“I guess so,” replied Mum. “Your friends will just have to _55__ that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son!”

36. A. chance     B.message     C. homework     D.difficulty
37. A. a sleep     B.reading      C. alone         D.standing
38. A. explain     B.see         C. agree         D. doubt

39.  A. terror         B. tears         C. surprise        D. silence

40.  A. fair           B. easy          C. good          D. hard

41.  A. strange        B. normal       C. popular        D. anxious

42.  A. headache      B. loss          C. task           D. day

43.  A. ill            B. funny         C. sorry          D. well

44.  A. As           B. If             C. Since          D. Before  

45.  A. kept         B. controlled      C. found          D. returned 

46.  A. requests      B. thoughts       C. repairs         D. instructions 

47.  A. sympathy     B. satisfaction     C bitterness       D. politeness 

48.  A. embarrassedly  B. gratefully     C. impatiently      D. proudly  

49.  A. adjusted       B. collected     C. produced       D. covered  

50.  A. greet         B. accompany    C. help           D. ask  

51.  A. lifted         B. caught        C. gave           D. filled 

52.  A. television      B. power       C. light            D. gas 

53.  A. grew up      B. lay down      C. broke down      D. sat up  

54.  A. food         B. temperature   C. battery          D. blood 

55.  A. prove        B. expect        C. suspect          D. accept

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

   阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.

   Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.

After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, his was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.

 Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayma