Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers". You may think that this is rather    36  , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as    37   as people of any other occupation, though we must     38    that their job is not a    39     one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are    40    .We are likely to forget their    41   .Our dustbins are   42    regularly, but we    43     stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to   44   the rubbish, the general   45   soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages.

During the first few days it was regarded as a  46  .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so  47  any more.  48  the strike continued, people could not  49   the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to  50  it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was  51   high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a（n）  52   attraction that the people of London were not at all   53  to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people appreciate the work of  54   dustmen rather more  55  and won't take them for granted any more.

36.  A.silly                     B.clever                  C.interesting             D.reasonable

37. A.sensitive                 B.careless                C.hopeful             D.shy

38. A.realize                   B.believe                  C.know                                        D.admit

39. A.necessary               B.difficult                C.heavy                D.romantic 

40. A.away                    B.up                     C.down                                        D.in

41. A.existence                B.presence               C.absence                D.performance

42. A.cleaned                  B.filled                   C.emptied                D.burned

43. A.generally                B.seldom                  C.frequently             D.sometimes    

44. A.take away              B.take off               C.take up                 D.take on

45. A.society                  B.citizen                 C.public                  D.community

46. A.trick                     B.trouble                  C.joke                    D.show

47. A.pleasing                 B.excited                C.stupid                  D.funny

48. A.When                    B.While                    C.As                      D.Because

49. A.bear                     B.contain               C.manage                D.control

50. A.get rid of                 B.give up                C.take care of          D.keep off

51. A.crowded                B.piled                   C.fixed                  D.put

52. A.business                 B.industrial              C.tourist                 D.agricultural

53. A.disappointed             B.serious                C.happy                   D.nervous         

54. A.its                       B.her                   C.his                    D.their

55. A.highly                   B.eagerly                 C.lowly                D.entirely

 We should do what we have to do ______ we can do what we want to do in the future.

   A. so that          　   B. in case        C. for fear that   D. now that

It was______ creative thinking that I took the course, not to get high marks in examinations.

A. developing                   B. to develop      C. develop         D. to have developed

 But for the Party, he___ of hunger fifteen years ago.  

A. may have died              B. must have died  C. would have died    D. can have died

---Kate, look after your younger brother this afternoon.

---______? Isn’t he old enough to look after himself? He’s twelve years old now.

A. May I 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Can I 　　　　C. Must I　 　　 D. Should I

Neither___the lady nor___ of her.

A.I have seen; have I heard                    B. have I seen; I have heard

C. have I seen; have I heard                  D. I have seen; I have heard

 The train ___they were travelling was late.

A. by which                       B. to which        C. in which     D. at which

 Please do me a favour---___my friend Mr Smith to Youth Theatre at 7:30 tonight.

A. to invite                        B. inviting        C. invite         D. invited

 In __face of the global financial crisis, we must be all of __mind.

A. the; the                         B.不填; 不填      C. the; 不填   D. 不填;a

 We were going to go out, but ___watching TV at home because of rain.

  A. took up                         B. came out       C. set out      D. ended up