This book is ________ that one, but ________ than that one．

1. A.
   as difficult as; expensive
2. B.
   as more difficult as; more expensive
3. C.
   as difficult as; more expensive
4. D.
   more difficult as; as expensive

My hobby is playing chess--one of the greatest games in the world．My mum taught me  1 to play when I was seven years old．She  2  me every time for the first year．But then，on my  3   birthday，I won for the first time．Now I am always the winner between us．

   It takes about a day to learn the rules．  4  if you want to be good，you have to practice for years．You don’t need much to play chess--just a chess set and someone to play with．Chess sets  5  be very cheap，or quite expensive．Some people collect chess sets as a hobby，but I  6  to play．

   There is a chess club in our school．We meet every week to play each other．I am the best  7    in the club．and the captain of the school chess team．This year we  8  the All England School’s Championship．I had to go up on stage(台子)in front of the whole school to collect the prize．

   I'm saving up my money to buy a chess  9  .It’s very good for practice．That way I'll  10 have someone to play with．and I’m sure I’ll make more progress．

1．A．what              B．why             C．how                      D．where

2．A．hit                  B．lost               C．beat               D．fought

3．A．seventh          B．eighth           C．ninth               D．tenth

4．A．And               B．So                C．Yet                 D．But

5．A．can                B．must             C．should            D．will

6．A．want              B．wish             C．prefer             D．choose

7．A．player             B．fan               C．leader             D．learner

8．A．received         B．won             C．lost                 D．owned

9．A．computer        B．book             C．dictionary        D．game

10．A．sometimes    B．sometime        C．always            D．seldom

My hobby is playing chess---one of the greatest games in the world．My mum taught me 1______ to play when I was seven years old．She 2 _____ me every time for the first year．But then, on my 3_______ birthday ,I won for the first time．Now I am always the winner between us ．

    It takes about a day to learn the rules 4______ if you want to be good ,you have to practise for years．You don’t need much to play chess----just a chess set and someone to play with ．

    Chess sets 5______ be very cheap ,or quite expensive．Some people collect chess sets as a hobby ,but I 6_______ to play．

    There is a chess club in my school．We meet every week to play each other．I am the best 7______ in the club ,and the captain of the school chess team．This year we 8_______ the all England Schools’ Championship（冠军）．I had to go up on stage （台子）in front of the whole school to collect the prize．

    I’m saving up my money to buy a chess 9______ ．It’s very good for practice．That way I’ll 10_______ have someone to play with ,and I’m sure I’ll make more progress．

1．A．what                        B．why                       C．how                D．where

2．A．hit                            B．lost                     C．beat           D．fought

3．A．seventh                    B．eighth                   C．ninth               D．tenth

4．A．And                     B．So                     C．Yet            D．But

5．A．can                    B．must                   C．should         D．will

6．A．want                    B．wish                  C．prefer         D．choose

7．A．player                  B．fan                    C．leader         D．learner

8．A．received                   B．won                   C．lost           D．owned

9．A．computer                  B．book                   C．dictionary    D．game

10．A．sometimes                     B．sometime               C．always         D．seldom

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents       five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

  One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together. 

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I          it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out,         . 

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be         for us to do. " Jimmy said.

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can         one in a shop. "

"A computer is very          , and we don’t have enough money. "

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president         some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small box. They         the letter into the box carefully and went home happily. 

The next morning ,they         he post office on their way to school. They found,__­­­­­______,  the box was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱).

1.A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death

2.A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish

3.A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also

4.A. easy enough                        B. enough easy

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult

5.A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6.A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful

7.A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on

8.A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring

9.A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing

10.A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise 

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise