You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you       today wasn’t made until the Qin Dynasty. They spent most of the important       work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to      words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary（牛津字典）. The        for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor（编者）of its new dictionary. Murray had never been to      . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank.       he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job. Murray had a small house       in  his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and      in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years but after five year, he was       adding（增加）words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary       he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

1.A. use        B. write           C. copy          D. miss

2.A. easy      B. boring          C. early          D. dangerous

3.A. spell      B. invent          C. collect         D. make

4.A. way       B. idea            C. use           D. prize

5.A. school    B. cinema         C. village        D. collage

6.A. Later      B. Longer before   C. So far        D. Ever since

7.A. sold      B. built           C. broken       D. drawn

8.A. read     B. wrote           C. worked       D. thought

9.A. already  B. still            C. usually        D. always

10.A. if      B. because         C. until         D. since

 (A)

A crow（乌鸦）is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth.“My babies will have a nice breakfast,”she thinks. An old fox（狐狸）is looking for his breakfast. He sees the crow and the meat.“How can I get that piece of meat?”he thinks.

“Good morning, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are you?”But the crow doesn’t say a word. “You have very nice babies, Mrs. Crow.”says the fox,“How are they? May I see them ?”Still the crow doesn’t say a word.

“You are very beautiful, Mrs. Crow, and you have a beautiful voice（嗓子）,too.”says the fox,“Would you please sing a song for me? ”Mrs. Crow thinks“How nice Mr. Fox is! I must sing him a song.”So she opens her mouth and begins to sing. At that time, the meat drops down（掉下）from her mouth.

(    ) 1. There’s       in the crow’s mouth.

A. a piece of bread

B. a cup of tea

C. a big piece of meat

(    ) 2. The old fox       very much.

A. wants to eat the piece of meat

B. wants to eat the crow

C. wants the crow to sing for him

(    ) 3. The crow doesn’t say a word to the fox because       .

A. she doesn’t like the fox at all

B. her babies are not well

C. she has a piece of meat in her mouth

(    ) 4. When she opens her mouth, the fox       .

A. gets the piece of meat

B. eats the baby crows

C. climbs up the tree

(    ) 5. Who has a nice breakfast?

A. The crow.

B. The old fox.

C. The baby crows.

(B)

Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually went to France or Cuba for a few weeks during his summer holidays and he spoke French quite well.

But last year Mr. Day said to one of his friends,“I’m going to have a holiday in Japan, but I can’t speak Japanese. So I am going to go to evening classes and have Japanese lessons for a month before I go.”

He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Japan.

When he came back a few weeks later, his friend asked him,“Did you have any trouble with your Japanese when you were in Japan, Dick?”

“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,”answered Mr. Day,“But the Japanese did!”

Read the passage and choose the best answers.（阅读短文，选择最佳答案。）

(    ) 6 Mr. Day was a teacher at a school in       .

A. England         B. France             C. Cuba                    D. Japan

(    ) 7 Every year he was in        for a few weeks during his summer holidays.

A. France          B. Cuba            C. France and Cuba   D. France or Cuba

(    ) 8 But last year he went to       .

A. China            B. Japan              C. Cuba                    D. France

(    )9 Mr. Day stayed in Japan for       .

A. a few days     B. a few weeks    C. ten months           D. more than a year

(    ) 10 Which of the following sentences is right?

A. Mr. Day studied very hard, and he could speak Japanese quite well.

B. Two months later, he went to Japan.

C. Mr. Day can speak English and French well.

D. Mr. Day didn’t have much trouble with his Japanse.

(C)

Skin-diving (潜水) is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water，it is easy for you to climb big rocks (岩石)，because you are no longer (不再) heavy.

Here, under water, everything is blue and green. In the day, there is much light. When fish swims nearby (附近), you can catch them with your hands.

When you have tanks (罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep (深的) water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.

To catch fish is one of the most (最) interesting parts of this sport. Besides (除……之外)，there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ship without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

(    ) 11 Skin-diving is a new sport. It can take you to       .

A. the moon                                        B. a new world of land

C. the mountains (山脉)                        D. deep water

(    ) 12In deep water       .

A. there is much light                            B. there is no light at all

C. you can find a lot of blue fish            D. everything looks blue and green

(    ) 13 With tanks of air on your back, you can       .

A. catch fish very easily                        B. stay under water for a long time

C. climb big rocks                                D. have more fun

(    )14 From this passage, we can know        under water.

A. we become fat                                 B. we become thin

C. we become lighter (更轻)                 D. we become heavier (更重)

(    )15 Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Skin-diving is a new sport.

B. Skin-diving is like a new sport.

C. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.

D. Skin-diving is interesting and useful.

用所给单词的正确形式填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.Look at your __________(foot). They are very dirty(脏的).

2.Tom’s English is not good. I think he should __________(read) English every day.

3.There are many ___________(different) between you and me.

4.He is________________(babysit) his sister this evening.

5.Jack ___________(exercise) every day. So he looks very strong.

6.He _________(send) me the postcard two days ago.

7.It is important __________(get) up early in the morning to do sports.

8.I am not _____________(feel) well at this moment.

9.Let’s take _________(walk) after dinner.

10.I always brush my_______(tooth) after meal.

用所给单词的正确形式填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】Look at your __________(foot). They are very dirty(脏的).
【小题2】Tom’s English is not good. I think he should __________(read) English every day.
【小题3】There are many ___________(different) between you and me.
【小题4】He is________________(babysit) his sister this evening.
【小题5】Jack ___________(exercise) every day. So he looks very strong.
【小题6】He _________(send) me the postcard two days ago.
【小题7】It is important __________(get) up early in the morning to do sports.
【小题8】I am not _____________(feel) well at this moment.
【小题9】Let’s take _________(walk) after dinner.
【小题10】I always brush my_______(tooth) after meal.