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A. is B. are C. am D. was

39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.

A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the

40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.

A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as

41. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal?

A. what B. of which C. why D. for

42. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven.

A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to

43. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.

A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for

44. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.

A. When B. After C. Before D. Now

45. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?

A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we

46. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?

A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you

47. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper.

A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having

48.—Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere.

—I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.

A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put

C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put

49. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.

A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten

50.—If that’s not yours, _______?

—Probably John’s.

A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be

C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be

Ⅲ. Cloze (10 points)

Directions:

For each blank in the following passage there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother _51_. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her _52_ in the house all day long.

One day, the Prince was _53_. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. _54_ the dance the Prince would choose his wife.

When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire _55_.

_56_ she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella _57_ and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady.

Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her _58_. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes _59_. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.

“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.”

When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended _60_ the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.

51.A. both were dead B. were both death C. were both died D. were both dead

52.A. to do all the work B. did all the work C. do all the work D. doing all the work

53.A. old enough to be married with B. old enough to marry

C. old enough to marry with D. old enough to be married

54.A. During the night of B. At the night of C. One the night of D. In the night of

55.A. to cry B. crying C. to be crying D. to be cried

56.A. Sudden B. All on sudden C. On sudden D. All of a sudden

57.A. looked up B. looked at C. looked for D. looked down

58.A. at that time B. at times C. all the time D. at one time

59.A. on the steps B. within the steps C. in the steps D. under the steps

60.A. to put on B. putting on C. to wear D. to have on

Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

Directions:

There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.