47. A. excited          B. nervous               C. worried             D. sad

46. A. write            B. smile                 C. speak                D. wave

45. Not only my brother but also I ______ good at painting.

    A. are            B. am              C. was             D. is

通读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

Life is not easy, so I ’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to   46   to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was

 47  but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and   48   changed my life. It was an English speech contest（比赛）. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a  49  idea! It meant I had to speak before  50  the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to  51  .” Then Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last  52  the topic “Believe in Yourself.” I tried my best to  53

all the speech and practised it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears when the  54  came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who  55  looked down on me, now all said congratulations to me.

44. Could you tell me something about London? I’m ______ going there for a holiday soon.

    A. thinking up     B. thinking about     C. thinking for     D. thinking out

43. Helen made many mistakes in the test. She realized that ___ is important to be careful.

    A. that           B. she              C. it               D. this

42. Many people are worried about the housing price that keeps ______ in recent years.

A. to rise          B. rising           C. to raise          D. raising

41. ― Look! How nice the building is! What is it used for?

― It _________ as a hotel. But I’m not sure.

A. must be used    B. will use         C. may be used     D. may use

40. The students were encouraged _______ English in class.

A. speak        B. to speak           C. speaking        D. spoken

39. The problem is ________ that few students can work it out.

A. so difficult    B. very difficult       C. so easy            D. very easy

38. ― The passage is quite hard to understand, isn’t it?

― Yes. ______ it’s very short and there are no new words in it.

A. so          B. and                          C. because              D. though