Sandy didn’t have ______money for a bus ticket，_______she had to walk home in the rain．

A．many；and 

B．much；because

C．any；so 

D．some；but

They never told us anything about their plan，so we didn’t know why________．

A．they go there        B．do they help you

C．they bought the bike  D．did they live there

Who drives __________Tom，John or your brother?

A．the most carefully 

B．more carefully

C．the most careful

D．more careful

—____________does Hector’s uncle go to Moscow on business?

—Never．

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

--A pair of glasses would be a good present for dad.

--____

--Then let's go and buy one for him.

A. I like your idea.

B. Me, either.

C. Happy birthday, father.

D. I don't think so.

On his way home, Harry forgot about the whistle (口哨)   1   pocket. He stopped for a coffee in a noisy shopping center. As he searched his pocket for money, he   2  the whistle in his pocket. When he had sat at his table he took it out to look at it. It was still dirty. He gently cleaned away the dirt. There was something  3   on the whistle. The marks looked like writing. He looked more closely and   4   some old Chinese writing. There was very little of it. All it said was: BE STILL.

      Be still? How extraordinary!   5   did it mean? He looked at the whistle again. It was the kind that one blew from the top, like a football whistle. He wondered if it would still work. The thought came into his mind that he wanted to  6__ The whistle had not been blown  7   it had been placed in the pot all those years before. He would blow it. It was small—it would not make much noise. Nobody would _8_. So he put it into his mouth and blew.

     To his surprise, the whistle gave a thin, clear note (音调) that was   9   than he had expected.

     Then there was silence. Complete silence.

     Harry noticed something else, too. Everything was __10__. Nothing was moving. There was no noise, and no movement, anywhere.

      Nothing.

1. A. in              B. outside             C. on             D. at

2. A. heard           B. met                C. left            D. felt

3. A. spoken          B. written             C. saying          D. says

4. A. found           B. recognized          C. read            D. decided

5. A. When           B. Which              C. What           D. How

6. A. speak           B. blow                C. destroy          D. keep

7. A. but             B. when               C. while           D. since

8. A. notice           B. see                 C. look            D. listen

9. A. smaller          B. louder              C. prettier          D. faster

10. A. still             B. stop                C. moving         D. dead

      She is a cute, quite girl. As a daughter, she has no secret from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early of her age? After all she is reaching the "dangerous time". These thoughts have caused trouble in her mother's mind.

      One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn't help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and--there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, just like nothing had happened. "Mum, I 'm back." "Yeah." "Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?  Yes. Oh, That... Who's that boy?" The daughter was stunned (发愣) for some time. "Ah. It's my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed." "All right. Go to sleep early."

     Next morning when the mother went to the daughter's room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes' thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads: Mum, it's love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't.

1. Which is the correct order according to the story?

    a. She took a lift back in her monitor's car.

    b. She went to see a film with her classmate.

    c. She wrote a diary to her mother.

    d. Her mother was watching TV.

    e. Her mother worried about her daughter's returning late.

    A. b, e, a, d, c     B. e, b, a, d, c     C. b, a, e, d, c     D. b, e, a, c, d

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

    A. The girl knew her mother would ask her the question about the boy.

    B. What the daughter did these days worried her mother.

    C. The mother wanted to read her daughter's dairy the next day.

    D. The girl's diary was always on the bed.

3. From the diary, we can see the daughter_____.

    A. thanked her mother for asking her

    B. thought her mother cared about her very much

    C. thought it was her mother's duty to ask

    D. thought her mother's understanding is better than simple love

4. The main purpose (目的) of this article is to show that parents should ______.

    A. care about what their children really think and feel

    B. not give much freedom to their children

    C. talk with their children about their early love

    D. not read their children's diary

5. Which can be the best title for this story?

A. Mother's True Love              

B. Early Love Between Students

C. To ask or Not to Ask             

D. Dangerous Age

1. Jane draws pictures of_____ very well.

     A. her teachers         B. fruits           C. cartoons        D. mountains

2. The science teacher_____ Jane's experiments.

     A. is interested in                

     B. is worried about

     C. laughs at                 

     D. takes part in

3. The best way for Jane to learn foreign languages is __.

     A. to get up earlier           

     B. not to make spelling mistakes

     C. to speak more English       

     D. not to speak much English

4. The underlined word "tomboy" means __.

     A. a girl who has a boy's name   

     B. a girl who looks like a boy

     C. a girl who acts like a boy     

     D. a girl who is dressed like a boy

5. Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the school report?

     A. Jane Elizabeth Pringle is fifteen years old now.

     B. She doesn't listen to the teacher carefully in maths lessons.

     C. There are many mistakes in her writings because she's written too many notes.

     D. She does well in PE and her history is better than before.

     Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean "love" and sunflowers mean "loyalty" (忠诚). So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers, which say something about their countries' spirit. China had talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony (牡丹) but others liked the plum (梅花). They couldn't agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.

     People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.

     a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.

     b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.

     c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower market. They look at the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.

     d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you're paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.

      So you'd better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It's easy!  Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it's one of the cheapest.

      ·Fill a box half-way with sand.

      ·Put the flowers on top of the sand.

      ·Put the box in a warm, dry place.

      ·Leave the flower there for one to three weeks.

      ·Take them out and they will be dry.

1. The underlined words "national flowers" most probably mean __.

     A. the flower of the country            B. the flower of the season

     C. the most beautiful flowers           D. the strongest flower

2. People usually choose their own "national flower"" according to the flower's

     A. smell           B. shape          C. color           D. meaning

3. The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because __.

     A. no flower can show Chinese spirit

     B. China hasn't talked about choosing one

     C. nobody agrees to choose the national flower

     D. People can't agree to choose the same flower

 4. You'd better keep your flowers for a long time, because ___.

      A. the flowers are easy to dry

      B. the farmer will also ask you to pay

      C. the flowers are expensive to buy

      D. the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful

 5. Sand drying is everything here in the following but __

      A. easy            B. clean          C. old            D. cheap

阅读下面短文，根据文章内容，将文中划线句子(1—2小题)翻译成汉语，并回答3～5小题所提问题。

(1)In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often make trouble for people. Sandstorms usually happen in spring. They have happened in more than 10 provinces in northern China this year. People in southern China don't have to worry about this kind of bad weather. Most of the sand comes from the north of China. In northern China, (2) lots of places have few trees and don't get much rain. People there have been cutting down too many trees. When there aren't many trees, the ground can't keep enough water. Over the years, the ground dries up and turns to sand. When spring comes and the ice melts (融化), the ground becomes loose (松散). Strong winds take the loose sand into the sky.

     Sandstorms are bad for people's health. If people breathe too much sand, they could cough or have asthma (哮喘). Sandstorms also give farmers lots of problems. Sometimes their sheep get lost in the storms and never get back home. The winds also tear farmers' houses down.       What can you do to stop sandstorms? Here is an idea. Ask your parents to help you plant some trees this spring. If you see people cutting down too many trees, tell them about the danger of sandstorms, and ask your government to stop them.

1．_________________________________________________________________________

2．_________________________________________________________________________

3. Where does most of the sand come from?

_________________________________________________________________________

4. What kind of problems do sandstorms give farmers?

_________________________________________________________________________

5. What's your idea to help stop sandstorms?

_________________________________________________________________________