29. ---Is dinner ready?

---Not yet. The main course ______. It needs another ten minutes.

A. was not done B. had not done C. is not done D. has not done

30. House prices vary from place to place and are usually high _____ there are famous schools.

A. where B. since C. when D. whether

31. You don’t need to make fancy foods to impress guests—it is something simple but good _____ will do.

A. what B. that C. which D. who

32. More than ten people _____ in their own homes during the first 3 months of this year.

A. were gassed B. had been gassed C. are gassed D. have been gassed

33. I actually believe that we _____ in Xi’an now if you hadn’t been caught drunk driving last month.

A. would be B. would have been C. were D. had been

34. At no time I would blame you for your being slow in your English study.

A. I said B. said I C. I did say D. did I say

35. One of the glorious moments in my school life was I was awarded the Mayor’s Award.

A. why B. how C. that 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Education from My Father

My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are 36 that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of 37 .

When I was small I was somewhat 38 of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in 39 that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better 40 later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.

What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 41 it travelled to the ground like a spark. When it travelled 42 the air it made the air so hot that it 43 . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 44 the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, 45 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that 46 .

He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 47 . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could 48 and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were 49 to the universe. Our warmth was going to 50 the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I 51 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.

I am sure there were many other lessons that I 52 but no longer remember. What I did 53 , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were 54 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been 55 in science.

36. A. othersB. fewC. someD. all

37. A. scienceB. natureC. weather D. universe

38. A. sureB. fondC. tiredD. afraid

39. A. depthB. wordsC. gesturesD. data

40. A. understandingB. knowledgeC. commandD. confidence

41. A. butB. andC. for D. or

42. A. aboveB. to C. alongD. through

43. A. shoneB. burnedC. expandedD. broke

44. A. fillB. makeC. avoidD. break

45. A. tryingB. proving C. hopingD. pretending

46. A. clap B. remark C. voiceD. crash

47. A. coldB. bright C. clearD. foggy

48. A. exploreB. foresee C. imagineD. identify

49. A. committedB. exposed C. related D. led

50. A. heat B. protect C. extend D. light

51. A. everB. also C. evenD. still

52. A. selectedB. arranged C. absorbedD. delivered

53. A. considerB. promiseC. explainD. learn

54. A. memoriesB. blanketsC. mysteriesD. thunders

55. A. engagedB. interestedC. successfulD. skillful