--Hi, King, I heard you went to see the parrots instead of traveling to Calgary yesterday.

    --Yes, I did. You see, I'm ________ a bird watcher than a traveler.

     A. less             B. more             C. better              D. worse

The countryside gives us peace and quiet, which is ___ we can’t enjoy living in the city.

  A. that              B. what         C. why          D. where

 31. ---Remember the first time we met, Susan?

   ---Of course I do. You ______ in the library

    A. read         B. had read          C. were reading      D. would read

 I’ve designed five or six different cars_____.

  A. by far   B. so far   C. that far   D. farther

The disagreement between the two countries resulted in a war __________.

  A. on time                       B. in time                     C. at times                    D. at all times

C

A: Hello, Judy. How are you getting along with your word processing(文字处理) class?

 B: Well, so far progress has been rather slow. I haven’t learned the keyboard yet, and I have problems remembering all the orders of editing. I get really impatient because I want to master the means to operate the computer as soon as possible.

 A: Just remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Word processing (文字处理)can’t be such an easy matter.

 B: You’re right. Our teacher keeps telling us that it takes time to learn all the techniques (技巧) of word processing and that we can’t master everything in one day.

 A: That’ s entirely true. But you’ll catch on. Just be patient and practise whenever you can.

39. This dialogue suggests that Judy and the partner ______.

      A. may be friends                     B. are studying in the same class

      C. are both learning word processing      D. are both tired of study

40. What’s the main idea of the dialogue?

      A. Word processing isn’t an easy thing at all.   B.Only step by step can we master something.

      C. True friendship will benefit our progress.     D. Truth comes from practice. 

41. “Rome wasn’t built in a day” means that we should be ________.

  A. patient    B. hardworking    C. friendly    D. impatient

42. Judy has difficulty in doing the following things except（除了）____________.

   A. word processing         B. making progress   

   C. learning the keyboard     D. remembering all the orders of editing

短文改错（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断;如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误);则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Last Sunday morning Mr. Wang left home early go fishing.           76．          

Very soon he got to a river. He sat on the bank or began             77．          

to fish. But he was unlucky. When sun was setting he still          78．           

didn’t catch any fish, and they felt very disappointed.        79．          

On his way home, he thought that his wife might                   80．          

laugh at him because of he hadn’t caught any fish. How to save  81．          

face? He became very worrying. Suddenly he got an idea.            82．          

He immediately run to the fish market and bought a                        83．           

big fish. Then he hurried home happy, thinking that                          84．          

his wife would praise him for get the big fish.                                     85．           

The boy looked to the right and to the left, ______ what to do

   A. not to know   B. didn’t know     C. not knowing            D. not being known

 --------What do you think of the book I lent you yesterday?

--------Oh, not too bad. It’s not too difficult_________.

   A. to read        B. to be read        C. reading       D. being read

If you had enough money, what __________?

A. will you buy           B. would you buy

   C. would you have bought   D. will you have bought