21．--Look, the tall building looks very modern．

    --Yes, and there is a garden on its            ．A garden in the air!

A．top                      B．ground               C．side                D．floor

22．--Why did you laugh just now?

    --Ted wanted to tell us         very funny story, but he forgot           end himself．

A．a; an                B．the; the            C．the; a            D．a; the

23．--Wow, so many new houses! I can’t believe that．It used to be a poor village．

    --Yes．       has changed here．

A．Nothing           B．Something          C．Everything         D．Anything

24．Hi, mum．Have you cooked fish for dinner? I can           it．

A．taste               B．smell                 C．feel                  D．touch

25．--Look, a blind man is in the middle of the street．It’s too dangerous．

    --Let’s go and help him            the road．

A．through         B．along                   C．across               D．over

26．Tom, keep away from the fire,         you will get burnt．

A．and                 B．so                      C．or                 D．but

27．I am greatly interested in this painting．Something in it       painter’s deep love for nature．

A．expresses           B．discusses           C．expects            D．imagines

28．--I am getting         each month．I can’t put on my jeans．

    --I’m afraid you have to take exercise every day．

A．heavy             B．heavier              C．the heavier          D．the heaviest

29．--Look at the noisy kids!

    --Haven’t you heard the saying “When the cat is away, the mice          ?”

A．play                  B．played                C．are playing          D．will play

30．--Tony,         you           smoking?

    --Yes．Drinking tea is my favorite now．

A．will; stop          B．did ; stop            C．would; stop       D．have; stopped

31．--I hear that an old couple are traveling around China by bike．

    --Oh,         long way on their bicycles! They are so great．

A．what a              B．how                   C．what              D．how a

32．--Ruth, I want to have some milk．

    --There’s           left．What about orange juice?

A．few                B．much                 C．none           D．any

33．--I didn’t pass the math test．I think I have spent too much time playing computer games recently．

    --I agree．You         play like that any more．

A．needn’t          B．mustn’t               C．may not             D．wouldn’t

34．Lots of people in our city          the old and they usually offer their seats to the old on buses．

A．agree with         B．worry about        C．laugh at         D．care for

35．--How was your climbing on Mount Tai?

    --I didn’t believe I could do it          I got to the top．

A．until                B．unless                C．after               D．when

36．It’s said in the newspaper that 215 more new schools         in Zhengzhou by 2020．

A．are building        B．were built          C．have built        D．will be built

37．--Barbara, where do you work?

    --I work for a company         sells ears．

A．which             B．where                C．what              D．who

38．--My dad bought me a new MP4, but I don’t know

    --Let’s read the instructions．

A．what to use                                           B．which one to use

C．how to use it                                         D．when to use it

39．--You look so         in this picture．You usually don’t dress like that．

    --Oh, I was at a party．I took it just for fun．

A．serious              B．different              C．worried                  D．friendly

40．--Could you please tell me         ?

    --Bus No．32 will take you fight there．

A．where is Henan Museum                          B．what Henan Museum is like

C．how can I get to Henan Museum               D．which bus I shall take to Henan Museum

先诵读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

Time is very important in our lives．But it never had any importance in my life until I  41  a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任)．It  42  me the importance of time in my life．

I got this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the  43  at 9:00 a.m. to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However, I forgot it  44  I was playing with my friends．Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I  45  my uncle, but I was late for him．He had got out of the plane and  46  a taxi to my fathers house．

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m.  47 ．My father looked at me angrily．I said “hi” to him and my  48  uncle．My father asked me to sit  49  him and handed me this watch which was a gift from  50 ．It weighed 8 oz and all of it was made of silver．Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun  51  your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your  52  ．” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again．Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder (提醒物)for you．I hope today you have learned something  53 ．”

I learned a lesson from my father：to respect(尊重) time and  54  be late．The watch is important to me, not because of its  55 , but because of the lesson that I learned from it．

41．A．bought                B．received               C．borrowed                      D．broke

42．A．learned                B．found                  C．sent                       D．told

43．A．airport                 B．school                 C．hospital                  D．station

44．A．when                   B．because                C．if                          D．though

45．A．saw                     B．forgot                  C．remembered           D．met

46．A．got                      B．caught                 C．invited                   D．taken

47．A．one day before    B．the next day         C．the same day          D．the other day

48．A．surprised             B．tired                    C．nervous                  D．lonely

49．A．next to                B．around                 C．behind                   D．away from

50．A．us                       B．him                     C．them                      D．you

51．A．of                       B．for                      C．with                             D．about

52．A．words                  B．actions                 C．play                       D．fun

53．A．important            B．interesting            C．expensive                D．wonderful

54．A．never                         B．usually                C．sometimes              D．often