【正文】 people live ___________richer and better life. A. trying, a B. try, the C. trying, / D. tried, a 13. When ______ about the secret of his success, Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness ________ his wife and children. A. asking。 in C. asked。 about 14. With so many people___________ in English every day, it will bee more and more important to have a good knowledge of English. A. municate B. municating C. municated D. being municated 15. students are required to take part in the football game. A. Twelve strong young Chinese B. Twelve Chinese strong young C. Chinese twelve young strong D. Young strong twelve Chinese 16. I can39。t have succeeded in my experiment. A. very B. too C. quite D. that 17. — Do you think him naughty enough? — I39。s________ than naughty. A. more clever B. cleverer C. much clever D. much more cleverer 18. — The chicken is delicious. — Well, at least it is ______ the one I cooked last time. A. as bad as B. no worse than C. no better than D. not better than 19. Mr. Liu _____ e to the party, but perhaps he will go to see her father. A. must B. should C. may D. ought to 20. This straw hat ___ me. A. doesn39。t fit C. doesn39。 Tom picked up a piece of string on his way to the market. He was 21 to roll it up when he noticed Malandain was 22 him. As he had quarreled with Malandain, he felt a bit of 23 at being seen thus by his 24 . So he hurriedly 25 the string , 26 to look for something else and then walked to the market. He soon lost himself in the marketing 27 . When noon came , he joined the 28 at Jourdain39。s office. It was there that he 32 that he was said to have 33 the wallet by Malandain. In 34 he insisted on his innocence（無(wú)辜） 35 by showing the 36 and then asked for face to face with Malandain. It was not until he was 37 that the mayor let him leave. Tom continued to defend , but the more he defended, the less he was believed, 38 the wallet was found. He grew 39 and soon took to his bed. Several months later he died in anger, still insisting on his innocence, 40 , “A little piece of string a little piece of stringsee, here it is.” 21. A. about B. able C. sure D. certain 22. A. seeing B. looking C. noticing D. watching 23. A. shyness B. regret C. shock D. shame 24. A. enemy B. friend C. visitor D. villager 25. A. threw B. hid C. rolled D. led 26. A. tried B. pretended C. got D. wound 27. A. crowd B. thought C. work D. imagination 28. A. meal B. buying C. returning D. game 29. A. loss B. finding C. price D. robbery 30. A. his own B. his enemy39。s D. someone39。s FIFA World Cup time again, and the usual football craze that explodes around this time every four years is rising again for the world39。s a GOAL! The fastest goal in a World Cup match was scored by Vaclav Masek of Czechoslovakia (捷克斯洛伐克 ) after only 16 seconds against Mexico in 1962. The latest goal was scored by David Platt of England, in the team39。s bad luck The only player to score four goals in one match and still end up on the losing team was Poland39。119 minutes B. 16 seconds。119 minutes D. 16 seconds。s nose might have the ability to detect cancer. A dog39。s most powerful olfactory(嗅覺(jué)的 ) sensors. The study was conducted with 169 subjects 55 of which had been diagnosed as having lung cancer, 31 have breast cancer and 83 control subjects—— people without cancer. During the study, five professionally trained scent dogs were used to distinguish between the breath samples of cancer patients and those who were healthy. With an average of 90% accuracy, the research was deemed a success. The Pine Street Foundation conducted its research on the belief that cancer cells give off a different type of metabolic(新陳代謝 ) waste product than normal cells. According to the study, the difference is so great that it can be detected by a dog39。s detection was not hindered(妨礙 ) by the presence of age, smoking or stage of cancer. The Pine Street Foundation plans to continue their research and is currently seeking funding to launch new studies. 49. If we want to add several different detecting examples to the passage, we should write them __________. A． between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 B． between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 C． between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 D． before paragraph 1 or after paragraph 4 50. The best title for this passage might be ______. A． Dogs may smell cancer B． Why dogs can smell cancer C． A Study on dogs39。s not easy to find out cancer in the early stage C． most of the research experiments are successful D． dogs detect cancer by breathing and feeling D In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical Atlant