Lisa is a little poor at Chinese. I think she needs _________ it every day.

A. practice to speak B. to practice speaking

C. practice speaking D. to practice to speak

----We are building the subway in Wuxi now.

-----Wow, __________________!

A. What an excited news B. how excited the news is

C. What exciting news D. how exciting news

When I read the next part of the story, I found it _______________.

A. less and less interesting

B. less interesting and interesting

C. more and more interested

D. more interesting and more interesting

Driving to school _______ less time than walking there.

A. need B. spends C. costs D. takes

---If you don’t like the red T-shirt, take the blue one.

---OK, but do you have _________ size in blue? This one is a bit small for me.

A. a big B. a bigger

C. the big D. the bigger

-What’re you ____________?

-- My husband’s health problem ___________ me a lot.

A. worrying, worries

B. worried, worries

C. worried about, worries about

D. worrying about, worries

The cars in Japan are much cheaper than__________ in China.

A. that B. it C. those D. Ones

--Will you please tell John to come to my office tomorrow?

--___________________ .

A. Yes, I do B. I'll be glad

C. Thank you D. I'll be glad to

One summer, three friends came to New York. They decided to stay in a hotel during the visit. But they felt because their room was on the 60th floor. And for safety, the hotel closed the elevators 12:00 every night.

The next day, the three friends rented(租) a and went out to travel around the city. They movies, concerts(音乐会), and other things. When they returned to the , it was . The elevators were stopped. So they had to take the stairs. At that time, One friend got a(n) . He said, ”For the first 20 floors, I will tell jokes. Then another of us will smart stories for the next 20 floors . Then we will finish 20 floors with sad stories.” Soon, The first one started with his jokes. With joy, The reached the 20th floor. Then the next one started telling some smart stories. So, they learned a lot when reaching the 40th floor. In the end, It was time for sad stories. The third one started like this. “My first story is that I left the key to the door in the car.”

1.A. glad B. excited C. unhappy D. cheerful

2.A. in B. on C. after D. before

3.A. car B. room C. train D. plane

4.A. talked B. went C. listened D. enjoyed

5.A. car B. room C. hotel D. train

6.A.early B. lucky C. late D. good

7.A. joke B. idea C. advice D. secret

8.A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak

9.A. others B. another C. the other D. any other

10.A. sad B. funny C. smart D. pleasant

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.

Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back.

Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

1.The ducks were _____________.

A. yellow and orange B. yellow and white

C. white and had orange feet D. white and black

2.At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______

A. under the water B. on the plate

C. in the wooden house D. swimming in the pond

3.The story is mainly about _______.

A. eating chicken B. sitting by the pond

C. living on a farm D. ducks and a little girl