28. When they heard the good news, they all looked ________ at the teacher and felt very________.

A. happy; happy B. happily; happily

C. happy; happily D. happily; happy

29. I want to buy that kind of pen because I ________ the pen ________ well.

A. have told; writes B. have been told; writes

C. was told; wrote D. have been told; is written

30. The milk tea, ________, is popular with the teenagers.

A. tasted well B. tasted good C. tasting good D. tasting well

31. The suggestion put forward by him at the conference ________.

A. proved practical B. was proved to be practical

C. was proved valuable D. proved to be value

32. David as well as the other three students who ________ won in this writing competition________ praised by our class teacher.

A. has; was B. has; were C. have; was D. have; were

33. When asked why she studied journalism, Sang Lan said she did so ______ for a host of a sports program.

A. training B. being trained C. to have trained D. to be trained

34. ----What do you think of white-water rafting?

----It is an enjoyable sport, ________ young people find great excitement.

A. where B. which C. when D. that

35. There is a new problem with the popularity of private cars_____ road condition need_____.

A. that; to be improved B. which; to be improved

C. where; improving D. when; improving

SECTION B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.(18 points)

With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two. 36 , the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. So the bank had 37 _ the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.

Over the last several weeks, Sally had managed to save 100 dollars in order to bid(出价)for the 38 . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the big moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had turned up, some from far away.

As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt. She held her 39 tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was shocked. It was so high. Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding 40 $85. Sally cried out “$100!”. For a moment there was silence.

Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125!” She had lost her 41 . She couldn’t help wondering why so many people were interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt, which was sold for $500 to a complete 42 .

After the sale, she went to the counter to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some 43 . Someone else got it,” she said. Then she found a hand-written 44 was pinned to the quilt, which read:

Dear Madam,

I noticed you 45 the quilt. Clearly, it was 46 to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who 47 to cross your path.