Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular there was（and perhaps still is）a belief in fairies. Not all of these fairies are the friendly, people-loving sprites that appear in Disney films. In some folktales they are cruel and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows sick and pale and is changed so much that it is almost unrecognizable to the parents. It was then feared that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and replaced the human baby with a fairy changeling. This was most likely to happen between birth and the baby’s baptism. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended（推荐）methods. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been stolen .In those cases there was often a way to get the real baby back. You could place the changeling on the fire—then it would rise up the chimney, you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby. Or, if you were more cautious（谨慎）,perhaps there was a magic well in the neighbourhood where you could leave the changeling overnight, and in the morning you would return to find your own baby there without a scratch（划痕）on him.

1. Another word in the passage which is closest in meaning to the underlined word sprites is ______.

A. changeling               B. baptism                    C. folktales                   D. fairies

2.The writer described ______ways to prevent babies from being stolen and ______ways to save a stolen baby.

A. Many; two               B. Two; two                  C. Two; three                D. Two; four

3.Which is not stated but can be inferred from this passage?

A. Some sick babies might have been killed with the recommended methods.

B. There are bad fairies as well as good fairies.

C. Lots of stolen babies were saved with the recommended methods.

D. Fairies would laugh if they found a changeling rise up the chimney.

Who is________the fire in the kitchen?

A. blame              B. to blame for    C．blamed            D．blame for

Dearest Mom and Dad,

 I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

 The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

 As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.

 Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning.

The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says the fire was my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

 Much love, Sarah

P.S.

 None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

Sarah wrote to her parent______

A.    to inform them about an accident

B.    to ask them for money

C.    to them wonderful news

D.    to tell then she had failed her exams

Sarah told her parents the story about the fire because______

 A. she wanted to make them worried

 B. she wanted them to have some fun

 C. she wanted to make them less angry at the real news

 D. she wanted to make them even more angry

The main body of the letter was_____

 A. mostly true          B. partly true

 C. all true             D. completely untrue

Sarah said the principal was angry because____

 A. she had failed her exams

 B. it was her fault that the fire had broken out

 C. she not make the phone call in time

 D. she had caught her smoking in bed

There was no ______of controlling it once the fire began to spread.

A．choice            B．possibility          C．opportunity        D．idea

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分）

       根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

Sometimes ,some college students and even foreign friends are _____（出席）at the English corner．

Ladies and gentlemen, I have an _______（通知） to make．

A large number of  _______（音乐家）passed up the opportunity to perform．

The arrangement seems to have _________（使满意）everyone．

Travelling in the mountion, they ran into a pack of _______（狼）

The table _________（测量） 1．5 meters weighs 10 kilos．

The knife you lent me is ________（锋利） than expected．．

The experiment they devoted themselves to __________（成功） eventually．

They will do what they can to make __________（准备） to ensure a smooth sports meeting．

Immediate action must be taken to stop the fire __________（蔓延）．