44. A. up 　　　　　　B. down 　　　　　C. away 　　　　　D. over

43. A. all hands 　　　B. both hands 　　　C. each hand 　　　　D. either hand

42. A. numbers 　　　　B. hands 　　　　C. fingers　　　　　 　D. feet

41. A. time 　　　　　B. ago 　　　　　C. before　　　　　 　D. in front

39. ---How are you feeling today ? Is there anything better?

　 　---_______, I’m afraid.

　 A. Yes, it’s fine　　　 B. Yes, a bit finer　　 C. No, just as usual　　 　D. No, even wetter

40 ---Do you live near your factory?

　 ---No, my house is a quarter _______.

　 A. by motorbike　 B. by spaceship　　 C. by then　　　　　 D. by the way

VI完形填空：先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。共15小题，计15分。

Why do we count things in group of ten? The reason (原因) is that we have ten fingers(手指). Long (41)_____, when people had to count a lot of things, they matched them against their (42)_____. First they counted out enough objects to match the fingers of (43)_____ and then put them (44)_____ in one group. (45)_____ there were more than ten, they formed more groups. We can call our numbers “two-handed” numbers, because they developed from the (46)_____ that people counted things on two (47)_____.

Some people had “(48)_____ numbers”, too. Because there are five fingers on one hand, they counted things out in groups of five. It was (49)_____ by Romans (罗马人) who lived in　　　 Italy over 2000 years ago. We call their (50)_____ numbers Roman numerals (数字) and we use them even today. In Roman numerals, “Ⅰ” (51) _____ one, and “V” stands for (代表) five. Six, the Romans wrote “VI”.

　　 (52)_____people counted objects (东西) in groups of 12. We (53)_____use the 12-in-one-group system (系统) for telling time with a clock. We count the (54) _____ from one to twelve and then start (55) _____ one again.

38. ---What a big hospital! I haven’t seen it before .

　 　---Of course you haven’t. It ______ only five months ago.

　 A. was built　　　 B. is built　　　　　 C. must be built　　　 D. was building

37. ---Miss Dong, how nice your new blouse looks! Could you tell me ____ you bought it ?

　 　---No problem. It’s just in the shopping center of our city.

　 A. how　　　　　 B. when　　　　　 C. where　　　　　　 D. whether

36. ---How long shall I read Lesson 68 ,Miss Guo?

　 　---You should read it several times ______ you can learn it by heart.

　 A. until　　　　　 B. because　　　　 C. as soon as　　　　 D. since

35. ---Who is ______ in Chinese in your class at the moment?

　 ---I’m sure Liu Fang is. Do you agree with me?

　 A. weakest　　　 B. strongest　　　 C. most interested　　 D. the best

34. ---What are computers used for in some countries?

　 　---______the traffic running in a better way.

　 　A. Helping　　　　 B. Keeping　　 C. Making　　　 D. Letting