56．请用英语写一篇短文介绍你的学校，内容如下：

(1)我的学校很大，有近50年的历史；

(2)学校现有1500名学生，120名教师；

(3)学校非常漂亮，到处可见花草，教学楼前有一排高大的树。学校有实验室、图书室、餐厅；

(4)学校教学质量高，课外活动内容很丰富。

要求：不要逐句翻译，语句通顺，词数60-80。

答案: One possible version

　　 Our school,with a long history of about fifty years old, is very big. There are one thousand and five hundred students and one hundred and twenty teachers in it. Now my school is very beautiful. You can see flowers and grass here and there. In front of the teaching building, there is a row of tall trees. In our school, there is also a lab, a library and a restaurant. The teaching quality of our school is very high,and the activities after school are rich and colorful.

A

　　 It was dinner time for the Murray family. The two children Kirsty, aged six, and Darren, aged four, were sitting at the 　11　 . Mr and Mrs Murray were in the kitchen.

　　 “I’m very 　12 　　about Darren,” said Mrs Murray to her husband. “He’s four years old and he’s never 　13　 . He’s never said a word.”

　　 “I know,” he replied. “Kirsty could talk when she was eighteen months old. I 　14 　　he’s all right.”

　　 They picked up the plates, took them into the dinning-room and 　15 　　them in front of the children.

　　 “Oh, 　16　 　,” said Kirsty. “It’s chicken and rice. That’s my favorite dinner.”

　　 Darren sat 　17　 　at the end of the table. Mrs Murray looked at him. Darren picked up his fork and 　18　 　his dinner.

　　 “Ugh!” he said suddenly. “There’s too much salt in my dinner.”

　　 Mr Murray jumped up. “Darren!” he said. “You 　19　 　That’s great. You’ve never spoken before !”

　　 Darren looked at him. “I know,” he said. “But the 　20　 　has always been all right before !”

(　　 ) 11. A. bed　　　　　　 B. table　　　　　　 C. door　 　　　　　D. restaurant

答案:B

(　　 ) 12. A. happy　　　　　 B. angry　　　　　　 C. worried　　　　　 D. interested

答案:C　 Daren 四岁还不会开口说话，很显然他的父母一定会很着急。

(　　 ) 13. A. spoken　　　　 B. listened　　 　　　C. looked　　　　　 D. eaten

答案:A

(　　 ) 14. A. think　 　　　　B. know　　　　　 　C. hope　　　　　　 D. say

答案:C

(　　 ) 15. A. dropped　　　　 B. showed　　　　 　C. passed　　　　 　　D. placed

答案:D　 从下文中可以看出是将盘子放在孩子们面前的餐桌上。

(　　 ) 16. A. sorry　　　　　 B. good　　　　　　 　C. expensive　　　　 D. bad

答案:B

(　　 ) 17. A. happily　　　 　B. quietly　　　　　 　C. suddenly　　　　 D. hardly

答案:B　 既然 Daren 四岁时未开口说话，说明他没有像他姐姐那样用言语表达出对这顿饭感到很满足的样子，而是很安静地坐在桌旁，故而用副词 quietly 来修饰动词 sat。

(　　 ) 18. A. threw　　　　 B. tasted　　　　 　　C. played　　　　　 D. smelt

答案:B

(　　 ) 19. A. finished　　　 B. saw　　　　　 　　C. spoke　　　　　 D. started

答案:C　 Darren 终于开口说话，对于母亲而言真是一件值得高兴的事。

(　　 ) 20. A. table　　　　 　B. dinner　　　　　 　　C. fork　　　　　　 D. plate

答案:B

B

　　 One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got very angry. He 　21 　them in the class after school. He told them to add all the 　22　 　from one to one hundred together.

　　 The boys took out their exercise books. All of them began to 　23　 　the numbers down except one boy. He was new in the school. He looked out of the window for a few 　24　 　Then he wrote a number in his exercise-book and put up his 　25　 .

　　 “May I go home, Sir?” he asked. “I know the 　26　 　now.”

　　 The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.

　　 “　 27　 　it here,” said the teacher.

　　 The next morning, the teacher asked the boy, “How did you find the answer so quickly?”

　　 “Well, Sir,” he said. “I didn’t want to stay here 　28　 . So I tried my best to find the answer quickly. Soon I found it. You see, if you add one hundred to one, you get one hundred and one, and ninety-nine and two is one hundred and one, ninety-eight and three is one hundred and one too, and when you 　29　 　fifty-one and fifty, you have one hundred and one fifty times. That is five thousand and fifty. ”

　　 After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy 　30　 　exercises. The boy’s name was Karl F. Gauss. When he grew up, he became a great scientist.

(　　 ) 21. A. Stayed　　　　 B. kept　　　　 　　C. waited 　　　　　D. stopped

答案:B　 动词 kept 形象地描绘出了老师生气后将学生们留下来作为惩罚这一情景。

(　　 ) 22. A. subjects　　 　　B. words　　　 　　　C. names　　　　 　D. numbers

答案:D

(　　 ) 23. A. write　　　　　 B. put　　　　　 　　C. read　　　　 　D. count

答案:A　 动词短语write down意为记下、写下。

(　　 ) 24. A. weeks　　 　　B. hours　　　　　　 C. minutes　　　　 D. days

答案:C

(　　 ) 25. A. body　　　　　 B. arm　　　　　　 　C. head　　　　　 D. hand

答案:D　 在学校如果学生知道问题的答案当然是举手回答了。

(　　 ) 26. A. result　　　 　B. answer　　　　　 C. question　　　　 D. problem

答案:A

(　　 ) 27. A. Bring　　　　 B. Leave　　　　　 　C. Take　　　　　 D. Return

答案:A　 bring 意为带来、拿来；take 意为带去、拿走。

(　　 ) 28. A. early　　　　 　B. late　　　　　　 　C. short　　　　　 D. long

答案:D

(　　 ) 29. A. reach　　　　 B. arrive　　　　　 　C. put　　　　　　 D. are

答案:A　 reach 意为到达，本题中意为加到；arrive 表示到达之意时后接介词 in／at。

(　　 ) 30. A. easy　　　　　 B. strange　　　　　 　C. different　　 　D. the same

答案:C

10. -Why did Miss Green carry a box under her arm?

　　　　 -One of the students hurt and she had to __________ to look after him.

A. sit away　 　　B. hurry off　　　　　 C. fall off　　　 　　D. ring up

答案:B　 hurry off 意为匆忙离开；fall off 意为掉下来、跌落；ring up 意为打电话给。

9. -Will your parents __________ you if you fail the English exam?

　　　　 -Perhaps not. They knows I’ve tried my best.

A. be angry with 　B. be angry to　　　　 C. be angry for　 　　D. be angry at

答案:A　 对某人感到生气应用动词短语 be angry with sb．。条件状语从句中，主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时。

8. -My sister is ill and she has to see a doctor.

　　　　 -I’m sorry to hear that,but she’d better __________ two days __________.

A. make; of　 　　B. get; around　　　　 C. bring; out　　 　　D. have; off

答案:D　 have two days off 意为休假两天。

7. -It seems that my friends don’t understand me.

　　　　 -Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll __________ them if you are kind enough to them.

A. catch up with　　　　　　　　　　　 B. agree with

C. get on well with　　　　　　　　　　 D. make friends with

答案:C　 catch up with 意为赶上、跟上；agree with 意为同意、赞同；get on well with 意为相处融洽；make friends with 意为和某人交朋友。