I.Choose the best answer to completes the sentence (15%)
1.His parents couldn’t _________ if they would buy a secondhand car.
A. describe
B. discover
C. decide
D. disappear
2.The story sounds _________.
A. interestingly
B. interesting
C. interested
D. interest
3.Do you _________ drive on the left in England?
A. have to
B. must
C. should
D. may
4.He began learning English _________ the age of ten.
A. for
B. on
C. under
D. at
5.They often _________ school activities after school.
A. join
B. do
C. take part in
D. play with
6.The boy is _________ in _________ on the ice.
A. interesting; skating
B. interesting; to skate
C. interested; skating
D. interested; to skate
7.Although he talked half an hour, he couldn’t give us a good _________ of the reason why he did it.
A. idea
B. explanation
C. sense
D. understanding
8.The teacher told the children to keep the classroom _________.
A. to clean
B. cleans
C. clean
D. cleaned
9.Where _________ for the past few years?
A. are you
B. have you been
C. you went
D. did you go
10.Tom’s gold fish died because he gave them _________ food.
A. too much
B. much too
C. a few
D. too many
11.You will be late _________ you leave immediately.
A. unless
B. until
C. if
D. or
12.– _________ do you watch TV?
– Twice a week.
A. How often
B. How long
C. How soon
D. How much
13.Mr. Wang told his son _________ football on the road.
A. not play
B. to not play
C. not to play
D. doesn’t play
14.We can watch the TV programmers from other countries _________ the satellites.
A. because
B. because of
C. unless
D. if
15.I found John was very careful. He _________ everything _________ than I did.
A. plans; better
B. planed, better
C. plans; best
D. planed ,best
II.Fill in the blanks with correct form of the words and phrases given below.（20%）
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16.His clothes were old and _________.
17.Police believe that the man is _________ for three other robberies in the area.
18.Sue showed great _________ throughout her illness.
19.He will _________ from the new way of doing business.
20.There’s a lot of interesting _________ in this book.
21.They all worked hard to improve the public _________ of the police.
22.The boy was kidnapped while he _________ for school.
23.We _________ by their sincere attitude towards the work.
24.The twins brother are _________ in appearance but different in personality.
25.He said nothing _________ my “Can I help you?”
III.Read the passage and finish the corresponding questions(30%)
A
In 1995，Ray Kroc visited a small restaurant in California. The owner of it was the Mc Donald(麦当劳)brothers. They built it by the road，so people could drive up to the restaurant，buy food without getting out of their cars and drive away easily. They called it“drive-in” restaurant.
Ray Kroc saw the bright future of the restaurant of this kind. He bought the restaurant and used the brothers' family name for his new restaurant. The first Mc Donald's restaurant chain(连锁店)was born.
Now there are more than 5，000 restaurants in the United States and in 60 other countries. The largest Mc Donald's restaurant is in Beijing，China. It has 1,000 workers. About seven hundred people can sit and eat there at one time.
Choose the Best Answers from A, B, C, D.
26.Who opened the first Mc Donald's restaurant chain?
A. Two brothers
B. Ray Kroc
C. Two brothers’ father
D. People in Beijing
27.How do you buy food in a “drive-in” restaurant?
A. You dont have to get out of your car.
B. You have to get off your car.
C. You have to wait for a very long time.
D. You dont have to pay for your food.
28.Why did Ray Kroc buy the two brothers' restaurant?
A. Because the two brothers were nice to him.
B. Because it was a small restaurant.
C. Because he wanted to make people happy.
D. Because it would bring him a lot of money.
29.Where can we find a Mc Donald's restaurant?
A. Only in America
B. All over the world
C. In many parts of the world
D. Everywhere except 60 places.
30.How many people can sit and eat in the biggest Mc Donald's restaurant at one time?
A. About 60.
B. About 70.
C. About 1000.
D. About 5000.
B
Mr. Brown was born in a poor family. He couldn't go to school when he was young. Now he's a porter(搬运工) and works at a station. He doesn't think it's necessary to know some knowledge of science. His son, Bill, began to go to school last year. The boy likes nothing except playing. He doesn't listen to the teachers in class and can't do his homework after class. It's the hardest thing for him to do maths exercises. And he wants to drop it.
Last evening Mrs. Brown heard Bill crying in the next room while she and her husband were watching TV. She came up to him and asked, "What's the matter, Bill?"
"I can't do my maths homework," said the boy." I won't go to school tomorrow!
"No, no, don't do that!" said the woman." Maybe your father can help you."
Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths. Mr. Brown said," But I don't know maths, either."
"It doesn't matter," said his wife. "You'll only coax him out of crying."
Mr. Brown had to do as his wife said. The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercisebook to his father. The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife," Come here quickly, dear! I’ve got an A in maths!".
Choose the Best Answers from A, B, C, D.
31.Which of the following is true?
A．Mr. Brown was going to be a porter when he was young.
B．Mr. Browns parents were too poor to send him to school.
C．Mr. Brown wasnt interested in science when he was young.
D．There was no school in Mr. Browns hometown.
32.Bill can't do his homework because _________.
A．his father wouldnt help him.
B．he doesnt listen to his teachers.
C．he doesnt like studying.
D．he wants to drop maths.
33.Bill cried to _________.
A．get his parents help.
B．go to bed earlier.
C．get something to eat.
D．watch TV with his parents.
34.The phrase "coax sb. out of crying" in the story means _________.
A.打哭某人。
B.惹得某人哭泣。
C.阻止某人叫喊。
D.哄某人停止哭泣。
35.When he had a look at Bill's exercise-book, Mr. Brown was _________.
A. sorry
B. happy
C. worried
D. sad
C
Ryan Ruby is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he didn't watch TV at all. Why? Ryan’s mother thought he watched too much TV. She said she would give him $600 if he didn’t watch TV for a year.
At first Ryan’s mother was very happy. Ryan read the newspaper, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his brother. But after a while, he got bored(厌烦). Every evening he asked his mother, “What’re we going to do tonight?” Sometimes his mother wished he would watch TV just for one evening. Ryan always said, “No, it would cost me money!”
Finally, the year was over. Then Ryan started watching his favorite TV shows all day long again. Ryan got the money from his mother. “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.
Judge whether these statements are true (T) or false(F).
36.Ryan didn’t watch TV for one year because his TV didn’t work. ( )
37.Ryan’s mother gave him $600 at last. ( )
38.Ryan thought if he watched TV for one evening, he would not get all of the $600. ( )
39.Ryan wouldn’t watch TV any more. ( )
40.Ryan wanted to buy his mother a new TV set. ( )
IV.Translate these sentences into English or Chinese.(20%)
42.他为自己拥有这张著名的CD而感到非常自豪。（be proud of）
44.I want to calm them down but failed.
45.He looked up and found the teacher was looking at him angrily.
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(1) 道歉；
(2) 迟交原因；
(3) 征询补交作业的时间。