Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends. It was a dark，windy night, and they did not know the way very well. They drove through a town until they found what they thought was the road to Dorling，where their friends lived. But it soon became clear that they were not on the road to Dorling at all. The road that they were on was getting narrower，and there were no other cars on it. The wind was blowing harder with every minute that passed.

They came to a small village .They drove past a church and then two houses without lights on. There was nobody about to tell them where they were，or where the road went. Just then，Ben saw a telephone box，twenty meters or so further on. While he walked back along the road to see if there was a name outside the church，Susan telephoned their friends and told them that they were still on their way.

Their friends were just saying that the dinner was already getting rather cold，when Ben came back to the telephone box，his head down against the wind. He said that there was a tree lying across the road，and that the telephone lines were down. Susan heard nothing more from their friends about the dinner.

36. Some time later Ben and Susan found they took a wrong road because ________.

A．their friends lived nearer than they drove

B．the road was getting narrower and their car alone was on it

C．the hard wind made them get lost

D．the road was not the same as before

37. Ben went to the church to see if there was a name outside because ________.

A．he was sure to find some people who knew Dorling

B．he hoped to get help from there

C．he wanted to telephone his friends where they were

D．he wanted to stay there for the night

38. Susan could hear nothing more from their friends because ________.

A．the telephone lines were broken by a tree

B．the strong wind made too much noise      

C．they got angry                                                

D．they had all left

39. From the passage we know ________.

A．Ben and his wife often went out for dinners

B．Ben and his wife lived in the country

C．both Ben and his wife were short­sighted(近视的)

D．Ben and his wife seldom(很少) went to Dorling

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    16    he thought he was able to be so much more    17    than the average person.

He responded that it all came from a(n)   18    with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to   19    milk from the fridge when he    20    the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,    21    shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful    22    you have made! I have    23    seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    24   . Would you like to get down and    25    in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.

His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a    26    experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two    27    hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   48  .” The little boy learned that if he    29    the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    30   !

This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be    31   to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just    32    for learning something new, which is,    33   , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't   34   ,” we usually learn something    35    from it.

16. A. why                          B. what                     C. when                    D. how

17. A. capable                   B. able                       C. creative                D. original

18. A. coincidence            B. experience           C. incident                D. conflict

19. A. carry                        B. bring                       C. remove                   D. fetch

20. A. fell                          B. lost                         C. escaped                 D. dropped

21. A. rather than              B. instead of               C. other than          D. in place of

22. A. picture                     B. mass                      C. map                       D. mess

23. A. rarely                       B. happily                  C. frequently              D. angrily

24. A. got                           B. suffered                C. done                      D. received

25. A. jump                        B. play                        C. enjoy                      D. lay

26. A. failed                      B. successful             C. fantastic              D. painful

27. A. strong                      B. tiny                 C. thin                       D. weak

28. A. get it                        B. put it                       C. try it                        D. make it

29. A. controlled         B. possessed           C. occupied             D. grasped

30. A. example                   B. teaching                 C. lesson                    D. instruction

31. A. anxious                  B. nervous                 C. fearful                    D. afraid

32. A. situations                 B. opportunities          C. occasions              D. turns

33. A. after all                    B. above all             C. first of all                D. in all

34. A. do                            B. finish                    C. go                        D. work

35. A. worthy               B. costly                     C. valuable                 D. interesting

 __________ the crisis of economy getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.

A. As         B. For            C. With         D. On

 He is no longer in good condition, and his ability to work is limited. I ____________ him to give up the job but failed.

A. suggested       B. persuaded     C. tried to persuade      D. managed

---Shall I keep an eye on your house when you are on holiday?

---________.

　　　 A. It’s up to you　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. Of course you should

　　　 C. If you should like　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. I would appreciate that

 The new road is __________ of the old one.

   A. more than three times the length              B. three times more than the length

   C. more than the length                         D. more three times than the length

 Electronic devices such as iPods and headphones can do great harm to our hearing if _______ improperly.

A. being used                 B. used      C. to be used    D. having been used

 A new __________to teaching English, is being used here, and it has proven to be very helpful to the students.

    A. way                      B. system            C. approach         D. method

 It was at the very beginning _______ Mr. Fox made the decision _____ we should send more fire-fighters there.

 A. when, which      B. where, that      C. that, that       D. then, so

 Last Sunday I went to visit the History Museum where I saw a pot _________ about 1,000 years before.

   A. so it had been   B. so had it been   C. what it had been    D. as it had been