C. was supposed to D. was certain to
27．The two ladies are ________ the same age, but there seems to be ten years ________ them.
A. at, between B. about, among
C. as, among D. of, between
28．Paper produced every year is ________ the world’s production of vehicles.
A. the three times weight of
B. three times the weight of
C. as three times heavy as
D. three times as heavier as
29．We have done things we ought not to have done and ________ undone things we ought to have done.
A. left B. leave
C. will leave D. leaving
30．— Why weren't you at the meeting?
— I ________ for a long distance call from my sister in America.
A. was waited B. was waiting
C. has waited D. have been waiting
31．She will have to find some other work for she can’t ________ this loud noise any more.
A. come up with B. keep up with
C. grow up with D. put up with
32．They boy said ________ couldn’t he work out the problem but his teacher didn’t know how to do it.
A. though B. never C. hardly D. not only
33．Carol said that the work would be well done by the end of October, ________ personally I wondered completely.
A. which B. at which C. in which D. about which
34．I’ve just seen no more than one copy of“ Gone with the Wind”in the bookshop opposite. Tom, go and buy ________ back.
A. one B. any C. it D. some
35．— Have you read this book?
— Yes. But that one is ________ worth reading.
A. best B. more C. better D. much
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 36 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 37 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 38 us with silk. Other varieties, 39 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 40 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts （蝗虫） are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 41 they will eat almost any green 42 , and when millions of them 43 on cultivated land（耕地）they soon leave it 44 . In some countries they are the farmer’s 45 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 46 , not only because it 47 us indoors and out - of- doors, but because it spreads diseases.
