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根据所给中文、句意及所给词的适当形式完成句子，每空一词。

1.The teacher told us not to depend on musical (乐器)too much.

2.Our teacher often asks us to act out the (对话) in pairs in front of the classroom.

3.Mom wants me to get some everyday (物品）in the supermarket.

4.My cousin has bought an (最新的)computer.

5.Tan Dun is one of the most famous (music) in the world.

6.After hundreds of experiments, Edison (succeed) invented the light bulb.

7.We can change the temperature of the room by (control)the air conditioner.

8.The sun we are used to (include) seven different colours.

9.—I’m the next one to make a speech. I’m very nervous.

—Take a deep (呼吸）like this. Are you feeling better now?

10.Playing too many computer games is a (浪费）of time. We shouldn’t do that.

Do you think ________ story I told you yesterday ________ interesting one?

A. a; the B. the; an C. a; an D. the; a

________ are crazy about listening to pop music in their spare time.

A. Bill as well as Dick and Lucy

B. Neither Victor nor Tom

C. Not only Tim but also the twins

D. Either Anita or Jack

--- Mr Wu, could you tell me ________?

--- You’d better do more speaking.

A. how I can improve my English

B. which way can I choose

C. how I do with my English

D. what’s wrong with my English

I find this book ________ for a six-year-old child to read.

A. enough easy B. enough easily

C. easy enough D. easily enough

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The Sled (雪橇) Dog Race was about to begin. Susan’s team of dogs was lined up at the starting gate. Susan stood behind them. teams were lined up, too, and the dogs were excited. Susan kept her on the clock. At exactly ten o’clock, she and the other racers yelled, “Mush!” The dogs knew that meant “ !” They ran forward and the race began! Susan had trained months for this race, and she hoped she and her dogs would win. Day after day, Susan’s dogs the sled to get ready for the race.

Now, they ran over snowy hills and into deep valleys (山谷). They stopped only to rest and eat. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the places on Earth. The dogs’ thick fur coats helped keep them warm. In many places along the route（线路）, the snow was . Pieces of ice were as sharp (锋利的) as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs’ feet. To keep that from happening, Susan had put special boots on their feet.

At first, the dogs seemed to pull the sled very slowly. They were getting used to the race. On the third day, they began to pull more quickly. They worked as a and passed many of the other racers. Once, one of the dogs dropped into a hole and the sled . Susan could have given up then, but she didn’t. She fixed it and they kept going. When they finally reached the finish line, they found out that they had come in first place!

1.A. Her B. His C. Other D. Another

2.A. eyes B. hands C. head D. arms

3.A. Act B. Go C. Walk D. Jump

4.A. pushed B. carried C. pulled D. drove

5.A. down B. up C. around D. below

6.A. wettest B. highest C. lowest D. coldest

7.A. little B. light C. deep D. high

8.A. almost B. already C. yet D. still

9.A. family B. team C. class D. queue

10.A. failed B. died C. broke D. disappeared

TOKYO, JAPAN – What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂)? Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?

When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots（机器人）. Each cockroach has a very small packet that has in it a microprocessor (微处理器). Then researchers can send signals (信号) from the remote control to the packet. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.

Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble (瓦砾) to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.

This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.

First, the research keeps hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae (触须). They put small packets where the antennae were. The packets weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight.”

With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packets. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.

1.The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______________________.

A. they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future

B. they want to control the movements of the cockroaches

C. they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes

D. they want to send signals to the packets on the cockroaches

2.Scientists control cockroaches’ movements _________________________.

A. by removing their wings

B. by sending signals from the remote control

C. by using very small cameras

D. by removing their antennae

3.What can cockroaches do to help people?

A. They can lift 20 times their own weight.

B. They can help people to carry very small cameras.

C. They can keep hundreds of cockroaches.

D. They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

4.What problem do the cockroaches meet with?

A. The cockroaches sometimes don’t move.

B. The cockroaches are too big to move through earthquake rubble.

C. The cockroaches sometimes move in the wrong direction.

D. The cockroaches can only lift 20 times their own weight.

任务型阅读 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一个单词。

Country music is a kind of modern-day pop music, originated (起源) in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains. The singers usually play the guitar, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. Nowadays people use the violin, banjo, and slide-guitar as well.

The music at the very beginning was generally very smooth, beautiful and the phrasing structure (句法结构) also was simple. In the 1950s, American country music was about other things, for example, love and money. In the 1960s, songs were often full of anger, and some of them made fun of the political (政治的) leaders. During the 1990s, American country music became more and more popular. Song writers were no longer writing about the modern values of the USA—money, success or expensive things to buy. Instead they were writing once more about things that were usual for everyone.

Today country music has become a big business. It brings in a lot of money. Now, it has reached all parts of the States, from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east. It remains much the same as before. One subject is “the good old days”. In “the good old days” people praised each other. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.

Country music

Many people took part in 10,000-metre race, but only ____________ them kept on running to the end.

A. the number of B. a number of

C. a deal of D. lots of

He insisted that he ____________ the glass because he was not in the room at that time.

A. didn’t break B. wouldn’t break

C. wasn’t breaking D. did break