阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One Sunday, Cody decided to go sailing in his boat with his friends Dane, but Dane happened to be away. Dane’s brother Brett wanted to go instead he did not know anything about sailing. Cody and they set out to sea.

Soon they themselves in a thick fog(雾). Cody was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy（浮标）the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for  . As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope. The boat moved away in the fog carrying Brett who did not know   to use the radio. He drifted（漂流） about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

Cody the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a bad when a shout woke him up. A ship, called Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that Brett had been picked up by ship and the ship’s captain had sent out a  .

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

A.so             B.because          C.though           D.but

A.agreed        B.liked         C.disagreed         D.allowed

A.enjoyed        B.found       C.played            D.helped

A.from          B.across           C.through           D.by

A.trouble        B.help            C.safety            D.time

A.what          B.where         C.when             D.how

A.spent         B.took            C.wasted            D.paid

A.meal         B.lesson           C.ride             D.dream

A.other         B.another          C.the other         D.others

A.note         B.message        C.letter            D.news

I．单词辨音 从A，B，C，D中找出与所给单词的画线部分读音相同的选项。

（共5分）

1． though      A. bath     B.bathe     C.thought      D.through

2.   exist       A.excuse    B.exercise   C.exactly      D.explain

3.   loud       A.touch     B.shoulder   C.soup        D.mouth

4.   rule       A.future     B.hunter     C.include      D.guest

5.   fear       A. heart     B.heard      C.theatre      D.wear

选词填空：从方框内的词组中选择适当的词组并用其正确形式填空，使下列句子意思和结构完整。每一词组只能用一次。（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）

1. Mr Smith works here, _______________________the Health department.

2. The house _______________________ colorful lights and wreath for the coming Christmas.

3. Taiwan is a province _____________________ China.

4. He was _____________________ by his grandparents in the countryside, so he well understands the hardship of the peasants.

5. Everyone _________________, listening to the sound in the dark and wondering what made it.

6. The man can’t _____________________ the fact that the lost watch was found in his house.

7. She ___________________________at last and promised to go together with us the next day.

8. The typhoon is coming. We _________________________ safety.

9. Spare time should be ______________________ to study so that we can enter key universities..

10.With the help of my teacher, I am ________________________________ my study.

单词填空：从方框中选择恰当的单词填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式。( 每题0.5分，共4分。答案请写在答题纸上)