Although the price of the toy was$3．98，my dad said to the little boy，“It’s 27  55 !”

    Up to now，my dad’s reply still rings in my ears．

（    ）45．--Could you please go to the movies with me?

         --_______ ．I have to do my homework.

    A．Yes, sure             B．Sorry, I can't         C．No, I can't            D．No problem

    通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号写在题号前的括号内。

    We learn to do business in a nature way in our family．46  of the seven children in our family was working in our father’s  47．We started working by doing 48  simple jobs like dusting，arranging shelves and wrapping．As we worked and  49  ，we learned that was about more than survival（生存）and making a sale．

    One lesson always appears in my mind．It was shortly before Christmas．A little boy，five or six years old， 50  ．He was  51  an old and dirty coat．He looked too  52  for me to afford to buy anything．He looked around the toy section，  53 this toy and that，and carefully put them back in their place．My dad  54 him as a gentleman．He let him choose the toys carefully．Finally，the little boy chose a toy plane and asked my dad how much it was．

    “How much have you got?” My dad asked．

    “AU I have got is 27 cents．”The little boy answered．

（    ）44．Everyone is _______ ready _______ the exams.

    A．busy, for            B．get, for            C．busy, to            D．getting, for

（    ）43．I _______ go to bed _______ I checked my E-mail last night.

    A．won't, until          B．didn't, until         C．don't, until          D．did, until

（    ）42．_______ will the weather _______ next Friday?

    A．What, like           B．How, like           C．What, /              D．What, be like

（    ）41．Let's go home．It's time _______

A．have dinner                                            B．to dinner

C．for dinner                                             D．to having dinner

（    ）40．If it _______ tomorrow, we _______ go swimming.

    A．will rain, won't       B．rains, won't         C．will rain, don't       D．rains, don't

（    ）39．Mother came in while we _______ TV at midnight.

A．were watching        B．are watching           C．watched            D．watch

（    ）38．He's never been to the Great Wall, _______?

    A．is he              B．has he              C．hasn't he           D．did he

（    ）37．--Have you borrowed the book?

         --Yes, I _______ it for two days.

    A．borrowed          B．have borrowed      C．have kept           D．haven't learnt