Tom doesn’t study his classmates, so he often fails in the exams.

A.as careful as B.so careless as C.as carelessly as D.so carefully as

The man is badly hurt. We’d better _______ him before the doctors come.

A.not move B.not to move C.don’t move D.not moving

— We couldn’t find you anywhere around 8 o’clock yesterday evening.

— I’m sorry for that. I _____ in the supermarket then.

A. shop B. am shopping

C. was shopping D. will shop

Which of the following words is formed the same way as “toothache”?

A.communication B.unimportant C.careless D.countryside

“White snow covers the whole earth in winter.” This sentence structure is _______.

A.S+V B.S+V+O C.S+V+P D.S+V+DO+OC

—Mum, I have tried my best to pass the driving test, but I failed.

—_______! Good luck to you next time.

A.That’s great B.What a pity

C.Glad to hear that D.That’s your business

—I think the film is an awful one. What do you think of it?

—_______. It tells a long and boring story.

A.I agree B.I don’t think so

C.I don’t think you are right D.I can’t agree with you

Red squirrels were common(常见的) in British forests and countryside. But there are fewer than 140,000 red squirrels ______ now and most of them are in Scotland. However, grey squirrels are now so common that many people ______ them. They can hunt and kill them legally(合法).

The two types of squirrels look similar. They both have a long ______, which helps the squirrel to jump from tree to tree, and the same large eyes, small ears and powerful back legs. ______, the grey squirrel has a clear advantage(优势) over the red. The red squirrel has a head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm and a tail length of 15 to 20 cm. But the grey squirrel is a ______ animal. The head-and-body length is between 23 and 30 cm. This size may let them store more fat and ______ them to live in a hard winter.

So ______ is the number of red squirrels smaller than that of grey squirrels? Size is one reason, but there are others. Red squirrels live high up in ______, while grey squirrels spend more of their time on the ground. This means the missing of forests greatly influences(影响) the red squirrel’s population. Another reason is the grey squirrel’s ______ to get food easily from people. Like the fox, the grey squirrel ______ live in towns and cities. The other problem for the red squirrel is illness, which is fatal to them.

1.A.leaves B.left C.leaving D.leave

2.A.dislike B.like C.watch D.keep

3.A.head B.tail C.nose D.mouth

4.A.Instead B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.However

5.A.smaller B.cleverer C.larger D.funnier

6.A.ask B.help C.tell D.teach

7.A.why B.what C.when D.how

8.A.trees B.hills C.skies D.clouds

9.A.quality B.hobby C.ability D.look

10.A.can’t B.need C.needn’t D.can

1.When will Program B start if there is a snowstorm on 20th February?

A.Monday. B.Tuesday. C.Wednesday. D.Thursday.

2.How much should they pay if two members and one non-member join in the program?

A.$710. B.$730. C.$750. D.$690.

3.Why are free lunches not provided in the program?

A.Because the lunches cost too much. B.Because people have different tastes.

C.Because there are many restaurants. D.Because they may bring lunch-boxes.

Spring is coming! We can see another round of flowers blooming. The peach blossom(桃花) is one of those flowers. It usually blooms in March and April.

If you want to see peach blossoms, you can go to Pinggu in Beijing, Nanhui in Shanghai or Longquan in Chengdu. But the most special place to go is Nyingchi in Tibet. Under the blue sky, white snow covers green mountains. At the foot of the mountain, there are a lot of pink peach blossoms.

Chinese people love the peach blossom. Many people write poems about it. People usually compare(比作) the peach blossoms to beautiful young women. A famous sentence goes as, “In this house on this day last year a pink face vied; In beauty with the pink peach blossom side by side.” The peach blossom is like the flush on a shy woman’s face.

Chinese people also say “to have peach blossom luck”. It means being lucky in love. Some people’s eyes are in the shape of peach petals. We call eyes like that “taohuayan”. Those people may have “peach blossom luck”.

1.The writer thinks the most special place to enjoy peach blossom is ________.

A.Pinggu, Beijing B.Nanhui, Shanghai

C.Longquan, Chengdu D.Nyingchi, Tibet

2.People usually compare the peach blossoms to ________.

A.Chinese people B.beautiful young women

C.handsome young men D.beautiful old women

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Things to do in spring. B.Places to see lots of flowers.

C.Things about the peach blossoms. D.Poems about peach blossoms.