--- We will build a subway(地铁) in Taizhou before 2015.

--- Wow, ________________!

A. what an exciting news

B. how excited the news is

C. what exciting news

D. how exciting news

---Could you come back home at three o’clock？

---_________. I will have a meeting at half past two and it will last two hours.

A. Yes, I hope so. B. I think so.

C. I’m afraid not. D. I’m afraid so

---How long did it ________you to solve the problem?

---I _______about half an hour on it.

A. take; took B. spend; took

C. spend; cost D. take; spent

I know the ________of the bird because it's one of the________ birds in the world.

A. importance; important

B. important; importance

C. importance; most important

D. important; important

The flood ____________ the villages and a lot of people lost their lives.

A. threw away B. took away

C. washed away D. put away

The heavy rain ______ the old man from going out for a walk. Which one is not right?

A. prevented B. stopped

C. dropped D. kept

---There is little milk in the bottle,__________ there?

---___________. I have to buy some this afternoon.

A.is; Yes. there is

B. is; No, there isn’t

C. isn’t; Yes, there is

D. isn’t; No, there isn’t

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（本大题共10分每小题1分，）

I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us did something .

“Which one of you did this?”

We all looked down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I had a lot of

. I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so worried. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.” The others denied（否认）it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the truth.

To who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to exactly what you see on the step.”

I tried my best to write the words . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.

He our pieces of paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will admit (承认) to have done it, then I will punish (惩罚) you .” I stood there and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to me.

“I did it.” My sister said she did something that she didn’t. Father grounded (惩罚）her for a month.

We didn’t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry for it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责备) for me.

1.A. hard B. wrong C. special D. true

2.A. surprise B. happiness C. fear D. joy

3.A. them B. me C. you D. us

4.A. find out B. talk about C. think about D. look for

5.A. write B. read C. recite D. draw

6.A. clearly B. slowly C. differently D. carefully

7.A. opened B. colored C. showed D. collected

8.A. only B. all C. both D. one

9.A. beat B. teach C. punish D. understand

10.A. lucky B. silly C. hard D. Safe

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Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.

That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened(害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.

The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole（子弹洞）right through middle of it.

My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.

1.At midnight, Nasreddin saw _____in his garden.

A. something strang B. a thief

C. something white D. a ghost

2.Nasreddin was so frightened that he ______.

A. cried out for help

B. dared(敢)not go out of the house

C. dared not stay in his house

D. couldn't say a word

3.The next morning Nasreddin found________ .

A. his wife in the garden

B. the clothes-line

C. the thief dead

D. a bullet-hole through the white shirt

4.Nasreddin was a _______ man.

A. kind B. cheerful

C. foolish D. clever

5.He called his neighbors together in order to_______.

A. make a speech B. tell the story

C. thank God D. thank them