39.The snow was lasted a week，resulting in a serious traffic confusion in the area.

40.Never did I it possible to finish the job before dark.

41.Our school is very beautiful despite ∧thefact that it is very small.

42.My best friend lives in this neighbourhood. Let's drop in her.

43.To our ，he could finish the work in such a short time.

44.She is willing to donate money to a cause.

45.We were at the news of her sudden death.

Ⅴ.单元语法--用所给词的正确形式填空

46.English teachers give advice that we (should) make (make) good use of every chance to speak English.

47.It is suggested that you (should) attend (attend) the opening ceremony.

48.I'm so hungry now. If only I had had (have) breakfast as my mother advised.

49.I would rather he had finished (finish) the work yesterday.

50.Jack is a great talker. It's high time that he did/should do (do) something instead of just talking.

VI．阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

Scope：Recently your school board proposed (提议) moving the school start time from 7：50 am to 7：20 am.What was your reaction to this?

Jilly Dos Santos：I was getting only four to six hours of sleep a night and I was late for school a lot.With the new start time，I'd have to wake up even earlier.After we heard about the proposal，a teacher said to my class，"If you don't like it，why don't you do something about it？"

Scope：What did you do?

Jilly：I organized a group of students to speak to the school board.

Scope：What did you do to prepare for the meeting?

Jilly：I wanted to focus our presentation on why having an earlier start time was unhealthy.There is scientific research about teens and sleep.I learned that during your teen years，because of a change in hormones (激素)，your body clock begins to change.You start to want to go to bed later.School starts the same time it always has，so getting enough sleep becomes difficult.I realized there wasn't something wrong with my time management or me; the way I was feeling had a physical and biological basis.

Scope：How did it go?

Jilly：About 30 students came to support me，and the board liked that I didn't get emotional and just provided the evidence.Two months later，an 8：55 am start time became official: The board decided to make the start time later instead of earlier.

Scope：What has changed since the later start time?

Jilly：I don't need to stay up an extra hour or two at night，because I can get work done in the morning.I've also been late a lot less.And this year，there are more morning clubs and more people going to them.

【语篇解读】　本文通过成功说服教育委员会取消上课时间提前的决议的故事，来说明要勇敢地表达自己的观点，说不定它是正确的。

1．Jilly's teacher seemed to encourage the students________．