The geography teacher told his students that the earth ____ around the sun.

A．travels           B．traveled             C．would travel          D．traveling

_______the twins’ help, the old woman finished washing all her clothes quickly.

A．Under           B．Until           C．With          D．Thanks for

—_________ has Miss Jones been in Beijing?

—For two and a half years.

A． How far            B．How long             C．How often        D．How soon

—Must I finish reading the book today?

—No. You ______ if you have something else to do.

A．mustn’t           B．couldn’t          C．can’t                 D．don’t have to

The world's population is getting larger and larger, so scientists are trying to _______ new ways to solve the food problem.

A．catch up with          B．keep up with       C．come up with         D．make up with

Remember to return the book to the school library in time, _____ you will be fined（罚款）.

A．or              B．and             C．but          D．then

从A——G中选出可以填入对话空白处的最佳选项， 并将其字母序号填入题前的括号内。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Fred will graduate from middle school, so Mary（M） wants to give him a gift. So she asks Lily（L） for help.

M: You know, Fred will graduate soon. I’d like to get him a nice gift. _______________（1）

L: How much do you want to spend? We need to know that before we begin looking for the gift.

M: Well, I usually spend about 20 to 30 yuan on a gift.

L: ______________________（2）

M: No, my mother gave him that for his birthday last month.

L: Then, _________________（3）

M: No, he doesn’t like it much.

L: Most boys like games. What about him?

M: Of course he like them.

L: _______________________（4）

M: But that costs more than 100 yuan.

L: Well, if you want to give him a nice gift, you can buy anything you like.

M: ______________________（5）

I was walking in the street when a piece of beautiful music came to my ears. I saw some-one 1 some rubbish and walk to a truck which was collecting rubbish _2_ . As soon as the people nearby hear the music, they _3_ go out with their rubbish and throw it in, It' s a _4_ way to help keep our city clean. Protecting our environment is very important. _5_you live,  you can do something useful in or around your neighborhood. _6_, we have done something to improve the environment. For example, we have collected _7_ paper or bottles for recycling and we have planted _8_trees or flowers in or near our neighborhood. If _9_makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more _10_   .

1．A．picking up           B．pick up              C．throwing          D．throw

2．A．outside              B．inside        C．downstairs         D．upstairs

3．A．sometimes           B．really               C．slowly             D．usually

4．A．unusual              B．important            C．pleasant           D．common

5．A．Where              B．Wherever           C．When             D．Whenever

6．A．In that way          B．Since then          C．In fact            D．At last

7．A．small                B．waste               C．old               D．dirty

8．A．better               B．fewer               C．greener          D．more

9．A．everybody           B．somebody           C．nobody            D．anybody

10．A．useful            B．enjoyable            C．hopeful            D．beautiful

Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because water makes them   1   cool. If you like swimming but swim in a 2  place, it may not be safe. These years, more than ten people  3  while they were enjoying themselves in the water and 4  of them were students. But some people are  5 not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so  6 that nothing can happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, don't forget  7  better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful, not because they  8  swim. So don't get into water when you are alone. 9  there is a "No Swimming" sign, don't get into water, 10  . If you remember these, swimming will be safer.

1．A．felt                 B．to feel             C．feeling              D．f eel

2．A．difficult             B．wrong             C．right               D．small

3．A．have died            B．die                C．died                D．will die

4．A．much               B．more            C．lot                 D．most

5．A．still                 B．already             C．yet                 D．even

6．A．will                B．often              C．fast                 D．hard

7．A．what               B．who              C．which               D．that

8．A．needn't              B．wouldn't           C．couldn't              D．mustn't

9．A．Because             B．If                 C．Whether              D．Though

10．A．also               B．nor               C．either                D．too

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a bench（长凳） in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me. I want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “ Sir,” said the poor man, “ I am a failure. I have no money , no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said , “ Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”

    A few days after, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why, he said, “ You see, when I’m sleeping on my bench, I dreamed I am there, in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was there I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”

1．The poor man lived in ____ before he met the rich man.

    A．the hotel       B．his home       C．the park      D．the car

2．Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and____.

A．waited for the rich man               B．looked at the rich man’s hotel

C． looked at the rich man’s car           D．enjoyed the clean car

3．Every night the poor man dreamed of ______.

    A．sleeping in a hotel                    B．becoming rich  

C．owning that hotel                    D．being the rich man’s friend

4．The poor man moved out of the hotel because____.

A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room

    B．he didn’t like the rich man

    C．he couldn’t pay for the room

    D．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there

5．In the end, the poor man found it _________to sleep in the hotel.

A．sorry          B．nice         C．wonderful         D．terrible