---Mum, I play football this afternoon?

---Sure, but you finish your homework first.

A. may; could B. can; must

C. can; mustn’t D. may; can’t

You’d better not ride with your friends in the street. It’s dangerous.

A. side by side B. as a result

C. as well as D. by the way

---Could you tell me you’ll go to Paris?

---Next month.

A. why B. where C. when D. how

---Hi, Diana, how was your summer holiday?

--- ! I enjoyed myself in the sea very much.

A. Good idea B. Wait a minute

C. That’s too bad D. Pretty good

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

My best friend, Connie, is two years older than me. We spend a lot of time together.

Connie has long dark brown hair and her eyes are big and round. People say she is and looks like a doll. When we go out, people often that I am older than her because she is shorter and slimmer (苗条的).

Connie is positive（乐观的）even when things go . Last week she got her examination , which were not very good. I thought she was going to be . Instead, she simply decided to do better the next time. Then, every day after class, teachers are free in their offices, she will ask them for help.

Connie gets on well with others. Everyone in my family her, even my younger brother. When you hear her laugh, you will naturally（自然地）laugh . When I feel unhappy, I will talk to Connie and she will make me feel .

I think my with Connie is very valuable, and I hope we will always be best friends.

1.A. crazy B. beautiful C. lazy D. ugly

2.A. think B. hope C. suggest D. ask

3.A. wrong B. welcome C. important D. interesting

4.A. lessons B. symbols C. novels D. results

5.A. stupid B. interested C. sad D. glad

6.A. although B. if C. before D. even though

7.A. sees B. likes C. wakes D. catches

8.A. suddenly B. early C. recently D. together

9.A. better B. angrier C. busier D. heavier

10.A. purpose B. opinion C. friendship D. habit

Our new neighbours are the Browns. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jack and the girl is Alice. Jack is 11, and he is one year older than me. Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.

At weekends, Nancy and I like to go to play with Alice and Jack. Both Jack and I really enjoy playing computer games. Sometimes the girls join us, but the games they enjoy are different from the ones we like.

There is a big park near our house. Sometimes, when the weather is fine, the four of us will go for bike rides there. We often stop at the huge playground to have some fun. Jack and I like to play basketball, but the girls prefer to sing and dance.

Our families often have dinner together. On some days, they come over to our house and on other days, we go over to theirs. Mr Brown and his wife cook really well.

Nancy and I are very glad to have the Browns next door. It’s great to have friends living so near.

1.Who are the writer’s new neighbours?

A. A family of three. B. The Browns.

C. Jack and Nancy. D. Alice and Nancy.

2.How old is Alice?

A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11

3.The girls prefer to ______ at the playground in the park.

A. listen to music B. play basketball

C. sing and dance D. play computer games

4.Where do the two families have dinner together?

A. At a park nearby. B. At a restaurant.

C. In a forest. D. At their houses.

5.The writer thinks it’s ______ to be friends with the new neighbours.

A. boring B. great C. difficul D. safe

Do you know that in some parts of the world, people build temporary（暂时的）hotels made of snow and blocks（大块）of ice? These are known as ice hotels.

Unlike usual hotels, all the rooms in the ice hotels are made of ice. In some ice hotels, even the glasses for drinks are made of ice blocks. So they only serve cold drinks. Also, hot food is not served in the ice hotels, but guests can eat hot food at places nearby.

To keep warm, guests sleep in comfortable sleeping bags on ice blocks that are covered by mattresses（床垫）and reindeer skins（驯鹿皮）.

There are some places in the ice hotels that are heated, such as the bathrooms. This is because, even though it is not as cold in the ice hotels as it is outdoors（在户外）, indoor temperatures are still very low.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the ice hotels is that they are rebuilt every year. They can be used only during the winter months. The ice hotels melt（融化）away when spring arrives. The ice blocks used to build these hotels are from nearby rivers. So, when the ice hotels melt away, they melt back into the rivers.

1.According to the passage, ice hotels ______.

A. are found everywhere B. do business in summer

C. are made of glass D. are made of snow and ice

2.Which of the following about the ice hotels is true?

A. They are just like usual hotels.

B. The glasses are made of wood.

C. They serve cold drinks.

D. The rooms are made of bamboo.

3.You can’t see ______ in the ice hotels.

A. hot food B. reindeer skins

C. sleeping bag D. mattresses

4.Why are bathrooms heated in the ice hotels?

A. Guests want to eat in them.

B. Indoor temperature are very low.

C. Guests ask the hotels to do that.

D. It is as cold indoors as it is outdoors.

5.What happens to the ice hotels in spring?

A. They melt away. B. They are rebuilt.

C. They are repaired. D. They need more ice.

Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plan. So airlines（航空公司）offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?

To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude（海拔）we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure（气压）reduces one third of the sensibility（感觉）of our taste buds（味蕾）. So our taste buds become senseless. The sad face, however, is that our noses don’t know it.

All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy（辛辣的）food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.

Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.

Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.

1.In Paragraph 2, “this problem” means ______.

A. passengers stay long in the plane

B. food on the plane tastes bad

C. passengers have no food to eat

D. food on the plane is expensive

2.What do airlines do to solve this problem?

A. Get more customers. B. Offer more food.

C. Improve their food. D. Reduce the ticket price.

3.As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces of the sensibility of our taste buds.

A. half B. one third

C. one fourth D. one fifth

4.Why do scientists feel it hard to made food on the plane taste good?

A. The volunteers don’t know about food taste.

B. The volunteers don’t understand them.

C. They can’t find enough volunteers.

D. They can’t deal with the special environment successfully.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Taste of Airplane Food

B. Airplane Travel

C. Scientific Research on Noses

D. The Change in Air Pressure

补全对话

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

A: Can I help you?

B: 1.

A: How long have you been like this?

B: Since two weeks ago.

A: Let me have a look. 2.

B: I work in an office.

A: Do you play computer games?

B: Yes, a lot. 3.

A: Mm, that’s it.

B: 4.

A: Nothing serious. You spend too much time in front of the computer.

B: What can I do?

A: 5. Don’t play computer games too much.

B: OK, I’ll take your advice. Thank you.

完成句子

根据所给中文意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

1.明天请把作业交上来

Please _________ __________ your homework tomorrow.

2.他说的话不合情理。

His words didn’t ________ _________.

3.他旁边的那位女士是我的姑姑利兹。

The woman _________ _________ him is my aunt Liz.

4.电视开着，但是玛丽没注意看。

The TV was on, but Mary wasn’t _______ _________ to it.

5.我想大家都需要帮助动物，使它们在宁静中生存。

I think we all need to help animals live ________ __________.