根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
1.My brother has a round face, but I have a (方形的) face.
2.There is enough time for you to do it, so please be (耐心的).
3.English is one of the most useful (语言).
4.Tom does his homework more (仔细地) than Simon.
5.Tim (主动提供) me something to eat, but Iwas not hungry.
It is not easy to be a vet (兽医).You never know when you will be called upon to take care of a sick animal. You also do not always know that kind of animal you will be asked to take care of or what you must do to help the sick animal.
Once, when some children were playing with a dog, they threw a ball into its mouth. The ball got stuck (卡住) in the dog’s throat (喉咙) and the dog could not breathe. The dog would die if they did not remove the ball quickly. The dog’s owner took the dog to a vet called Robert Smith. Mr. Smith put his hands on the dog’s neck. He could feel the ball. He was not sure what to do. He pressed (压) a little harder. The dog opened its mouth and the ball came flying out! No one was more surprised than Mr. Smith.
Another vet, peter Brown. Worked with sea animals. One day, he was called upon to take care of a dolphin. The dolphin had something in its mouth that had to be taken out, but it did not want to open its mouth. Nineteen men had to hold the strong and slippery(滑的) dolphin so that the vet could open its mouth.
1.Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?
A. No one wants to be a vet.
B. Everyone wants to be a vet.
C. It is difficult to be a vet.
D. It is easy to be a vet.
2.How did the ball get into the dog’s mouth?
A. Someone pressed it into the dog’s mouth.
B. The dog’s owner threw it into the dog’s mouth.
C. It got into the dog’s mouth when the dog was playing with it.
D. Some children threw it into the dog’s mouth.
3.What would have happened if the vet did not remove the ball from the
dog’s mouth?
A. The ball would go into the dog’s stomach.
B. The dog would die.
C. The dog would bite someone.
D. The dog would spit (吐) it out.
4.How did Mr.Simth feel when the ball came flying out?
A. He was more surprised than anyone else.
B. He was very excited.
C. He suddenly felt very tired.
D. He felt that he was the greatest man in the world.
We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture(家具) shop.” Buy it,” she said at once.”We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack(车顶架)。I’ve always wanted one like that.” What should I do?Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer,and the bookshelf was tied onto the roof-rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.As it was getting darker, I drove slowly.Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police evenstopped teaffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After some time my wife said,”There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车)” Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past.But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church(教堂).One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir!”he said,”Do you need any more help now?” I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”
He was looking at our things, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was… er …, something else.” My wife began to laugh. Suddenly i understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as i could.
1.From the story we know that .
A. the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife
B. the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all
C. the writer was always willing to buy something for his wife
D. the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife
2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?
A. He could drive slowly and it was safe.
B. Other drivers would let him go first.
C. His wife could use a new bookshelf.
D. He could save a lot of money and time.
3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?
A. Because they thought that the writer liked studying very much and needed
a bookshelf.
B. Because they didn’t think that it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.
C. Because they thought that somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.
D. Because they thought that it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.
4.When did the officers begin to realize that they were wrong?
A. Before they arrived at the church.
B. Before they overtook the writer’s car.
C. After they looked at the car carefully at the church.
D. After the writer’s family left the church.
In an American classroom, a teacher asked a Chinese girl to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn’t see anything funny.
So he asked her the question again.The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment(尴尬)because she didn't know how to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped(掉)a plate. The Chinese who saw this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry.”They are laughing at me,” he thought. In fact ,the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck---whether(是否) he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The laughter has some feelings, don’t take it so seriously(严重)；laugh it off, it’s nothing；such things can happen to any of us,etc.
1.The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because_______
A.the teacher asked her to answer a question.
B.The teacher asked her to stang up.
C.She couldn’t answer the question.
D.The teacher looked funny.
2.Which feeling is NOT included(被包括) in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?
A. Don’t take it seriously.
B. Bad luck!
C. It’s nothing.
D.It can happen to any of us.
3.What does the writer want to tell us?
A.Chinese students are impolite.
B.Smiles and laughter always bring happiness.
C.American people are easy to get angry.
D.Smiles and laughter don’t mean the same thing to different people.
Danel has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities,but they are all friendly and helpful.He’d like to introduce some of them to us.
Name | Age | Appearance and hobbies |
Amy (volleyball player) | 17 | She is very tall(1.87 meters)!She has a baby face.Her fans say she’s very beautiful. She likes listening to pop songs and drawing. |
Tom(skiing player) | 18 | He is always smiling so people say that he is a “sunshine boy”.She is a “black horse”.He won the first gold medal(金牌)for his city this year. He likes reading and playing games. |
Millie(singer) | 16 | People call her “Baby”.She’s a cool girl with black glasses and short hair.She likes wearing men’s clothes, so she looks like a boy. She likes singing, of course. She is good at playing basketball! |
1. How many friends does Bob introduce in this passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2.What does Amy do?
A. She is a volleyball player.
B. She is a skier.
C. She is a pop singer.
D. She is a basketball player.
3.Why do people say Tom is a “sunshine boy”?
A. Because he likes reading.
B. Because he likes playing games.
C. Because he is always smiling.
D. Because he is a skier.
4.Which sentence is wrong?
A.“Baby” does well in playing basketball.
B. Millie is the youngest of the three.
C. Amy has a baby face.
D. Tom likes black horses.
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Life in the 22nd century will be from life in the 21th century, because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population is fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live than before. will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of subjects at .
People will work hours than they did in the 21th century, and they will have more free time sports, TV and travelling. Traveling will be more . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
More land will be used for building, new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be than before.
Work in the future will be , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots（机器人）, of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1.A. same B. the same C. different D. difference
2.A. making B. growing C. running D. doing
3.A. longest B. shorter C. faster D.taller
4.A. trains B. cars C. computers D. houses
5.A. the most important B. most importantC. the more important D. more important
6.A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school
7.A. less B. fewer C.least D. fewest
8.A. for B. to C. with D. at
9.A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying
10.A. interesting B. convenient（主便的） C. expensive D. difficult
11.A. fruit B. milk C. meat D. bread
12.A. instead B. sometimes C. still D. however
13.A. more healthy B. healthy C. the most healthy D. healthier
14.A. dangerons B. difficult C. heavy D. different
15.A. Because B. One C. Some D. All
