Section Ⅱ Use of English 
      (15 minutes) 
      Directions: 
    Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1. Text 
    One afternoon in January 1989, Suzan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walk- ing hard 26 an icy parking lot (停车场) , 27 Suzan’ s cane (手杖) slid on  the ice. She 28 face-first into the mud. David 29 to his mother’s side. 
    "Are you all right, Morn?" 30 , Suzan pulled herself up. "I’m okay, honey," she said. 
    It had been nearly two years since Suzan had trouble walking. She was falling more 31 now. Every inch of ice was a 32 danger for her. " I wish I could do 33 , " the boy thought. 
    David, too, was having 34 of his own. The boy had a speech defect (缺陷). At school he 35 asked questions or read aloud. 
    One day David ’ s teacher announced a 36 assignment. " Each of you is going to come up with an invention," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA!" a national competition to encourage creativity in 37 . 
    An idea hit David one evening. 38 only his mother ’ s cane didn ’ t slip on the ice, he thought. "That’ s it!" David realized. 
    "What if I fixed your cane to a nail stretched out of the bottom?" he asked his mother. 39 the sharp end would scratch floors," Suzan said. 
    "No, Morn. I could make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand 40 the button and the nail returns back up. 
    Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father, Jeff, 41 as Suzan used it to walk 50 feet across the 42 . "It works!" she said. 
    In July 1989, David was declared national winner at the annual " INVENT AMERICA! " ceremony in Washington D. C. 
    As David began to make 43 appearances, he was forced to communicate more clearly. Today, David is nearly 44 of his speech defect, and his cane is waiting to be widely used. 45 the boy who once had trouble talking now hopes to start making canes for people who have trouble walking.
26. [A] at                [B] in                  [C] over             [D] across
27. [A] when          [B] then              [C] where           [D] and
28. [A] dropped      [B] walked         [C] fell               [D] lay
29. [A] leaned         [B] stood            [C] rushed         [D]Hastily
30. [A] Shakily        [B] Easily           [C] Steadily      [D] stayed
31. [A] quickly         [B] frequently    [C] usually       [D] slowly
32. [A] hiding          [B] definite         [C] possible     [D] certain
33. [A] everything   [B] anything       [C] things          [D] something
34. [A] demand       [B] disease          [C] hope            [D] trouble
35. [A] rarely          [B] often             [C] always         [ D ] occasionally
36. [A] usual           [B] special          [C] strange        [D] common
37. [A] children       [ B ] people        [ C ] teachers    [ D ] parents
38. [A] Though         [B] How           [C] If                  [D] What
39. [A] So                [B] But              [C] For               [D] And
40. [A] with             [B] to                 [C] at                  [D] off