22. There have been several new events ______to the program for the Beijing Olympic Games.

A. add B. to add C. adding D. added

23. Usually John would be late for meetings .But this time, ________to my surprise, he arrived on time.

A. little B. much C. ever D. even

24. The three sisters decided to hold a family party to _______their parents’ silver wedding.

A. celebrate B. memorize C. congratulate D. welcome

25. People try to avoid public transportation delays by suing their own cars, and this ______creates further problem.

A. in short B. in case C. in doubt D. in turn

Part two :完形填空

The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __21___for half a month. Many people were __22___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __23___; nobody was killed from cold and _24____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_25___. While fighting the snow, people ___26__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple appeared on the Internet.

The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __27___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___28___tightly. They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings to _29___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __30____their own things. The wife’s body was __31___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __32__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __33__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __34__ it, he found they were two embracing(拥抱) together. Thinking of the __35___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _36___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __37__it with some hay (干草)and lay the couple in . He _38__them in the garden of the community.

In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __39__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __40___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.

21. A. beautifully B. directly C. gently D. continuously

22. A. forbidden B. rescued C. trapped D. covered

23. A. disaster B. war C. campaign D. disease

24. A. anger B. heat C. hunger D. poverty

25. A. sadly B. safely C. nervously D. curiously

26. A. treasured B. invited C. accepted D. forgot

27. A. because of B. in case of C. in spite of D. instead of

28. A. controlled B. fixed C., stretched D. closed

29. A. admit B. attract C. turn D. escape

30. A. busy with B. born with C. good for D. famous for

31. A. burnt B. watched C. frozen D. found

32. A. supplied B. wrapped C. folded D. sorted

33. A. buy B. send C. sell D. check

34. A. Feeding B. Leaving C. Touching D. Greeting

35. A. hardship B. childhood C. cooperation D. lesson

36. A. clothes B. warmness C. flowers D. tension

37. A. made B. played C. associated D. filled

38. A. buried B. showed C. fastened D. enjoyed

39. A. put away B. come back C. fly away D. hold back

40. A. dropped out B. died out C. grown up D. stood up