40．A．peacefully　　 　 B．hardly　　　 　　 C．mercifully 　　　　 D．difficultly

39．A．wondered　　 　　 B．doubted　　 　　　 C．decided　 　　　　　 D．pretended

38．A．appearance 　　　　 B．task　　　　 　　　 C．situation　 　　　　 D．character

37．A．delighted　　　 　 B．surprised　　 　　　 C．confused　　 　　 D．attracted

36．A．official　　　 　　 B．firefighter　 　　　 C．professor　 　　　　 D．clerk

35．We need a piano in this group to____ the sense of this piece of classical music．

　　　 A．break down　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．work on　　　　　　

　　　 C．bring out　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．turn up

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　　　 I met John on a blind date in 1973．He was working as a(n)　 36　 in Long Island．I was instantly 　37　 when I saw him．He had a tough　 38　 , but a gentle and rich inner world．I　 39　 that he was someone I wanted to spend my hfe with．We got married and lived 　40　 with our four children．John attended to his work, 　41　 I stayed home with the kids．We　 42　 our little spare time with barbecues in the backyard．It was a quiet, American Dream　 43　

　　　 Being a police officer' s　 44　 , I had to learn to assume the　 45　 　until I hear otherwise．So on September 11, when hours went by with no word from my　 46　 , I didn' t panic．But immediately John's brother Patrick walked 　47　 toward me, I lost it．"Do you have something to tell me?" I screamed．　 48　 　Patrick had to tell me was that my husband had gone into the　 49　 , and was now missing．

　　　 John was 　50　 ．He was the last rescue worker pulled alive from the　 51　 ．Much of his lower body was crashed and large sections of destroyed muscles had to be 　52　 　．He has to wear pants with belts now because there's no longer enough flesh around his hips (屁股) to keep them up．Last Saturday, the family gathered in the backyard and friends were visiting．All of a sudden I realized things were quite 　53　 , though kind of back to normal．

　　　 "Our lives have changed forever," John says．"We need to be　 54　 of the human suffering that went on that day．If we forget, we're allowing ourselves to be set up for another 　55　 　"

34．-- I'm sony to have broken your pen．I wasn't on purpose．

　　　 ____I've got another one．

　　　 A．Forget it　 　　　　　 B．Go ahead 　　　　　 C．Come on　 　　　　　 D．Take your time

33．Such details as　　　　　 the Olympic flame will be lit and____will be the fmal torchbearer are being kept secret leading up to the night of the event．

　　　 A．how; when　 　　　 B．when; where　 　 C．where; who　 　　　 D．how; who

32．____some teachers, the headmaster entered the classroom．

　　　 A．Following　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Followed with　 　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．Being followed by　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Having followed

31．--Were you caught in the rain yesterday?

　　　 --Good luck．No sooner____home than it poured down．

　　　 A．I had reached　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．had I reached　　　

　　　 C．did I reach　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．I have reached