[C]set against         [D]work against

27.In my country people never leave tips. So when I first went abroad, I kept forgetting to tip waiters. I felt really ____.

[A]depressed    [B]embarrassed

[C]upset        [D]helpless

28.Do you know the guys who moved in next door? they had another party and the noise kept me ___ all night.

[A]woke    [B]awake      [C]awaken      [D]awaked

29.Having good ideas isn't enough. You need to be able to ___ your ideas.

[A]communicate       [B]discuss

[C]show            [D]expose

30.Which department is supposed to ____ rules about retirement.

[A]lie down      [B]lay down     [C]lay on      [D]lie on

Ⅱ . 认真阅读下面两篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸上。 ( 本大题共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分 )

Passage 1

Bill Trew worked on the night shift( 夜班 ) in an old coal mine called Park Deep. Day and night 180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet down. They all took their share of night work, but Bill always worked at night. he said he preferred it.

One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning. He had his ‘ Supper ’ , as he called it, and went to bed. An unusual dream troubled his sleep. Afterwards, the only thing he remembered about it was — a throbbing( 跳动 ) blue light.

Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was a strange getting up — because he could still see the blue light in front of his eyes. As the evening grew darker, the light grew stronger. Bill got ready for the night shift. But by 8 o'clock the blue light was so bright that he could hardly see anything else. He and his wife were very puzzled. Bill had never been sick before.

“ Don't go to work, ” Mrs. Trew said. “ If it isn't better by tomorrow, I'll have to send for the doctor. ”

Bill didn't go to work. He sat in an armchair, awake but with closed eyes. Even then the blueness was like a living thing. It surrounded him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn't tired: he stayed in his armchair.

At 11 o'clock a long, loud explosion shook the ground. Bill opened his eyes and jumped to his feet. The blue light was gone! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, “ Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity the night shift! ”

The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed forever. Thebodies remain to this day in their deep grave. And Bill Trew has never stopped wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man unfit for work that night?