41. He had to give up ___ the football match because he had his leg injured in the accident.

　　A. taking part in B. took part in C. to take part in D. take part in

　　42. The young people felt that they needed no help from anyone. They were very _____.

　　A. unexpected B. independent C. resistant D. separate

　　43. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

　　A. regard B. counting C. account D. observation

　　44. The letters PTO _______ parent-teacher organization.

　　A. stand for B. call for C. heard for D. care for

　　45. Something always _______ wrong when we try this recipe.

　　A. has gone B. have gone C. go D. goes

　　46. My watch ______ three o’clock.

　　A. tells B. speaks C. talks D. says

　　47. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _______.

　　A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal

　　48. I’d rather you _______ anything about it for the time being.

　　A. do B. don’t have C. didn’t have D. didn’t do

　　49. I don’t think we can take it ______, some problems still remains.

　　A. on hand B. by chance C. for granted D. at will

　　50. She walked across immense room _______ every one looking at her.

　　A. with B. as C. while D. when

　�、�. Cloze (20 points)

　　Directions:

　　For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　The death of a child, _51_ one’s own child, is something the mind can hardly comprehend. It seems to go _52_ nature. The end of a life that is still forming _53_ has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty.

　　But it happens. Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children _54_ whom they gave birth. And _55_ will ever fill the empty place that the dead child leaves behind. Parents _56_ to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events. When the situation is reversed and a child dies _57_ the parents it seems wrong.

　　Yet we never know why one person dies and another lives. But we do know _58_ a child is gone, the parents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem. Death may take the child, but the love never _59_.

　　The sorrow after a child’s death is one of the longest and hardest type of _60_ to live with. And it takes long to deal with the parents’ own emotions.

　　51.A. especially B. special C. especial D. most

　　52.A. with B. against C. beyond D. above

　　53.A. and B. or C. but D. so

　　54.A. at B. with C. to D. for

　　55.A. everything B. other thing C. something D. nothing

　　56.A. think B. expect C. like D. surely

　　57.A. before B. after C. in front of D. as

　　58.A. as if B. as though C. even if D. that

　　59.A. gives up B. goes away C. goes back D. goes through

　　60.A. loss B. losses C. losing D. lost