______ interested us most was ______ he saw last night.

 There is no doubt _____ they will win the game.

Along the either side of the street _______ two lines of trees.

I live at a busy street and the loud noise nearly ____me mad.

 He is known _____ a scientist and famous _____ his research on rice.

 I can’t afford _______ car.

 You’d better keep ______ when I take photos for you.

—Why did Sarah cry just now?

— She wanted a toy, _____ I can’t afford.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  36  who has large bright eyes and fine skin.

When I was in Grade Four, I  37  such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  38  her to see if she was a real beauty. She  39  a beauty in my eyes until the day she  40 with me. She demanded that I  41  her pencil box which I  42  knocked on to the floor. I  43 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  44  each other.

During the years that followed, I came across  45  explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  46  that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  47  said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  48  give these a second thought.

I searched for a beauty  49  had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  50  with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  51  experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  52 . She was not very pretty but she was 53 . She was born in a  54  family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  55  old man had described to me.

36.A. your classmate   B. a girl              C. an experienced girl   D. an ugly girl

37. A. liked                B. was tired of     C. was against              D. found

38. A. stared at           B. scolded           C. beat               D. laughed at

39. A. wasn’t             B. pretended to be        C. treated himself      D. was

40. A. quarreled          B. talked             C. played                     D. studied

41. A. steal                  B. rob her of       C. like                       D. pick up

42. A. by chance         B. by no means  C. by herself            D. by the way

43. A. agreed                B. refused             C. was happy                D. did so

44. A. talking with      B. helping         C. hitting                 D. leaving

45. A. the same           B. different  C. the opposite        D. some correct

46.A. but                     B. or                    C. as                            D. so

47. A. Everyone         B. The others       C. Nobody           D. Others

48. A. did                    B. must         C. didn’t                  D. should

49. A. an old man              B. some people  C. nobody            D. my mother

50. A. lucky                      B. sad                C. willing                   D. happy

51.A. after                 B. without           C. liking                     D. against

52. A. friend                     B. teacher           C. classmate                D. girlfriend

53.A. ugly                 B. beautiful  C. lovely                     D. kind

54.A. rich                    B. farmer’s    C. happy                     D. poor

55.A. foolish                B. kind-hearted     C. wise                    D. honest

Going to the beach is many American’s favorite activity. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater. But those days are long gone. In the summer of 1988, many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage（废料）from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood, and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood. At some beaches, sewage（下水道）was found in the water. Americans were shocked by this state of affairs. People didn’t think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight.

Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful. San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that’s full of chemicals. Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin. People are told not to eat too much fish because of pollution. Most American cities put their garbage in the ground. But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean. Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won’t recover until the next century. The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant, Cleaning up oceans won’t be easy, but people can no longer ignore（忽视）this challenge.

1.The main idea of the article is that _____.

2.The oceans are polluted by _____.

3.Many polluted waters are beautiful because _____.

4.More people can go to the beaches near Boston if _____.