The President's fifty-birthday was coming，and he decided to set free some prisoners of the same　 16 on the day. Not too many，but one from each of the twenty or thirty prisons which were too crowded in the small state. They would have to be carefully selected 　17not to give trouble 　18they were out. Perhaps they had been so 　19in prison that they had stopped having any real trouble in the outside world.　 20of them was to be told of his　 21from prison before the day he was out. Mario was therefore 　22when he was called to governor's office one morning and told he was to be set free the next day. He had 　23almost three quarters of his life in prison because of killing a policeman. He had no family living and no friends 　24his prison mates.

The following morning was clear and bright. Mario was given no time to say good-bye to 　25but a guard led him to the prison gate. 　26he set off up the long white road 　27to the town. The surroundings，the noise，the absence of the firm prison walls terrified him. Soon he sat down 　28the side of the road to think a little. After he had thought for a long time，for his brain worked slowly，he 　29up his mind. He remained(停留) 30he was，　 31calmly for some time until at 　32 he saw a police car coming. When it was near　 33，he dashed(冲)out into the road，obliged it to stop suddenly. He had with him a little knife. When the young policeman got out of the car demanding to know　 34was wrong，Mario　 35him heavily but quickly with his knife just behind the right ear.

16. A. year　　 　　　　　　 B. age　　 　　　　　　 　C. old　　　 　　　 　　　D. time

17. so that　　　 　 　　B. in order that　　　 C. so as　　　　 　D. because

18. before 　　 　　　　B. once　　　　　 　　 　C. until　　 　　　 　D. unless

19. A. happy 　　　　 　　B. tired　　　　　 　　 　C. short 　　　 　　　D. long

20. A. All 　　　　　　　　 B. Some　　　 　　C. None　　 　　　D. Any

21. A. freedom　　　 　B. stay　　　　　　　　　 C. work　　　 　　 　D. holiday

22. A. feared　　 　　B. astonished　 　　C. heated　　 　　 　D. interested

23. A. spent　　　　 　B. took　　　 　　　C. cost　　 　　　　　 　D. paid

24. A. beside　 　　　　B. without　　　　　　　 　　 　C. except　　 　　　 　D. expect

25. A. someone　　 　B. no one　　　　 　　 　C. anyone　　 　 　D. officers

26. A. Alone　　　 　　B. Happily　　　　　　　 　　 　C. Fortunately　　 　D. Frequently

27. connecting　　 　　B. leading　　　　 C. pointing　　 　 　　　D. joining

28. across　　 　　　 　　　　B. away　　　 C. along　　 　　　　 　　　D. by

29. decided　　　 　　B. made　　　　　 C. took　　　 　　 　　　D. set

30. where　　 　　 　　B. when　　　　　 C. took　　　 　　 　　　D. set

31. waiting　　　 　 　　B. looking　　　　 C. asking　 　　　　 　　　D. fighting

32. first　 　　　　　　 　　B. last　　　　　　　 C. least　 　　　　　　　　　 　D. atall

33. almost　　　　 　　B. much　　　　　 C. well　　 　 　　　　　 　D. enough

34. when　 　 　　　　B. how　　　　　　 C. where　 　　　　　 　D. what

35. beaten　　　　 　　B. took　　　　　　 C. struck　　 　　　　　　 　D. caught

15. Isn’t __ rude ______ him to talk to his mother like that?

A. that, for 　　B. that, of 　　　C. it, to 　　　D. it, of

14. That was the first time that he _______ a rich family.

A. was invited 　　　B. invited 　　　C. had been invited　 D. had invited.

13. Prices of daily goods _ through a computer can be lower than store prices.

A. are brought 　　B. bought 　　C. been bought 　　　D. buying

12. ---- Why share my toys with Harry?

---- You must. I wasn’t ____ your selfishness.

A. promise 　　B. admit 　　C. get 　　D. tolerate

11. What you wrote is not related _______ the topic given.

A. with 　　B. to 　　C. of 　　D. about

10. The reason _______ he could not go there was __ his grades were too low.

A. that, which 　　B. why, which 　　C . Which, which 　　D. why, that

9. You can’t imagine what difficulty we had _______ home in the snowstorm.

A. walked 　　B. walk 　　C. to walk 　　D. walking

8. ---- Where is your watch?

----I am getting it ________. It is at the repair shop.

A. repair B. repairing C. repaired D. to repair

7. ＿＿＿＿　such a difficult problem, I really didn’t know what to do.

A. Faced 　　B. Facing　　 　C. Faced to　 　D. Facing with