People aren’t waching_________television as before on Christmas Day because they use their videos.

       A．too much  B．too many  C．a(chǎn)s much    D．a(chǎn)s many

We have overlooked the fact __________ the children’s emotional development may be easily damaged.

A. which   B. that   C. what   D. 不填

二，完形填空(共15小題；每小題1.5分,滿分22.5分)

     閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Prince was a dog. My husband found him   21   at the corner of the street, shaking in the cold and   22 dead, so he rescued him and   23   him home. He gave him the name Prince. I soon liked this little dog;   24    , I was not satisfied with his name. "Prince" sounded too formal. It was more like the   25   of a German shepherd dog (牧羊犬). I tried to   26   a name more fitting, but I seemed to be stuck with (無法擺脫) "Prince". Before long Prince   27   some of his princely attributes (品性,品質(zhì)) to our family. It started when our young son Luck was   28   in bed. Prince didn’t usually go upstairs where the boys’ rooms were. He usually   29   me wherever I went like glue, since I was the one who fed him, but on that __30___ day, when I went upstairs to check Luck’s fever, I found that Prince was __31____beside my sick boy. He didn’t leave Luck’s side until Luck began to feel better. The same thing happened repeatedly. Whenever anyone in our family was sick, Prince would be right by that person’s side __32___ it was his job to take care of them until they __33__ . It was incredible to see this little dog set aside his active nature to show his care for a sick family member. Our little Prince lived for nearly sixteen years. He remained___34___to our family the whole time. Even in his final days, when he was in pain,  I___35__he would sacrifice his life for any of us. By then I had realized that his name was proper after all —he truly was a Prince among dogs.

21. A. lying        B. running          C. walking      D. screaming

22. A. completely   B. suddenly        C. unfortunatelyD. nearly

23. A. made        B. supplied         C. arranged     D. brought

24. A. otherwise     B. instead               C. however     D. therefore

25. A. name        B. head           C. body       D. character

26. A. put up with  B. come up with     C. look up to  D. pay attention to

27. A. analyzed      B. described        C. created       D. showed

28. A. asleep       B. playing          C. sick        D. staying

29. A. served      B. grasped          C. searched     D. Followed

30. A. particular     B. warm          C. meaningful D. Relative

31. A. smiling     B. quarreling      C. fighting      D. resting

32. A. even though B. now that         C. as if        D. ever since

33. A. disagreed     B. returned         C. recovered   D. cheered

34. A. tender       B. common         C. loyal       D. sensitive

35. A. doubted           B. observed        C. noticed       D. knew

 The road conditions there turned out to be very good, _______ was more than we could expect.

  A. it          B. what         C. which         D. that

 I’d like to________his reputation with other business people in the community, and then make a decision about whether or not to cooperate with him.

       A．take into account            B．a(chǎn)ccount for      C．make up for            D．submit to

 There are hundreds of Asian restaurants in Chicago, but only a few _____ from the others.

A. stand out   B. try out   C. work out   D. break out

The school advisers help you talk through your problems but they don't give you any direct __ .

     A. solution             B. target                 C. measure         D. function

    The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added - a communications blackout caused by solar storms.

    After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.

    Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.

    "The Sun's activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. 

    At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物質(zhì)拋射) occur in the Sun's atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter. " A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million    kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications," Professor Harrison added. The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots.

    Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.

    The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太陽耀斑) and explosions as they occur.

    Professor Richard Hold away, the lab's director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth "If we have advance warning, we'll be able to reduce the damage. What you don't want is things switching off for a week with no idea of what's caused the problem," he said.

1. The phrase "communications blackout" in paragraph 1 most probably refers to      during the 2012 Olympics.

   A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch

   B. the collapse of broadcasting systems

   C. the transportation breakdown in London

   D. the destruction of weather satellites

2. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage?

   A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.

   B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.

   C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.

   D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.

3. According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _________.

   A. take images of the solar system         B. provide early warning of thunderstorms

   C. keep track of solar activities            D. improve the communications on Earth

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

   A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer

   B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger

   C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race

   D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled

Sean has formed the habit of jogging________ the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.

A. between         B. along           C. below             D. with

 106. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ______ to be a great disappointment.

a. turned up b. turned in c. turned out d. turned down