54. I appreciate that letter for me.

　　A. you to write B. your writing C. you write D. that you writing

　　55. I’d like to a special seat for the connect of May 5.

　　A. serve B. reserve C. preserve D. conserve

　　56. that son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.

　　A. Since B. Now C. When D. After

　　57. Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated but will when cooled.

　　A. contrast B. contract C. survive D. return

　　58. You won’t know if it fits you until you it on.

　　A. will try B. are trying C. are to try D. have tried

　　59. After all efforts in vain, he had to accept the result .

　　A. regularly B. shallowly C. physically D. painfully

　　60. The rest of his life is to the cause of international exchanges of visiting scholars.

　　A. added B. put C. saved D. committed

　　Part III Cloze (共20小題，每小題1分，共20分)

　　Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher was reported 61 in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix motor race from Paris to Dakar. This sad news, so 62 , shook the usually calm and unperturbed seasoned politician 63 her balance. Though she did her best to pretend as if 64 had happened and made her public appearances as usual, people could not 65 to notice that she was no longer the old 66 prime minister who always had everything 67 control. 68 she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her shock.

　　One day, when she was to speak at a luncheon party, a reporter caught her 69 her guard by 70 up the subject of her missing son again. She was totally mentally 71 for the question and lost her self control. Tears were rolling down her eyes as she sobbingly told the reporter that there 72 still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries 73 had promised to do their best to help her find her son. 74 that she broke down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she 75 down and started to speak as 76. it was a very moving scene which 77 a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s character the public do not usually see, 78 people began to talk about the Iron Woman’s maternal love, a sentiment that is 79 to all human kind.

　　Later Mark returned 80 and sound to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual, as if nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, however, broke down again as was sobbing for the second time.

　　61. A. missing B. missed C. wanting D. wanted

　　62. A. expected B. expecting C. unexpected D. unexpecting

　　63. A. with B. on C. out D. off

　　64. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

　　65. A. miss B. fail C. pretend D. expect

　　66. A. reassured B. self-assured C. assuring D. self-assuring

　　67. A. for B. beneath C. below D. under

　　68. A. Instead B. however C. Therefore D. So

　　69. A. into B. out of C. on D. off

　　70. A. putting B. bringing C. taking D. giving

　　71. A. ready B. prepared C. unprepared D. unexpected

　　72. A. was B. were C. should be D. would be

　　73. A. concerning B. concerned C. worrying D. worried

　　74. A. At B. Before C. After D. With

　　75. A. sat B. broke C. calmed D. became

　　76. A. planned B. planning C. plans D. a plan

　　77. A. explained B. exposed C. excluded D. exclaimed

　　78. A. however B. instead C. so D. but

　　79. A. universal B. unique C. single D. strange

　　80. A. safe B. safely C. sight D. hearing