35. —Excuse me, could you please tell me ?

　 —Sure. It’s about ten minutes’ walk.

　 A. how long it takes to go to the zoo　　　　　　　　　　　 B. how far it is from here to the zoo

　 C. how far is it from here to the zoo

第二节词语填空 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。

（共10 小题，计10 分）

　　 This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.

The　 36　 made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.

　　 Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house

such as his toys, books and clothes,　 37　 , his little hand knocked over（打翻）a bottle of paint on the shelf. The

paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess（一团糟）. “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I

looked at my son, and his small face was filled with　 38　 .

　　 I　 39　 and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look　 40　 .” I took out a

　 41　 . “You see, Dad is a magician（魔术师）, I can change it into a big tree.”

　　 His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.

　　 We spent the whole afternoon　 42　 and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and

small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew

something　 43　 happened.

　　 The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over

the paint. “Since then I’ve　 44　 worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always　 45　

ways to solve the problems.”

34. —Your brother is an excellent basketball player.

　 —So he is. He to play basketball three years ago.

　 A. has started 　　　　　　　　　 B. starts 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. started

33. —I am afraid that I can’t finish the task successfully.

　 —Don’t worry. You plenty of time to do it.

　 A. will be given 　　　 　　　　　　　 B. give 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. will give

32. I won’t go to tomorrow’s party I am invited.

　 A. if 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. unless 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. When

31. —It is getting cold. Would you mind the window?

　 —Of course not.

　 A. closing 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to close 　　　　　　　　　 C. closed

30. —Who’s singing in the garden?

　 —It be Mr. Brown. He always practices singing at this time.

　 A. must 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. can’t 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. need

29. Little Tom computer games when his mother got home.

　 A. is playing 　　　　　　　　　 B. plays 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. was playing

28. It’s going to rain. You’d better take an umbrella_____you may get wet.

　 A. or 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. and 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. but

27. The shop_____sells flowers is at the end of the street.

　 A. who 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. where 　　　　　　　　　　 C. which

26. —Oh, it was fantastic! Lily danced so well.

　 —Well, I think Kate danced ______than lily.

　 A. well 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. better 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. best