一 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题l分，满分15分)

1. As is known to all,_____United States of America is one of_____biggest developed countries in the world.

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

2. Larry asks Bill and Peter to go on a picnic with him,but_____of them wants to,because they have work to do.

A.either B.any C.neither D.none

3. The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be_____the present one.

A.as three times big as B.three times as big as

C.as big as three times D.as big three times as

4. _____, hundreds of houses caught fire when the lava reached them.

A.Hopefully B.Fortunately C.Thankfully D.Sadly

5. The dog may be a good companion(伙伴)for the old._____,the need to take it for walks may be a disadvantage.

A.But B.However C.Therefore D.Instead

6. Mary is really good at taking notes in class.She can_____almost every word her teacher says.

A.put out B.put down C.put off D.put up

7. The letters for the boss_____on his desk but he didn’t read them until three years later.

A.were put B.was put C.had put D.has put

8. He got up late and hurried to his office,_____the breakfast untouched.

A.left B.to leave C.leaving D.leaves

9. Luckily,the population____the village before the volcano_____.

A.had left;erupted B.had left;had erupted

C.left;had erupted D.left;erupted

10. _____it was hard for children to leave family and friends,many families chose to send their children to America.

A.Because B.Although C.If D.As

11. It is known to all that Beethoven is the greatest musician ________ .

A. for all time B. of all time C. by all times D. at all times

12. Nanjing lies _______ the Changjiang River and Hangzhou lies ________ the south of it.

A. by; on 　 B. on; to C. on; in　 D. off; to

13. After the flood, the water level has risen ____ 3 meters and a lot of houses were destroyed.

A. at B. on C. with D. by

14. — How do you find this film, John?

— ________________.

A. I find it at the cinema B. By chance

C. Oh, very interesting D. I looked for a long time

15 — Why didn’t you arrive yesterday?

— Oh, sorry. We ____ the fog and the plane was delayed.

A. were caught on B. were caught in C. caught in D. caught on

二 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

One Saturday morning a careless car driver threw a cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton. The forest at the 16 of the road was 17 because there had no rain for many days. 18 a few minutes the trees were on fire．

A truck driver saw the 19 when he was on his 20 to Stanton. As soon as he reached the town he told the 21 about it. Soon firefighters were 22 westwards. When they reached the fire, they saw it was very big. It could not 23 to the north because of a lake 24 to the south because of a wide river. But a（an） ?25 wind was carrying the fire 26 Stanton and the firefighters could not 27 it. Then, one of the fire－fighters 28 a message back to the town 29 radio.

The chief fire officer and 30 of people hurried to a place about a mile of the town. There they used dynamite（炸药）to blow down the trees and to 31 a wide path through the forest. _32_ the fire reached the path, it began to 33 down because there was 34 left to burn. After several hours they 35 to put out the fire and save the town.16. A. end B. beginning C. side D. turn17. A. wet B. dry C. thick D. dusty18. A. During B. Before C. For D. After19. A. cigarette B. fire C. car D. forest20. A. way B. path C. road D. street21. A. man B. police C. forest D. fire22. A. hurrying B. reaching C. arriving D. getting23. A. develop B. spread C. increase D. return24. A. and B. or C. but D. even25. A. east B. west C. south D. north26. A. towards B. backwards C. eastwards D. downwards27. A. save B. help C. stop D. treat28. A. got B. sent C. took D. carried29. A. with B. from C. on D. by30. A. many B. most C. hundreds D. a hundred31. A. clear B. clean C. build D. complete32. A. However B. Though C. When D. If33. A. put B. go C. die D. get34. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing35. A. tried B. succeeded C. managed D. decided

三 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，共40分)

A

It was winter, and Mrs Miller wanted to do a lot of shopping. She waited until it was Saturday, when her husband was free, and she took him to the shops with her to pay for everything and to carry for her what she had bought. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs. Miller bought everything she could think of. She often stopped and said“Look,Peter! Isn’t that beautiful?”

Mr Miller then answered,“All right, my dear. How much is it?”and he took money out to buy it for her.

It was almost dark when they came out of the last shop, and Mr Miller was tired. He was thinking about a nice drink by the side of a warm fire at home. Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said.“Look at that beautiful moon, Peter!”

Without stopping. Mr Miller answered at once.“All right, dear. How much is it?”Then he took his wallet（钱包）out of his pocket.

36. Mrs Miller did shopping _________.

A. alone B. together with her husband

C. every day D. in the morning

37. Mrs Miller took her husband to the shops because _________.

A. he liked beautiful things B. he liked to do shopping too

C. she wanted him to pay money D. he was always free

38. Mrs Miller bought ________ in the shops.

A. nothing B. a lot of things C. the most beautiful thing D. a drink

39. Mr Miller __________ the shopping.

A. was very interested in B. was not interested in C. was thinking about D. liked

40. Mr Miller_________.

A. wanted to buy the moon B. did not really know what his wife was saying

C. did not like the idea of buying the moon D. agreed to do it

B

One day Burton took his children to the zoo. He told them to be ready at two o’clock, but they weren’t all ready then: little Tommy couldn’t find his shoes. He could find his brown shoes, but he couldn’t find his black shoes, and he wanted to wear his black shoes to the zoo. At a quarter past two his brothers and sisters told him to wear his brown shoes, so he put them on; and at last they were all ready to leave. Their mother waved goodbye and told them to enjoy their trip to the zoo. Then she sat down to read a book in the empty, quiet house.

When they got to the zoo, Burton told the children to stay with him; he didn’t want them to get lost in the zoo. Little Tommy asked his father to buy some food for the bears, but his father answered, “Look at that notice, Tommy. It tells us not to feed the animals.” “Why does it tell us not to feed the animals?”asked Tommy.

“Because they get a lot of food already,”said Burton“And people often try to give them the wrong food; that’s bad for the animals.”

At three o’clock the dolphin（海豚）show began. All the Burtons wanted to see it. So Mr Burton bought seven tickets and took the children down to the doplhinariurn（水族馆）.The dolphins did a lot of tricks;they jumped up into the air and flew through hoops（圈）over the water; they caught rubber rings with their noses; and they played“basketball’ with red and yellow balls. The trainer blew his whistle when he wanted the dolphins to do something and when they did it he gave them some fish. “How can the dolphins do all those tricks?”asked little Tommy. “Because they are very intelligent（聪明）,”said his big brother.“They can understand when their trainer tells them to do something; and they like to do tricks, because he always gives them some fish when they do them,”“That’s good,”“said Tommy.”I like to do tricks too; why doesn’t Father give me some candies（糖）when I do them?

41. Burton ______ the house at two o’clock.

A. wants to leave B. wanted to leave C. doesn’t want to leave D. didn’t want to leave

42. Tommy was looking for _______.

A. his blue shoes B. his brown shoes C. his black shoes D. his white shoes

43. Burton told his children ________.

A. to get lost in the zoo B. to feed the bears

C. to enjoy their trip to the zoo D. not to leave him

44. _______ the animals the wrong food.

A. People often try to give B. People always try to give

C. Nobody tries to give D. Nobody wants to give

45. The dolphins played basketball ________.

A. with hoops B. with rubber rings C. with whistles D. with two balls

C

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.

Al herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.

The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspaper. The doctors were puz