Question

三、閱讀下面短文，撐握其大意，然后從16—35各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。（每小題1分，滿(mǎn)分20分）

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  31  his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had  32   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just  33_ the books in the outside return box. But there was a  34  ; it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  35  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  36_ in the toliet, he would be on his way to the playground to  37  Eric.

David stepped out of the toliet and stopped in  38_ — the library lights were off. The place was  _39 . The doors had been shut. They  40  be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) — in a library!

He tried to  41_ a telephone call, but was unable to  42_ . What’s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  43  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

 44_ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “  45 ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.  46  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,  47  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to  48_。

He knew he had to  49  , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a  50  thing.

31. A. but               B. because              C. or                 D. since

32. A. ever              B. nearly               C. never              D. often

33. A. pass              B. drop                C. carry               D. take

34. A. problem           B. mistake              C. case               D. question

35. A. during            B. after                 C. over               D. before

36. A. rest              B. break                C. walk               D. stop

37. A. visit              B. meet                C. catch               D. greet

38. A. delight            B. anger                C. surprise            D. eagerness

39. A. lonely             B. empty              C. noisy               D. crowded

40. A. wouldn’t           B. shouldn’t            C. couldn’t            D. needn’t

41. A. make              B. fix                 C. use                D. pick

42. A. get on             B. get up               C. get through         D. get in

43. A. If                 B. As                 C. Though            D. Until

44. A. On time           B. Now and then         C. By the way         D. At last

45. A. Come             B. Help                C. Hello              D. Sorry

46. A. Surely             B. Thankfully           C. Truly              D. Gradually

47. A. at most            B. after all               C. in short            D. as usual

48. A. watch             B. paly                  C. read              D. write

49. A. wait              B. stand                  C. sleep             D. work

50. A. bad               B. cool                  C. strange            D. nice

Answer 1

31---50   ACBAD   DBCBC   ACBDB   ABCAA