56．A．am           B．are           C．is          D．to be

57．A．was          B．is            C．are         D．were

58．A．either       B．also          C．still       D．too

59．A．favourite    B．like          C．love        D．want

60．A．say          B．talk          C．tell        D．speak

九、阅读理解。阅读下面两篇短文，短文后各有五个理解性的题目，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个符合短文内容的最佳选项。（20分）

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Tom Smith is a writer．He writes detective（侦探）stories for magazines．One evening he could not find an end for a story．He sat with his typewriter（打字机）in front of him，but he had no ideas．So he decided to go to the cinema．

When he came back，he found that he had had a visitor．Someone had broken into his flat．The man had had a drink，smoked several of Tom's cigarettes and had read his story．The visitor left Tom a note，“I have read your story and I don't think much of it．Please read my suggestions（建议）and then you can finish it．By the way，I am a thief．I am not going to take anything tonight．But if you become a successful writer，I will return！”

Tom read the thief's suggestions．Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story．He is still not a successful writer，and he is waiting for his thief to return．Before he goes out in the evening，he always leaves a half-finished story near his typewriter．

61．Tom Smith wrote with ____．

A．a pen     B．a pencil  C．a typewriter     D．a piece of chalk

62．One day he decided to go to the cinema because _____．

A．he was tired and needed a rest

B．he could not finish his story

C．he wanted to see his friend there

D．he liked the film very much

63．The visitor to his flat that night was a ____．

A．writer         B．friend         C．thief       D．doctor

64．The man left a note to Tom because ____．

A．he liked his stories and wanted to help him

B．he didn't find any money that night

C．he wanted to let him know that he would take his story away

D．he took away a typewriter

65．Tom always leaves a half-finished story near his typewriter when he goes out because ____．

A．he hopes that the thief will return and help him