43. A. pen             B. knife                  C. pencil               D. ruler

42. A. later             B. before               C. ago                 D. after

41. A. boy            B. book                C. noise                D. father

40. A. for work         B. in bed               C. at work                D. near the house

39. A. work            B. look                           C. mind                D. want

38. A. From            B. In                     C. At                     D. Of

37. A. read                     B. saw                    C. did                            D. helped

36. A. lot               B. cup                 C. glass                   D. little

35. I can hardly play computer games because I have ________ homework.

A. too many           B. too much           C. much too             D. many too

     It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got a  36  of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum. "Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy's father said when he  37  it. "His grandfather did," answered Jimmy's mother. "Oh." Said his father. 38  course Jimmy likes his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it. But his mother didn't 39  .His father was working during the day and Jimmy was  40  when he got home in the evening, So he didn't hear the noise. But one of the neighbors didn't like the  41  at all. So one morning a few days  42  , she took a   43   and went to Jimmy's house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy. Do you know there  44  something very nice in your drum? Here is a knife.  45  the drum and let' s find it. "

34. --I' m not feeling well. I have a sore back.

   -- ________.

    A. You should carry the heavy box.             B. I'm sorry to hear that.

C. That sounds interesting.                     D. I guess you are wrong.