41、I __________ him 150 dollars and must pay him back tomorrow.
A、lend B、borrow C、owe D、own
42、The house consisted __________ three bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
A、by B、in C、about D、of
43、Round the corner was a building __________ windows were all broken.
A、with its B、whose C、which D、those
44、There s no point __________ taking French lessons if you don t want to learn the language.
A、at B、in C、on D、of
45、When we returned from our vacation, our next-door neighbors were __________ a new garage
built.
A、like
二、Cloze Test
Passage 1
According to the American Automobile Association, since 1964 all cars sold in the United
States have been equipped with seat belts. Many studies of car accidents have shown that seat could have been saved if they ____3____ seat belts.
Unfortunately, belts are worn only by a ___4___ percentage of drivers and passengers-about
fifteen percent in cities, and only nine percent in small ___5___. And seat belts cannot protect
people who do not wear them.
Advertisements have been printed ___6___ newspapers and magazines in order to make
people become ___7___ of the importance of using seat belts. But these ___8___ have not helped
much. Some people believe there should be a ___9___ requiring drivers and passengers to use seat
belts. In Australia, ___10___ there is such a law, deaths from car accidents have decreased by
twenty-four percent since it was enforced. In China, drivers-though not passengers-are required to
fasten their seat belts; otherwise they can fined as much as 200 Yuan
( )1、A、money B、lives C、space D、room
( )2、A、killing B、killed C、to kill D、to be killed
( )3、A、wore B、have worn C、are wearing D、had worn
( )4、A、big
( )5、A、towns
( )6、A、in
( )7、A、sure
( )8、A、belts
( )9、A、law
( )10、A、which B、large B、areas B、on B、alert B、magazines B、rule B、that C、small C、countries C、over C、aware C、newspapers C、method C、when D、little D、regions D、by D、known D、advertisements D、regulation D、where B、enjoy C、delight D、appreciate
Passage 2
Most people agree that fencing (击剑) is a sport in which a person must be at least 30 years
old before he learns all he needs to know about the sport. ___1___ Clark Summer of the
University of Detroit has shown that this doesn t always have to be ___2___.
Clark is a different kind of fencer in a lot of ___3___. He is American, while most fencers
are from European countries. He is black while most fencers in the past have been white. And