36. The little boy saw the plane __________ and burst into flames.
A. complete    B. compel      C. crash     D. clutch
[解析]本题是词汇题，A. 表是“完全”；B.表示“强迫”；C. 表示“坠落，撞击”；D. 表示“抓住，握住”。根据题意“小孩看到了飞机失事”答案选[C]。

37. Beijing is well __________ its beautiful scenery and the Great Wall.
A. known as               B. known to
C. known about            D. known for
[解析]本题是词汇题，考查动词短语固定搭配，A. 表示“将…称为…”；B.一般为“be known to sb” 用法，表示“为某人所知”；C. 表示“对…很了解”；D. 表示“因…而出名”。根据题意“北京因其有美丽的风景和雄伟的长城而出名”故答案选[D]。

38. From her conversation, I __________ that she had a large family.
A. deduced                B. decided
C. declared                D. deceived
[解析]本题是词汇题，A. “推断，演绎”；B. “决定”；C. “公告，宣布”；D. “欺骗”，根据题意“从她的谈话中推断出她有一大家庭”故答案选[A]。

39. This question is too hard, it is __________ my comprehension.
A. below     B. beyond      C. over    D. without
[解析]本题是词汇题，A.“低于..”；B.“超越，超出某一范围”；C.“在…之上”； D.“没有或不显示”，根据题意“问题太难已超出我的理解能力”，所以答案选[B]。

40. In order to buy her house she had to obtain a __________ from the bank.
A. finance     B. capital    C. loan    D. debt
[解析]本题是词汇题，A. 表示财政、财务；B. 表示资本、资金；C. 表示借款、借贷； D. 表示债务、欠款，根据题意“为了买房不得不去银行贷款”，所以答案选[C]。

41. Some cities have passed laws that allow coal and oil __________only if their sulfur content is low.
A. burning    B. to burn    C. being burned   D. to be burned
[解析]本题是语法题，根据allow …to do（表示允许做某事）用法，只能选择答案B、D，但因题中coal and oil和burn是被动关系，所以只有答案[D]符合。
题意“只要硫化物含量少，一些城市允许燃烧煤和油”

42. Space vehicles were launched into outer space __________ search of another living planet.
A. to    B. at    C. in    D. for
[解析]本题是语法题，考查介词短语的用法，题中只有in search of是介词短语固定搭配，所以答案是[C]。
题意“宇宙飞船到其他星球的目的是探索未知生命”。

43. You two have got a lot __________.
A. in general     B. in common    C. in all      D. in any case