根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能正确填入相应空格的最佳答案。

Miss Williams was a teacher, and there were thirty small children in her class. They were very nice, and Miss Williams liked  41  of them, but they often lost clothes. It was  42 , and the weather was cold. The children’s mothers always  43  them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves (手套). The children came into the classroom in the morning and  44  their coats and hats and gloves. They  45  their coats and hats on hooks (钩子) on the wall, and their gloves in the pockets of  46  coats.

But  47  Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and in the morning she said to the children, “ 48  gloves are these?”, but  49  answered. Then she looked at Dick. “Haven’t you got blue gloves, Dick?” she asked him. “Yes, Miss,” he answered, “but they  50  be mine. I’ve lost mine.”

1.A. both       B. all          C. every            D. none

2.A. spring         B. autumn       C. winter       D. summer

3.A. sent       B. carried          C. take             D. put

4.A. put on     B. put up           C. took off         D. took away

5.A. took       B. brought          C. carried          D. put

6.A. his            B. her          C. our          D. their

7.A. on last        B. last             C. in last          D. at last

8.A. Which      B. Who          C. Whose        D. What

9.A. anybody    B. no one           C. not one      D. nothing

10.A. mustn’t B. can’t       C. couldn’t        D. shouldn’t

When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?

More and more children are becoming overweight（超重）and near-sighted ___41_ they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative（有创造性的）because watching TV doesn’t __42__ any active thought.

Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff __43__ in the USA. The Organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends __44___ watching TV.

American school children __45__, on average(平均), 1000 hours a year watching TV--more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors __46__organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.

Doctors said that the __47_ children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The food children eat while they watch the television makes this weight __48_ more serious.

To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friends and family, read, and __49_ the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be __50__ for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?

1.A. because            B. until        C. whether          D. though

2.A. find           B. need         C. lose             D. know

3.A. Day                B. Week         C. Month            D. Year

4.A. together with  B. because of   C. lots of          D. instead of

5.A. cost           B. spend        C. use              D. do

6.A. whom           B. whose        C. which            D. who

7.A. later          B. fewer        C. longer           D. less

8.A. problem            B. question     C. thing            D. lesson

9.A. explore            B. invent       C. find             D. make

10.A. easy          B. happy        C. dangerous        D.difficult

One day, the wind starts an argument with the sun. “ I’m much _36_ than you are !” says the wind. “No!” answers the sun, “I’m much stronger than you are!”

　　 While they are arguing, they see a man walking down the road. He is wearing a heavy _37_ . The sun says to the wind, “ Now let _38_ see which of us can make the man take off his coat, then we will know _39_is stronger.”

　　 First the _40_ tries. It begins to blow very hard. It blows so hard that the man pulls his coat round him. The wind is_41_with the man. Then the wind says to the sun,

“ Now it’s your_42_ . Let me see if you can make him take off his coat.” The sun _43_ to shine on the man. Soon it gets very hot! The man _44_ his coat. The argument is _45_.

( ) 36. A. strong　　　　 B. strongest　　　　 C. strongly　　　　 D. stronger

( ) 37. A. trousers　　 　 B. hat　　　　　　　　　C. coat　　　　　　 　 D. shoes

( ) 38. A. us　　　　　　　　 B. we　　　　　　　 C. ourselves　　　　 D. our

( ) 39. A. whose　　　　 B. who　　　　　　　 C. when　　　　　 　 D. what

( ) 40. A. sun　　　　　　 B. rain　 　　　　　　 C.cloud　　　　　　 D. wind

( ) 41. A. happy　　　　B. worried　　　　　 C. angry　　　　　 D. sad

( ) 42. A. way　　　　　 B. home　　　　　 　 C. hope　　　　　 　 D. turn

( ) 43. A. began　　　 B. begins　　　　　 C. begin　　　　　　　 D. beginning

( ) 44. A. takes off　 B. takes down　　 C. puts on　　　　　 D. puts down

( ) 45. A. out　　　　 B.over　　　　　　 　 C. on　　　　　　　　　 D. off

WC, toilet, lavatory, bathroom, restroom, john --- English has many ___31___ for the little room we all have to go to every day. Here are some of the words that ___32___ and explanations of their meanings.

