If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic. But it _______all day.

A rained   B rains   C has rained   D. is raining

．--- Why don’t you drive your own car?

    --- It _________at a repair shop.

       A．has repaired            B．is repaired

       C．is being repaired      D．will be repaired

第二部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life and, to tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, and practised every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn’t improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got louder.

Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused（拒絕）to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.

The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn’t want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings, either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage (后臺) to greet her pupil.

“Well,” said Alice, “what did you think of my singing?”

“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll never be better than you were tonight.”

46. Alice wanted to be a singer because she       .

  A. was good at singing

B. could do nothing but sing

  C. had a good teacher

D. was most interested in music

47. Alice’s teacher stopped the lessons because     .

  A. Alice didn’t make any improvement in singing

  B. Alice’s voice became louder and louder

  C. Alice didn’t work hard enough

  D. Alice was so proud and wouldn’t listen to her

48. What made Alice decide to give a concert?

  A. She wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong.

  B. She wanted to please her teacher.

  C. She was sure that she could sing beautifully.

  D. Somebody else wanted her to do so.

49. What is really meant by saying “You’ll never be better than you were tonight.”?

  A. You gave a wonderful concert tonight.

  B. You won’t make any improvement in future.

  C. You have never sung so well before.

  D. You did much better before than tonight.

We should try our best to___________ those people after the disaster.

A. break out         B. come on      C. bring up      D. cheer up

Please post this letter in the post office nearby, and __________, I will get two tickets in the train station.

A. in meantime     B. on the meanwhile    C. in meanwhile   D. in the meantime

When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him. Most other people will only get about half of your attention.

You may think that this is OK, because if you don’t really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don’t give him your full attention? Consider two things. First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation. If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander (走神) as you speak to him. But maybe you don’t realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you. Do you think he will do that if he feels you don’t really care about speaking to him? This doesn’t mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him. Five or ten minutes of real attentive (專心的) conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention.

Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation. You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100% attention. The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing. You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good.

60．The author’s opinion is made believable mainly by ________.

A. giving examples    B. using figures     C. asking questions       D. description

61．The second paragraph mainly tells you that ________.

A. you should focus on whoever you are talking to

B. you should be interested in everyone at a party

C. you can refuse to talk to someone you don’t like at a party

D. you should be patient with everyone at a party

62．A person who has a low-level job probably ________.

A. would like to talk to you                   B. is the one you’re looking for

C. wants to make friends with you          D. is well worth focusing on

63. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Always be friendly to others at a party.

B. Improve your communication skills by focusing on others.

C. It is important for you to be active at a party. 

D. You should respect your wife at any time.

 A person without shortcomings just _______.

A. isn’t existing       B. doesn’t exist    C. isn’t existed       D. isn’t being existed

 --- Jack fell off the ladder yesterday, but he is all right now?

       ---What a lucky dog! He _________ himself badly.

       A. should injure            B. might injure             C. should have injured   D. could have injured

 _________the authorities continue to crack down football betting _________a new hope in the future.

A.    If only; Chinese soccer can see             B.    Only if; can Chinese soccer see

C.    If only; can see Chinese soccer             D.    Only if; see Chinese soccer can

We must ___ the spirit of the language we are learning.

A.catch   B. take   C. hold   D. grasp