21. This is _____ composition I’ve told you about. Isn’t it _____ wonderful one?

   A. an 800-word, the                             B. an 800-words, the

   C. a 800 words, a                    D. the 800-word, a

22.-- _____ is the train station from the post office, do you know?

  -- About 30 minutes’ ride by bike.

  A. How much                                        B. How long         

C. How far                                            D. How soon

23. _____ of the information about the 2008 Olympic Games _____ downloaded from the Internet.

   A. three fourth, were                       B. three fourths, was

   C. third fourth, were                  D. third fourths, was

24. The basketball match won’t be covered live _____ the problem is solved.

   A. before                B. until                 C. as soon as         D. after

25. I feel _____ necessary to accept his advice because it’s of great _____ to me.

   A. it’s, valuable    B. that, value      C. this, valuable        D. it, value

26. __________ weather! The radio says it’ll last for nearly a week.

   A. What a bad                                  B. What bad   

C. How bad                                    D. How a bad

27. ---Mrs Smith seldom has time to go shopping at weekends, _________?

   A. doesn’t she                           B. does she

   C. is she                                      D. isn’t she

28. This lift _____ only hold 12 people. It’s full now. We _____ wait for some more time.

   A. may, may                                  B. can, may      

C. can, must                                          D. must, can  

29. My robot has _____ a virus for two days and it needs repairing.

   A. caught             B. had                 C. got                      D. been caught

30. It’s clever _____ her to work out _____ many difficult math problems.

   A. for, so          B. of, such         C. of, so               D. for, such 

31. My pen-friend _____ write letters, but now she _____ sending e-mails to her friends.

   A. is used to, used to                 B. used to, is used to 

C. was used to, used to                D. was used to, is used to

32. --- Where’s Mr Green? I haven’t seen him for days.

   --- He _________ Canada. He _______ there three times.

   A. has been to; has gone to            B. has been to; has gone

   C. has gone to; has been to            D. has gone to; has been

33. Here are the tickets for the football match, but _____ of us can go because of _____ homework.

   A. nobody, too many               B. no one, so many  

   C. anybody, much too                 D. none, too much

34.--What did he ask on the phone just now?

  -- He wanted to know_____.

    A. when the meeting will start         B. what he was going to say at the meeting

    C. how long would the meeting last    D. who is the host of the meeting

35. ? Do you mind my borrowing your e-dictionary, Simon?

   -- ________________

    A. Yes, please.                              B. No, please don’t.    

C. No, go ahead.                            D. Yes, not at all.

                Memory is very important for life. A memory   36   something you remember. Many people think that memory is connected with our   37  . For example, if someone says, “This is a crab,” and then   38   a large crab on your hand, you will   39   remember the word “crab”! When something   40    happens, we usually remember it well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing.

         Scientists believe that there are three kinds of memory―immediate, short-term and   41  . When people get older, the short-term memory becomes   42   , but we can still remember things that happened a long time ago.

               There is one way to  43   your memory. If you want to remember something, you must make a picture in your   44  . If the picture is silly, strange and funny, you will remember it better. For example, I am trying to remember the word “smiles”. An easy way to do this is to  45  there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world.

               You can help yourself remember things by keeping a diary. Healthy food and plenty of vitamins can make our memory more efficient.

36. A. carries                   B. means                      C. finds                        D. reports

  37. A. climates            B. feelings               C. colours               D. languages

      38. A. writes             B. sends                 C. puts                  D. draws

      39. A. probably                   B. slowly                  C. hardly                D. never

  40. A. boring             B. usual                 C. regular                D. exciting

  41. A. long-term          B. common             C. good                 D. bad

  42. A. better              B. worse                C. faster                       D. slower

  43. A. help               B. protect              C. improve               D. make

  44. A. body              B. mind                C. hand                 D. eye

               45. A. see                  B. remember              C. imagine                D. know

( A )

When Tom finished his studies at the university (大学), he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years, and he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an exam one day. He was successful, and his first job was in a large government office in London.

  When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew (侄子) had got a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.

  One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department (部门), Tom?”

  The young man thought for a few moments and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim.”