23、根据对话内容将下面方框中的选项填入对话中，使对话内容完整。

--Oh，hi．___1____

--Yes，I am．

--Let me introduce myself．___2____

--Nice to meet you．My name is Harry．I'm studying at Cambridge University．

--___3____

--Three days ago．

--Well，if there's anything I can do for you，please feel free to let me know．

--I will．___4____

--Yes．There’s one small bank down the street．

--OK．Thank you．

--____5____

22、--What would you like to drink?

--_________，please．

A．Rice             B．Water            C．Meat

21、--How many workers are there in your factory?

--There are about two _________．

A．hundreds              B．hundred              C．hundreds of

18、根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。

Pearl S．Buck（赛珍珠·巴克）was a very popular American writer of her day．She was famous for her books about China．Pearl S．Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature（诺贝尔文学奖）in l938．

The writer was born in West Virginia，America．She spent almost half of her long life in China．Her youth was spent in Jiangsu Province，China．She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English．

Her mother had traveled widely in her youth and liked literature very much．After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher，Pearl S．Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen．She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology（心理学）．After graduating in 1914，she returned to China as a teacher．In the l920s her family moved to Nanjing．There she taught English and American literature at a university．

As a writer，Buck’s book，The Good Earth，appeared in l931 and sold quite well in its first Year．It has been translated into over thirty languages．In l938 she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature．By the time of her death，Pearl had published（出版）more than seventy books．Pearl S．Buck died in March，1973，just two months before her 81st birthday．

1．Before she went to school in Shanghai，Pearl S．Buck studied all by herself．

2．Pearl S．Buck was known to many people for her books about China．

3．In l914，Pearl S．Buck worked as a literature teacher at a university in Nanjing．

4．Pearl S．Buck went to study literature at a Woman’s College in America．

5．Pearl S．Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in l938 and published over seventy books in her life．

17、Americans love cars．They go everywhere in them．8 5％of people in the US go to and from work by car。And most adults have driving licenses．Why does this car culture exist?

How it started

America’s love of ears started after the war（战争）when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives．They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status（地位）．The more money they had，the bigger their ears were．

Making of roads

During the war，President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had．He decided to build new four-lane（四车道）roads in America．He said if something happened suddenly，the two-lane roads wouldn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities．Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started．

Car lovers

Not just teenagers are crazy about cars．Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully I These are called Art Cars．Every April there is an activity in Houston，Texas，where they show their cars．

Pollution

Cars have polluted the environment．American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution．Many countries were angry about it．Bush said he had to think of the American economy（经济）and all the American people that make money from cars．Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less．But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars．

1．When did Americans begin to love cars?

    A．Before the new two-lane roads were built．

    B．After World War II．

    C．During World War II．

    D．Before World War II．

2．New four-1ane roads were built    ．     

    A．in Germany                        B．by car and oil companies

    C．in America                         D．when something suddenly happened

3．The underlined word “building” here means “the building of      ”．

    A．companies                  B．soldiers’ lives        C．houses          D．roads

4．What were other countries‘feelings about Bush’s decision?   

    A．They agreed with him．      B．They showed anger to it．

    C．They paid no attention to it.  D．The passage doesn’t tell us．

5．The meaning of the last sentence is：“    ”    

    A．It’s better to have fewer cars．

    B．It’s better to make cars that pollute less．

    C．It’s easier to make cars that pollute less．

    D．It’s easier to make people have fewer cars．

16、We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five．Before we moved，we took him to spend half a day at his new school．There he saw his new classmates and teachers．He enjoyed the visit．During the almost l50-kilometer drive home，he told US that he had told some of the students the date when we would move there．And he had also invited them to visit us.

The moving day，a Saturday，was a busy day．But we arrived at our new house at noon．About an hour later，kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon．

By the time he returned，he knew where most of the kids lived and all of their family histories．

On Monday morning，the door bell rang just before the time he would leave for schoo1．Then it rang again and again．

By the time he was ready，we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day．They all lived near us．

I asked them if their parents had sent them．The answers surprised and pleased me，“No，we just came so that he would have people to walk with．”and “It is the right thing to do．”

The starting of lasting（持续的）friendships were formed（形成）that day．We have lived here nearly six years and the same group of kids still plays together，goes to parties on weekends together，and surfs together．

I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids were．And how lucky my son is to have them as friends！

1．Before the family moved to the new area，the son was taken to his new schoo1    ．

    A．to invite the teachers to visit them    B．to play with his classmates   

    C．to see if the school was far          D．to get to know it

2．What did the son know about other kids after they played for the afternoon?   

    A．Their living places and family histories．

    B．Their family stories and their life．

    C．Their school life and family histories．

D．Their living places and family members．

3．In the story，the son went to school on his first day   

    A．in his father’s car                      B．on a school bus

    C．on foot with other kids                 D．in another kid’s car

4．Which of the following is Right according to the story?  

    A．The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon．

    B．The kids visited the house before the family arrived．

    C．The son knew the kids well before he got there．

    D．The son was invited to play in a kid’s house later that afternoon．

5．The passage shows us that    ．  

    A．it’s easy to move to a new place

    B．it’s kind of people to help a new comer

    C．it’s difficult to make new friends

    D．it’s better to live in the same place