_________the freezing wind ,they_________ the injured man in time. They felt sorry for that.

 A. Had not been for ;could reach            B. If there was not; might have reached

C. But for; might reach                   D. If there hadn’t been ; could have reached

 _____ is known to everybody is ____ the moon travels round the earth

once a month.

   A. What; that                  B. That; that          C. It; what                    D. As; what

Both warm-blooded and cold-blooded desert animals have ways to escape the desert heat. Warm-blooded desert animals, such as rats and mice, rest during the day, often staying in cool underground burrows. At night they search for food. Animals that are out during the day, such as cold-blooded lizards and snakes, are active only for short periods. As their body temperature rises, these reptiles move into the shade in order to cool down. In the early evening, when the sun grows weaker, the reptiles become more active and begin their search for food again.

Getting enough water to survive is a major problem for all desert animals. Some desert animals, such as the kangaroo rat and the related jerboa, get water only from the food that they eat. Because these animals eat mainly dry seeds, they must survive on a tiny amount of water.

Most deserts have only a small number of frogs and toads because these animals must be near water to survive. Yet even these creatures have adapted to desert conditions. When small amounts of water collect in temporary streams, the desert-living frogs and toads become active. After a rainfall, they lay their eggs. The eggs grow into tadpoles in a few days and into adults in just four weeks. When the puddles dry up, the adult frogs or toads dig into the ground. Their metabolism(新陳代謝) slows, and they stay beneath the ground until the next rain, which may be as good as a year away. Until then, their bodily activities continue at a reduced rate.

The camel---often called the ship of the desert---is one of the most successful desert animals. Camels can go for long periods without water, but eventually they must drink. When water becomes available to them after a long drought, they may drink 95 liters of water or more. When water is not available, what helps camels survive the desert heat is the fat stored in their humps. A camel’s hump contains about 12 kilograms of fat. Fat is rich in hydrogen. As the fat is digested, hydrogen from the fat combines with oxygen in the air that the camel breathes. The result is H2O, or water. Each kilogram of fat that a camel digests produces about a liter of water.

71. Desert animals are usually more active at night because ______.

A. it is cooler at night           B.it is easier to find water

C.they like the dark            D. they are less likely to be attacked at night

72. Which of the following desert animals can get water only from the food?

A. The camel.       B. The kangaroo rat.     C. The frog.       D. The toad

73. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the desert animals rest during the day.

B. All the desert animals don’t rest during the day.

C. Cold-blooded desert animals don’t rest during the day.

D. None of the cold-blooded desert animals go out during the day.

74. The title for this passage could probably be ________.

A. Hot Deserts                         B. Desert Animals

C. How Desert Animals Get Water         D. Ways To Escape the Desert Heat

75. The underlined word “burrows” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _________.

A. holes     B. caves     C. rooms      D. openings

 The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____ in broad daylight yesterday.

A. being robbed             B. having been robbed  

C. to have been robbed        D. robbed

Tom ____ desperate in front of the locked door.

  A. fell                      B. felt                   C. dropped                   D. lay

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The British people either don’t care or are kept in the dark regarding    31   country’s colonization overseas. When you talk to an average Britisher, he doesn’t seem to know   32    about his country’s glorious days as a result of colonization one or two generations ago. When Britain handed over Hong Kong in 1997, the Hong Kong press went to London and tried to get a sense of the popular mood by interviewing students and business people in the streets. Most of them didn’t know    33    handover event took place. Some expressed surprise to hear the question. Some even thought that Britain returned Hong Kong to Japan! For the British people to know: Hong Kong is a big deal    34    it’s a tiny dot on the map. HK was the most successful British colony, maybe the longest   35     ( keep ) too. Certainly, HK    36    ( bring ) a lot of money to the British Treasury, to the business elites, and to a lot of English civil servants who had worked there before. All you need is to look at the HK government    37      ( office ) records, the salary scales of English officials, the subsidized housing they got, and the    38    ( retire ) benefits they enjoyed. Remember the British colonial government in HK ran continuous huge surpluses every year, a clear sign that they were not spending the money   _ 39   they earned it. The money was deposited in the British Treasury and major banks. If you are a responsible English citizen, you should ask where the surplus money went, if it didn’t go to  40       ( serve ) the people.

It rained for two weeks, completely ________ our holiday.

       A. ruined                      B. ruin                      C. to ruin                         D. ruining

He asked Mary whether she had passed the exam ________．

       A．yesterday  B．the day before        C．the day ago      D．before the day

-----May I serve your dishes, sir?

   -----_____________.

   A. No, go ahead     B. Yes, help yourself     C. Hurry up      D. Yes, please

Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior, but when you are asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to displease people. So you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t quite sure of yourself.

If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgment, but you don’t raise your hope too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.

If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well—balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.

According to the passage, a person, who is not willing to change his mind and hard to deal with, probably sleeps ___.

A. on his side         B. on his back    C. curled up    D. on his stomach

If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to ____.

A. do things personally.               B. stay alone

C. keep things secret                    D. trust others easily

What the author mainly intends to tell us is that _______.

A. one’s sleeping position has something to do with one’s character.

B. everyone has got both real and secret personalities.

C. the position in which one goes to sleep is the most important one.

D. when awake, one does not show one’s secret personality.