9    Miss Zhao is one of the most popular teachers in the school. Yesterday she came into the   1 

    With  a big smile on her face. She said to her  2  that she was 3  to see they did well in the sports meeting. But  4 was not pleased to see the classroom last Saturday not as  5 as usual. She hoped they would clean the classroom every day.

    Wei Hua was on  6 yesterday. She said everyone was at  7 except Lin Tao. Then she told Miss Zhao about their  8 to the Great Wall last Sunday. Luckily the weather was   9  . They played games and had a picnic there. After Wei Hua  10  her talk, Miss Zhao began her lesson.

    1. A. shop        B. classroom    C. park         D. office

    2. A. students    B. teachers     C. workers      D. doctors

    3. A. angry       B. sorry        C. glad         D. sad

    4. A. she         B. I            C. we           D. he

    5.A.dark          B. old          C. large        D. clean

    6. A. time        B. duty         C. foot         D. to

    7. A. home        B. noon         C. night        D. school

    8. A. visit       B. music        C. clock        D. football

    9. A. bad         B. fine         C. rainy        D. windy

    10. A. started    B. had          C. finished     D. gave

    Key：1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. A 9.B 10.C

10.   Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his  1 and now he has near sight ( 近视 ). But he wouldn’t want  2 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often  3  him some trouble.

    One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business (出差 ). He  4 a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth (平坦). He fell over some times and it  5  his clothes dirty.  6  he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his  7  was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎 ) it had  8  . And he ran into the house,  9  .

    A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “  10  are you running after my hen (母鸡 )for?”

    1. A. ears           B. nose          C. mouth       D. eyes

    2. A. anybody else   B. nobody        C. woman       D. somebody

    3. A. follows        B. takes         C. brings      D. carries

    4. A. took off       B. got off       C. got on      D. came on

    5. A. let            B. made          C. gave        D. felt

    6. A. At first       B. At home       C. At times    D. At last

    7. A. clothes        B. bag           C. hat         D. glasses

    8. A. legs           B. hands         C. shoes       D. arms

    9. A. always         B. also          C. either      D. too

    10. A. What          B. Why           C. Which       D. Who

    Key: 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C  8. A 9. D 10. A

11.     Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot  1  things. So his wife al-ways had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”
    One day he went on a long trip (旅行 )alone. Before he  2  home, his wife said, “Now you have all these  3  . They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and   4  the train with it.

    About half  5  hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and   6 , “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find  7  . He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket  8   I got on the train,” said the old man.

    “I believe (相信)you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy  9  one,” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going?  I can’t  10  my station!” the old man said sadly.

    1. A. a lot of         B. a kind of      C. a piece of      D. a pair of

    2. A. got              B. left           C. went            D. moved

    3. A. money            B. clothes        C. tickets         D. things

    4. A. had on           B. went on        C. got on          D. passed on

    5. A. a                B. an             C. the             D. this

    6. A. say              B. said           C. says            D. saying

    7. A. it               B. this           C. that            D. ticket

    8. A. when             B. till           C. before          D. after

    9. A. other            B. the other      C. the others      D. another

    10. A. forget          B. get            C. remember        D. see

Key: 1. A  2. B  3. D  4. C  5. B  6. B  7. A  8. C  9. D  10. C

12) Once a lion(狮子) saw a fine young horse and wanted to eat it. But the horse was very  1  and he could not catch her. Then the lion had an  2 . He told the  3  that he was a good  4  and could do something for them. The horse was  5 , She understood  6  the lion wanted to do.

    So one day when the lion was near the horse，she told him that there was  7  wrong with one of her feet and asked him to look it  8  . Of course, the lion was very glad to do so. Then the horse raised(抬起  ) one of his legs from the ground  9  the lion looked at her foot, she kicked him on the  60 . The lion fell to the ground. The horse laughed and ran away.

    1. A. beautiful  B. young     C. careful

    2. A. idea       B. way       C. answer

    3.  A. friends   B. animals   C. birds

    4. A. doctor     B. nurse     C. teacher

    5. A. sad        B. afraid    C. clever

    6. A. what       B. how       C. where

    7. A. nothing    B. something C. anything

    8. A. after      B. over      C. for

    9. A. Before     B. After     C. When

    10. A. head      B. legs      C. hands

    Key: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A . C 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. A

13)  Once there was a father and a son.  They were ill-tempered (坏脾气的) and never gave way to  1  .

