-Jackson，I haven’t seen you these days．

-I________ for the coming English test．

A．am preparing        B．will prepare          C．prepare         D．have prepared

Of the two bags，John bought________ one．Then he had some money fur books．

A．a cheaper        B．the cheaper         C．the cheapest            D．cheap

Your dream will come true ________ you know what your dream is．

A．until        B．unless          C．if           D．though

-He’s seldom late for school，________?

-No, He is used to going to school early．

A．isn’t he          B．has he         C．hasn’t he         D．is he

-May I come in? I’m sorry I am late

-Come in，please．But could you please tell me________ ?

A．why you are late again                                     B．what were you doing then

C．who you talked with                                          D．how do you come to school

-What do you think of the song Yesterday Once More?

-It makes me think of the days________ I spent in the countryside．

A．when        B．that          C．who         D．where

-I feel tired and sleepy．

-Why not stop ________?

A．resting           B．breaking         C．to relax          D．to work

-How long has the government banned（禁止）the use of plastic bags?

-________the beginning of June．

A．In          B．Since          C．By         D．At

-How much will you be paid?

-Judy, I don’t do it for money, but for experience________, it’s voluntary（志愿的）work．

A．However        B．Besides    C．Finally          D．Possibly

Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber（抢劫者）many years ago．

That evening，she went to a birthday party which（1）until two o’clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the（2）street alone．Suddenly from the back of a dark（3）a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand rail out at her．“Good（4）．lady,”the man said in a low voice，“I don’t think you wish to（5）here!”“What do you want?”“Your earrings．Take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a（6）idea．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar（衣领）of her overcoat while she used（7）hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly（8）them on the ground．

“Take them and let me go，”she said．The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all，only trying to（9）the necklace，It would cost（10），so he said，“Give me your necklace．”

“Oh，sir．It doesn’t（11）much．Please let me wear it．”

“I’m not that（12）．Quick!”

With shaking（13）Agatha took off her necklace．As soon as the robber left，she picked up her earrings and ran as（14）as she could to one of her friends．

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost（15）six pounds．

（    ）1．A．ended    B．stayed                   C．stopped                  D．lasted

（    ）2．A．busy       B．quiet                    C．noisy                     D．wide

（    ）3．A．part         B．room                   C．building                  D．street

（    ）4．A．morning  B．afternoon               C．evening                  D．night

（    ）5．A．die           B．escape                 C．fight                      D．stay

（    ）6．A．funny       B．safe                     C．brave                     D．bright

（    ）7．A．other       B．others                  C．the other                D．another

（    ）8．A．handed   B．threw                    C．passed                   D．put

（    ）9．A．get          B．keep                    C．have                      D．prevent

（    ）10．A．cheap     B．expensive             C．more                     D．less

（    ）11．A．weigh     B．take                     C．spend                    D．cost

（    ）12．A．afraid     B．angry                   C．silly                     D．bad

（    ）13．A．hands     B．feet                     C．heed                      D．body

（    ）14．A．much                                       B．early                    C．carefully D．fast

（    ）15．A．really    B already                   C．only                       D．hardly