He _____ his parents that he has failed in the exam.

A. dares not tell   B. dares not telling      C. dare not tell    D. dares not to tell

Better go to see my sick colleague right now, ________I?

A. hadn’t       B. didn’t       C. don’t       D. won’t

 —Such a mistake could have been avoided.

   —Unfortunately, he _______ the mistake again and again.

   A．repeated　　　　　　　　　　           B. would repeat

   C．had repeated　　　　　　　　            D. would have repeated

The children have been playing with my hat they've knocked it out of ______.

A. date    B. shape    C. order    D. balance

38.The task is hard, ___, the workers managed to finish it in time.

        A.therefore     B.otherwise     C.however        D.yet

___, he was a man known to the people all over the town.

        A.Tailor as he is             B.A tailor as he is  

C. Tailor as is he            D.A tailor as is he

My father ____ my brother for driving but he wanted to pick ____ the knowledge of the computer during his spare time.

A. advised; up B.persuaded; out C.intended; up D.managed; out

"You know so much about literature. It's a pity you failed your degree," Harry said, "You ______ a good teacher."

    A.would have been    B.can have been      C. must be       D. should have been

Every night for a year, Neil Simmons quietly went out of his house. He wanted to “talk” to an owl settling for the night at the end of his garden. He made owl cries like a real wild owl (貓頭鷹)and was happy to hear the bird “hooting (大聲叫囂)” back to him.

Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door. He heard an owl hooting and answered back. For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature. Mr. Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend. They would both be out again tonight if it wasn’t for a chance talk between their wives.

Mr. Simmons said. “My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described how I got the birds to boot back. She said, ‘That’s funny — that’s just what Fred has been doing.’ Then the penny dropped, I felt such a fool when I found out. The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake.”

Mr. Cornes said, “I’m really flattered (過(guò)獎(jiǎng)). I didn’t know I sounded so real. I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls. I was very excited when they hooted back. I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me.”

45．After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________ .

A．stop observing owls            B．not stay up hooting again

C．not enter the back garden again   D．make no mistakes about wild owl cries

46．“Then the penny dropped.” most probably means “Then __________.”

A．I understood                     B．everybody knew about it

      C．I heard the noise                  D．no money was paid

47．Mr. Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because __________.

A．a(chǎn)ll his efforts seemed to be meaningless

B．his wife let out his secret by chance

C．garden owls hooted so differently

D．Fred had been doing the same

48．The text suggests that __________.

A．Nail seldom heard natural owl calls

B．the owl never hooted back to Neil

C．Fred was always good at pleasing owls

D．owl watching is no longer interesting to Fred

—What should we pay more attention to if we go out for a mountain camp.

—Nothing special. Take a special pair of glasses ______the wind there is strong and cold.

A. now that     B. in case    C. providing that    D. so long as