Last week Jack was ill 1 bed. He couldn't go to school. He 2 stay at home and 3 . When all the 4 left home, only Jack was in bed. He felt 5 . At four o'clock, he heard a knock 6 the door. It was Li Lei. He came 7 flowers and fruit. Jack was 8 to see Li Lei. Li Lei told him something 9 in the school and helped him with the lessons. Li Lei didn't leave 10 Jack's father came back. Jack felt much better.
1. A. in B. on C. in the D. to
2. A. have to B. has to C. had to D. must
3. A. had a rest B. has a rest C. took rest D. take a rest
4. A. father B. family C. mother D. sister
5. A. lonely B. happy C. nice D. good
6. A. with B. in C. outside D. at
7. A. with B. in C. bring D. on
8. A. unhappy B. sorry C. happy D. worried
9. A. beautiful B. poor C. big D. interesting
10. A. after B. until C. or D. but
Keys: 1—5 ACABA 6—10 DACDB
Betty always thinks her village is poor and wants to leave there. So she went to a town and tried to find a job there. She is tall and strong, but she can't do anything.
Mr Taylor's mother has been sick in bed for years. He and his wife have no time to look after her. So they employed① the girl. At first she thought the Taylors were kind to her and they had their meals with her together. Nearly half a month later Mrs. Taylor found the girl had a lot of shortcomings② and made an excuse to let her go.
The day before yesterday Mr Taylor heard from Mr White, one of his friends. The man said in his letter he was going to employ Betty and he wondered how the girl had worked for them. Mr Taylor began to write to him.
“...She's a lazy girl with bad manners,” he wrote. Then he turned to his wife and said,“Can you find out any good points③ of hers, dear?”
Mrs Taylor thought for a while and said,“She had good appetite④ and slept well here.”
Notes:
① employ/im`pli/ v.雇佣
② shortcoming n.缺点
③ good point 优点
④ appetite/`pitait/ n.食欲
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1. Betty is a ________ girl.
A. hard working country B. lazy country
C. hard working city D. lazy city
2. The Taylors can't take care of their sick mother because ________.
A. they're ill B. they're lazy
C. they're busy D. they aren't kind to her
3. Betty has been in the Taylor's home for ________.
A. a week B. 15 days
C. a month D. half a year
4. Which sentence isn't true?
A. Mr White is a friend of Mr Taylor.
B. Mr White is going to employ Betty.
C. Mr White wrote a letter to Mr Taylor.
D. Mr Taylor didn't write back to Mr White.
5. From the passage we know Betty has ________.
A. a good point
B. two good points
C. some good points
D. no good points
(Keys: 1—5 BCBDD)
When women get married in some western countries,they change part of their n (1).That is,they take their husband's last names as t (2).
Miss Surrey r (3)to teaching in September after she got married.She told the first-grade students that they were to c (4)her Mrs White.Most of the s (5)were the ones she had taught before,and quite a few of them looked confused(困惑的).
When school was over in the a (6),a girl went home and told her mother,�We have a new t (7),Mum.H (8) name is Mrs White ,but she l (9)like Miss Surrey so m (10)that it will be very difficult to tell one from the other.
参考答案:
1. names 2. theirs 3. returned 4. students 6. afternoon 7. teacher 8. Her 9. looks 10. much
((三)
Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.
On the day of my speech, I didn’t get nervous or forget 4 I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are 5 at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories about Spanish history sounded boring.
After giving my speech and showing my pictures I 7 I was going to get a bad grade.
Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They 8 a lot of time, and I always 9 the day it has to be finished and the grade I’ll get .
Anyway, I ended up getting an “A-”. The teacher said I 10 all my classmates listen - I was talking very loudly!
1. A. ready B. excited C. interested D. worried
2. A. news B. information C. dictionaries D. papers
3. A. book B. story C. speech D. joke
4. A. who B. where C. when D. what
5. A. good B. bad C. interesting D. glad
6. A. The other B. Another C. Others D. Other
7. A. thought B. though C. taught D. brought
8. A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take
9. A. worry about B. think about C. tell about D. know about
10. A. make B. made C. am making D. has made
(四)
David is a middle school student. He lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. His father, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His 3 moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he often played by 5 .
His neighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.
One afternoon, Cathy told David. “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?”
“ 7 . I’m glad to,” the boy said happily.
David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t call her because he didn’t know her telephone 10 . At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”
“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?”
“Nothing,”the woman said, “I just with I were 16.”
1. A. town B. city C. village D. country
2. A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening
3. A. home B. house C. building D. family
4. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
5. A. himself B. him C. his D. he
6. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes
7. A. Well B. Oh C. Mm D. Certainly
8. A. prize B. praise C. present D. price
9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered
10. A. code(密码) B. number C. place D. address
(五)
The world 1 many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while 2 are very pleasant to hear. In single day you probably hear 3 sounds. All sounds are different. Some 4 loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful.
5 sound we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting(鸣笛声)of a car warns people of danger.
Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low 6 the land; the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.
We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 7 . In a thunder storm you see the lighting first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 8 than sound.
Next time you see lighting count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.
Divide this number 9 3. This will tell you 10 kilometers away the thunder storm is.
1. A. full of B. fill with C. is filled of D. is filled with
2. A. others B. the other C. another D. the others
3. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred
4. A. may B. maybe C. may be D. can
5. A. Of B. With C. Without D. By
6. A. in B. on C. above D. over
7. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. seconds
8. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast
9. A. in B. of C. by D. at
10. A. how much B. how many C. how far D. how long
(六)
I have visited many places: the states of Missouri, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. But, I think Chicago in Illinois is the 1 place.
When I come home from school, I see a beautiful 2 . A rabbit is running in the garden, a squirrel 3 on a tree, and a robin is in the branches.
In the summer it gets hot, 4 not as hot as Nanjing. Autumn and spring are cool and bright. I can see flocks of 5 flying south for the winter. I can hear crickets(蟋蟀)in the evening, 6 during the winter. of course.
Today, when I come home, there are dry 7 leaves on the ground.
Not 8 in the world has robins, crickets, rabbits and squirrels. There’s no 9 near the equator(赤道). Every place is beautiful, but this place is 10 more beautiful.
1. A. biggest B. nicest C. coldest D. must expensive
2. A. car B. girl C. picture D. dance
3. A. walks B. sits C. talks D. swims
4. A. but B. so C. then D. or
5. A. tigers B. planes C. ducks D. wild geese
6. A. for B. except C. expect D. besides
7. A. falling B. fell C. fallen D. falls
8. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
9. A. sun B. snow C. wind D. animals
10. A. no B. even C. ever D. never
【试题答案】
阅读理解参考答案:
(一)TFFTF
(二)DCB
(三)CBCDA
(四)ABC
(五)1. Because it is shopping for the rich
2. Rollerblades
3. Sit
(六)BCDB
(七)TFTTF
完形填空参考答案
(一)BCDDA
(二)CABBD,ADCAD
(三)ABCDB,CADAB
(四)CCDBA,DDCAB
(五)DAACC,DDBCB
(六)BCBAD,BCDBB
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