--What a pity! I            such a wonderful play.

--I didn't see it, either. I wonder whether it           again.

A. missed; will be put on                   B. have missed; will put on

C. have missed; will be put on               D. missed; will put on

--I wonder if he          me with my English.

--If I           you, I'd phone him and ask.

A. will help, are                        B. will help, had been

C. will help, were                       D. helps, were

The bike is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most urprising is that it was not invented 1, although the great inventor Lenardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bikes 2 for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced  3  long after he died.

     A person riding a bike 4  very little energy to make it move, and there is no5  at all when he is riding one. Even so, in developed countries, most people don't go to work  6 bike. It is not because the bikes are expensive. It's because the number of 7 on the road becomes larger. It certainly becomes more   8  to ride a bike. As a result, more people put their bikes away and go to work in their cars, and 9 this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make bike riding safer and more 10 is to create paths only for bikes, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to ride to in their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.

1. A. earlier         B. faster           C. later            D. cheaper

2. A. as for          B. and also        C. so that           D. not only

3. A. since          B. unless          C. until             D. so

4. A. costs          B. takes           C. spends           D. uses

5. A. pollution       B. air             C. environment      D. place

6. A. on            B. by             C. with             D. in

7. A. people        B. trains           C. cars              D. planes

8. A. safe          B. slow           C. boring            D. dangerous

9. A. in            B. with           C. by               D. on

10. A. wonderful     B. popular        C. helpful           D. excellent

1. If someone has a China Daily of March 3, 2001, he will get a small present         .

     A. every day   B. from China Daily   C. on March 8, 2001   D. on March 3, 2001

2. If a British editor has worked in China for 3 years and come to English Newspaper office to ask for the job on April 1, he will                

     A. get the job   B. not get the job    C. be a good editor   D. be not useful

3. English Newspaper's editor must be           working in China for more than 2 years.

     A. a foreigner   B. an American      C. a Chinese          D. an Englishman

4. The British editor will work in the paper office for        

A. a year      B. over two years    C. three years .       D. ten days

5. If three adults and six students want to watch the match, the tickets will cost RMB               yuan.

A.165        B.135          C.195             D.225

Henry had studied in a university before he came back to his hometown.  He thought he had lots of knowledge and was supercilious(自大的).

At first he was easily given a piece of work in a bank. But he couldn't get on well with his workmates and often made mistakes. And soon he was sent away. Then he found work in a post office, but he still couldn't be competent at (胜任)it and before long he had to leave. After he lost the work, his life got worse and worse and he was of-ten worried about food and clothes. When he hardly asked for some food in the street, a friend of his aunt's felt pity for him and told him to work in his restaurant. Of course he didn't like the work at all but it was much better than being hungry. He had to work there.

One day a young beautiful woman came in the restaurant. She wanted two eggs, some chicken and a glass of milk. Henry thought she wore beautiful clothes but didn't have much knowledge. When he was taking the things to her, he found there was a fly in the milk, but he didn't bring it out. As soon as he left her table, he heard her crying behind.

"What's in my milk, boy?" the woman shouted at him.

"Haven't you seen it's a fly, madam?" asked Henry.

"It's terrible!" the woman said angrily.

"Don't be angry, madam," Henry said quietly. "It's too small. It can't drink much of your milk !"

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. Why was Henry supercilious? Because           .

A. he had studied in a university

     B. he thought he knew much more than others

     C. he could be competent at all the work

     D. he came from a big city

2. Why was Henry sent away from the bank? Because              

     A. he didn't like there

     B. he couldn't get on well with his workmates

     C. he was careless in his work

     D. Both B and C

3. Why did the man tell Henry to work in his restaurant? Because               

     A. he liked Henry

     B. he needed a learned man

     C. he wanted to help Henry

     D. Henry had lots of knowledge

4. Henry didn't bring the fly out of the milk because                   

     A. he didn't like the young woman

     B. he knew her well

     C. he hoped she was polite to him

     D. he hoped she could ask for another drink

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

     A. Henry didn't want to find another piece of work.

     B. Henry would soon be sent away again.

     C. Henry would be given a piece of important work.

D. The manager would be afraid of Henry.

Canadian people are not all the same. There are many different groups. They came to Canada at different times. They came from different places. Many of them still live indifferent ways.

Long ago, only native Americans lived in Canada. They arrived thousands of years ago. Today there are about fifty different American groups.

The Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)came after the native Americans did. They have also been in Canada for a long, long time. Most Eskimos live in the north of Canada today, where it is very cold.

    The European settlers started arriving about 450 years ago.  Most came from France. They are a large group in Canada today. They follow French customs and ways of life. They speak the French language. Later, most settlers came from England and Scotland. They speak English. Today more than half of all the Canadians speak English.

Some Canadians also came from Germany and Italy. There are smaller groups from other places, too.

You can see that different kinds of people are called Canadians. Many do not want to forget their own customs and languages. But they share a large country. They share a future in that country. They are all Canadians.

1. Who first came to live in Canada?

     A. Eskimos.     B. Native Americans.     C. Europeans.     D. Africans.

2. Canadians are not all the same because their ancestors(祖先)        

     A. came from different nations      B. lived in different continents

     C. had different groups             D. were different in sex or age

3. The European settlers began to arrive in Canada about        years ago.

     A.350         B.450             C.550               D.650

4. Which language do most Canadians speak today?

     A. Spanish.    B. French.           C. English.          D. German

5. The best title of the passage is "             ".

     A. Customs and Languages             B. Native Americans

     C. Settlers                           D. The people of Canada

任务型阅读。

     When George was thirty--five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He, wanted to become very good at flying it and make his plane do (1) all kinds of tricks.

     George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George wanted to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought, "I've traveled in big planes several times, but I've never been in a small one. So I'll do. "They went up, and George flew around for half an hour altogether since he bought it and did all kinds of tricks in the air.

     When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back (2) safely, and he said to his friend in a shaking voice, "Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane."

     George was very surprised and said, "Two trips?"

     "Yes, my first and my last," answered Mark.

根据短文内容，按要求回答下列问题。

1．The best title of the passage should be "          "

2．How long did it take George to learn how to fly a small plane well?

3．把划线的句子译成汉语：                            

4．写出(1)的同义词组：                               

5．写出(2)的形容词：                                  

根据句意和所给首字母提示填上所缺的单词。

1. My parents are a          my plan and they're thinking of a better one.

2. Do you like w          school uniform to school?

3. English is one of the most important s        in a middle school.

4. She wanted to be a teacher, but she became a doctor i        .

5. It's a nice day. Let's go out for a p        

从下面方框中选出10个单词，用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺。

     A man was very hungry , he went into a  1  . He 2  that the place was famous for its steamed bread(馒头) ,because he had been there  3. He asked for five pieces of bread. But to his   4. The bread was 5  small that he ate at a mouthful(一口). He said to the waiter.

     "Please tell me, is it  6  my mouth becomes bigger or the bread becomes smaller?"

     "Oh, you know  7  about that," said the waiter.

     "What  8  is it now?"

     "Winter, why?" the man. surprised.

     "OK. Don't you know 9 makes things bigger and cold 10 things smaller?"

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。

A: Good morning.

B: Good morning.

A:                   1                     ?

B: Yes, I'd like to buy some Chinese medicine for my headache.

A: Do you have a prescription(处方)?

B: Yes.            2                    

A: Please sit down and wait a moment

B:                  3                  

A: It'll be ready in about ten minutes.

B:                 4                   

A: Let me see. Five yuan.

B: How should I take the medicine?

A:            5                    

B: Thank you.

A: You are welcome.