faster. That's why the Italians live __42__ than Canadians."

　　The connection he suggested is to be __43__. but I have learned a fact I didn't know, one that has __44__ me to understand that if I'm angry about something or someone, for that anger to disappear, it has to be towards the __45__ or otherwise it is like hiding the dust under the carpet： your house might look clean, but it is not.

　　(　　)31. A. cheat B. offend C. impress D. defend

　　(　　)32. A. hopelessly B. steadily C. hurriedly D. blindly

　　(　　)33. A. always B. ever C. even D. seldom

　　(　　)34. A. working B. disagreeing C. operating D. trying

　　(　　)35. A. boiling B. struggling C. controlling D. preparing

　　(　　)36. A. spread B. withdraw C. recover D. expand

　　(　　)37. A. more or less B. sooner or later C. by and by D. up and down

　　(　　)38. A. vision B. viewpoint C. attitude D. attention

　　(　　)39. A. compensate B. sacrifice C. mend D. clarify

　　(　　)40. A. mobile B. relevant C. solid D. similar

　　(　　)41. A. burst B. deposit C. explode D . freeze

　　(　　)42. A. longer B. shorter C. wealthier D. simpler

　　(　　)43. A. practiced B. proven C. inspected D. created

　　(　　)44. A. informed B. reminded C. inspired D. required

　　(　　)45. A. outside B. inside C. public D. Personal

第三部分：阅读理解

　　 Steve knew he'd been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he'd try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he'd been adopted gave him his mother's name: Tallady. But online searches didn't turn up any results about it, and Steve had to let it go.

In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowe's store where Steve, then 22, worked