We can do the work better with ________ people and _______ money.

A．less, fewer                            B．fewer, less

C．least; fewest                           D．fewest; littlest

Bill is a true friend,          I didn’t like him at the        .

A．but, beginning                          B．or, end

C．and, end                              D．and, beginning

If I          free next Sunday, I         to the farm with you.

A．will be, will go                          B．am, will go

C．am, go                                D．will be, go

Grandmother always         her children when she feels sad.

A．thinks over                            B．thinks about

C．thinks of                              D．thinks out

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially（尤其） the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so    1   . The mother   2   that she would help her sons to do   3   in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to   4   a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked   5   anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him   6   . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his.

   7  whispered and wondered. “He    8  said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” To their surprise, Ben not only   9   the rock, but also said a lot about it. He   10  other rocks in its group and even knew   11  the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were   12 . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book   13   .

Later Ben became the   14   student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and   15   became one of the best doctors in the United States.

1.                A．clever          B．difficult         C．slow D．quick

2.                A．seemed        B．decided        C．wondered D．told

3.                A．well           B．bad            C．right D．good

4.                A．see            B．find            C．read D．buy

5.                A．that           B．if              C．how D．why

6.                A．think           B．leave           C．ask  D．answer

7.                A．classmates      B．students        C．teachers  D．friends

8.                A．always         B．ever           C．sometimes    D．never

9.                A．found          B．played          C．knew D．heard

10.               A．said           B．told           C．called D．named

11.               A．whether        B．what           C．where D．why

12.               A．afraid          B．amazed         C．worried   D．unhappy

13.               A．pictures        B．exercises       C．shops D．reports

14.               A．top            B．slow           C．low   D．rich

15.               A．at first         B．at the end       C．at last D．now

1.It’s Friday afternoon，you can go to       .

A．visit the museum

B．play soccer

C．play basketball

D．read children’s stories

2.If children want to watch new films，they should go to       .

A．16 Yangtze Road                        B．99 Brick Road

C．106 Green Street                       D．89 North Main Street

3.If you dial (拨号) 66387901, you can       .

A．ask for some hotel information

B．do some shopping

C．have a good story time

D．order fast food in a restaurant

A dog has a piece of meat in his mouth. He’s going to eat it at home. As he is walking on a bridge, he looks down and sees himself in the river. That dog looks like him and he has a piece of meat in his mouth, too. The dog thinks it’s another dog. So he says to himself, “I want to eat more meat. I must make him run away from here and get the meat in his mouth. Then I can have two pieces.” He opens his mouth to bark. That dog in the water barks at him. Suddenly, his meat goes down into the water. The dog is so angry, he jumps into the water to catch the other dog.

1.How many dogs are there in the river?

A．None.            B．one.              C．Two.              D．We don’t know.

2.The dog in the water         .

A．is more hungry

B．is very angry at him

C．is very kind

D．is not a real dog at all

3.What does the story tell us?

A．The greedy(贪心的) dog gets nothing at last.

B．The dog is a clever one.

C．A dog always wants two pieces of meat.

D．The dog can get two pieces of meat.

Mr Green has a holiday, so he said , “I’m going to the city by train.” He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train. He has a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains, But the wind blew his hat off. Mr Green quickly took his bag and threw that out of the window, too.

The other people in the carriage(车厢) laughed. “Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?” they asked.

“No,” Mr Green answered, “But there’s no name and no address on my hat, and there’s a name and an address on the bag. Someone is going to find both of them, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat back.”

1.Mr Green takes a trip         .

A．by ship           B．by train           C．by plane          D．by car

2.During the trip          flies away.

A．Mr Green’s bag                       B．Mr Green’s shoe

C．Mr Green’s coat                       D．Mr Green’s hat

3.Mr Green often          in the train.

A．writes his name in his hat

B．throws the things out of the window

C．sends others some bags

D．puts his head out of the window

4.Mr Green threw          out of the window quickly.

A．his bag           B．his hat            C．his glasses         D．his book

The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.

But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house , he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr King knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a minute. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mum,” he said, “I want to go to the toilet.” He spoke quietly, but at once Mrs King woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

1.When Mr King came back very late from work and his wife was asleep, he usually came into his house         .

A．with his wife’s help

B．by knocking at the door

C．with his child’s help

D．by opening the door with his key

2.One night when he found his key lost, he first        .

A．spoke to his wife

B．shouted at his wife

C．rang the bell

D．knocked at the bedroom window

3.Mrs King woke up because           .

A．she heard the sound of the bell

B．she heard Mr King’s voice

C．she heard a knock at the door

D．she heard the voice “mum” like her child’s

4.Like a small child, Mr King spoke to his sleeping wife          .

A．loudly                                B．in a low voice

C．angrily                                D．with tears in his eyes

5.At last              .

A．Mrs King opened the door for Mr King

B．his child opened the door for Mr King

C．Mr King opened the door by force

D．Mr King opened the door with his wife’s key

词汇运用，根据句子意思和括号中英文提示填空。（每空一词，计10分）

1.We all like her bright,         (smile) eyes.

2.The news of his         (arrive) made each of us excited.

3.The weather will become         (bad) on Monday than today.

4.We enjoyed        (we) at the party last Saturday evening.

5.Look! A lot of       (tour) names are on the wall. They come to help do a bird count.

6.People always run         (失去控制地) when the earthquake happens.

7.Nothing can make my father        (平静下来) down.

8.I felt a slight shaking         (穿过) my body.

9.Swans fly to         (北方的) countries when summer comes.

10.I learnt the rainstorm        (警告) from the newspaper.