【正文】 D. to try （ ） ， is there anything else you want to know about China? Yes， I am still wondering __________ . A. how is Chinese paper cut made B. how was the Great Wall built in ancient times C. why the Chinese people like to play the dragon dance D. that the Chinese people eat rice dumplings at Dragon Boat Festival ( ) 9. —She didn‘t make ______ great progress， did she? _______， although she did her best. A. so； No B. so； Yes C. such。 No D. such； Yes ( ) devoted his lifetime _____ it possible for women _____ better education. A. to make； to receive B. to make； to receiving C. to making。 to receive D. to making。 receive ( ) 11. Let39。s go on a piic if it_______ next Saturday. But nobody knows if it_______ on that day. A. is fine。 will rain B. will be fine。 rains C. will be fine。 will rain D. is fine。 rains ( ) 12. The thing that_____ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not. A. minds B. cares C. matters D. considers ( ) 13. Tomorrow is my_______ birthday, I promise to take on more challenges in my_______． A. thirty。 thirties B. thirtieth。 thirties C. thirties。 thirtieth D. thirtieth。 thirty ( )14 How can you manage to do all these things without a rest? I prefer_______ a cup of coffee_______ me energetic. A. to have。 to making B. having。 to making C. to have。 to make D. to having。 to make ( )15. He had to _________in hospital ________he was better. A. not remain 。 until B. be remain 。 till C. be remained 。 until D. remain 。 till ( ) _______surprise, a large number of people from Syria e to their country. A. Germans‘ B. German‘s C Germen‘s D. Germens‘ ( )17 Anne‘s father had his daughter‘s diary ________after Anne died _______illness. A. publish 。 from B. was published 。 of C. publishing 。 from D. published 。 of ( )18. I know him well_______ we have been friends since we were born. A. so B. but C. because. D. and 三．完型填空 Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to 1 the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go. But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good 2 of the city of London, from the 3 street to the most popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service(服務(wù) ) of all kinds of passengers(乘客 ) at all times. A London taxi driver said the following about his job. During the night it is 4 for him to stop two or three times for some said, ―I never 5 when I‘m working, otherwise, I‘d lose my license (駕駛執(zhí)照 ).‖ He usually goes home between two and three o‘clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay 6 and try to make more runs. He said, ―That‘s the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don‘t make money, no one is going to 7 it to you. ‖ London taxi drivers not only ―take‖ but also ―give‖. Every summer hundreds of poor 8 from London go for a day at the sea ― by taxi! Their rides are 9 by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor (市長 ) , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day‘s running around the 10 and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course! ( )1. A. catch B. meet C. follow D. throw ( )2. A. taste B. knowledge C. dream D. teacher ( )3. A. noisiest B. coldest C. dirtiest D. loneliest ( )4. A. usual B. strange C. dangerous D. impossible ( )5. A. speak B. sing C. run D. drink ( )6. A. shorter B. longer C. earlier D. hig her ( )7. A. give B. lend C. send D. return ( )8. A. elderly B. farmers C. patients D. children ( )9. A. paid B. borrowed C. sent D. spent ( )10. A. buildings B. mountains C. beaches D. roads 四．閱讀理解 A Jane Austen(17751817),an English novelist, started writing young and pleted six novels in her life. Today Austen‘s books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at O