One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.

1.” What’s the matter?” “I went to a party last night, so I…”

2.”I feel so tired these days.” “I think you’d better…”

3.”Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…”

You can see from the above three examples that the context helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So “guessing” is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.

1.This passage tells us mainly about ________.

2.From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is ________.

3.Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

4.From the passage we can infer that guessing is ________ in learning a foreign language.

Dear Sigmund Friend

I am a Grade 9 student. I have   21   problem, and I do not know how to deal   22  it.

I have a lot of homework every day, and I have no choice   23    to do it. I often stay up late to complete   24   , and then feel tired the next day.

Sometimes, I want to   25   to do so much work, but usually I just accept it. I understand that it is important to do my homework and   26    on time. However, I hardly have any spare time for my hobbies   27   playing volleyball and ping-pong. I really feel bad about that. I often doubt whether it is worth   28    so hard.

I am   29   a holiday without homework so that I can relax and have some time for my hobbies. What should I do? Can you offer me some suggestions? They will be of great value to me. I hope to    30    you soon.

Best wishes

Millie

1.A. an             B. a              C. the                 D. (不填)

2. A. with           B. for             C. to                  D. on

3.A. and            B. so             C. but                 D. then

4.A. the housework   B. the exercise      C. exercises            D. the exercises

5.A. accept         B. refuse           C. take                D. agree

6. A. hand it on      B. hand it in         C. hand in             D. put it in

7. A. as             B. such so          C. such as             D. as much as

8. A. reading        B. playing           C. walking            D. working

9.A. looking for     B. looking forward to  C. looking after       D. looking up

10. A. hear of        B. hear about         C. hear from          D. hear

A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much __31___ a nice looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it __32_____much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop insisted five hundred dollars for it. When the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took___33__out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in few seconds. When the owner ran out ___34____the street, the young man was already disappearing among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw ___35_____with the stolen watch in his hand. “Don’t you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he asked in a low_____36____ , “It’s only a hundred dollars.”

“The young man doesn’t know _____37____saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went ___38______back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend took a look at the watch and started laughing. He said, “You are ____39_____. The watch isn’t worth ___40______ten dollars. I’m sure the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”

The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was 31   cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32   but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33  happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 34 . She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35  I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39  those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ’43 I can’t help them all. I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”

“Thinking for a moment, the man 44  to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45  person.

9.A of             B. for              C. from             D. forward

15.A shortest             B. tallest          C. smallest         D. biggest

If you don’t go there tomorrow, ___________.