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单项选择。(25分)
(   ) 1. A place to live in space is _________.                                       
A. a space station      B. an apartment           C. a rocket   
(   ) 2. 10 years ago， ________ only one classroom building in our school.
And in 10 years， _______ five classroom buildings in our school.                                
A. there will be, there are    B. there was, there will be      C. there will be; there was
(   ) 3. He goes to work early on workdays _________ Saturday and Sunday.               
A. except             B. besides                 C. and      
(   ) 4. My friends always get better grades than I do. What should I do?                  
A. Maybe you should be more friendly to the teachers.                               
B. Maybe you should ask your parents for help.                                                    
C  Maybe you should work harder.
(   ) 5. “What time does the plane _________?” “I think at about 10 o’clock.”                     
A. drop off          B. get off                 C. take off       
(   ) 6. Lily called me____ Friday morning and told me she was having a birthday
party__ me tomorrow.                                                     
A. at; for          B. on; with                C  on; for
( ) 7. Nina is clever but kind of lazy. If she ___harder, she ___ better grades.                                         
A. will work; gets    B. works; will get        C. will work; will get  
（ ）8. If you meet troubles in your life, you must t ry to ___ t he t roubles.                                            
          A. turn over          B. get over              C. look over
( ) 9. I was never_____ t o receive a _____ result from my science teacher.                                         
       A. surprised; disappointed      B. surprised; disappointing    C. surprising; disappointed  
(   ) 10. Would you mind ________ the window, please? It’s so cold.
       A to close           B close                C closing
(   ) 11. –Would you mind mending the bike for me?________
       A Not at all.            B No, thanks.             C That’s all right.
(   ) 12. In China, many families are ______ to buy cars these days.
       A enough rich          B rich enough             C very rich
(   ) 13. I don’t know ______ happened outside.
        A how                B what                  C when
(   ) 14. Paul told us he wasn’t mad ______ Marcia anymore.
       A in                   B at                    C on
(   ) 15. _______ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed.
       A While               B After                  C Before
(   ) 16. Will there be more trees? Yes, ______.
       A there will.            B they will.              C there have.
(   ) 17. Tom often makes his friends _______.
       A laugh                B laughed               C laughing
(   ) 18. My friend was planning a party. _________ was invited except me.
       A Other everyone        B Else everyone          C Everyone else
(   ) 19. Yesterday the teacher told us that the earth ________around the sun.
A. moved B. moves C. was moving
( ) 20. It is important for us ________English well.
A. to learn B. learning C. Learns
( ) 21. Alice ________ to see his aunt if she _______free tomorrow.
A. will come; will be B . come ; is C. will come ;is
( ) much did you______ the house?
A. pay for B. cost for C. paid for
( ) didn’t want to talk about that________ the phone.
A. on B. in C. at
( ) 24. Don’t leave your books on the table. Please________.
A. take away it B. take them away C. take away them
( ) 25. Could you please _______me some ________?
A. giving; advices B. give; advices C. give; advice
二. 完形填空(10分)
（A）
The school party will be held on Sep. 30th. Many students like to go to the (26)________. But before the party, the school principal has made many rules for it: the students cannot (27)_________jeans to the party; the students cannot (28)__________ friends from other schools; the students cannot run or (29)__________ at the party. What will happen if they do? They will be asked to leave or they will not be let in.
(   ) 26. A. school        B. party         C. gym          D. meeting
(   ) 27. A. put on        B. in            C. wear         D. take off
(   ) 28. A. bring         B. take          C. make         D. let
(   ) 29. A. sit           B. sing          C. dance         D. shout
（B）
Small cars may take the place of big cars in the future. There is space for only two people in such a car. If everyone (30)________ such a car, there will be less pollution (31)________ the air. There will also be more space for (
32)________ cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. The little cars will cost (33)________ less. Driving will be (34)________, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers per(每) hour. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of road will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used (35)________ the big, fast cars and the other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.
