67.His daughter won the first prize in an English __________ (比赛) last week.

66. We need to do better in _________ (保护)environment.

( C )

John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited $1000000 when he was 23.He didn’t feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn’t have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave $100000 of his money to a charity that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is

36,he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.

Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world,$ 200 a month for

each. The child does not receive the money in cash. The money pays for the child’s school expenses, food, medical cars and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was not anything special,” he said. “Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping, I did not know anything about the type of life they had.”

Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone can not.” “I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need,” he added.

根据短文内容回答下列问题.

61.What kind of life is John living?

___________________________________________.

62.Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?

___________________________________________________________.

63.Does John only help the poor children in Africa?

_________________________________________.

64.The child receives the money in cash, doesn’t he?

_________________________________________.

65.How do you like John Brown?

_______________________________________________.

Ⅷ.单词拼写。

A) 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处单词的正确形式，每空一词。

( B )

Most dictionaries will tell you a lot of things about a language. These are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings. First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order –a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word “poor”-p, o, o ,r- comes before “poverty” –p, o, v, e, r, t, y-and the word “poverty” comes before the word “power”-p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

The second thing, a dictionary will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different pronunciations. Most dictionaries give phonetic, or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.

The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meanings of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary also tells you all of the word’s meanings. For example, in English the word “get” has over 20 different meanings.

56. .In the passage, which of the following is one of the three important things?

A. How to write a word well.　　　　　　　　　 B. How to use a word.

C. How to make a sentence.　　　　　　　　　　 D. How to read a word correctly.

57.Of the three words “remove”, “remote” and “remount”, ______in a dictionary.

A. “remount” comes first and “remove” comes last

B. “remove” comes first and “remote” comes last

C .“remote” comes first and “remove” comes last

D. “remove” comes first and “remount’ comes last

58.Many words have ______

A several meanings B few meanings C one meaning D no meaning

59.A good dictionary will tell you ______

A. more of the word’s pronunciation　　　　　 B. more of the word’s meaning

C. more of the word’s spelling　　　　　　　 D. more of grammar

60.Phonetic alphabets are used to show ______

A spelling　　　　 B. handwriting　　　　 C meanings　　　　 D pronunciation

( A )

“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,” some scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter of our time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short film and usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.

Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dreams.

Too much dreaming can be harmful .The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

51.It may be less important to sleep than to______.

A .think　　　　　　 B. dream　　　　　　 C. work　　　　　　　 D .study

52.Dreams and films are usually______

A . very long　　　　 B. very sad　　　　　 C. about work　　　　 D. in colour

53.Why do some people often dream about their work?

A Because they are tired in the daytime.

B Because they are not interested in their work.

C Because they may be thinking about their work all day.

D Because they have too much work to do.

54.The main idea of the story is that______

A. what dream is　　　　　　　　　　 B. people like to sleep

C. dreams are like films　　　　　　　 D. we always remember dreams

55.Which of the following is true?

A. Sleeping without dreams take up about a quarter of our sleeping time.

B. When we dream the mind doesn’t work.

C. Too much dreaming is good for health.

D .We may be still tired after a long sleep.　

35. _______ the money he saved , he bought some nice flowers for his mother’s birthday.

　 A. Use　　　 B. Spend　　　 C. With　　　 D. Take

34. _______ can we play football with if we can’t play here with them?

　 A. What else　　　 B. Who else　　　 C. Where else　　　 D. When else

33.I don’t think ______ possible to learn a foreign language well without much memory work.

　A. this　　　 B. it　　　 C. its　　　 D. that

32. I want to know when ________ Shanghai for New York.

A.　　 will you leave　　 B. are you leaving　　　 C. do you leave　　 D. you are leaving