A.was to give     B.had given               C.was giving     D.would give

28.You won’t find paper cutting difficult _____you keep practicing it.

A. even though  B. as long as  C .as if   D. ever since

29.—Can’t you stay a little longer?

—It’s getting late. I really _____go now, My daughter is home alone.

A .may   B .can  C . must  D .dare 

30.—Dr. Jackson is not in his office at the moment.

—All right. I____ him later.

A. will call   B. have called   C. call  D will be calling

31.If ___for the job, you’ll be informed soon.

A .to accept   B. accept   C. accepting  D. accepted

32._____the damage is dooe, it will take many years for the farmland to recover.

A.Untill   B.Unless   C. Once   D.Although 

33.I truly believe ______beauty comes from within.

A. that  B.where   C. what   D.why

 34.IfI _____it with my own eyes ,Iwouldn’t have believed it.

A .didn’t see  B.weren’t seeing  C. Wouldn’t see  D.hadn’t seen

35._____we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel.

A. Where  B.How  C.Why  D. When

第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）

阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上讲该项 涂黑。

A Welcome Gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them  36  side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud  37  filled the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning,   38   , their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a   39   under their door during the night. One of their neighbor had written to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all  40   people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their   41   and apologize for their playing.

“Maybe we could go and   42   everyone in person.” his mother said.

“What if we invited them to come here for a   43   instead? Dario asked.

They both loved the   44   . Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts   45    their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.

Finally, the day of the party  46   . Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to  47  . One woman, Mrs. Gilbert,  48   Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I   49    that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.”

Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we  50   you an apology.” she said. “I didn’t  51  how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.

“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such  52  music.”

“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be   53   to play them in the evening.”

“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to   54   the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of   55  and made him feel that they were home at last.

36. A. sat         B. stood                     C. lay               D. walked

37. A. voice     B. ring                         C. music   D. cry

38. A. therefore   B. however                        C. otherwise   D. instead

39. A. note      B. poster                    C. bill                D.report

40. A. proud   B. rich                         C. lucky            D. nice

41. A. neighbors    B. friends                   C. relatives      D. audience

42. A. blame   B. instruct                 C. question     D. visit

43. A. party