7. -- Where are you going for the coming winter camp?

--I won’t decide on the place the end of this month.

   A. until   B. unless   C. though   D. because

6. Do you know Shandong University in 1901?

   A. find   B. found

   C. was found   D. was founded

5. —Are you a soccer player in your school?

一Yes,I the team two years ago. I in the team for two years.

   A. have joined in;have been

   B. took part in;am

   C. joined;was

   D. joined;have been

4. The bridge over the river,which is about,is rebuilt again.

   A. 800 metres long   B. 800-metres-long

   C. 800-metre-long   D. 800 metre long

3. The doctor the boy,but he didn't find out what was wrong with him.

   A. looked over   B. looked after

   C. looked for   D. looked out

2. —Please wait for me one minute. I finish my homework.

—OK.

   A. nearly   B. early   C. slowly   D. really

1. Do you know that the earth is home to animals?

   A. million   B. millions

   C. million of   D. millions of

(2014 •荆州中考) 

   A boy called Mario had many friends,and he was proud of it. Whoever he met,he would like to show off how popular he was at school.

   One day,his grandpa said to him ,“Mario,I know that you don't have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”

   Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However,he wasn’t sure how he could tell whether his schoolmates were real friends or not,so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered ,“I have just exactly what you need. It's in my room. Wait a minute. ” The old man left,soon returning as if (好像) carrying something in his hand,but Mario could see nothing there.

   “That's it. It's a very special chair. Because it's invisible,it will be hard for you to sit on it. However,if you manage to sit on it,you can use the chair's magic power (力量) to tell who your real friends are. ”

   Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle,and he put himself in the middle,with his chair.

   “Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing ,” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it,he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait,wait ,” said Mario,making another try. But again he missed the seat.

   Mario didn't give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally,he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air. Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around,Mario saw George,Lucas and Diana holding him up,so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa,who helped him test who his true friends were.

1. Mario's grandpa gave him a special chair to .

   A. sit on in the school

   B. be his birthday present

   C. test who his true friends are

   D. play games with his friends at school

2. What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?

   A. 感激的   B. 有帮助的

   C. 神奇的   D. 看不见的

3. Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because.

   A. his friends taught him

   B. he had tried many times

   D. the chair had magic power

4. Which would be the best title (标题) for the story?

   A. A Magic Chair   B. A Kind Grandpa

   C. Mario's True Friends   D. How to Test Frieds

(2015 •重庆中考• B卷) 

   One day a toad (蟾蜍) met a monkey. They decided to look for something to eat because they both felt 1 . They saw a woman making some cakes when they came to a farmer's house. Then they got an idea.

   The toad jumped 2 the well (水井) .Hearing something fall into water,the woman quickly ran towards the well. The monkey at once entered the house,took a basket with a big cake and 3 to a hill.

   After a while,the toad met the monkey there. The monkey wanted to eat the cake by 4 ,so he said to the toad ,“Let's roll (滚) the basket downhill. Whoever gets the basket first can have the cake."“But that's unfair. I can't run as fast as you，”replied the toad. The monkey said ,“You must race with me,5 the whole cake will be mine. ”

   The toad had no choice but to 6 . They pushed the basket downhill and the race started. The monkey ran fast after the basket,but the toad moved 7 .

Suddenly,the cake fell out of the basket and hit a small tree. The toad 8 under the tree and began to eat the cake.

   When the monkey caught the basket,he found it 9 He climbed the hill again and saw the toad eating the cake. He became angry and wanted to take the 10 back. But to the monkey's surprise,the toad asked him to eat it together.

   The monkey regretted (后悔) cheating his friend. He decided he would never do that any more.

1. A. hungry   B. ready   C. busy   D. free

2. A. under   B. from   C. into   D. along

3. A. took out   B. looked for   C. ran away   D. picked up

4. A. themselves   B. myself   C. ourselves   D. himself

5. A. and   B. or   C. but   D. so

6. A. eat   B. dance   C. agree   D. thank

7. A. quickly   B. slowly   C. happily   D. luckily

8. A. shouted   B. planted   C. left   D. stopped

9. A. empty   B. full   C. heavy   D. light

10. A. basket   B. tree   C. banana   D. cake

12. (2014 •恩施中考) 多交朋友，那么你会减少孤独。

Make more friends, you will feel less.