A pair of cotton trousers ___ I now need badly.

A.is what

B.are what

C.is which

D.are which

A.

B.

C.

D.

A.important

B.valuable

C.special

D.useful

The alligator(鳄鱼) was Mother' s fault. She told me to buy something (36). Mother, as usual, blames me. She says that I' ve got more (37) than brains.

That's not my little brother's (38) . I'm envious of my younger brother, Bobby, because (39) likes him. Last Christmas I gave him a pair of socks. Bobby was too stupid to understand the insult（侮辱）. (40) getting mad, he said to me, "They' re great and just what I (41) . "

Mother had understood, though. So (42) year, on Friday, the week before Bobby' s eighth birthday, she said, "Why can't you (43) your little brother？ Only a mean person buys a cheap pair of white cotton socks. " Then she added, "I got (44) whenhe was watching a (45) show on TV. He likes animals. They' ve got turtles（龟） on sale. You can buy him(46) as a birthday gift. "

Feeling annoyed but (47) , I promised. On the morning of (48) , I saw the newspaper on the kitchen table. In big (49) , it announced that turtles were on sale (50) fifty cents. Then I saw the small print: BABY ALLIGATORS ON SALE. A (51) began to build in my mind. I i- magined what would happen tonight (52 Bobby opened his present. He would probably run (53)from the room. It was the (54)gift. I could keep my(55) because it would be a nature thing as well as something special.

36.

[ A] important

[ B ] valuable

[ C] special

[ D] useful

A.important

B.valuable

C.special

D.useful

听力原文： It was not yet eleven o'clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger, who had promised to pay an extra fare. While the youth stood on the landing place searching in his pockets for money, the boatman got close to him and, with the help of the moonlight, took a careful look at the stranger—a young man of just 18 years, obviously country bred, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town.

He was wearing a rough grey coat, which was in good shape. The clothes under his coat were veil made of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of fat legs; his blue cotton stockings must have been the work of his mother or sister, and on his head was a 3-cornered hat. In his left hand was a walking stick, which hung on his strong shoulders, with 2 leather bags on both ends of the stick. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with light steps, as if he had not already traveled more than 30 miles that day. As he walked along, he looked about his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little town.

(33)

A．Because he knew he would be paid more than what was usual.

B．Because Robin was just over 20.

C．Because he felt sorry for the handsome young man.

D．Because the boat could only carry one passenger.

A.Because he knew he would be paid more than what was usual.

B.Because Robin was just over 20.

C.Because he felt sorry for the handsome young man.

D.Because the boat could only carry one passenger.

第二节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

The alligator (鳄鱼) was Mother's fault. She told me to buy something 【B1】 Mother, as usual, blames me. She says that I've got more 【B2】 than brains.

That's not my little brother's 【B3】 I'm envious of my younger brother, Bobby, because 【B4】 likes him. Last Christmas I gave him a pair of socks. Bobby was too stupid to understand the insult (侮辱). 【B5】 getting mad, he said to me, "They're great and just what I 【B6】 ".

Mother had understood, though. So 【B7】 year, on Friday, the week before Bobby's eighth birthday, she said, "Why can't you 【B8】 your little brother？ Only a mean person buys a cheap pair of white cotton socks." Then she added, "I got 【B9】 when he was watching a 【B10】 show on TV. He likes animals. They've got 土turtles (龟) on sale. You can buy him 【B11】 as a birthday gift."

Feeling annoyed but 【B12】 , I promised. On the morning of 【B13】 , I saw the newspaper on the kitchen table. In big 【B14】 , it announced that turtles were on sale 【B15】 fifty cents. Then I saw the small print: BABY ALLIGATORS ON SALE. A 【B16】 began to build in my mind. I imagined what would happen tonight 【B17】 Bobby opened his present. He would probably run 【B18】 from the room. It was the 【B19】 gift. I could keep my 【B20】 because it would be a nature thing as well as something special.

【B1】

A．important

B．valuable

C．special

D．useful

The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) had found a new way to catch criminals by looking at their jeans. Scientists from the bureau reported at last weeks meeting of the American academy of Forensic Sciences in San Francisco that every pair of blue jeans has a unique wear pattern. The FBI has already used this "bar code "to place a suspect at the scene of a crime.

Richard Vorder Bruegge, a scientist at the FBI laboratory in Washington D. C. , and his colleagues developed the technique while helping to identify suspects who were robbing banks and setting off bombs ii1 Washington In April 1996, one of the gang was caught on film . He was wearing a mask, but part of his trousers was visible.

When the photograph was enlarged Vorder Bruegge noticed light and dark lines running across the seam of the man' s jeans. His team found that the pattern originated from slight imperfections introduced when the trousers were made. Workers sew the seams by pushing the fabric through a machine, and the irregularity of that motion stretches and binds the fabric . The colored layer of cotton in the raised portion is worn away, creating white bands.

The patches are more striking on jeans than other types of trousers because they are often al- lowed to become extremely worn, "People just keep wearing them, "says Vorder Bruegge.

The FBI analyzed the jeans of suspects in the Washington case. One pair had a pattern with over two dozen features that matched the jeans Vorder Bruegge's team photographed. At the tri- al, the defense called in a used jeans exporter as an expert witness who claimed the patterns were common to all jeans. He showed the court 34 similar pairs, but in each case the FBI could distinguish them from the accused . The suspect was convicted.

"To place a suspect at the scene of a crime" at the end of the first paragraph means that theFBI

A．has been able to prove a suspect guilty

B．will lead a suspect to the spot of a crime

C．were at the scene with the suspect.

D．caught the suspect on the spot