    One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He  2 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned  3 and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t  4  enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But  5 of them would give way to the other. They  6  straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t  7 yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what was the  8  with his son. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to town to look for his son.

    “You may first take the  9  home for my friends. Let me stand here against him  10  .” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

  1.A. one              B. another         C. other        D. others

  2.A. hoped            B. told            C. let          D. wished

  3.A. down             B. over            C. back         D. off

  4.A. long             B. wide            C. high         D. narrow

  5.A. either           B. all             C. both         D. neither

  6.A. stood            B. went            C. lay          D. walked

  7.A. gone             B. bought          C. returned     D. been

  8.A. wrong            B. accident        C. thing        D. matter

  9.A. meat             B. dinner          C. bread        D. money

  10.A politely         B. instead         C. safely       D. kindly

    Key: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B

14) Debbie got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted  1   in Green Park with some ot her friends. She was very happy about it.

2 she was ready, she got on her bike and left for the park – it was on the other side of the town. Suddenly, as she was riding fast, she  3 sirens (警笛). The sound of the sirens was getting  4 , so Debbie looked  5  her to see what was happening. As a result (结果), she fell off her bike and lay in the middle of the road. Luckily, Debbie wasn’t hurt,  6  a car hit her bike. After the car   7 , two men got out and started running.  8  , a police car stopped next to the same car and three policemen got out and started running after the two men. One of the policemen shouted, “Stop the thieves (贼)!”

 9  a policeman came to see Debbie. He thanked her because, in  a way, she had helped them  10  .

    1. A. goes to skate       B. go skating            C. going to skate    D. to go skating

    2. A. While               B. As soon as            C. If                D. As quickly as

    3. A. heard               B. listened to           C. found             D. saw

    4. A. close and close     B. closer and closer     C. big and big       D. bigger and bigger

    5. A. after               B. in front of           C. behind            D. before

    6. A. because             B. so                    C. but               D. and

    7. A. fell over           B. passed away           C. turned back       D. stopped

    8. A. A few minutes later B. Just then             C. After an hour     D. Very fast

    9. A. In a few days       B. Sometimes             C. Some time later   D. At the same time

    10. A. get out of the car B. run after the two men C. catch the thieves D. shout at the thieves

    Key: 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. C

15)Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.

    “What will  1  be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.

    “I don’t know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”

    “Well, no one knows. But it is  2  to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will  3  a pocket (袖珍) computer. The computer will give people the  4  to all their problems.  We shall all have telephones in our pockets,   5  . And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to  6  them at the same time. Machines will do  7  of the work, and people will have more  8 . Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”

    “I’m very  9 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I’ll be able to live  10  ,” said Fred. “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”

  1.       A. our home    B. the traffic   C. a factory        D. the world

  2.       A. pleased     B. no use        C. interesting      D. unusual

  3.       A. carry       B. bring         C. give             D. send

  4.       A. news        B. ways          C. things           D. answers

  5.       A. either      B. again         C. too              D. also

  6.       A. call        B. see           C. look             D. listen

  7.       A. most        B. many          C. lot              D. every

  8.       A. work        B. duty          C. holidays         D. times

  9.       A. sorry       B. glad          C. sure             D. afraid

  10.   A. in the sea  B. on land       C. on the mountain  D. under the ground

    Key: 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A

16) Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

    The most (1) w_____ spoken language in the world is English. Many people understand and use it (2) t_____ the world. Indeed, English is a very (3) I_____ and useful language. (4) I_____ we know English, we can travel anywhere and we (5) w_____ have no difficulty making ourselves understood. English is greatly used in the study of all (6) k_____ of subjects. Several books are (7) w_____ in English every day to teach people many (8) u_____ things. Therefore, the English language has helped to spread knowledge to (9) a_____  parts of the world.

    English has also served to bring (10) t_____ the different peoples of the world by helping them to talk with one another.

    Keys:  1. widely  2. throughout  3. important  4. If  5. will  6. kinds  7. written  8. useful  9. all  10. together