II．听句子，选择恰当的应答语，每句读两遍．（有两项多余）（5分）

A．It takes me an hour to go to the office from home．

B．I also think so．

C．You should have more yang foods．

D．It's more than ten kilometers．

E．He's going there by train．

F．He's going to New York, the US．

G．He has a bad cold and has to lie in bed．

6．(   )    7．(   )     8．(   )     9．(   )    10．(   )

III．听对话和问题，选择能回答所提问题的正确图画，每个对话和问题读两遍。（5分）

IV听短文，根据短文内容为所提问题选择正确答案，短文读两遍。（5分）

16．When was my grandmother born?

A．In 1910．                    B．In 19146．                  C．In 1901．

17．How old was she when she became a teacher?

A．16．                         B．18．                        C．20．

18．How did she go to Australia?

A．She rode a bike．           B．She took the boat．       C．She walked．

19．How long did it take her to get to Australia from South Africa?

A．3 months．                   B．6 months．                 C．9 months．

20．What did she do after teaching in Australia?

A．She worked as a doctor．

B．She helped doctors in a hospital．

C．She taught English in another country．

21．--         bread does he have?

    --He has two slices of bread．

A．How many           B．How much            C．How often            D．How far

22．--When is your father leaving          Canada?

    --Next Sunday．

A．to                       B．with                     C．in                        D．for

23．-- Did you        the math match last week?

    --Yes, I got first prize．

A．take out               B．grow up               C．take part in         D．mix up

24．--Do you know           ?

    --At 8: 00 a.m.．

A．who to talk with                                    B．when to have a meeting

C．what to do next                                           D．where to go swimming

25．There isn't                  in today's newspaper．

A．something interesting                             B．interesting anything

C．interesting something                             D．anything interesting

26．Our music teacher stopped singing           her sore throat．

A．although             B．because of           C．but                     D．because

27．Lisa finished           her homework a moment ago．

A．doing                 B．to do                   C．did                      D．does

28．--Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot             him the news．

    --It doesn't matter．You can tell him after school．

A．told                     B．telling                  C．to tell                   D．tell

29．--How long did you stay in Beijing last year?

    --                 ．

A．In September      B．For about a month  C．Two weeks ago    D．On July 1st

30．The boy could ride a bike            of six．

A．at age                   B．in the age             C．on age                   D．at the age

31．He said he found a job           a foreign language teacher．

A．as                       B．like                     C．with                    D．in

32．--Will you stay for supper?

    --Sorry, I        ．My sister is coming to see me．

A．couldn't               B．needn't                C．can't                   D．mustn't

33．-- Who plays soccer          in your class?

    -- Li Lei        ．

A．best; plays           B．best; does             C．better, plays         D．better, does

34．--It's 10 o'clock, I must go now．

    --It's raining outside．Don't leave          it stops．

A．when                   B．since                   C．while                  D．until

35．--We         our friend in Hong Kong．

    -- Well, have a good time．

A．visited                B．are visiting           C．have visited        D．were visiting

Many Americans are trying to lose weight．Some eat less rood and hardly have any fats or sweets．Others do running,  36  with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is  37  work, and it also costs a lot of money．

But  38  do so many people in the US want to lose weight? Because they worry about their 39 ．For many people, looking nice means being thin．Other people worry about their health as many  40  say overweight is not good．

Most people want to find a faster and easier way to  41  fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books  42  people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are written．Each one says it can  43  help people take fat away．

Losing weight can be  44 ．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and women  45  several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing money, too．

36．A．work                    B．run                      C．exercise                 D．experience

37．A．easy                      B．hard                     C．useful                   D．helpless

38．A．why                      B．how                 C．when                    D．where

39．A．money                  B．health                 C．looks                     D．bodies

40．A．officials                       B．parents                 C．teachers                 D．doctors

41．A．fix up                   B．put on                  C．take off                  D．stay away

42．A．make                    B．ask                      C．lead                      D．tell

43．A．never                    B．hardly                  C．just                       D．easily

44．A．cheap                    B．expensive             C．important              D．necessary

45．A．pay                       B．lose                       C．make                    D．waste

A

One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper．It said, "Wanted．The best salesman in the world．" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager．"Give me the job．"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said．

"OK I will," John said．

"Good．" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk．"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets．If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager．

"That's easy, "John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets．But he couldn't sell one．The sweets were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself．I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is．"

"Oh" said the manager．"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets．"