17.Often he______ sit for hours doing nothing at all when he was in low spirits.

A．should B．would C．could D．might

18.We are looking forward to______ a chance to watch the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A．give B．be given C．being given D．giving

19. The Parkers bought a new house but____ will need a lot of work before they can move in.

A. they

B. it

C. one

D. which

20. — Do you mind my taking the books away?

— ________.

A. Certainly, please do.

B. No, go ahead

C. Yes, not at all

D. No, please don’t

21. —Would you permit me _______ here?

—Sorry. We don’t permit _______ in the lab.

A. smoking; smoking

B. to smoke; to smoke

C. smoking; to smoke

D. to smoke; smoking

22.The reason_____ she gave for not being present was _____the heavy snow prevented her coming.

A. why; because

B. why; whether

C. that; that

D. how; that

23.The woman was about to open the door _______ she heard a strange sound from inside.

A. as

B. while

C. when

D. then

24.Ten years ago，the population of our village was ______ that of theirs.

A．as twice large as B．twice as large as

C．twice as much as D．as twice much as

25. —What ____ you to get bored with her?

—_____was her laziness and unkindness.

A. made; It

B. caused; That

C. led; It

D. got; That

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。

Billy，a hard-working student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part-time job that __26__ him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still __27__ asleep .He is a newspaper boy.

Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5∶15 to go to the __28__ where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were __29__ to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to __30__ them.

In the winter it is still dark __31__ he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is __32__.Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his__33_ in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊) where it will be __34__ from wind，rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips，__35__ him very excited.

Billy earns about $70 per month through hard __36__，and he is saving some of the money to go to __37__，where he has always been longing to go. Besides that，he __38__ the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month，he has to collect the __39__at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is __40__ so that he is full of excitement. Luckily，he gets __41__ supported by his family. Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him. Once，his father was too __42__ to help.

Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn’t feel __43__ about the number.

He dreams that he will get __44__ customers as possible some day.__45__，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.

26．A. wakes B．takes C．gets D．picks

27．A. sound B．falling C．fall D．soundly

28．A. corner B．street C．room D．department

29．A. given B．addressed C．handed D．delivered

30．A. carry B．bring C．send D．load

31．A. at which B．while C．that D．when

32．A. short B．black C．light D．long

33．A. road B．way C．route D．path

34．A. protected B．stopped C．kept D．prevented