I don’t like to go to the concert. I have no interest in it; _______, I have lots of work to do.

   A. however     B. beside           C. therefore            D. besides

 

Progress so far has been very good. ______, we are sure that the project will be completed on time.

A. However          B. Otherwise        C. Therefore        D. Besides 

 

 (10·江西)

When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __36_, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so __37__.

As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __38__ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move __39__ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __40__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __41__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need __42__. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

 “Airport? You __43__ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers __44__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __45__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __46__ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __47__ you’ll get there in five minutes!”

“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __48__ in time.”

The __49__ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __50__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __51__ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __52__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __53__ just above the ground. As the car __54__ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __55__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

36 A However        B Besides       C Therefore           D Otherwise

37 A brave          B excited       C curious             D stubborn

38 A fell           B seemed        C proved              D grew

39 A aside          B around        C forward             D backward

40 A arrived        B stopped       C stayed              D started

41 A gathered       B existed       C dropped             D moved

42 A help           B gas           C rest                D water

43 A necessarily    B normally      C basically           D certainly

44 A if             B until         C unless              D as

45 A drive          B walk          C follow              D march

46 A address        B signs         C notices             D guidance

47 A doubt          B room          C time                D way

48 A have it        B get it        C make it             D finish it

49 A door           B window        C headlight           D wheel

50 A passed         B rushed        C turned              D continued

51 A strange        B sensitive     C imaginable          D horrible

52 A developed      B appeared      C spread              D faded

来源：(高考资源网) 53 A rolling        B floating      C drawing             D flashing

54 A pointed        B returned      C broke               D rose

55 A tune           B voice         C sound               D tone

    

People often think they are energetic and healthy and don’t need exercise. _______ , I have to warn that it is completely wrong.

A. However          B. Therefore           C. Otherwise      D. Meanwhile

 

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. ____, recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

   Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived  ____ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son   ___.

   Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long      over the hills. They had been ___  _ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days  ____. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some ___ _.

One morning , the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert _ _ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ___  . "What's that?" he asked. "That's the _  _ treasure," said the boy. Robert suddenly _  ___something of an adventure story in the boy’s _  _ . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the _  _ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the __  __ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   ____ such a man in a story. _  __ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was _  ___.

So, thanks to a___  ___ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of greatest _  ____ stories in the English language.

1.A. However          B. Therefore    C. Besides     D. Finally

2.A.alone             B. next door          C. at home     D. abroad

3.A. meeting    B. story                 C. holiday            D. job

4.A. Lloyd              B. Robert                C. Henley       D. John

5.A. talk                   B. rest                C. walk         D. game

6.A. attempting   B. missing        C. planning         D. enjoying

7.A. quiet                B. dull           C. busy       D. cold

8.A. cleaning           B. writing                C. drawing           D. exercising

9.A. doubted           B. noticed              C. decided          D. recognized

10.A. the sea    B. the house         C. Scotland      D. the island

11.A . forgotten           B. buried               C. discovered          D. unexpected

12.A. saw             B. drew        C. made               D. learned

13.A. book                    B. reply        C. picture            D. mind

14.A. star                 B. hero              C. writer                     D. child

15.A. help                     B. problem           C. use               D. burden

16.A. praise                  B. produce           C. include            D. accept

17.A. Yet                  B. Also           C. But               D. Thus

18.A. injured           B. born          C. hired               D. written

19.A. rainy                    B. sunny                C. cool             D. windy

20.A. news                    B. love              C. humorous    D. adventure