It is reported that two schools, _____ are being built in my home town, will open next year.

A. they both              B. both of them

C. which both           D. both of which

 He doesn’t work hard at English. ______ , he wouldn’t find it difficult to learn now.

   A. Otherwise     B. Therefore     C. however     D. thus

--How far away do they live?

--_____ I know, they live in the same neighbourhood.

A. As long as          B. As far as

C. As well as          D. As often as

A NASA experimental jet, the X-43A, flew at a world-record speed---11,260 kilometres an hour on November 17. This speed is ____ as that of sound.

A. as ten times fast       B. ten times so fast

C. ten times as fast       D. ten times faster

I bought a dress for only 10 dollars in a sale; it was a real _____.

A. exchange    B. bargain    C. trade    D. business

I promise that you _____ have five dollars if you clean all the windows.

A. could      B. might      C. shall       D. should

A scientist is now working on sending visual information to the brain, so that the blind _____ “see”.

A. can be able to             B. is able to

C. could be able to          D. could able to

A (n)______of $ 5,000 was offered to anyone who could help catch the murderer.

A. reward      B. award     C. prize      D. gift

On May 7， Alcides Moreno fell forty-seven stories from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper（摩天大楼）in New York. 36 , believe it or not, the 37  is now awake, talking to his family and  38  to walk again.

Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital announced Thursday that his  39  has been astonishing. He has  40  in all his limbs（四肢）. He is  41  on his own, and yesterday, he even opened his mouth and spoke for the first time since the  42 .

Dr. Herbert Pardes, the hospital's president， 43  Moreno's condition to reporters as "a complete disaster" when he arrived without consciousness for  44  .

In those first critical hours, doctors pumped twenty-four units of  45  into his body — about twice his entire blood volume. When he was brought in, his condition was so  46  that doctors worried that even a slight push might  47  him, so they performed  48  without moving him to an operating room.

New York-Presbyterian has  49  people who fell from great heights before, including a patient who  50  a nineteen-story fall,  51  most of those tales end  52 . People who fall more than ten stories almost never survive. Surviving a  53  fall is simply beyond belief.

There is still a  54  road and life-threatening danger ahead for the tough New Jersey man. Doctors say they suppose he might be able to walk, but they also suggest that some of his injuries are likely to be lifelong, and his days as a window washer are  55 .

36. A. Therefore

B. However

C. Besides

D. Otherwise

37. A. window washer

B. wall cleaner

C. roof repairer

D.skyscraper climber

38. A. expected

B. determined

C. helped

D. trying

39. A. fall

B. injury

C. condition

D. recovery

40. A. injuries

B. operations

C. movement

D. medicine

41. A. speaking

B. breathing

C. recovering

D. resting

42. A. accident

B. operation

C. report

D. interview

43. A. treated

B. regarded

C. described

D. considered

44. A. advice

B. treatment

C. medicine

D. examinations

45. A. water

B. liquid

C. blood

D. medicine

46. A. strange

B. unexpected

C. unstable

D. obvious

47. A. save

B. injure

C. wake

D. kill

48. A. all the operations

B. the first operation

C. the examination

D. the test

49. A. treated

B. examined

C.seen

D. aided

50. A. escaped

B. experienced

C. witnessed

D. survived

51. A. so

B. but

C. and

D. though

52. A. happily

B. sadly

C. fortunately

D. unexpectedly

53. A. five-floor

B. ten-floor

C. nineteen-floor

D. forty-seven-floor

54. A. smooth

B. wide

C. safe

D. rough

55. A. over

B. certain

C. possible

D. long

M: Miss Dermott, do you think, w___1___ a few years, many people could work at home i___2___ of working in offices?

W: Oh, yes. It’s happening now. You see, the communication industry has made a lot of p____3____ in the last ten years.

M: And how do these people m___4___ to work? I mean, what equipment do they have at home?

W: Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone to c___5___ with other computers.

M: Oh, I see. But surely there’re some a____6____ in being able to work at home.

W: Yes. Working at home, people don’t have to get up early so that they can a____7____ the rush hours.

M: Ah, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home-workers?

W: Oh, let me tell you what might happen. In the f___8___ a British firm in, for example, London, might e____9____ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris company could have their secretaries in Spain, and then they just use a t___10___ to call around for the labour.