38. Most of the classics of science fiction have been written within ______.

A. the last few hundred years                      B. the last one hundred years

C. the last two hundred years                      D. the last three hundred years

39. Modern science fiction writers are interested in ______.

A. writing about men from Mars

B. writing about everything but politics

C. imagining future world with the results of technical developments

D. writing space adventure stories

40. Science fiction writers may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems of ______.

A. conflict used by different political theories

B. adopting new technology and adapting quickly to its effect on society

C. conflict caused by different religious beliefs

D. space adventure

Ⅲ . 用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音。 ( 每小题 0.5 分，共 10 分 )

41. achieve                    42. cork                        43. comfort                   44. Jewish

45. corps                       46. private                     47. stagger                    48. violin

49. worthless                 50. quality                     51. basis                        52. genius

53. awkward                 54. context                    55. laughter                   56. occupy

57. banquet                    58. calmly                     59. outwardly                60. problem