—Are you satisfied with the ________ of the restaurant ?

—Yes. The waiter is really friendly.

A. mealB. seafood C. menuD. service

—_______ the flower is! Do you know who bought it?

A. How nice B. What nice

C. What a nice D. How a nice

—The fish _______________.

—It is cooked by my mother. Why not have a taste?

A. looks delicious B. seems well

C. tastes well D. feels wonderfully

—Mr. Smith is as busy as a bee.

—If he is not working in his office， he _________ to his office.

A. will drive B. has driven

C. is driving D. drives

—Never give up! I am sure you will succeed.

—But I don’t know __________.

A. how can I improve my English

B. how to do first

C. how I can improve my English

D. what I can deal with my English

—Bill， can I get you anything to drink?

—______.

A. You are welcome

B. No problem.

C. I wouldn’t mind a coffee

D. It doesn’t matter

—Jim looks so sleepy that he keeps nodding his head in class.

—Just as the saying goes， “____________.” It is bad for his health to stay up too late.

A. Better late than never

B. Burn the candle at both ends

C. No pains， no gains

D. You are never too old to learn

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When Dave was 18， he bought an secondhand car for＄200 so that he could travel to work more than by bus. It worked quite well for years， but then it got so old， and it cost him much in repairs that he decided that he had better it.

He asked all his friends to see if anyone wanted to buy a cheap car， but they all knew that it was falling to pieces， so of them wanted to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was worried one evening， and said， “What's ， Dave?”

Dave told him， and Sam answered， “Well， what about advertising it in the paper? You may more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's was right， he put an advertisement in an evening paper， which read “For sale： small car， very little oil， only two owners. Bargain (成交) at＄50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared， there was no . But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to see the car. Dave felt very happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be or not. “Fine，” the man said， “and I'll my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to it.”

The next morning， at a quarter to ten， Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door， waiting there for the people who had answered his advertisement. Even Dave had to admit(承认) that the car really like a wreck(残骸).Then， soon after he had got the car as clean it could be， a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said， “Have you reported this to us yet， sir?”

1.A. directly B. safely C. properly D. easily

2.A. soB. suchC. very D. too

3.A. keepB. repairC. sell D. throw

4.A. someB. neither C. none D. most

5.A. onB. up C. it D. that

6.A. learnB. missC. get D. find

7.A. message B. advice C. request（要求）D. description

8.A. usesB. losesC. has D. spends

9.A. doubt B. help C. troubleD. answer

10.A. exact B. suitable C. early D. late

11.A. follow B. meetC. bring D. introduce

12.A. praise B. getC. admireD. test

13.A. looked B. smelled C. tasted D. sounded

14.A. asB. that C. soD. such

15.A. bargain B. saleC. accidentD. result

What’s on TV?

1.If you were a housewife， which program would probably interest you most?

A. Let’s Talk! B. Wall Street Today.

C. Cooking with Cathy. D. Farm Report.

2.If you’d like to watch something about pollution， you could turn on the TV to.

A. Channel 5 at 6：00 B. Channel 9 at 8：00

C. Channel 8 at 7：00 D. Channel 3 at 7：30

3.Which is most probably the News Channel?

A. 3.B. 5. C.8. D. 9.

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off， walking towards the king’s castle. After many years of walking， the king’s castle came into his view. However， as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle， the guards noticed him.

“Get out of here!” ordered the guards.

Well， the little boy didn’t have to be told twice. He turned…and ran. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things， and see all the beautiful things in the king’s house. But he couldn’t even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running， sat down and cried.

A young man happened to be coming down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and stopped. “What’s wrong， young man?” he asked.

“Sir， I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me scared. I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him!”

The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. “Look， why don’t you try again. I’ll come with you this time.”

The little boy got up and took the man’s hand. The king’s guards spotted them.

“Look， mister， we don’t have to do this…I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.”

The man held the little boy’s hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was amazed.

“Who are you?” asked the little boy in surprise.

“Why， I’m the king’s son. You can enter the castle and be with the king.” said the man.

The little boy broke into a huge smile.

1.Why did the boy want to see the king?

A. To get some help from the king.

B. To invite the king to visit his beautiful village.

C. To share wonderful things with the king.

D. To ask the king to play with him.

2.What does the underlined sentence in the paragraph mean?

A. The little boy didn’t understand the guards words at first.

B. The guards repeated the words to the boy.

C. The little boy had been to the castle twice.

D. The little boy understood the guards’ words at once.

3.According to the passage， the man is .

A. kindB. stupidC. rudeD. selfish (自私)

4.Which of the following best suits the story’s lesson for us?

A. Never judge a book by its cover.

B. Anything is possible if one tried hard enough.

C. Life can sometimes be unfair (不公平).

D. Make new friends and keep the old.