understood

29.The new stadium under construction for the next Asian Games the present one is due to

　　be completed in two months.

A. measured three times as big as B. measuring three times as big as

C. measured as big as three times D. measuring as three times big as

30. The type and quantity of illegal drugs a person is carrying when ________ by the police

determine the punishment, ________ from a small fine to life imprisonment.

A. caught; ranging B. caught; ranged C. catching; ranging D. catching; ranged

第二节： 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

　　Until a few years ago, I was a calm person. If you were going to __31__ me I almost never lost it in public； of course I felt hurt, but I didn't show it.

　　Then, one day, I met my husband and I fell __32__ in love with him, a proud Italian who loudly discusses things __33__ with himself when he's not happy. Things got worse for me when we started __34__ on things. He seemed really angry and loud, while I seemed detached and polite. Truth is that I was __35__ too. Fight after fight, he always acted as if nothing had happened a few minutes after each quarrel, while my moments of inner discontent started to __36__ more and more in time until they became hours, sometimes even days.

　　I felt this had to change and the conversation went __37__ like this：

　　Me: "Either you change your __38__ when we fight or I will start avoiding any discussion, and this will __39__ our relationship."

Him: "Did you hear about the Mpemba Effect? If you put two __40__ containers filled with the same amount of water into the fridge except that one has boiling water in it while the other one has water at ambient(周围的) temperature， the boiling water will __41__ faster than the ambient water. Baby, you got to boil first, to cool down