【正文】 o parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks. Ceely39。t think I39。s eyes that she didn’t understand a single word of his lecture. A. cold B. blank C. innocent D. fresh 10. A bank is the place ____they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain . A. when B. that C. where D. there 11.－ How39。t mention it 2. Experts think that ____recently discovered painting may be _____ Picasso A. the。s all right D. Don39。ll just have to_______ it. A. make the best of B. get away from C. keep an eye on D. catch up with 7. Since people are fond of humor, it is as wele in conversation as___ else. A. anything B. something C. anywhere D. somewhere 8. English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, each of____ uses it somewhat differently. A. which B. what C. them D. those 9. The professor could tell by the _______look in Maris39。s against all my________. A. emotions B. principles C. regulations D. opinions 19. If they win the final tonight, the team are going to tour around the city ______by their enthusiastic supporters. A. being cheered B. be cheered C. To be cheered D. Were cheered 20.－ I don39。ll record them for you. That should get you started.‖ I 38 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 39 that I could sing. I have e full circle with his help. His 40 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, which I have the chance. 21. A. loneliness B. sadness C. tiredness D. sickness 22. A. set B. enjoyed C. kept D. shared 23. A. Gladly B. Eventually C. Unfortunately D. Surprisingly 24. A. Now B. Then C. Some time D. Meanwhile 25. A. add up to B. make up for C. get nd of D. take advantage of 26. A. If B. As C. Though D. Before 27. A. movement B. condition C. choices D. positions 28. A. reaching out B. living up C. getting on D. going back 29. A. recognized B. interviewed C. found D. invited 30. A. money B. time C. energy D. knowledge 31. A. thus B. ones C. seldom D. often 32. A. actually B. hardly C. nearly D. formerly 33. A. job B. family C. idea D. offer 34. A. face B. view C. look D. sight 35. A. over B. along C. towards D. through 36. A. Unhappily B. lovingly C. pitifully D. gratefully 37. A. pick B. turn C. role D. step 38. A. had to cry B. ought to cry C. should have cried D. could have cried 39. A. more B. the ones C. few D. the rest 40. A. courage B. devotion C. kindness D. rust 第二部分：閱讀理解 A One evening in February 2022, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales . She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That39。 children fot their everyday fights and little jealousies. ―Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,‖ I thought confusedly. It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to house. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidyingup, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was , we didn39。 both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some bination of these factors . The game between humans and their smart devices is plex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be way a wiser use of technology. If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long. 41 .What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident? A. She was not familiar with the road. B. It was dark and raining heavily then. C. The railway works failed to give the signal. D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing 42. The phrase‖ near miss‖ (paragraph 2 ) can best be replaced by _______. A. close bit B. heavy loss C. narrow escape D. big mistake 43. Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with? A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without. B. Digital technology often falls short of out expectation. C. Digital