Question

  Daniel began to learn Chinese when he was three. He could read and write after half a year. He could 1 newspapers and books 2 a dictionary (字典) .

   He began to learn English when he was five. Now he is seven years old. He can 3 with foreigners in English. He went to school last autumn. He didn't like 4 homework and he didn't listen to the teacher carefully in class.

He was the first in the first exam (考试) . He was the second in the second exam. And he was the third in the third exam. His teacher worried about him.

   “Do you know the story 5 the rabbit and the tortoise?” asked the teacher.

   “Yes,I know it very 6 ” answered Daniel.

   “Why did the rabbit fail at 7 ?” asked the teacher again.

   “Because the rabbit is very proud (骄傲的) ”’answered the boy quickly.

   “Yes,you are right. If the rabbit wants to win the game,8 would he do it?” said the teacher.

   “Oh,it's very 9 . You can let a wolf (狼) 10 the game instead of the tortoise,I think ,” said the boy with a smile.(江苏省苏州市2012—2013学年八年级下学期期中模拟考试英语试题)

() 1. A. look at   B. read   C. see   D. watch

() 2. A. from   B. for   C. in   D. with

() 3. A. speak   B. talk   C. tell   D. say

() 4. A. do   B. did   C. doing   D. does

() 5. A. about   B. to   C. off   D. from

() 6. A. good   B. well   C. nice   D. interesting

() 7. A. home   B. school   C. first   D. last

() 8. A. when   B. where   C. which   D. how

() 9. A. hard   B. easy   C. full   D. fine

() 10. A. join   B. to join   C. joined   D. joining

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. A

阅读提示:本文是记叙文，主要介绍了一个本来很有天分的孩子，因为骄傲成绩日益下滑。说明成功与努力是分不开的，智商再髙，如果不谦虚，最终也会一事无成。

1. B看报纸要用read newspapers ,是固定用法。

2. D他会用字典读报纸看书。

3. B talk with sb.意为与某人交谈。

4. C like to do sth.或like doing sth.表7K喜欢做某事，因此只有C 符合这一用法。

5. A你知道龟兔赛跑的故事吗？about意为“关于”。

6. B我很了解(这个故事) ，know sb. /sth. well对某人/物很了解。

7. D为什么兔子最后失败了？由下文proud—词可知。

8. D如果兔子想贏得比赛，他该怎么做呢？how如何，怎样。

9. B这很简单。由下文暗示可知。

10. A let为使役动词，后面跟不带to的不定式，即let sb. do sth*让 某人做某事。