— I’d like to. But I have to stay at home ________ my sister is ill.

A. to go; because of    B. to go; so that    C.to go; because     D. going; because of

(  ) 32. — Can you finish          these books before 10 o'clock?— Yes, I can.

A. to read          B. read         C. reads        D. reading

(  ) 33. Lucy’s hands are         of the students in her class.

A biggest   B.bigger       C. the biggest      D. the bigger

(  ) 34.---          did you stay there?---For three hours.

A How long   B   How soon   C   How often   D  How far

(  )35. We are very ________ after learning the ________ music.

A. relaxed, relaxed            B. relaxing, relaxing

C. relaxing, relaxed            D. relaxed, relaxing

(  )36. He is          university student and he likes playing ________ baseball.

A. an,  the   B. a, the       C. a, /       D. an, /

(  )37. _____ English aloud every day is good good for you.. Please _____ from now on.

A. Read, begin                   B. Reading, begin

C. Read, beginning                D. Reading, beginning

(  )38. Of the three girls, Betty walks         .So she was the last to get there.

A. more slowly   B. more quickly   C. most slowly   D. most quickly

(  )39. It took them 3 hours         the lantern.

A. make       B. making    C. to make   D. made

(  )40. — The popnulation of Shenzhen is ______ than that of many other cities in China.

— Yes. It was a small village 30 years ago and there were ______ people  in Shenzhen at that time.

A. larger , smaller              B. larger, fewer

C. more,  fewer               D. more, smaller

二.阅读理解.                A

A young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist (科学家), what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed . He did not say anything ,but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: (写着)A=X+Y+Z.

“What does this mean ?” asked the young man .

“A means “ success”” explained(解释) the old scientist . “X stands for(代表) hard work ,Y for good methods (方法)　and Z …  Z means stop talking and get down to work.”