C．had you been employed D．will you be employed

28．The manager has got a good business so the company is doing well.

A．idea B．sense C．thought D．thinking

29．—Was his father very strict with him when he was at school?

—Yes. He had never praised him he became one of the top students in his grade.

A．after B．unless C．until D．when

30．—I was riding along the street and all of a sudden, a car cut in and knocked me down. —You can never be careful in the street.

A．much B．very C．so D．too

31．We are living in an age many things are done on computer.

A．which B．that C．whose D．when

32．The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to .

A．make it out B．make it off C．make it up D．make it over

33．—You don’t look very .Are you ill?

—No, I’m just a bit tired.

A．good B．well C．strong D．healthy

34．—What happened to the priceless works of art?

— .

A．They were destroyed in the earthquake

B．The earthquake was destroying them

C．They destroyed in the earthquake

D．The earthquake destroyed them

35．Mr. Smith, of the speech, started to read a novel.

A．tired; boring B．tiring; bored

C．tired; bored D．tiring; boring

第二节 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.

The word sharp can be___36 to describe many different things in your home,classroom,and place of work.In this chapter(章),the writer 37 sharp pencils,meaning pencils with a very fine 38 .The writer does not like dull pencils.

We can also use the word sharp to describe the blades(刀刃)of knives.Knives also have points.We can use the word sharp to describe a 39 kind of point, 40 as the sharp points of kitchen and steak knives.Scissors have blades,too,and we can describe these blades on the kind of scissors.Some tools,such as saws,scrapers(n.刮刀，削刀),and garden tools,also,have blades.We can use the words sharp and dull to describe the blades of these tools, 43 .Sharp knives,scissors,and tools are 44 to use.They cut things easily 45 some containers.For example,the edge of a table or desk can be 46 .In addition,we can describe the edge of 47 open can as sharp. The top of a can is sometimes sharp 48 to cut your hand.A piece of 49 from a broken jar of bottle is 50 very sharp. as sharp or dull.Futhermore，the points of scissors are 41 sharp or rounded, 42 and quickly,without effort.The word sharp can be used to decribe the edges of furniture and