A. There; that B. It; that C. There; whether D. It; whether

11. What a fast learner he was! He_____ a lot of French when he lived with the native.

A. took up B. made up C. picked up D. turned up

12.--- How much do you think the skirt will _____?

----Not much. It is _____ 20 dollars at most.

　A. cost; worth B. worth; cost C. take; cost D. need; worth

13.____ water is needed. Which of the following is right?

　A. Quantities of B.A quantity of C. A good many D.A great number of

14. ---Do you believe John will beat the other players and win the match?

----Of course. I am sure he can _____ it.

　A. beat B. take C. bring D. make

15. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds ____ his argument in favour of the new theories.

A. on which to base B. which to base on C. on what to base D. that to base on

四、完型填空

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren't a soldier. You aren't 1 carrying a gun. You're standing in front of a 2 and you're telling the TV 3 what is happening.

　　It's all in a day's work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4 . in the first two years of the 5_ in former Yugoslavia(前斯拉夫)，28 reporters, and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6 . What kind of people put themselves in danger to 7 pictures to our TV screens and 8 to our newspapers? Why do they do it?

　"I think it's very young journalist's 9 to be a foreign reporter," says Michael Nicholson, " that's 10 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it __11__ it is a war."

　But there are moments of _12___. Jeremy Bowen says, "yes, when you're lying on the ground and bullets(子弹) are flying _13___ your ears, you think: 'what am I doing here? I'm not going to do this again.'but that feeling __14__ after a while and when the next war starts, you'll be __15___."

　"None of us believe that we're going to __16___," adds Michael. But he always __17___ a lucky charm (护身符) with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It's a card which says "Take care of yourself". Does he ever think about dying? "Oh, _18___ , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, 'if you get me out of this, I _19__ I'll never do it again.' You can almost hear God __20___, because you know he doesn't believe you ."

1 A. simply B. really C. merely D. even 2 A. crowd B. house C. battlefield D. camera 3 A. producers B. viewers C. directors D. actors