42. A. at           B. before        C. until          D. after

41. A. On          B. In           C. With          D. For

40.---Shall we go now?---Yes. There is a bus _____ at the gate.

A. waits       B. wait             C. waited          D. waiting

Most shops in Britain open at 9:30 am and close at 5 :00 pm. Small shops usually close for an hour at 1unch time. 41 one or two days a week--usually Thursday and/or Friday--some large food shops stay open 42  8 :00 pm for late night shopping.

Nearly all shops 43 on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and 44 sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.

Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find  45   to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want. One problem is 46 . In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self--\service (自选). When you 47 _one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into it.

48  anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are sure to 49 ,because most shops have detectives (侦探).

 When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not to try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised 50 the British way of queuing( 排队).

39. The Spring Festival is coming. I’ll ________ up my room. I don’t want to live in a dirty room.

A. cheer       B. clean            C. set             D. turn

38. Action movies ______ me of Jackie Charm.

A. remind      B. think            C. hear           D. miss

37.---Your spoken English is much better now. ---          .

A. Not at all     B. It’s just so-so     C. Thank you     D. With pleasure

36.---What beautiful flowers in the garden!   ---Yeah! They _____ here last year.

A. plant           B. planted          C. are planted    D. were planted

35.---1 don’t know        now.      ---He is much better today.

A. how is he       B. how he is        C. where is he    D. where he is

34.---Have you ever been to a concert?

  ---Yes, I have. I _________to the New Year Concert last month.

A. have been       B. have gone       C. went        D. will go

33. Knowing how to learn is _______ more important than how much to learn.

A. a few      B. a bit of         C. less          D. even