9. When it was his turn to deliver his speech, ______, he walked towards the microphone.

Theses are his cousin’s first two __________paintings, which he likes very much.

Of these two basketball teams, the former come from the USA;the___come from England.

29  If there were no rain, we should have＿＿＿ on the beach.
A  the happiest time                        B  a more happier time
C  much happiest time                    D  a much happier time

32．No ready technical data was ______________，but we managed to go without．

—I did very well in the English exam last week.  —I did _________. I got a full mark.

24. The Expo site should be _______ from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis.

二、單項填空：（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）
6. –What’s your new neighbour like?
--________.

.—Why do English people talk so often about the weather when they start a conversation?
—Well, it’s probably because the weather is a(n)________ topic.

It has seemed unusually cold recently but experts say it’s _______for this time of year