The earthquake damaged many houses and bridges; ______, it caused over 2,300 deaths.

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

It’s said that _______ of the students _______ absent.

three-fifth, are  B. three-fifths, is C. third-fifth, is  D. three-fifths, are

Her money___________ , the lazy middle-aged woman began to steal others’ money at crowded places, such as bus stops, stations, airports and ports.

A. had run out                                        B. running out   

C. having been run out                      D. having run out

There are    students in our schoo1.

       A. three thousand          B. three thousand of

       C. three thousands  D. three thousands of

三. 完形填空 (20分，每小題2分)

Every year people in many countries___42___English. Some of them learn at school. __43___study by___44___ . But it is too hard__45___learn another language well. People must work very hard.

   Why do all these people__46____to learn English? It’s difficult to__47____that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school or at college.___48___it is one of their ___49___.They study their own language ,math and physic…and English. Many adults learn English, because it is___50___in their work. They want to read newspaper, books and some others in English to get more knowledge. And that is why___51___people in the world will learn English.。

(     )42.  A. study        B. know       C. understand    D. speak

(     )43.  A. Others      B. other        C. The other     D. The others

(     )44.  A. they        B. their          C. them         D. themselves

(     )45.  A. that        B. as            C. for           D. to

(     )46  A. have        B. wish          C. need         D. want

(     )47.  A. think       B. answer        C. ask          D. talk

(     )48.  A. because     B. so            C. when         D. why

(     )49.  A. subject      B. the subject     C. subjects     D.a subject

(     )50.  A. interesting   B. difficult       C. easy         D. useful

(     )51.  A. more and more    B. many  more     C. fewer and fewer   D. most.

----_____do you improve your listening?

----I improve it ______ listening to tapes.

        A. How; with  B: What; with   C: How; by   D. What; by

The professor advised us to think outside the box and to________ new, different, or unusual solutions．

A．put up with             B．come up with  

C．keep up with    D．catch up with

–Isn’t it a surprise that I happened to meet Francis Mathews at the Christmas Party last week?

   --If my memory serves me correctly, you ____ each other for exactly two years.

A. hadn’t seen B. haven’t seen      C. didn’t see          D. don’t see

Late in the afternoon, they arrived at      small village           north of the West Hill.

A. the; the               B. a; /                        C. a; the              D. the; /

33.   —Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?

     —It’s class time, so she ______ in the classroom now.

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