36. A. look after                B. learn from       C. pay for                  D. talk to

35. A. children                 B. women          C. men                           D. teachers

34. A. listened to                B. played          C. faced                    D. sung

33. A. more interesting         B. less pleasant       C. more necessary         D. less important

32. --Happy birthday, Tom!

   --_________.

   A. With pleasure     B. Thanks a lot       C. All right            D. The same to you

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能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

   When someone says, “Well, I guess I will have to face the music,” it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far  33  like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or did that，and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be  34 . At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as  35 . We can remember father’s angry voice, “I want to  36  you,” and only because we did not obey(服从) him. “What an unpleasant business it was!”

   The phrases “ 37 ” is familiar to every American ,young or old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation came from the  38  novelist, James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was  39 used by actors while waiting in the wings(厢房) to go on the stage. When they got their cue(暗示) to go on, they often said, “Well , it’s time to go to face the music.” And that’s exactly 40 they did---face the orchestra(乐队) which was just below them. An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be  41 or perhaps hostile（敌对的）, especially if he forgot his words. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play.  42 the expression “to face the music” came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the  43 might be, because you knew you had no  44 .

31. When he ________ the bus, he found no empty seat already.

   A. got off             B. got on           C. got to                      D. got back

30. --How much did you ________for the books?

   --About 280 yuan.

   A. cost                    B. take                  C. pay                   D. spend

29. It’s too _________ here, people have to wear warm clothes.

   A. hot                    B. sunny                C. cloudy                     D. cold

28. I began to do my homework _______ I got home yesterday afternoon.

   A. because              B. after                 C. since                D. as

27. All of my friends enjoy________________ mountains.

   A. climbing           B. to climb           C. climb             D. climbs