（江西省新余一中09第二次模擬考試，26）—Since you like the fur coat so much， why not buy it?

—Well， I can’t afford       coat.

A. that expensive a    B. that an expensive    C. so expensive   D. such expensive

I wonder ____ we can solve this hard problem.

A. what else   B. how else  C. that    D. as if

—Do you think I could borrow your bicycle?

   — __________                                

A. How come?      B. Take your time.    C. Yes， go on.     D. Yes， help yourself.

Choose the correct sentence:____.

         A.That’s all what I need.           B.That’s something I need    

C.That’s what that I need.          D.That’s all which I need.

There is a growing______for people to work at home instead of in offices.

  A. tendency     B. aim      C. intention     D. situation

Classification is a useful ______ to the organization of knowledge in any field.

    A.means        B. approach        C.mode        D. manner

I was awfully tired when I got home from work, but a half-hour nap ______ me.

    A.revived        B. released        C.relieved       D. recovered

          the weather, the sports meet will be held on time.

A. In favor of               B. Regardless of           C. Apart from              D. Due to

“I       in the room, watching TV broadcast about the earthquake.” I told the policeman who had driven here to question me.

A. was staying     B. stay       C. stayed          D. am staying

When dawn came, they realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had 1_____ asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe(斧), and 2_____great care, so as to 3_____ a hole in the ice on the deck（甲板）, he began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes 4_____ the others looked on 5_____. By this time he was 6______ cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.

Each member of the crew took it in 7_____ to cut the ice away as long as he could 8_____it.

First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their 9_____. Standing on that rolling deck meant 10_____, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.

Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船艙). He called 11_____ one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would 12 _____enough heat to warm the cabin above 13_____ point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the 14_____ could be raised, they were in 15_____.

It took an hour’s 16_____ before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in 17_____ most of the ice.

Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again 18_____ their work. In the face of this danger, Captain Slater 19______ the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would 20_____ until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for anther day.

1. A.gone           B. fallen           C. become         D. grown

2. A.at              B. for             C. with            D. by

3.A.make           B. drill            C. dig             D. fill

4.A.until            B. before          C. after            D. while

5.A.excitedly        B. anxiously        C. happily          D. strangely

6.A.too             B. so              C. as              D. very

7.A.surprise         B. time             C. trouble          D. turn

8.A.support         B. help             C. bear             D. put up

9.A.knees           B. legs             C. feet             D. arms

10.A.life            B. pain             C. damage         D. death

11.A.to             B. on               C. up             D. at

12.A.get out         B. give off           C. get over        D. give in

13.A.boiling         B. marking          C. freezing         D. melting

14.A.boat           B. deck             C. sail             D. back

15.A.ruins          B. excitement         C. danger         D. surprise

16.A.delay          B. work             C. break           D. play

17.A.piling          B. getting            C. freezing        D. removing

18.A.whichever       B. though           C. as long as        D. in spite of

19.A.demanded       B. made            C. ordered          D. agreed

20.A.sink           B. live              C. float             D. flow