Ⅱ.单项选择：从A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳答案。（计15分）
( ) 31. –How is it going, Bruce?
–________________.
A. On foot B. Good idea C. Fine, thanks
( ) 32. Be quick! The game will begin ____________.
A. immediately B. recently C. carefully
( ) 33. My sister used to get up late, and she ___________ does now.
A. still B. also C. yet
( ) 34. –It’s quite hot, isn’t it?
–So it is. Why not __________ your thick sweater?
A. put on B. take off C. try on
( ) 35. –How cool! Who’s the boy ____________ black glasses?
–Haha, it’s me.
A. on B. in C. with
( ) 36. – Is Maria at home?
–No, she __________ to the supermarket.
A. goes B. will go C. has gone
( ) 37. –Would you mind showing me _____________ bottle?
–Of course not. How about that one with flowers?
A. other B. another C. the others
( ) 38. Sorry, I don’t know parking ___________ here.
A. doesn’t allow B. isn’t allowed C. won’t allow
( ) 39. She dare not invite anyone to practice ___________ English with her.
A. speaks B. to speak C. speaking
( ) 40. –A ticket for speeding!
–_____________!
A. I am sorry B. Here you are C. You’re welcome
( ) 41. –____________ will the dinner be ready?
–Don’t worry! It will be served at once.
A. How long B. How soon C. How often
( ) 42. –Why do you like living in the countryside?
–Because there’s ______________ noise and ____________ traffic there.
A. less, less B. fewer, less C. less, fewer
( ) 43. –Our class _____________ Class Two in the last football match.
–Fantastic!
A. hit B. won C. beat
( ) 44. – Could you tell us _____________ tomorrow?
–To Summer Palace first, then to Beihai Park.
A. when to travel B. where to travel C. whether to travel
( ) 45. ___________ you __________ Tim has to walk home since there is no bus.
A. Both, and B. Neither, nor C. Not only, but also
Ш. 完形填空：从A、B、C三个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（计15分）
A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day, he told his horseman(养马人) that if he could ride on his horse and 46 as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. So the horseman 47 jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He 48 __ riding and riding, even when he was hungry or tired. He did not stop 49 _ he wanted more land. When he at last covered a large number of land, he was dying. Then he asked himself, “Why did I make 50 so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very 51 area to bury(埋葬) myself.”
The above story is similar to the journey of our life . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more 52 . We forget our health, time with our family and to enjoy the surrounding 53 and the things we love to do. One day when we look 54 , we will find that we don’t really need that much. But then we can not turn back time for 55 we have missed. Life is not about making money. Life is not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
( ) 46. A. use B. cover C. work
( ) 47. A. suddenly B. slowly C. quickly
( ) 48. A. kept on B. asked for C. gave up
( ) 49. A. but B. so C. because
( ) 50. A. himself B. myself C. itself
( ) 51. A. big B. clean C. small
( ) 52. A. money B. mistakes C. friends
( ) 53. A. people B. beauty C. condition
( ) 54. A. out B. back C. up
( ) 55. A. what B. who C. how