Different countries use different words. In the US, in ___33___ home, you will get ___34___ you need to go if you ask where the “bathroom” is. If you are in a shopping mall, you ___35___ ask directions to the “restroom”. US people also use the word “john”, which is named ___36___ the 19^th century British inventor of the flush toilet (although he seems to have been called Thomas.).

In Britain the most commonly used words are “toilet” and “bathroom”. But “WC”, which ___37___ for “water closet”, and “lavatory” are also used. A public toilet is a “public convenience”. People ___38___ speak of the “ladies” and “Gents” (you see the words “Ladies” and “Gentlemen” above the ___39___ to public toilets). An older, now rarely used word in Britain is “privy” which is short for “ ___40___ ”.

Australians say “loo” , which is quite popular in the UK ___41___. Canadians use the word “can ”, New Zealanders “bog”, ___42___ South Africans “want to go to the bathroom”.

Where does the word toilet itself ___43___ from? Well, it’s from the French “toilette” ---- to wash ___44___.

People from ___45___ countries also use some humorous words. For example, “ throne” to describe the toilet and “throne room” foe the bathroom.

31. A. words           B. names            C. places            D. titles

32. A. uses            B. use               C. is used            D. are used

33. A. some           B. anyone            C. someone’s         D. somebody

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

35. A. would           B. must             C. should            D. can

36. A. in              B. for               C. after              D. at

37. A. stands           B. writes            C. says              D. asks

38. A. sometime        B. never             C. sometimes        D. some times

39. A. entries          B. exits              C. roofs             D. walls

40. A. pretty           B. private            C. plenty           D. practice

41. A. what            B. which            C. who              D. whose

42. A. as well          B. also              C. too               D. either

43. A. is              B. comes             C. come            D. change

44. A. me             B. yourself           C. us               D. you

45. A. developing       B. developed         C. poor              D. English-speaking

As an exchange student, I have been staying in a host family in Beijing for the past five months. The parents are   36   in their mid-30s and the son just turned 5. In exchange for room and board, I teach their son   37  .

Like in many of the other Chinese families, he’s an only child. And though he has   38  plastic trucks and boxes full of crayons, I don’t know   39   he has the time to play. When he’s not in the kindergarten, he’s taking after-school classes. On the weekends, the boy goes to more classes. He has one day off―Sunday.

Compared to his schedule, I feel like my childhood was   40   a waste of time. I learned how to climb trees and draw cartoons. I wasn’t learning Chinese at his age. But he and lots of other children are learning English. Both his parents dream that he will have   41   jobs, higher pay, and bigger houses.

The boy seems to take no interest   42   learning English. He doesn’t need a teacher, but a playmate. He is,   43  , only 5. When I think about my life as a 5-year-old, I know for sure I wasn’t half as   44   as he is.

In the evening, when his parents   45   him to speak with me in English, he gets   46  . He lies on the floors, hides under the table and climbs on the furniture. When he finally stops   47  , and starts talking, it isn’t in English, but it isn’t in Chinese,   48  . He speaks in his own language.

He   49   not be a very good student, but I’m not a great teacher. I just want to be his big brother   50   can speak in gibberish(胡言乱语) with him and help draw trucks, robots or spiders.

1. A. both             B. all              C. either           D. none

2.A. drawing           B. Chinese          C. English          D. playing

3. A. a hundred of     B. hundreds of      C. hundred of       D. hundreds

4. A. when             B. what             C. where            D. that

5.A. hardly            B. never            C. usually          D. almost

6. A. more             B. fewer            C. better           D. worse

7. A. with             B. in               C. for              D. on

8. A. after all        B. at all           C. first of all     D. all the time

9.A. busily            B. busiest          C. busier           D. busy

10.A. make             B. push             C. have             D. let

11. A. frustrated      B. relaxed          C. pleased          D. injured

12.A. move             B. to move          C. moving           D. moved

13.A. too              B. also             C. as well          D. either

14.A. can              B. may              C. must             D. need

15.A. who   B. whom C. whose    D. which