题目内容
Randy couldn’t wait to get to school. It was Mrs. Anderson’s birthday, and she promised the class a special treat to help her celebrate. Randy knew that Mrs. Anderson was a great baker. She always made the most delicious cakes and cookies for the school bake sales. Randy’s mouth __27__ as he walked into the room and took his seat.
Mrs. Anderson had a long covered box on her desk, and the room smelled wonderful from whatever Mrs. Anderson had made. Everyone sniffed the air and smiled in anticipation. __28__ the class was quiet, Mrs. Anderson said, “As promised I have a special treat for you today.”
Randy’s stomach growled.
“Wait, Mrs. Anderson,” Olivia said. “We have to sing happy birthday first.”
Randy sighed. He really wanted to see what Mrs. Anderson had made. But the class always sang on someone’s birthday. So Randy sang __29__, imagining cakes and cookies the whole time.
Finally it was time to eat. Randy sat forward in his seat to get a good view of the box. Mrs. Anderson said, “I decided to do something a little __30__today. I wanted to share something really special with you, so I made my grandmother’s famous blueberry muffins.” With a big smile, she uncovered the box.
Randy sat back in his seat. Blueberry? Randy didn’t like blueberries. Mrs. Anderson walked around the room, giving out the muffins. When she got to Randy’s desk, he politely said, “No, thank you. I don’t like blueberries.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to at least __31__ one?” Mrs. Anderson asked. “You could pick the blueberries out if you’d like.”
“No, thank you.” Randy lowered his head. He’d skipped breakfast, and now he was really hungry. He watched his classmates eat the muffins and comment on how delicious they were.
Finally Randy couldn’t __32__ it. He was so hungry he didn’t care if the muffins had blueberries. Just as he was about to raise his hand, Mrs. Anderson put a muffin on his desk. “As a birthday present to me, do you think you could at least try one?”
sniff: 嗅 anticipation: 期待 stomach: 肠胃 growl: 吼叫
sigh: 叹息 muffin: 麦芬蛋糕 comment: 评论
27. A. dried B. opened C. closed D. watered
28. A. Once B. Before C. Because D. Then
29. A. alone B. along C. loudly D. carefully
30. A. different B. difficult C. surprising D. interesting
31. A. buy B. smell C. try D. borrow
32. A. have B. love C. hate D. take
27. D 根据前面delicious cakes,可知是流口水了,选D
28. A once一旦,符合题意。
29. B along跟着,跟随,符合题意。
30. A 根据题意,应该是想做一些与众不同的事情,选A
31. C try尝试,符合题意。
32. D 没有接受,应该用take。
The following is a mark table (分数表) about the English competition. Find some useful information to the questions below. (读下面的英语竞赛成绩单,回答后面的问题。)
| Items | Group1 | Group2 | Grou | Group4 |
| 1.answer correctly | 66 | 72 | 75 | 77 |
| 2.answer quickly | 74 | 79 | 78 | 63 |
| 3.answer humorously (幽默地) | 68 | 69 | 80 | 78 |
| 4.speak clearly | 87 | 85 | 82 | 87 |
| 5.speak loudly | 90 | 92 | 90 | 91 |
| 6.speak freely | 80 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
| 7.have a good manner | 78 | 75 | 74 | 78 |
| 8.co-operate (合作) well | 81 | 64 | 87 | 84 |
| Average (平均分) | 78 | 77 | 81 | 80 |
( ) 1. _______ co-operate best of all the groups.
A. The students in Group 1 B. The students in Group 2
C. The students in Group 3 D. The students i
n Group 4
( ) 2. Group 1 is thought to have spoken as _________ as Group 3.
A. clearly B. loudly C. freely D. quickly
( ) 3. Group 4 did worst in “________”.
A. answer humorously B. speak freely
C. have a good manner D. answer quickly
( ) 4. In “answer correctly”, Group 1 was _____ marks lower than Group 4.
A. 6 B. 9 C. 11 D. 10
( ) 5. Which of the following is
NOT true?
A. Group 1 did as well as Group 4 in “have a good manner”.
B. All the groups of Group 3 is 3 marks more than Group 1.
C. The average of Group 3 is 3 marks more than Group 1.
D. Group 3 is the winner of the competition.