. Multiple choice. (10 scores)
( )1. Parents’ responsibility is _______that all their children can have a happy life.
A.make sure B.making sure C.to make it sure D.to make sure
( )2.Maths _______the language of science ______a popular subject in the middle school
nowadays.
A.are called, remain B.is called, remains C.called, remains D.called, remains
( )3.As Tony ______by, he saw a plant ______out of the balcony on the fifth floor.
A.passes, fall B.passed, fell C.passed, fall D.passed, falling
( )4.The princess has a number of people ______her in the palace.
A.served B.serving C.serves D.that serving
( )5.Williams as well as his colleges _______Brighton this weekend.
A.will be left B.is going to leave C.are about to leave for D.are going to leave for
( )6.Before traveling, never forget _____the rooms and remember _____some dishes for
breakfast.
A.to order, to book B.to book, to order C.booking, to order D.ordering, to book
( )7.Thank you for ______my letter. You know how busy I ______my students.
A.answer, am with B.answering, teach
C.answer, with D.answering, am teaching
( )8.Either his classmates or he _____to switch off the purified water machine before leaving.
A.ask B.asks C.asked C.is asked
( )9. I wonder ___________.
A. How long she spent with that noisy baby
B.where will they hold the welcome party
C.the direction for Marlow central station
D.why he need the letter left in the dorm
( )10. There _______a large number of _______available _______customers.
A.are, furnitures, to B. Is, information, for
C.are, facilities, to D.is equipment, for
. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given. (20 scores)
1. This kind of machine ________well in the shops was invented by Jack. Now they ________
all across China. (sell)
2. We should try our best ________(make) Chengdu ________(attract) than before.
3. Do your homework __________(silent). Don’t make a noise.
4. Some students think Chinese is _________(easy) to learn than English.
5. These ________work is __________everyday newspaper. (print)
6. The students are cleaning the classroom now, _________(follow) the song on the radio.
7. There’s a need for him ________(fix) his car. It means he needs ________(find) someone to fix his car.
8. _________the performance __________(give) to the audience by the band tomorrow?
9. The words _________(begin) with “A” _________(come) first in a dictionary.
10. “No ________”(park) means “Don’t park your car here.
. Error correction.
1. He just now past a large building and went into Tianmu Street.
2. Victoria married to him in the 1990s and now they have a baby girl Steven.
3. As well as money, Tom also gave her some books on economics.
4. Look, the dog with a stick in its mouth is acrossing the river.
5. His words made me happily to accept the girl monitor’s arrangement.
6. Visitors from China want to find somewhere comfortable to stay in.
7. The sign that says “No jump” on the wall is about to fall. Could you please pass me a glue stick
8. He found it very tiring to earn money for collecting things out of use.
9. You’d better finish the painting with ten minutes. We can’t wait long.
10. My pen must be lost. I can’t find it everywhere. I need to buy another one.
. Pattern shift.
1. Did she teach in a middle school in her thirties? I want to know that.
=I _______ _________ _________ _________ in a middle school in her thirties.
2. Could you tell me how to get to the hospital?
=Could you tell me _________ __________ __________get to the hospital?
3. The kind was always gives special presents to the good children. (passive voice)
____________________________________________________________________
4. The baby was always made happy by the parents. (active voice)
____________________________________________________________________
5. He didn’t drive because the petrol was too expensive. (ask a question)
____________________________________________________________________
6. The water was too hot for him to drink. (so..that)
____________________________________________________________________
7. His niece could say nothing about this, __________?
8. The Empire State Building set in New Work is a very amazing place. (Exclamatory sentence)
____________________________________________________________________
9. Most children like watching cartoons very much. (emphasize the underlined part)
____________________________________________________________________
10. Her stepmother made her do housework all day. (ask a question)
____________________________________________________________________
. Fill in the blanks according to the text. (25 scores)
1. This is a p_______ of Phyllis Pearsall. The B_______ woman was born in 1907 and spent her early years t_______around France. In the 1930s, she thought new street maps of London n_______making, so she walked down every street, c_______ information. She k_______ all the information on cards. One day, some cards b_______ with “Tr” f_______ out of the window and a few l_______ on top of a bus. So a p_______couldn’t find Trafalgar Square in her book. The book called a_______ s_______ well in the shops and showed important places like u_______stations.
2. Elizabeth Moodie’s job is m_______ to help t_______ get the information they want. Marlow Town, which is u_______, is one of the most p_______ a_______ in England. It’s the same as it was in the 18th c_______ and has a happy a_______.
Cloze test.
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and ___1____ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others ___2__ sports. This is decided by their own ____3_____.
There are many different ways to spend our__4___ time.Almost everyone has some kind of __5___: it may be something from collecting stamps to __6__ model planes. Some hobbies are very__7____ , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth ___8__ of money, others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several ___9__ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which ___10__ him $250! He was very happy abut this collection and thought the price was all right . On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder _11___ they are worth any money . However,___12____ my brother they are quite valuable.___13_____ makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we __14___ to do in our free time just for the _15_ of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
( )1.A love B. work C. enjoy D. play
( )2.A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in
( )3.A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things
( )4.A. working B. free C. own D. whole
( )5.A. hobby B. thing C. job D. way
( )6.A. make B. making C. makes D. made
( )7.A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive
( ).8.A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number
( )9.A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
( )10.A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent
( )11.A. that B. if C. what D. why
( )12.A. to B. on C. with D. in
( )13.A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something
( )14.A. have B. need C. refuse D. like
( )15.A. money B. work C. fun D. time
Reading.
Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers named Jacob Grim and William Grim. They liked to listen to old stories and then wrote them down. Then they had enough stories to make a book. You can guess the n_______ of their book! It is Grimms’ Fairy Tales (《格林童话》)
The story of this little book began when the brothers were still at school. And it started w_______ a good teacher. This teacher liked to find out how things happened. S_______ the two brothers were doing the same thing. They asked questions and then looked for a______to them.
Among the q_______ the brothers asked were. “Who made up the old fairy tales?” “Who first told about Cinderella (灰姑娘)?” “Who made up the story of Snow White and the story of Sleeping Beauty?”
They found that no one knew the answers to such questions. The tales were made up in very early times. Most of them were made up in days before people knew h_______to write. People told the stories to one another and to their children. But only few still r_______ them. “When these old people die, the stories will d_______with them.” said the brothers. We must write d_______ all the stories we can find.”
Jacob and William hunted for stories for five years. At last they had tales. Just before Christmas in 1812 and first book was published.People loved the book! They asked for more fairy stories. So the two brothers published two m_______books. In all, they collected 210 stories to put into their books.