“Calling tower,” the pilot’s voice crackled．“This is all emergency!” The radio operator in the control tower looked at his watch．It was 3：15 p. m Lieutenant Charles Taylor and five Navy bombers were in trouble：“We are off course．We cannot see land…repeat…we cannot see land．’’

　 The control tower grew silent．The operator garbed(戴上)his microphone．“what is your position?” “We are not sure of our position．”Lieutenant Taylor replied．“We seem to be lost．”

Taylor had over 2，500 hours of flight time．What Was happening?

The tower called back：“Assume bearing(方位)due west．”“We don’t know which way is west，”Taylor replied．“Everything is wrong．．．strange … we cannot be sure of any direction…Even the ocean looks odd…”the radio operator told Taylor to fly north “With the sun on the left” until he reached a Naval Air Station．Anyone could find the sun, especially a good pilot like Taylor．Soon the radio crackled again．"We have just over a small island,” said the pilot．“No other land in sight．”That was the last message Flight l9 sent to the radio tower．Five Navy bombers were lost．They had left the Naval Air Station for a routine training flight at 2：00 p，m．, December 5，1945．Each plane had enough fuel to fly more than a thousand miles．The weather was sunny and mild．Pilots from other flights had not seen anything strange there．So what happened? How could five Navy bombers and their crews just disappear?

The search for the five bombers covered 380,000 square miles of land and sea．Hundreds of boats and planes searched large areas of the Atlantic, the Caribbean，the Gulf of Mexico，the mainland of Florida, and many neighboring islands．Some of the boats were aircraft carries，destroyers，and submarines，They searched the area for weeks．Nothing was ever found．No life rafts．No wreckage．No even an oil slick(浮油)．Oil from the engines should float on the surface，even if everything else had sunk．

36．The pilot knew that they were in trouble when　　　 .

A．the radio operator warned him

　B．the emergency light was suddenly on

C．the engine failed to work

D．he couldn’t be sure of his flying route

37．Which of the following facts is NOT true for the five Navy bombers?

A．They could not find out the direction．

B．A small island was in sight．

C．They could not find the sun．

D．They saw no other land．

38．What made the disappearance so mysterious?

A．The control tower grew silent．　 B．The bombers had a lot of fuel．

C．The weather was good． D．No strange happening was found

A．abe　 B．abd　 C．acd　 D．bcd

39．What was the most unusual for the search?

A．There was no 1ife raft. 　　B．There was no wreckage．

C．There was no oil slick．　 D．There was no “SOS” call

40．The result of the search for the five bombers was that　 ．

A．they went for a very important mission

B．they went to some very important places

C．they went out of earth

D．they went somewhere no one knew

With the weather getting colder, visitors from Australia spent their _____ days in

　　　　Beijing.

　　A. a few last　　　 B. last few 　　　C. few last 　　　D. last a few

I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a　 36　 thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to　 37　 it.

The　 38　 started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I　 39　 took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and　 40　 to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and　 41　 her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't　 42　 and get hurt.

After that happened, I　 43　 there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing（令人窘迫）.

Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.　 44　 ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost　 45　.

After a while, I started wishing I could　 46　 Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel　 47　 in our home.

Then last Wednesday, something happened that　 48　 everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and　 49　 them about their　 50　 for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.

"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's　 51　 and rich in experience."

That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.

This is how I ended up on　 52　 today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her　 53　 she was a great heroine. I was　 54　 of my grandma and hoped she would　 55　 know that I had been ashamed of her.

36. A. funny　　　　 B. common　　　　C. terrible　　 　D. clear

37. A. admit　　　　 B. receive　　　  C. refuse　　　　 D. show

38. A. quarrel　　　  B. accident　　　 C. trouble　　 　  D. adventure

39. A. already　　　  B. always　　　　C. simply　　　 　D. hardly

40. A. enjoying　　　 B. pretending　 　C. imagining　 　 D. continuing

41. A. warn　　　　　B. demand　　　　C. advise　　　  D. beg

42. A. mind　　　　　B. hear　　　　　C. see　　　　　 D. fall

43. A. expected　　 　B. declared　　　 C. realized　　 　D. doubted

44. A. Because of　　 B. Except for 　  C. Such as 　　 　D. Instead of

45. A. died 　　　　  B. cheered 　　　C. disappeared　　D. suffered

46. A. meet 　　　　 B. avoid　　　　 C. arrange 　　 　D. hide

47. A. independent　  B. inconvenient　 C. unwelcome　　 D. unfamiliar

48. A. changed 　　　B. finished　　　 C. stopped　　　　D. Prepared

49. A. interview 　　 B. report 　　　  C. tell 　　　　　 D. write

50. A. news 　　　　 B. lives　　　　 C. advantages　　  D. achievements

51. A. free　　　　 　B. popular　　　 C. interesting　　  D. embarrassing

52. A. show 　　　　 B. stage　　　　 C. duty　　　　　 D. time

53. A. and then 　　  B. even if　　　  C. so that　　　　 D. as if

54. A. sure　　　　 　B. proud　　　　 C. ashamed　　　 D. afraid

55. A. never　　　　  B. even　　　　　C. still　　　　　 D. once

Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　35   . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She   36　 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk   37  she was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it. They were   38  . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried joyfully. She then   39  for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   40  first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very   41　 and Nancy did everything   42  great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 43　 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 　44　.
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   45　a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk   46  his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 　47  with “Records of managers' meetings”, and   48  the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company       49   that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.