In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This  can be the most important thing of the year except graduation or commencement (颁授学位典礼) day. Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks before the day.

  Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the students.

   Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after they leave school.

   During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

   Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears.  All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.

   Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming.

Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

56. The most important thing of the year in high schools and colleges is         in America.

   A. Homecoming       B. the football game        C. graduation          D. to go to a party

57. When do students begin to arrange everything for Homecoming?

   A. The day before Homecoming.                   B. Many weeks before the day.

   C. At the beginning of each term.                  D. Several days before Homecoming.

58. The underlined word "vote" in the passage means         。

   A. call            B. make or choose              C. give              D. show

59. Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?

   A. The student who is liked most by the others.

   B. The guest who is most popular with the students.

   C. The student who is most liked by the teachers.

   D. The player who plays best in the football game.

I found out one time that doing a __36__ for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37__ something, but I didn’t understand．So I __38___ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was ____39_ and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and __40__  it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41___．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42__ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43___ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44__．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact __45__ when people do something  ___46__  , they are really cheating themselves．She made me      __47_ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then  she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room ___48__ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper．I ___51__ to explain about the pen, but all she __52__ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen ____53__ she talked to me right after the test．____54__  I tried to explain that I was just doing a favor for the girl by letting her use my  pen, I was sure she___55_ to believe that I had cheated on the test．

36．A．help                 B．hand                  C．favor                D．fever

37．A．whispered             B．talked                  C．told                D．spoke

38．A．turned over          B．came over              C．leaned over            D．looked over

39．A．out of sight             B．out of work             C．out of place            D．out of ink

40．A．place              B．put                     C．gave                D．lent

41．A．punished               B．dismissed              C．praised                D．parted

42．A．what                B．that                    C．which                 D．how

43．A．stand up                 B．stand on               C．stand for             D．stand by

44．A．attitude             B．activity                 C．action                 D．behavior

45．A．what                  B．if                      C．that                     D．where

46．A．honest　　           B．dishonest　　         C．modest　　            D．disappointed

47．A．promise　　     B．permit　                 C．recognize　　        D．prove

48．A．wandering　　　 B．reflecting　　            C．understanding         D．wondering

49．A．Long before　        B．Therefore　           C．Ever before　         D．Later on

50．A．of                 B．in                      C．from                D．on

51．A．managed　　　　   B．planned　　           C．tried　　　        D．promoted

52．A．could　　        B．would　　             C．can               D．will

53.  A. that day          B. yesterday         C. today             D. this day

54．A．After　　　         B．Until　　                C．As if　　          D．Even if

55．A．remained　　         B．continued　            C．kept　　　　       D．wanted

Although many measures             , the world’s economy is still going down .

A. were taken           Ｂ. have been taken        Ｃ. will be taken         Ｄ. are taken

Only after _________over _________  a  peaceful  life. 

   A. the war is ; people in Iraq can live            B. is the war; can people in Iraq live

   C. the war is ; can people in Iraq live            D. is the war; people in Iraq can live

The chief manager has decided to put            he thinks is energetic , clever and capable to the position of the leadership of the company.

A. whatever             Ｂ. whoever          Ｃ.whichever         Ｄ.whomever

Knowing how long the test would last ,the students who finished it         back and waited until the end of the exam .

A. settle                 Ｂ. settled           Ｃ.settling          Ｄ. to settle

A warm thought suddenly came to me           I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my mother’s birthday.

A. if                      Ｂ. when              Ｃ. that             Ｄ.which

.It is the prevention of disease          its successful treatment that has led to the rapid increase of the world’s population .

A. rather than             Ｂ. other than         Ｃ. more than        Ｄ.better than

 ---Shall I help you with the heavy box?

  ----Thank you.  ________.

   A. It couldn’t be better   B. Of course           C. If you like       D. It’s up to you.

—Will you go to the concert with me this weekend?

  ---_______.I’ll have to see a film with my parents.

    A. I can’t agree more     B. Absolutely         C. I’m afraid not.     D. No problem.