算去参加玛丽的生日聚会，但是我的一个同学来看我了"。]

11．On April 25th,2007，thousands of Russians went to say farewell to Boris

Yeltsin-the country's first popularly ________leader.

A．electing B．elected C．to elect D．elect

答案　B　[elect与被修饰的名词leader之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作定语。]

12．-Shall we have a talk with her and try to persuade her not to see a movie tonight?

-There is no ________talking to her.She never listens.

A．good B．value C．point D．worth

答案　C　[本题考查固定句型There is no________(in)doing sth的用法。good只适用于It's no good (in) doing sth句型。]

13．The car burned more fuel，but taking all things into______，it is still a good car.

　　A．expectation B．consideration

　　C．solution D．inspection

答案　B　[句意：这辆小汽车很耗油，但综合考虑的话，仍然是一辆不错的车。take...into consideration仔细考虑，把......考虑在内，故选B。expectation期望；solution解决(方法)；inspection检查。]

14．Jack is late again.It is ________of him to keep others waiting.

A．normal B．ordinary C．common D．typical

答案　D　[句意"杰克又迟到了，他这人就是爱让人等"。typical (品质、性格等方面)特有的，独特的；normal正常的；ordinary普通的，平凡的；common共同的。]

15．The trees ________in the storm have been moved off the road.

A．being blown down B．blown down

C．blowing down D．to blow down

答案　B　[句意"在暴风雨中被刮倒的树被拖离道路"。因trees和blow down为动宾关系，所以排除C、D两项，且"已被拖离"表示此动作已完成，故可排除A项，B项为过去分词短语表示被动、完成。]

Ⅱ.阅读理解

One of the most debated issues about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink tend to die sooner than those who do.The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is this：many of those who give up alcohol are actually