It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all   1   at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery.

Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and   2   Vincent’s grandfather owed the bakery. Now, Vincent and his wife own and run the bakery.

   3   in the family works in the shop. The oldest daughter, Claire decorates many of the special cakes. Marie, is the   4   child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work here before or after

  5   .

The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day   6   Monday. The bakery sell cookies, cakes and bread. For special holidays,   7    Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open   8   6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.

Mr Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it’s good. Mrs Salerno is   9   a regular customer. Every Friday she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her

  10   daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mrs Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.

1. A. play            B. study           C. help           D. eat

2. A. at least        B. later on        C. since then      D. before that

3. A. Everyone        B. Someone         C. No one         D. Only one

4. A. first           B. middle          C. only           D. last

5. A. school          B. breakfast       C. lunch          D. class

6. A. from            B. on              C. except         D. to

7. A. for example    B. such as          C. as well as     D. in addition  

8. A. after           B. before          C. at             D. until

9. A. just            B. still           C. also           D. even

10. A. six year old   B. six years old    C. six-old-years  D. six-year-old

Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home last before heading for home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He often waited for him near the front gate with sweets or nice cakes. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing—about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.  

The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-endless stories about his boyhood in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.

After grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Bob didn’t want to complain, but customers were unhappy.

   1. When he took the newspapers to Grandpa, Bob would often receive         .

A. old newspapers        B. sweets or cakes 

C. some money            D. a paper with questions for him to answer 

   2. Which do you think is true? 

      A. Bob lived with Grandpa White. 

B. Grandpa didn’t like to read newspapers. 

  C. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.

D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.

   3. Bob could do nothing when         .

      A. Grandpa began to tell his boyhood 

    B. the customers got their newspapers late

C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely 

D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing.

   4. The passage mainly tells us that         . 

A. Bob was still a child              B. Grandpa liked to tell stories

C. The customers sometimes got angry   D. Lonely people need other peopl

The largest animal ever to live on earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 meters long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. 

Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.

A bear can run as fast as a horse.

A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about100 grams.

    Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the lady elephant takes his love. They often show love by touching each other’s body.

    Usually wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she show that a wolf hurts a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter.

    1. How much may a newborn blue whale weigh?

A. About 10 tons.      B. As much as a baby elephant.

C. About 80 tons.      D. About 3 tons

2. A bear can run        usual people think they are..

       A. faster than     B. slower than      C. as fast as     D. as slow as

3. A male elephant won’t stop following a lady elephant to        until the lady elephant takes his love.

   A. fight with the baby elephant      B. ask the baby elephant to help him

       C. shoe his love for a long time     D. find food together with him

    4. A wolf won’t hurt people except        .

A. in winter       B. at an unusual     

C. in group       D. that they are happy

随着人们生活水平的不断提高，拥有私家车的人越来越多了。请你从下面表格中选择一个题目，写一篇议论文，简述你的观点。所给的提示词要用上。不能用表格形式。(80…100词，已给出部分不计入总词数。)

Titie：                                                                             

As the standard of living is getting higher, more and more people are buying cars．                                  

Going on a trip into________ space must be quite _______exciting experience

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

Mary’s read the novel before and_______________

A. so has Tina   B. so is Tina  C so was Tina   D so Tina was

Twelve_______ were hurt, but no _______were lost in that accident

A. person；life  B  person；lives  C  persons；lives  D  persons；life

Some supermarkets open _______8:30 am and 8: 00pm______Midautumn Day

A at；during   B between；during   C between；in    D about；in

— Since I go to bed so late.，don't____ during the night.

—OK.     ______________________

A. wake me up; I won't

B. wake up me; I wont

C. wake me up; I will   

D. wake up me; I will

—Do you regret paying five hundred yuan for the painting?

—No, I would gladly have paid __for it.

A. twice so much  

B. twice as much

C. as much twice  

D. so much twice