40. A. tears                B. smiles                    C. shouts                D. jokes

39. A. harder             B. better                     C. worse                D. easier

38. A. surprised         B. excited                   C. sad                    D. nervous

37. A. ship                B. flight                     C. train                  D. bus

36. A. voice               B. sound                     C. noise                 D. word

35. A. arriving           B. staying                   C. coming              D. leaving

34. A. forgetting        B. realizing                 C. hoping               D. showing

33. ―Do you know _________now?

  ―Sorry, I don’t know.

  A. where does Mr. Brown live               B. where did Mr. Brown live

  C. where Mr. Brown lives                      D. where Mr. Brown lived

五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag. I coughed uneasily. Finally     34    that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.

“I’m     35    tomorrow,” he said.

“I know.” My     36    was almost a whisper (低声). I was angry with myself for being so weak, but I tried to keep back my tears (眼泪).

“My     37    is tomorrow morning. There is still enough time to go to the airport,” he said. Seeing the    38    look on my face, he quickly added, “I promise (答应) I won’t leave without saying goodbye.”

I tried to say something, but didn’t. it’s always    39    to keep quiet if you’re about to cry. “You promised you wouldn’t cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to    40   .

I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike.    41   I thought he was always right behind me, holding the seat to keep me from     42    . I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life. He told me that one day he would have to let go.

His coughing stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say    43   to the person who taught me everything?

The next morning I     44    up, looked at my alarm clock, and realized he had left hours ago. We never even said goodbye.

Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me,    45   it was only an answer in his heart.

32. Some foreign languages ___________at middle school in Beijing.

  A. are taught         B. teach                   C. will teach           D. taught

31. ―It’s eleven o’clock. Why don’t you ________a rest now?

  ―That’s a good idea.

  A. to take              B. take                    C. taking                D. taken