A. taking B. taken C. having taken D. having been taken

37. At last, we found ourselves in a pleasant park with trees providing shade and _______ down to eat our picnic lunch.

A. sitting B. having sat C. to sit D. sat

38. _________ in the regulations that yoshould not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.

A. What is required B. What requires C. It is required D. It requires

39. Never before _______ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.

A. has this city been B. this city has been C. was this city D. this city was

40. If a shop has chairs________ women can park their men , women will spend more time in the shop.

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

41. There was such long queue for coffee at the interval that we ________ gave up.

A. eventually B. unfortunately C. generously D. purposefully

42. The company is starting a new advertising campaign to ________ new customers to its stores.

A. join B. attract C. stick D. transfer

43. He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his _______ was seen at its best when he worked with others.

A. temper B. appearance C. talent D. character

44. At times, worrying is a normal, ________ response to a difficult event or situation --- a loved one being injured in an accident, for example.

A. effective B. individual C. inevitable D. unfavorable

Ⅲ. Cloze

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

(A)

Are your table manners much better when yoare eating at a friend’s home or in a restaurant than they are at your own home? Probably so, ___45_____ yoare aware that people judge yoby your table manners. Yotake special pains when yoare eating ___46____. Have yoever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious yowould be on such occasions if ____47___ table manners had become a habit for you? Yocan make them a habit by __48___ good table manners at home.

Good manners at mealtimes help yoand those around yoto feel __49___. This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else’s home or in a restaurant. Good __50___ make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table.

By this time yoprobably know quite well what good table manners are. Yo__51___ that keeping your arms on the table, talking with your__52___ full, and wolfing down your food are not considered good manners. Yoknow also that if yoare mannerly, yosay “Please” and “Thank you” and ask for things to be passed to you.

Have yoever thought of a pleasant attitude as being__53___ to good table manners? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable, but they aid digestion. The dinner table is a __54___ for enjoyable conversation. It should never become a battleground. Yoare definitely growing in social maturity (成熟) when yotry to be an agreeable table companion.

45. A. because B. but C. unless D. though

46. A. in public B. at home C. at ease D. in a hurry

47. A. such B. no C. some D. good

48. A. acting B. enjoying C. practising D. watching

49. A. comfortable B. stressed C. depressed D. outstanding

50. A. dishes B. manners C. atmospheres D. friends

51. A. mention B. prefer C. doubt D. realize

52. A. stomach B. hands C. mouth D. bowl

53. A. essential B. considerate C. obvious D. unusual

54. A. time B. place C. chance D. way

(B)

There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a sepa[rate area of activity. Many artists, __55___ would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the various areas of human activity.__56___, in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were particularly__57___. Artists were invited to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired (给……以灵感) by the work of contemporary painters. Of the musical compositions that were considered as __58___ to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartmann.__59___ their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s __60___ death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, who decided to hold an exhibition of Hartmann’s work, suggested that Mussorgsky try to __61___ his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition are intended as __62___ rather than representations of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade (舞曲中的行进), __63___ the composer walks from one painting to another. The music is sometimes witty ant playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Through a range of surprising __64___, Mussorgsky manages to convey the spirit of the artist and his work.

55. A. therefore B. however C. moreover D. otherwise

56. A. For example B. On the contrary C. In general D. On the other hand