-----Have you heard the amazing news?

  -----But it _______ be true. Anyone with common sense won’t believe it.

A. mustn’t       B. can’t           C. may not         D. shouldn’t

 When _______ about their opinion of the effect of modern equipment on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response.

A. asked         B. asking          C. being asked        D. to ask

_______these coins are of different shapes, sizes and colors, they all date back to a long, long time ago.

A. Since           B. Unless          C. Once            D. While

One more month, _______ the grapes in the yard will be ripe.

A. or              B. otherwise        C. but             D. and

 ---______ the farmers discovered the entrance to the secret cave in the valley?

 --- Totally by chance.

A. When was it that   B. How was it that   C. How it was that   D. When it was that

I _______to go shopping that Saturday, but the bad weather made me change my mind.

A. plan            B. would plan       C. had planned      D. have planned

 Today’s teens don’t see anything strange in the fact _______the computer takes up a central place in their social lives.

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

 I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom_______ so lonely as now.

A. have I felt        B. I had felt         C. I have felt        D. had I felt

 I think nobody makes  _______ contributions to the company than him.

A. greater           B. more great       C. more greater      D. much great

Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 36 , so I decided I would leave the children in the car 37 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to  38  anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left  39  happily out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had  40 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were  41  locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being   42  , I ran to the corner of the street  43 there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked  44 _she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (发抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh  45  me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and 46  children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again.  47  tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

【小题 1】A.heavy          B. hard             C. big          D. quick

【小题 2】A.before          B. since            C. after       D. while

【小题 3】A.talk            B. reach            C. hear         D. touch

【小题 4】A.them            B. her              C. herself     D. themselves

【小题 5】A.discovered      B. disappeared      C. described   D. delivered

【小题 6】A.even            B. again            C. already     D. still

【小题 7】A.foolish         B. proud            C. frightened  D. pleased

【小题 8】A.where           B. which            C. that         D. when

【小题 9】A.what            B. when             C. whether      D. how

【小题 10】A.behind         B. over             C. before       D. with

【小题 11】A.worried        B. excited          C. surprised   D. interested

【小题 12】A.For            B. About            C. With         D. Down