41. The policeman ______ the thief down the road.

　　A. rushed

　　B. ran

　　C. chased

　　D. raced

　　42. Six o’clock is his ______ hour for getting up.

　　A. frequent

　　B. regular

　　C. uniform

　　D. settled

　　43. John suggested ______ anything about it until they found out more facts.

　　A. not to say

　　B. not say

　　C. to say not

　　D. not saying

　　44. He said ______ was not within his power to answer the question.

　　A. that

　　B. this

　　C. such

　　D. it

　　45. I like to get up early so that I can get plenty of work ______ before lunch.

　　A. to do

　　B. doing

　　C. done

　　D. being done

　　II. Cloze (20 Points)

　　Choose the most appropriate answer to complete the following passage.

　　Games can be both fun and difficult. Scrabble is a game I like 46 but is not an easy one. 47 are going to play scrabble tonight. Henry cannot 48 all the rules, so I will 49 them. Do you want to learn? Listen carefully, and we'll play 50 .

　　51 player takes seven letters. Your letter might be A, S, T, E, B, P and L. You can spell many 52 with these letters. You can spell TABLE with five of them, and you can spell MAP, SAT, LET, BAT, and others with 53 of them. But you cannot use names of persons, countries, or cities.

　　You have to be 54 : some letters are worth more points 55 others. For example, A, E, L, S and T have one point each. B and P have three points each. 56 points can be different 57 words with the same number of letters. SAT will give you 58 three points, and BAT will give you five. TABLE will give you 59 points: three for B and four for the other four letters. Use TABLE, you will get 60 points, and you might win the game.

　　At the end of the game the players 61 their points. The one 62 the most point wins. 63 , you might have one hundred forty points. That is a good 64. But I might have one hundred sixty points, and Henry might have one hundred seventy points. Then Henry 65 .

　　46. A. first B. best C. last D. least

　　47. A. Tom, I and Henry B. Henry, Tom and I

　　C. I, Henry and Tom D. Henry, I and Tom

　　48. A. know B. study C. keep D. remember

　　49. A. explain B. help C. teach D. play

　　50. A. faster B. sooner C. later D. after

　　51. A. Either B. Each C. A D. One

　　52. A. things B. sentences C. meanings D. words

　　53. A. three B. four C. five D. two

　　54. A. sure B. careful C. thinkful D. certain

　　55. A. for B. of C. than D. in

　　56. A. A number B. The number of C. A lot of D. Plenty of

　　57. A. for B. from C. between D. among

　　58. A. more than B. only C. less than D. fewer than

　　59. A. five B. eight C. six D. seven

　　60. A. much B. less C. more D. some

　　61. A. add to B. add up to C. add D. add up

　　62. A. with B. has C. gets D. gives

　　63. A. However B. For example C. After all D. such as

　　64. A. idea B. points C. score D. way

　　65. A. plays B. gets C. wins D. takes