11.

　　A. undertaken

　　B. to undertake

　　C. undertaking

　　D. undertook

　　12.

　　A. demand

　　B. request

　　C. meet

　　D. consider

　　13.

　　A. is

　　B. was

　　C. will be

　　D. were

　　14.

　　A. they

　　B. those

　　C. who

　　D. these

　　15.

　　A. Moreover

　　B. Therefore

　　C. And

　　D. However

　　16.

　　A. extended

　　B. intended

　　C. tended

　　D. pretended

　　17.

　　A. in

　　B. on

　　C. over

　　D. at

　　18.

　　A. even

　　B. still

　　C. so

　　D. yet

　　19.

　　A. for

　　B. of

　　C. to

　　D. after

　　20.

　　A. considerably

　　B. relatively

　　C. significantly

　　D. approximately

　　III. Reading Comprehension （30 points, 2 points for each item）

　　从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

　　Passage One

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

　　By the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the war with the French and the Indians, England gained possession of Canada and all the territory east of the Mississippi River. French influence on this continent thus came to an end; England now controlled most of North America. But the war had been long and expensive. England had many debts. George III, king of England, after consulting with his advisers, decided that the American colonists （殖民者） should help pay some of the expenses of this war. A standing English army of 10,000 men had been left in the colonies （殖民地） for protection against the Indians. The English government also felt that the colonists should share in the expenses of maintaining this army. The result was a series of measures, the Grenville Program, passed by Parliament and designed to raise money in the colonies. Some of these measures were accepted by the colonists, but one in particular, the Stamp Act, was met with great protest. The Stamp Act required that stamps, ranging in price from a few cents to almost a dollar, be placed on all newspapers, advertisements, bills of sale, wills, legal papers, etc. The Stamp Act was one of the causes of the American Revolution. It affected everyone, rich and poor alike. Some businessmen felt that the act would surely ruin their businesses.

　　Of all the voices raised in protest to the Stamp Act, none had greater effect than that of a young lawyer from Virginia - Patrick Henry. Henry had only recently been elected to the Virginia Assembly. Yet when the Stamp Act came up for discussion, he opposed it almost single-handedly. He also expressed, for the first time, certain ideas that were held by many Americans of the time but that never before had been stated so openly. "Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be bought at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty （万能的） God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

　　21.From the text we learn that ___________________.