40. A. state　　　　　　　　 B. mind　　　　　　　 　　 C. start　　　　　　　　　　　 D. ending

39. A. lead to 　　　　　 B. strengthen　　　 　　　 C. increase　　　　　　　　　 D. add to

38. A. work　　　　　　　　 B. study　　　　　　　　　　 　　 C. improvement　　　　 D. success

37. A. decision　　　　　 B. success　　　　　　 　　 C. effort　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. trouble

36. A. biggest　　　　　　 B. most　　　　　　　　 　　 C. highest　　　　　　　　　 D. deepest

33. --So you missed the meeting. 　　 --____. I got there five minutes before it finished. 　 A.Not at all　　 B.Not exactly　　　 　　C.Not especially　　　 D.Not really 34. I spent the whole day repairing the motorbike. The work was ____ simple. 　 A.nothing but　 B.anything but　　　 　　C.something of 　　 　D.all except 35. --“Dear Frank, when will our wedding be?” 　　 --“Ah, when? God knows.” He said, and ____ away from her, walked rapidly away. 　 A.turning　　　 B.turned　　 　　　　　　 　C.turn　　　 　　　　　　　　 D.to turn

SECTION B

Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked with A,B,CandD.Fill in each blank with the words or phrases that best fits the context.

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

　 　He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he doesn’t understand how to make the __36__ of his mental faculties. Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their age.

　 A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real __37__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __38__ , and he won’t　 work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will __39__ his belief in his competence　 .

　 Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had an experience like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __40__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __41__ too much of him. In this way, they two __42__ the idea. He accepted their mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __43__ and was very poor at maths, just as they expected.

　 One day he worked at a problem which __44__ of the other students had been able to solve.

　 Alder __45__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now __46__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __47__ himself as well as others by his ability.

32. It was my sister _______ first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins ______ where it ends.

A. who, to　　 　　　 B. which, till　　　　 　　 C. that, till　　　　 　 D. whom, to

30. What a strange man! He loves his wife, but ______ he often beats her.

　 　A. at a time　　　　　 B. at one time　　　　　　　　　　 C. at times　　　　　　　　　 D. at the same time

31 ---- Where is mother?

　 ---- She is in the kitchen. She　 ______ the house work all morning.

　 　A. is doing　　　　　 B. was doing　　　　　　　　　　 C. has done　　　　　　　　 D. has been doing

29. _____ will hurt the students’ eyesight.

　 　A. Doing plenty of exercises　　　　　 　B. Doing plenty of exercise.

　 　C. Doing a lot of exercise　　　　　　 D. Doing a number of exercise

28.I can think of many cases _________ students obviously knew a lot of English words and

　 expressions but couldn’t write a good essay.

　 A. why　　　　　 B. which　　 　　　C. as　　　　 　　D. where