It is the Suez Canal _________ separates Asia ________ Africa.

   A. which; and         B. where; from         C. that; from               D. that; with

The director told us the new workshop ________ three years before, while the old one _____ in 1999.

   A. had been built, was set up                    B. was built, was set up

   C. had been built, had been set up             D. was built, had been set up

I was ________ in the middle of the call because I had no more coins to put in the telephone box.    

   A. hung up                         B. cut off                              C. put off                      D. cut up

―Is John coming by train?

―He should but he      not．He likes driving his car．

   A．may                     B．can                        C．shall              D．must

----Waiter, please change this Jasmine tea for Wulong tea.  

----__________’

A. At you service       B. Why want to change?         C. It’s okay             D. It’s a pleasure

My son Joey was born with club feet(畸形足)．The doctors told us that with  36  he would be able to walk  37  but would never run very well．The first three years of his  38 were spent in surgery．By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a  39 when you saw him walk．

The children in our  40  ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be  41  to run as well as the other children．So he didn’t know．

In seventh grade he  42  to go out for the cross-country team．Every day he trained with the team．He worked harder and ran more than any of the others．Perhaps he  43  that the abilities that seemed to come  44 to so many others did not come naturally to him．_45__the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the  46 to score points for the school．We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know．

He  47  to run four to five miles a day, every day---even the day he had a fever．I was  48 , so I went to look for him after school．I found him running alone．I asked him how he felt．“ 49 ,”he said．He had two more miles to go．The  50  ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever．Yet he looked 51  ahead and kept running．We never told him he  52  run four miles with a fever．So he didn’t know．

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were 53  ．Joey was number six on the list．Joey had made the team．He was in seventh grade---the other six team members were all eight-graders．We never told him he couldn’t  54  to make the team．We never told him he couldn’t do it．We never told him he couldn’t do all those things．So he didn’t know．He  55  did it．

New Zealand

56．Which of the following is a fact about New Zealand?

A．20% of the population being Maoris．    B．Four million white people．

C．About 1600 km south of the Equator．  D．Nearly 1/3 of the country being plains．

57．The country’s population is mainly made up of         ．

A．the white people and the Polynesians           B．the white people and the “pakeha”

C．the Maoris and the white people                  D．the Maoris and the Polynesians

58．When did the white people begin to live in New Zealand?

A．1000 years ago．                                       B．200 years ago．            

C．85 years ago．                                           D．50 years ago．

59．What do the Maoris value most in life?

A．Living in small villages．                             B．Developing farming skills．

C．Keeping their own culture．                        D．Taking up government jobs．