After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning.

In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was really splendid. After putting it on, She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, she quickly hid in the small store-room under the stair. She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man. Mrs Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “It’s only me. ” but it was too late, the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, losing the door heavily behind him.

1.The reason for Mrs Richards’ excitement that day was that____.

A．she had sent her children to school

B．she was to attend an evening party

C．she wouldn’t do any housework that morning

D．she had made a special costume the night before

2.Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to____.

A．made sure that the costume fitted her well

B．frighten the person who was knocking on the door

C．find out if she had finished the costume ?

D．receive the bread and do some cooking

3.The man who was knocking at the door was____.

A．a baker           B．a thief            C．her husband       D．an electricity man

4.What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?

A．He entered just as Mrs Richards had told him to.

B．He did not do anything as Mrs Richards had expected him to.

C．He stepped directly towards the meter.?

D．He went straight in so as to find Mrs Richards.

5.The man ____ and that made him cry out and run away.

A．thought he must have met a ghost

B．recognized Mrs Richards

C．found out Mrs Richards was walking towards him

D．thought that Mrs Richards must have recognized him

An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress, but the girl stood still behind the counter(柜台),taking no notice of the request. The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked at the girl and nodded to herself, “ I am too old to see well. I can’t even tell a plastic model from a real girl!”   On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted to the old woman, “What? Did you call me a plastic model? ”The old woman was greatly surprised. “Oh, dear me, ” she said. “The model can speak!”

1.What did the old woman go to the shop to do?

A．To choose a dress.                       B．To buy a dress for herself.

C．To show off her dress.                    D．To pick a quarrel with the salesgirl.

2.The salesgirl did not make a reply __________.

A．because she didn't see the old woman

B．because she didn't think the old woman had enough money for a new dress

C．because she was too busy to notice the old woman

D．for some reason unknown in this story

3.It was not until that woman spoke for the _____ time that the salesgirl said something.

A．first              B．second           C．third             D．fourth

4.When the old woman said, “I am too old to see well,” she _______.

A．meant to say that she really had poor eyesight

B．wanted the salesgirl to excuse her

C．was simply telling a lie

D．was, in fact, trying to make the salesgirl open her mouth

5.What do you think the salesgirl would do on hearing this?  She would_____.

A．be too angry to say a word for a moment

B．run and tell the shop owner about it

C．apologize to the old woman and do what she had been asked to do

D．turn back and cry

单词拼写（10题，共10分）

1.She lives in a charming c_________（村舍，小屋）in the countryside.

2.If you are easy to get lost, you’d better take a ________(指南针)with you.

3.No word can c_______ （表达，运送）my thanks to you at the moment.

4.The accident is d_____ to your careless driving.

5.They are to put on an  e______________ of French paintings next week.

6.This story will be _____________ （翻译）from English into Chinese.

7.He made an ____________（试图）to escape from being punished.

8.I am ________ (习惯于)to taking a walk after supper.

9.Is there anything in ________ (特别) you'd like for dinner？

10.As for you, you should be  ________( 羞愧的) of yourself.

短文改错(10分)

I’m glad to write to you. It is near a month since you had left our hospital. I’m still worried about you. How are you get along these days? I think you may be much better now, but I’d better have a good rest and take good care of yourselves since you are sixty-year-old man. I still remember those days which you helped me to my English. With your help, I make good progress. But to my regret, my English remains very poor through I have made good use of my time. Can you give me some advice on it?

论习惯 On Habits 

1．习惯是养成的；2．好习惯是福气；   3．坏习惯必须克服。

[写作导航] 习惯不论好坏都是后天形成的，一旦形成，就很难改变；好习惯是祝福，许多成功人士都承认守时、早起、诚实和毅力等是早期形成的；坏习惯如粗鲁、懒惰、说谎、偷盗和诽谤等恶习是我们应努力避免的。

I don’t think the experiment is _________ failure. At least we have gained _________experience for future success.

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

More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities __________ space.

A．in search of                            B．in place of

C．for lack of                             D．for fear of

_________with enough ability for the present job， Mike was not fit for it and he had to quit it.

A．Not equipping                          B．Not equipped

C．Not to be equipped                      D．Having not been equipped

There is somebody waiting for you, _________ I think might be one of your classmates.

A．who             B．whom            C．which            D．whoever

The chemistry teacher demanded that the laboratory report _________ immediately after the experiment was done.

A．to be written                           B．would be written

C．be written                             D．must be written