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II. 单项选择（共15小题，满分15分） 21. If you are ______ about Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr Johnson. A. interested B. anxious C. upset D. curious 22. For lack of food, a good many people in that country _______ hunger at the end of last year. A. died from B. died to C. died for D. died of 23. His plan resulted ______ failure, which resulted ______ his carelessness. A. in; over B. in; from C. from; in D. over; in 24. The boy as well as his parents ____ to set sail ____ the South Pole to see the penguins (企鹅). A. are; for B. is; for C. is; in D. are; into 25. _______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. A. Compare B. Whcen compared C. Comparing D. When comparing 26. After the president made an official announcement, she ______ her personal opinion. A. talked B. spoke C. expressed D. discussed 27. Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those from the countryside, ______ in the clothing industry. A. is working B. works C. work D. worked 28. It has been very hot these days. I’m afraid your food can’t ________ for a long time. A. stay fresh B. be stayed fresh C. be staying fresh D. stay freshly 29. If ________ more time, I could have finished the task much better.
A. being given B. given C. gives me D. giving 30. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, while the ____ of life is probably one of the highest. A. quality B. quantity C. number D. amount 31. —Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you. —Thanks. You needn’t have done it. I could _________ it myself. A. try B. try on C. manage D. manage to 32. The work is so important that you must be careful enough not to make any mistake. Even a small one may _____ you your job. A. take B. pay C. spend D. cost 33. --- How is everything going on with you in Europe? ---Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, ______. A. though B. instead C. either D. too 34. It is what you do rather than what you say ______ matters. A. that B. what C. which D. this 35. It was at least ten years since I ______ a good drink. A. had enjoyed B. was enjoying C. have enjoyed D. had been enjoyed Ⅲ. 完形填空（共20小题，满分30分） I still don’t believe in ghosts（鬼）even after my experience at the Rose Inn. At least I have never 36 one. But stories have made me feel uncomfortable _37 then. I arrived at the inn late at night and asked the landlord for a room. “There’s none left,”he said,“ 38 you’d like to sleep in Number 7.”“Why not?”I said.“What’s wrong with 39 ? ”I was 40 that I would have slept anywhere. “ 41_,”he said slowly.“But something happened there a few months ago.” Every old inn has its strange stories, so I thought that 42 he told me about it, the better. I was willing to listen to anything for a bed to 43 . “A man came here late at night, 44 you,”the landlord said.“I thought there was something strange about him because he kept looking over his shoulder while he was signing his 45 in the book. He asked me 46 room he could have and I offered him No.7.‘ 47 a man who has said he’ll kill me,’he said suddenly,‘with a 48 .’He looked so frightened that I thought I had better 49 him to his room. I locked the door and left him 50 himself. The next day we found him dead, with a knife beside him. He had cut his throat.”the landlord said.“Or 51 had done it. Do you mind 52 there now you know the story?” “Well,”I said.“No one is 53 me. But I wish you 54 me the story in the morning. As it is, I’ll sleep here on the floor in the bar if you’ve a couple of 55 .” 36. A. looked at B. seen C. watched D. noticed 37. A. before B. after C. until D. since 38. A. unless B. if C. since D. whether 39. A. you B. it C. them D. me 40. A. so tired B. so hurt C. very weak D. too worried 41. A. Something B. Nothing C. Anything D. Everything 42. A. the later B. the slower C. the sooner D. the more 43. A. sleep B. sleep in C. sit on D. go to 44. A. like B. with C. behind D. because of 45. A. letter B. hand C. check D. name 46. A. what B. which C. whichever D. whatever 47. A. There’s B. He’s C. She’s D. That’s 48. A. stone B. tool C. gun D. knife 49. A. invite B. take C. bring D. allow 50. A. by B. for C. on D. of 51. A. everybody B. nobody C. anyone else D. someone else 52. A. sleep B. sleeping C. to sleep D. slept 53. A. beside B. following C. behind D. killing 54. A. tell B. told C. has told D. had told 55. A. policemen B. blankets C. passengers D. guns Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共20小题，满分40分） A Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia. For her work with the poor around the world she received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Her interest in India began when as a child she attended meetings of an organization known as the Sodality of Our Lady where letters from Yugoslavian priests (神父) working in Bengal were read. On 29th November 1928 she joined a religious order（修会）. The order immediately sent her to India. A few years later, she began teaching in Calcutta, and in 1948 the Catholic Church permitted her to
