41．A．fell 　　　　　 B．trembled 　　　 C．floated 　　　 D．stuck

40．A．strength 　　　 B．torture 　　　 C．privilege 　　 D．fame

39．A．trend 　　　　 B．voyage 　　　　 C．slavery 　　　 D．journey

38．A．prejudiced 　　 B．supreme 　　　 C．sorrowful 　　 D．disturbing

37．A．exhibiting 　　 B．surrounding 　 C．telling 　　　 D．drafting

36．A．However 　　　 B．Thus 　　　　　 C．So 　　　　　　 D．Occasionally

35．If 　　　　carefully, the experiment will be successful．

　　 A．do 　　　　　　 B．does 　　　　　 C．done 　　　　　 D．doing

SECTIONB (18 marks)

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

Rosa Laevigata, the official name of Cherokee Rose, is the state flower of Georgia．　 36　 ,it is not native to Georgia, having been naturalized from China．However, Cherokee Rose is a wonderful rose with a good story 　37　 its introduction．

The story started with the Trail of Tears in 1838. the mothers of the Cherokece were 　38　 　and crying so much, because they were unable to help their children survive the 　39　 . The elders prayed for a sign that would lift the mothers’ spirits to give them 　40　 . The next day a beautiful rose began to grow where each of the mothers’ tears 　41　 . The rose is white for their 　42　 , a gold center 　43　 　the gold taken from Cherokee lands, and seven leaves on each stem for the seven Cherokee clans (部落). The wild Cherokee Rose grows 　44　 the route of the Trail of Tears into eastern Oklahoma today. Certainly, it is a 　45　 　tale, but there is more to the story. Thomas Affleck sold huge numbers of Rosa Laevigata to large homesteads and plantations, 　46　 　the rose as a fence. The Cherokee Rose naturalized successfully and is now a common sight blooming in the South during spring.

Cherokee Rose is often confused with Rosa Bracteata (Macartney Rose) which is　 47　 in form, but is so easy to overspread that biologists place it in the category of pest．Macartney Rose flowers in summer, while the Cherokee Rose flowers in spring．

Cherokee Rose is a climber which blooms once a year, bearing large, white flowers, each with five petals (花瓣)．It is energetic, climbing upwards of 20 feet．

Make sure that you have plenty of room for this historic, yet non – native and thus thankfully, non – invasive rose．

(＊homestead: n. a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm

＊plantation : n. a large area of land, where crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, etc. are grown)

34．I am not going to sit here and let her abuse me．I demand that she immediately 　　　for what she just said．

A．apologize 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．would apologize

　　 C．apologized　　　　　　　　　　　 D．must apologize

33．If you are planning to spend your money having fun this week, better 　　　　it – you’ve got some big bills coming．

　　 A．forget 　　　　 B．forgot 　　　　 C．forgetting 　　 D．to forget

32．She is　　　　 being pleased about it; she is very angry．

　　 A．free from 　　 B．free of 　　　 C．out of 　　　　 D．far from