at his bbinck-striped bananas,I  39    to 200 total for the fruit and nuts.

He  40   .I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn’t have  41   .So I told him not to worry.He was  42   and smiled a row of petfect teeth.

When.two weeks later.I  43   this same boy.I was more aware of my position in Nigerian soeicty.I should  44   this country as the son of a  45   .But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so  46   to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.

    “What’s up?”I asked.He answered in  47   English,“I…I no get money to buy book.”I took out two 500 naira notes.He looked around  48   before sticking his hand into the car   49  the bills.One thousand naira means a lot to a farnily that  50   only 50,000 cach year.

    The next morning,security officers told me,“In this place,when you give a little,people think you’re a fountain of opportunity(机会).”

  51    it’s right,but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for  52   .

    After six months’work in northern Nigeria,I returned and saw him again standing on the road.

“Are you in school now?”

He nodded.

A silence fell as we looked at each other,then I  53    what  he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note.“Take this.”

He shook his head fiercely and stepped back  54    hurt.

“It’s a gift.”I said.

    Shaking his head again,he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts,“I’ve been waiting to 55   these to you.”

36.A.Encouraged                  B.Disappointed              C.Delighted                   D.Confused

37.A.car                              B.mother                      C.drivet                        D.keys

38.A.willing                         B.afraid                        C.cager                 D.ashamed

39.A.got down                            B.bargained down          C.put down                  D.look down

40.A.explained                     B.promised                   C.agreed                       D.admitted

41.A.change                        B.notes                         C.checks                      D.bills

42.A.troubled                       B.regretful                    C.comfortable               D.graleful

43.A.ran after                      B.ran into                            C.ran over                    D.ran  to

44.A.proteet                         B.enjoy                         C.help                          D.support

45.A.minister                       B.headmaster                C.manager                    D.president

46.A.lucky                           B.amazing                     C.funny                        D.common

47.A.old                              B.broken                      C.traditional                  D.modern

48.A.proudly                        B.madly                        C.cunously                   D.nervously

49.A.for                              B.with                          C.at                             D.upon

50.A.spends                         B.pays                          C.makes                       D.affords

51.A.Possibly                       B.Actually                     C.Certainly                   D.Fortunately

52.A.joys                             B.nuts                          C.books                       D.bananas                      

53.A.asked                          B.unagined                    C.reminded                   D.realized

54.A.when                           B.as if                          C.even if                      D.after

55.A.send                            B.provide                      C.sell                           D.give

 (06·湖北)

In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she 36  of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American  37  was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a  38   in mind: Daddy  watching TV  in  the  living  room, Mummy   39  cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."

     Atsuko 40  to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her  41  world.' "People were struggling with problems and often seemed  42  ," she said. "I felt  very alone."

     One of her hardest  43  was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said. "The other students were   44  it, but I wasn't."

     One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to   45   the ball to her teammates so they could knock it  46  the net- NO problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face  47  she failed.

     A young man on her team   48  What she was going through." He walked up to me and  49  , 'Come on. You can do that'"

     "You will never understand how those words of  50  made me feel.. Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness"

     She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not  51  .

     Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have  52  forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."

     She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness   53  to her.  "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind---you have no idea how long the words will  54 . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four  55  words: You can do that.

36. A. learned               B. spoke                      C. dreamed                  D. heard

37. A. way                        B. life                         C. education               D. spirit

38. A. photo                 B. painting                   C. picture                    D. drawing

39. A. baking                B. frying                     C. steaming                  D. boiling

40. A. hoped                B. arranged                  C. liked                        D. attempted

41. A. described                 B. imagined             C. created                D. discovered

42. A. tense                  B. cheerful                   C. relaxed                    D. deserted

43. A. times                 B. question                   C. classes                    D. projects.

44. A. curious about   B. good at               C. slow at             D. nervous about

45. A. kick                        B. pass                       C. carry                      D. hit

46. A. through             B. into                        C. over                              D. past

47. A. after                  B. if                           C. because                        D. until

48. A. believed         B. considered                   C. wondered            D. sensed

49. A. warned        B. sighed                 C. ordered             D. whispered

50. A. excitement      B. encouragement     C. persuasion           D. suggestion

51. A. interested        B. doubtful           C. puzzled             D. sure

52. A. never               B. already              C. seldom                D. almost

53. A. happened         B. applied               C. seemed              D. meant

54. A. continue          B. stay                  C. exist                  D. live

55. A. merciful         B. bitter                   C. simple                 D. easy