17. ____ more than 80% of children in developing countries go to primary school, about 115 million children are not being educated.

A. When B. However C. Although D. Unless

18. The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.

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

19. Confucius is the philosopher ____ influence has been the greatest.

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

20. This is the day ____ we visited Hong Kong.

A. by which B. by that C. where D. on which

21. His new book ____ next month.

A. will be published B. is publishing

C. is being published D. has been published

22. The things talked about in this report ____ over a year ago.

A. had taken place B. took place

C. have taken place D. were taken place

23. We were surprised ____ the temple still in its original condition.

A. finding B. to find C. find D. to be found

24. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ____ when he ____ at the party.

A. left;had arrived B. left;arrived

C. had left;had arrived D. had left;arrived

25. When she woke up, she found that her house ____ by the thunderstorm.

A. was destroyed B. destroyed

C. had been destroyed D. had destroyed

二、完形填空(共20分; 20小题, 每题1分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close fried in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” 26 teaches that he is right. Good friendship is just not easily 27 .

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a true friendship to 28 . However, there can be 29 disagreement in the need for each of us to think carefully about what kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, 30 are considered very important, but we need to make it clear in our minds what kind of friendship we want. Are they to be close or 31 at arm’s length? Do we want to 32 ourselves or do we want to walk on surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are 33 enough and that’s all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our 34 are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of 35 experiences including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to 36 friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行)slowly and 37 only if there are signs of interest and action 38 .

What are some of the 39 of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships 40 time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “ 41 ” the other, including his time and attention. 42 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must give as 43 as you take. Finally, there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend 44 time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die 45 .

26.A.Knowledge B.Books C.Teachers D.Experience

27.A.understood B.formed C.realized D.made

28.A.design B.intend C.develop D.appear

29.A.no B.any C.not D.some

30.A.lives B.relationships C.friendships D.classmates