----Why didn’t you apply for the job?

 ----I ________, but my old friend offered me a better one.

   A. was going to      B. would      C. will               D. am going to

Most shoplifters (商店扒手) agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief.  36   the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape   37 . It is known, in the business, as “hoisting”.
　　But the hoisting game is not   38   it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know   39  they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.
　　As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed   40   and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.
　　Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court   41  for shoplifting using an evidence of a videotape clearly showing a couple   42  dresses. It was an important test case which   43  other stores to install similar equipment.
　　When the balls, called sputniks, first make a(n)  44  in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to  45   shoplifters. Their   46  ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.
　　It did not take long,   47 , for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable   48  . Soon after the equipment was   49   at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman   50   putting bottles of perfume into her bag.
　　“As she turned to go,” Chadwick  51 , “she suddenly looked up at the ‘sputnik’ and stopped. She could not   52   have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she  53  have had a feeling that I was looking at her.”
　　“For a moment she paused, but then she   54  to counter and started putting everything   55 . When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store.”
36. A. As                     B. With                C. For                  D. Since

37. A. noticed                  B. noticing          C. unnoticed            D. unnoticing

38. A. how                 B. that                 C. which                    D. what

39. A. if                       B. that                 C. how                D. why

40. A. at rest                     B. at attention          C. at work           D. at shock

41. A. case                 B. theft                C. discussion              D. conversation

42. A. trying               B. wearing          C. stealing          D. packaging

43. A. stopped                 B. kept                C. encouraged         D. called

44. A. difference              B. influence              C. appearance       D. function

45. A. attack                    B. calm               C. excite                    D. frighten

46. A. somehow        B. somewhat             C. anyhow         D. somewhere

47. A. however          B. thus                 C. therefore        D. anyway

48. A. respect                   B. interest            C. fright               D. courage

49. A. in operation           B. in case                   C. in trouble              D. in advance

50. A. publicly                  B. bravely           C. quickly           D. secretly

51. A. replied                    B. repeated        C. recalled         D. requested

52. A. possibly            B. politely            C. pleasantly            D. patiently

53. A. could               B. would                    C. should                   D. must

54. A. came               B. left                   C. returned         D. rushed

55. A. off                            B. in                            C. up                   D. back

The homeless dog, known as Xiao Sa, has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along 1,833 kilometers of highway from Kangding, Sichuan province, to Lhasa in Tibet.

Nobody knows where the white dog came from or how long she has been straying on highway G318. Netizens call her the "dog with determination" and the micro blog "Go Go Xiao Sa" recording her life has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks.

A picture of Xiao Sa in the arms of a young man in front of the Potala Palace on Thursday night drew more than 4,000 comments congratulating the small dog and expressing dreams of going to Lhasa.

The young man in the picture is Zhang Heng, 22, a student in Wuhan, Hubei province. As his graduation trip, he decided to face the challenge of riding to Lhasa alone. On the way he met a lonely dog. "She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," he said. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team.”

"We felt she might want to come along with us, so we decided to bring her along to the end." A week later, Zhang and his buddies opened a micro blog account for her. "We thought the dog was encouraging us, and wanted others to know its story," he said. They created the name Xiao Sa by combining xiao meaning "little" with the last syllable of Lhasa.

During their journey, Xiao Sa, Zhang and his team covered more than 1,700 kilometers and climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters. Xiao Sa just ran up the mountains or along dirt roads.

"Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it," he said. Zhang put the dog on the back of the bike when the team was riding downhill. "The speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour, impossible for the dog to catch us."

Zhang Heng, who accompanied Xiao Sa for 20 days, called her "a buddy and a friend". "I would like to take the dog home and take care of her. She has been a stray on the road for a long time. She needs a home."
21 How did the netizens feel when they read the micro blog related to the dog?

A. inspired              B. sympathetic                   

C. pitiful                  D. unbelievable

22. Zhang Heng and his team opened a micro blog account for the dog just because __________.

A. the dog is very cute and friendly

B. the dog encouraged them and they wanted more people to know its story

      C. it is the first dog to travel to Lhasa

D. They had nothing else to do on their journey

23. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The dog had been straying on highway G318 before it met the team of cyclists .

B. During their journey, Zhang and his team climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters .

C. The micro blog “Go Go Xiao Sa ”has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks .

D. The dog ran alone behind them when the team was riding downhill.

24. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Dog with Determination                   B. A Micro Blog and a Dog

C. Travel to Lhasa with a Dog                  D. A Dog Follows a Team