通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31~45各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 　　31　 . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their 　32　 . If they didn't pass the exams, they would have to 　　33　 　them in September. There were usually a few who 　　34　 , but Jane didn't want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother 　　35　 　her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother 　　36　 　that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to 　　37　 　her up in the morning.

Jane was too 　　38　 　to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 　　39　 　did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer 　　40　 　of the questions. Everyone around her was writing pages and pages.　 　　41　 　she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her 　　42　 .

Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote 　　43　 　two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 　　44　 　A minute later, 　　45　 　called her name.

31. A. harvests　 　B. exams 　　　C. reports 　　　D. papers

32. A. exercises 　　B. jobs 　　　　C. books 　　　D. lessons

33. A. take 　　　　B. write 　　　　C. attend 　　　D. do

34. A. cheated 　　B. succeeded　　 C. passed 　　　D. failed

35. A. cared for　 　B. felt proud of　 C. worried about 　D. thought highly of

36. A. insisted 　　B. agreed　　　 C. promised 　　D. allowed

37. A. ring 　　　　B. wake 　　　　C. bring 　　　　D. pick

38. A. sad 　　　　B. tired 　　　　C. happy 　　　　D. nervous

39. A. dream 　　　B. pill　　　　　 C. suggestion 　　D. music

40. A. all 　　　　B. none 　　　　C. any 　　　　D. some

41. A. Unless 　　B. However　　　 C. Though 　　　D. As

42. A. watch 　　　B. paper　　　　 C. teacher 　　　D. book

43. A. another 　　B. more 　　　　C. other 　　　　D. the other

44. A. exam 　　　B. dream　　　　 C. story　　 　　D. night

45. A. her mother 　B. her teacher　　 C. a classmate 　D. a friend

30. You must learn a lot, or you can’t ________ the developing society.

　　 A. put on　　 B. end up with　　 C. keep up with　　 D. pick up

29. The tricks which were _____ on Tom are rather terrible.

A. played　　　 B. made　　　 C. done　　　 D. looked

28. He prefers sports, but she likes to go to the opera ________.

A. all the time　　 B. for a while　　 C. now and then　 D. little by little

27. I’ve found out ______ information about the 2008 Olympic Games

on the Internet.

A. a plenty of　　 B. a number of　 C. quite a few　　 D. a lot of

26. --- What else do you like doing in your spare time _______ singing?

　 --- Dancing, playing chess, chatting and so on.

A. besides　　 B. except　　 C. except for　　 D. but

25. I knew I shouldn’t accept anything from such a person, but I found it

difficult to refuse his ________.

A. principle　　 B. purpose　　 C. offer　　 D. order

24. --- Are you coming to Jeff’s party?

　 --- I’m not sure. I ______ go to the concert instead.

A. must　　　 B. would　　　 C. should　　　 D. might

23. --- Will you stay for lunch?

　 --- Sorry, I _____. My mother is coming to see me.

A. mustn’t　　 B. can’t　　　 C. needn’t　　　 D. won’t

22. It must have rained last night, __________?

A. mustn’t it　　 B. can’t it　　 C. hasn’t it　　 D. didn’t it