(   ) 30. A. rides    B. drives   C. pushes    (   ) . for   B. on    C. in     
(   ) . stopping   B. stop     C. parking    (   ) . lots of    B. many    C. much    
(   ). safer    B. dangerous   C danger (   )35..A. as     B for      C  in
三. 阅读理解 (40分)
A
Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drives his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt（弄伤） him. He takes the boy to a hospital and he pays a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents want to get more money from him, so they say their son can’t lift（举起） his right arm above his head.
Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer comes and asks the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he says, “’ truck knocks you down in the street.” “Yes, sir,” he says. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?” “Yes, sir,” he says. “Could you show how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifts his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” says the lawyer, “And how high can you lift before the accident?”
“Oh, I can lift it very high.” Says the boy, and the right hand goes up high above his head.
36. Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocks down ________.
A. a lawyer                 B. a boy’s father         C. a boy
37. The boy’s parents want to get ________ from him.
A. more trucks              B. more money          C. more monkeys
38. Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asks the boy to ______.
A. ask some questions        B. answer some questions    C. lift his left arm
39. The boy says he can’t lift his _________ now.
A. right arm                B. left arm               C. right foot
40. There is _______ wrong with the boy.
A. something              B. anything                C. nothing
B
Bruce and his other two friends, Bruno and Dick lived in the same city in England. They were free in their summer holiday. So they came to a village by a large lake. They liked fishing very much. Then the next day after they got there, they got to a boat and went fishing in the lake. They boated farther and farther. They came to an out-of-way place. They were very happy because there were a lot of fish. When it was time for them to go home, Bruce said to his friends: “We’d better make a mark here so that we will easily find the place tomorrow.”
“You’re right.” Bruno said happily .“Let me do that.”
“How foolish,” said Bruce. “If it rains tonight, the rain water will wash the line off, and how can we find the mark tomorrow. You must cut a line with your knife.”
Dick came up to them and said angrily. “ Neither of you is clever. How can we find the place if we have another boat tomorrow? We should not go back tonight.”
41. The three boys _______.
A. were all too young to go to school . B . came from the city
C. were from the workers families D. liked eating fish very much
42. The boys wanted to go to the place again tomorrow because ______
A. it was a good place B. they got a lot of fish there
C. there was a mark on the side of the boat D. they were good at fishing
43. Bruno was ready to(准备) make a mark because _______
A. he was older than his friends B. he had a pencil in his hand
C .he was the cleverest of the three D . he had the same idea as Bruce’s
44. The line they drew was not _______
A. thick B. useless C. easy D. useful
45. They should make a mark ______
thicker and color it red B. on the fish C. in the lake D. on every boat
C
A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her from talking about the gold.
He thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.
“ I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you.”.His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree.“ Look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “There’s a fish growing on that branch!” His wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to walked on and soon came to the river. “I’ll just pull in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.
He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “How interesting!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is what I have found. A box of gold coins.”
The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had course, nobody believe her!
46. Where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?______
A. When he was working B. In his garden
C. In the forest where he was working D. On his farm fields, where he was farming
The woodcutter’s wife couldn’t keep a secret, could she?______
A. No, she couldn’t. B. Yes, she couldn’t C. No, she could D. Yes, she could.
48. Where do you usually see hares?______
A. In the street. B. In the forest. C. In the river. D. In the sea.
49. Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because ______
A. she was very surprised.
B. she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree
C. she could not stop herself D. she was very happy
Which statement is right?______
A. The wife was very foolish. B. Fish often lives on a tree.
C. Hares often live in the river. D. The woodcutter was very clever.
D
People in our part of the country like living in caves（窑洞，山洞）. It is a nicer and better living space than an ordinary (普通的,平常的)house. It’s warm in winter and cool in summer.
There are two kinds of caves, earth ones and stone ones. The earth caves are dug（挖）into the hill side. The first thing to do is to find a place with the right kind of soil. The soil should be of good quality(质量). Earth caves don’t last well. Usually they last only thirty years.
Stone caves are better and stronger. They are more expensive to build than both earth caves and ordinary houses. An ordinary houses won’t go more th