IV. 完形填空(10分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。(共10小题，每小题1分)

Today Neil is 41 near a river. Suddenly his knife falls into the 42 . He is very 43 because the knife is the birthday present his father gives him, but it is 44 now. Then at once a kind old woman comes up and asks Neil what is wrong. “I lose my 45 ,” he says. “It falls into the water when I am playing here.” The woman gives him a gold(金的)knife and asks, “Is this your knife?” “No,” says the boy. The old woman takes out a silver(银的) and asks 46 , “And this one?” “No” , again says the boy. Then she gives him 47 iron(铁的)knife. “Yes, that’s 48 !” calls out the happy boy. “I know it well enough.” 49 old woman says, “Now I will give you the gold knife and the silver knife because you are a/an 50_ boy.”

41. A. reading B. sleeping C. listening D. playing

42. A. sea B. water C. lake D. mud

43. A. sad B. happy C. angry D. exciting

44. A. broken B. well C. lost D. heavy

45. A. bag B. knife C. money D. clothes

46. A. her B. him C. he D.she

47. A. a B. an C. the D. /

48. A. me B. I C. my D. mine

49. A. The B. / C. An D. A

50. A. interesting B. clever C. lazy D .honest

V.阅读理解(35分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共20小题，每小题1分)

( A )

Jimmy, Tommy ,Brian and John are classmates and friends. They study at the No. 8 Middle School. This year, they are twelve years old. They go to school from Monday to Friday. In the morning they usually have four classes. In the afternoon, they usually have two. At school they study Chinese, English, math, history, geography(地理), physics, P.E, art and music. Jimmy likes Chinese, English and history. They are his favorite subjects. Tommy is good at math, physics and music. Brian’s favorite subjects are English, history and art. What about John? His favorite subjects are Chinese, English and math. They all work hard on their lessons. Their teachers like them very much.

The four boys all like sports. They are basketball fans. They like NBA. They often play ball games in the playground after class. In the evening they do their homework or read newspapers. Sometimes they watch TV. At home, they are good children. They often help their parents do some housework.

On Saturday and Sunday, they have no lessons. Sometimes they go to the park for fun. Sometimes they go to see some old people. They often help them do some cleaning.

51. Jimmy and Tommy are __________.

A. Thirteen B. brothers C. classmates D. twins

52. At school they usually have __________ subjects.

A. nine B. ten C. three D. eight

53. Brian likes_______.

A. English, history and art B. Chinese, English and math

C. math, physics and music D. Chinese, English and history

54. The four boys like___________.

A. English B. computer games C. sports D. playing

55. Which is wrong?

A. The four boys are friendly to old people

B. They work hard on their subjects.

C. They don’t do any housework at home.

D. Sometimes they play ball games in the playground.

B

Mr Johnson usually gets up late in the morning. Mrs Johnson always calls him up, so that he will not be late for work at 8 o'clock. One day, they had a quarrel (争吵), so they did not speak to each other. In the evening Mr Johnson handed his wife a piece of paper. It said, “Call me at 7 in the morning." Then he went to sleep. Next morning, when Mr Johnson woke up, it was already 9:30. He got up and put on his clothes quickly. When he went out, he found another piece of paper on the table. "It's seven o'clock. Get up!" Mr Johnson was late for work and then he decided to talked with his wife after work.

56. If Mrs Johnson did not wake his husband up, Mr Johnson might________.

A. be late for work B. get angry

C. sleep all day D. quarrel with her

57. Why don't they speak to each other?

A. Because they quarreled. B. Because they couldn't speak.

C. Because they were afraid to speak. D. Because they wanted to be quiet.

58. Mr Johnson handed his wife a piece of paper ________.

A. at noon B. in the afternoon C. in the morning D. in the evening

59. Mr Johnson woke up ________ the next morning.

A. before 7 B. at 6:30 C. at 9:30 D. after 7

60. Mr Johnson was late for ________.

A. an hour B. less than one hour and a half

C. more than one hour and a half D. more than three hours

( C )

The Tower of Pisa is one of the most beautiful bell towers in Italy. It is not only beautiful, but also strange—it leans to one side. Today it is known as “the leaning Tower of Pisa”

The building of the tower began in 1173. It took nearly 200 years to complete. In 1178, when the building got to the third floor, it started to lean. The builders tried to make the tower straight again when they built the upper floors, but failed.

Over the years, the tower has continued to lean further. Experts have done a lot of studies and tried to “rescue” the tower. In 1990, it was closed to the public for safety reasons. After a lot of effort, it reopened in 2001. Hopefully it will be safe for at least the next 300 years.

61. Why is the Tower of Pisa strange?

A. Because it is the most beautiful bell tower.

B. Because it leans to one side

C. Because it is very tall

D. Because it took nearly 200 years to complete

62. How many years did it take to build the tower?

A. Nearly 200 years. B. Nearly 300 years

C. Nearly 250 years. D. Nearly 350 years.

63. When did the tower start to lean?

A. In 1173 B. In 1990 C. In 1178. D. In 2001

64. On which floor did the building start to lean?

A. The first B. The second C. The third D.The fourth

65. Did the builders succeed to make the tower straight?

A. Yes, they did. B. No, they didn’t C. Yes, they didn’t. D. We don’t know

( D )

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语).One is “to let the cat out of the bag" It is the same as “to tell the secret”. There is an old interesting story about it.

Long ago, when people sold ( 买) things in big cloth(布)bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.

Now when someone lets out(泄漏)a secret, he "let's the cat out of the bag". And that is the story where the interesting phrase comes from.

66. The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag” came from_____________.

A. a woman and a pig B. a man and a cat C. a pig and a cat D. an interesting story

67.The woman wanted to buy___________.

A. a cloth bag B. a little pig C. a black cat D. a bag and a pig

68.The man knew there was __________ in his cloth bag.

A. a bag B. a pig C. a cat D. nothing

69.At the end of the second passage"……everyone knew it", it means____________.

A. there was a pig in the man's bag B. the woman bought a cat

C. the cloth bag D. the man's cat

70.John "let the cat out of the bag" means he ______________.

A .makes everyone know a secret B. puts the cats away from the bag

C. buys a cat in the bag D. sells the cat in the bag