25. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to ______ more familiar with them.

A. get B. do C. have D. know

26. Workers built shelters for survivors ______had been destroyed.

A. the homes of which B. whose homes C. which homes D. their homes

27. A great person is someone who devotes his / her life ______ others.

A. to help B. to helping C. helping D. and helping

28. The Amber Room was given this name because several tons of amber______.

A. used to make it B. were used to making it

C. got used to making it D. were used to make it

29. Atlanta told her father that she would not marry_____ anyone who could not run faster than her.

A. to B. with C. for D. 不填

30. The computer _____ in offices and homes since the 1970s.

A. has used B. has been used C. had used D. had been used

三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was young, my grandmother used to tell me stories. I’d like to 31 with you one of my favorites.

Once, there was a young boy. He was very 32 because he couldn’t keep his friends. He asked his father why this was so. His father 33 replied, “Son, each time you say or do something that 34 one of your friends, hammer (锤) a piece of wood into the 35 .” The curious boy did as he was told and soon he made fence (篱笆) out of the wood.

“Father!” he cried, “I can’t get out! I am blocked by this fence!”

“Well, Son, each time you say something 36 to a friend, you can take one piece of wood out.”

The boy 37 this, too. On the first day he took out one piece of wood and on the second day he took out another two. On the third day he took out some more. Finally he had 38 all of the wood. “But Father!” he cried again, “Look at the 39 in the ground! They are big and dark! Oh, how ugly!”

“Son,” his father said, “this is why you aren’t able to 40 your friends. Remember: when you hurt someone’s feeling, no matter what you do to 41 up for it, there will always be a scar (伤痕) in his 42 .”

From that day on, the boy was very 43 of his words and actions and he never hurt his friends’ feelings again.

I always keep this story close to my heart. It has 44 me lot. I am always careful not to hurt any of my friends because they are people that I wouldn’t want to 45 .