53. Words ________ me when I wanted to express my thanks to him for having saved my son from the burning house.

　　 A. failed　 B. left　 C. discouraged　 D. disappointed

52. We need to consider what ___ we will be using for language training.

　　 A. abilities　 B. appliances C. facilities　 D. qualities

51. Joe Jones, the eighth of the eight children, had to ________ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.

　　 A. leave　　 B. drop　 C. fall　　 D. go

50. Usually a child's behaviour is a ________ of his family environment

　　 A. recognition B. reflection　 C. return　 D. record

49. The elderly need special care in winter, as they are ________ to the sudden change of weather.

　 　　A. sensitive　 　B. sensible 　　C. flexible　 　D. positive

48.　 I have read the material several times but it doesn't make any ________ to me.

　　　 A meaning　 　B. importance 　C. sense　 　D. significance

47. Finnish President said Finland-China relations had progressed ________ with fruitful co-operation in new and high-tech fields.

　　　 A. peacefully　 B. highly　 C. quietly　 D. smoothly

46. The three sisters decided to hold a family party to ________ their parents' silver wedding.

　　 A. celebrate　　　　　　　　　 B. memorize

　　 C, congratulate　　　　　　　 D. welcome

Directions:　 Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.　 Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

45. Although I can walk about, there is still a ________ pain in my leg.

　　 A. weak　　 B. slight　 C. tender　　 D. soft

44. 答案：D。第一空所填动词应该与and后面的took形式一致，后面的动词则表示结果，因为没有and，所以用+ing形式。