30. I don’t like the pattern of the trousers. ______, the colour doesn’t suit me.

   A. However         B. Instead         C. Besides      D. Another

  通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31-50各題所給的四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。

When I first came to the USA, I made friends with a neighbor who used to live only two blocks away from my street．We used to visit each other and go out together sometimes．This friend taught me a lot about American  31  , but in some cases it was   32   for me to learn all about American culture from him, because we didn’t have enough time together．

One day this same friend invited me to a party．It wasn’t a (n)  33   party, only some kind of informal(非正式的) get-together. Since it was  34  time, we had a dinner in a garden,  35  most of his American friends and relatives were known to me, but there were others I had never met before．

It was the most embarrassing(窘迫的) party for me when I noticed that everybody was   36   jeans and simple T-shirts for the day,   37  I arrived in proper dress with my shoes and my hair all fixed for a fancy party(化裝舞會)．It was hard to explain my embarrassment to the other  38  ．When one of them turned around and said, “What nice clothes! What’s the occasion（場合）?” I felt my  39  burning hot．I didn’t  40  at all．If she knew how  41  I already felt, she wouldn’t have said that to me．

Maybe she didn’t  42  to make me feel uncomfortable, but I had to do with the way I already felt．

Many times I thought of going home and  43    my clothes but I knew they would  44 ．It would be even  45  for me because I knew they would quickly think that I   46  out of place. So I wanted to pretend that I was  47 ．

I have already realized their  48  are different from mine．They care less about formality (形式)  49  it is a special occasion, like a wedding or a very  50  invitation．

29. It appeared that a big fire ______ inside the building, but without damaging the walls.

   A. was happened                      B. had been broken out

   C. had broken out                     D. was happening

28. It is reported that the weather will ______ hot for another 3 or 4 days.

   A. look            B. last         C. stay         D. get

27. Many of the men have gone off in search of higher pay, ______ women to carry on with the farm work.

   A. left            B. leaving      C. to leave       D. having left

26. The oranges taste ______.  

   A. good                B. well            C. to be good        D. to be well

25. ―Have a nice weekend!

    ― ______.

   A. The same to you               B. You do too

   C. The same as you               D. You have it too

24. The sports meet has to be put off, for it ______ for three days.

   A. rained        B. rains        C. was raining     D. has been raining

23. Shanghai has ______ more US dollars this year than last year.

   A. brought down  B. brought up  Ｃ. brought in      D. brought out

22. ―Where was it ______ you met your first English teacher the other day?

    ―In front of the market.

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

21. ______, his wife will sit at the table to wait for him to come back.

   A. However he is late             B. However is he late

   C. However late he is             D. However late is he