I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the _ 41_ rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the   42   was Marty Bandera, a literary 41. A. phone            B. bell            C. clock             D. alarm

42. A. step              B. line            C. side             D. doorway

43. A. novels            B. things         C. questions       D. problems

44. A. wealth           B. condition       C. care             D. order

45. A. to                B. in              C. on               D. for

46. A. need              B. joy              C. delight          D. astonishment

47. A. refused          B. received        C. judged         D. lost

48. A. worried          B. angry            C. discouraged   D. excited

49. A. couldn’t help            B. got down to        C. got used to               D. went for

50. A. shut down                B. find out           C. give up                       D. set aside

51. A. sold             B. published         C. printed          D. passed

52. A. books            B. shops            C. record           D. list

53. A. writing         B. organizing        C. telling          D. reading

54. A. use              B. love               C. meaning         D. respect

55. A. hope             B. efforts           C. novels             D. imagination

56. A. lasting          B. normal           C. careful           D. general

57. A. mind            B. book              C. voice             D. work

58. A. pulled          B. write              C. broke              D. looked

59. A. thinking         B. reading          C. developing        D. translating

60. A. friend           B. age               C. success           D. failure

 Now people can _______ the cheapest but comfortable hotel, flight ticket and so on online.

A. book  B. order   C. buy  D. sell

____________ to tell him the news; he has been told of it.

  A. You are no need B. It is no need C. There is no need  D. It needn’t

 This wine ______ great. I would like to get it ______ in my case(柜子).            

  A. tastes ; hidden  B. tasted ; hid C. is tasted; to hide  D. tasted; hiding

When the party came to ____ end, he asked for the girl’s phone number, hoping to keep in ____ touch.

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

We teachers take ______ for granted _______ we should control our class to make it work well.

 A. them; that  B. it; that  C. what; that  D. that; it

As we all know , China ________ 34 provinces.

A. makes up B. included  C. consists of  D. originates from

 Despite the coming of the mid-examination, some students still have no idea _______ they should get from their text book..

  A. what  B. when  C. that   D. whether

 To get more profit, the shop _____ business time.

  A. expands  B. extends  C. enlarges  D. widens

 Though he had difficulty in _______ science, he still made every effort _______ it.

  A. studying; to study B. to study; studying C. studying; studying  D. having studied; to study