The price of the flat now is ____ that last year.

A. as twice high as                             B. twice more expensive than      

C. as high as twice                              D. twice the amount of

Nine in ten high school students say there are significant differences in their attitude toward chatting on line, compared with _________ of their parents.

A. those           B. that         C. both          D.it

_______ she was your friend, I would have invited her to the party.

The war made    impossible for the scientist to go on with his research．

         A．him    B．it         C．this    D．that

 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中， 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.               

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22_  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the    23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   25_  through her glasses, and then    26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32_  , I've got someone in the   33_  at this very moment who might    34_   . " She wrote down a   35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40_   cook books.

21． A．bed         B．house       C．a(chǎn)gency       D．office

22． A．proud        B．please         C．nervous      D．worried

23． A．family        B．door       C．place         D．stage

24． A．calmed        B．excited        C．frightened     D．disturbed

25． A．a(chǎn)s usual       B．for a while    C．in a minute    D．once again

26． A．a(chǎn)dvised       B．examined      C．informed     D．questioned

27． A．encouraged    B．dissatisfied    C．hopeless      D．pleased

28． A．place         B．job             C．a(chǎn)dvice        D．help

29． A．difficult       B．helpless        C．possible       D．unusual

30． A．a(chǎn)bility        B．experience      C．knowledge    D．study

31． A.  after       B．since        C．until          D．when

32． A． Above all    B．As a matter of fact   C．As a result    D．In spite of that

33． A． family      B．house         C．office         D．restaurant

34． A． hire        B． accept       C．suit           D．offer

35． A． letter       B．name     C．note         D．number

36． A． cook        B．help       C．teacher       D．secretary

37． A． almost       B．never         C．nearly        D．really

38． A． answered     B．promised      C．thanked      D．told

39． A.  outside     B． local        C．closest        D．nearest

40． A． burrowing    B．buying          C．reading       D．lending

.Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn't matter where you live--in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village--the chances are that you' 11 be disturbed by jet planes, transistor radios, oil - powered engines, etc. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they' re working.

     Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be a very frightening experience for a human being. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓). The noise level in some discos is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.

     One recent report about noise and concentration(專心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really influences their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise which doesn't change too much(music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.

56. According to this passage, the noise pollution __

   A. has become the worst in the countryside  B. has become better in big cities

   C. has spread from cities to villages      D. has been controlled in modern cities

57. What does background music refer to?

   A. Music played while people are working.   

B. Music played in the backyard.

   C. Noise that continues while you' re listening to other noises.

   D. Music used to help people to concentrate.

58. Some people have their hearing harmed __

   A. while listening to pop music            B. in complete silence

   C. when speaking loudly                   D. while watching TV

59. Which of the following isn't included among the things causing noise?

   A. trucks            B. motorcycles   C. electric engines   D. jet planes

60. Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating on something is

   A. all kinds of noise                   B. great changes in the level of noise

   C. background noise                   D. popular music          

I hoped ______ my letter.

A. her to answer                    B. that she would answer 

C. that she answers                 D. her answering                     

 The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally _______. 

A. pulled down B. pulled through C. pulled up   D. pulled over 

The photographer needs to charge up the digital camera every day as the battery ________ quickly. 

A. shuts up   B. ends up            C. runs out     D. turns out 

 Restaurants in every corner of Chengdu not only provide job opportunities but ________ lots of taxes as well. 

A. bring along B. bring about     C. result in      D. result from