in a cake for us all to share.

A. relationship B. balance C. concern D. tradition

8.The party will be held in the garden, weather ______ .

A. permitting B. to permit C. permitted D. permit

9. -May I borrow your car?

-Sorry,it is ______ at the moment.

A.in use B.out of use C .of use D.of no use

10. It was along the Mississippi River ________ Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.

A.how B.which C.that D.where

11. No matter how______ , it is not necessarily lifeless.

A. dry a desert may be B. a desert may be dry

C. may a desert be dry D. dry may a desert be

12．Government officials clearly________ some of the blame as well for the accident.

A．demand B．deserve C.declare D.define

13．Take care during the holidays! Drinking too much can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A．contribute to B．relate to C．attend to D．devote to

14.________ being fun and good exercise，swimming is a very useful skill.

A．Except for B．Apart from C．Or rather D．In spite of

15．-I hear Johnson was badly injured in the accident.

-________，let's go and see him. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. If so B．Whenever possible C．If any D．What's more

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　 "Why do we shout in anger ?"A Saint(圣人) asked his disciples (门徒),"Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?"

His disciples thought for a while, one of them said,"Because we __16__ our calm,