Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__36__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__37__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to __38__ anything and told them I would be __39__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left __40__happily looking out of the window.

   I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __41__! I could hardly believe my __42__. The car doors were __43__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __44__only two coats. Being __45__, I ran to the corner of the street __46__ there was no sign of them. I __47__up to an old lady nearby and asked __48__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.

   Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __49__ to stop trembling. Suddenly, I __50__ a merry laugh __51__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(車尾行李箱) and __52__ were two very red-face and __53__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __54__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __55__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

36. A. heavy          B. hard                  C. big                       D. hardly

37. A. before         B. since               C. after                     D. which

38. A. talk             B. reach               C. hear                     D. touch

39. A. away           B. out                  C. back                     D. along

40. A. them           B. her                    C. herself                  D. themselves

41. A. discovered    B. disappeared  C. described              D. delivered

42. A. ears             B. words               C. eyes                     D. heads

43. A. even            B. again                 C. already                 D. still

44. A. have            B. were                 C. had                      D. are

45. A. foolish         B. proud                C. frightened             D. pleased

46. A. where          B. which               C. that                      D. when

47. A. arrived         B. looked               C. rushed                  D. left

48. A. what           B. when                C. whether              D. how

49. A. tried            B. had                   C. tired                   D. ought

50. A. felt              B. listened            C. smelt                  D. heard

51. A. behind         B. over                C. before                  D. with

52. A. outside        B. among               C. inside                   D. between

53. A. worried       B. excited              C. surprised              D. interested

54. A. climbed       B. flew                  C. threw                   D. jumped

55. A. For             B. About                C. With                     D. Down

— Could you do me a favor and take these books to my office?
— Yes, ________.
A. for pleasure B. I could C. my pleasure D. with pleasure

 He likes to read all kinds of books, but he loves British novels ______.

   A. in particular     B. in surprise  C. in danger    D. by accident

 If he         my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.

   A. followed   B. should follow  C. had followed    D. would follow

 I am not ______ up late.

A. accustomed staying   B. accustomed to staying  

C. used to stay          D.addicted to stay

 Is _______ possible to fly to the moon in a spaceship?

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

 He is _______an expert at computers; you see, he solved the complex problems 

in a few minutes.

   A. curiously       B. absolutely     C. surprisingly     D. unlikely

 The patient was warned ________ oily food after the operation.

  A .to eat not    B. eating not   C. not to eat    D. not eating            

_____ the child to bed, she began to correct the pupil’s exercise.

A. Sending  B. Being sent  C. Sent  D. Having sent

 Mr. Smith, ____ of the____ speech, started to read a novel.

 A. tired, boring   B. tiring, bored   C. tired, bored    D. tiring, boring