1. 1 am most grateful to my parents, are always there to encourage me and care for me.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处 的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

—What do you think of this drawing of mine,Mary?

—1

—The students of our school are going to hold a drawing competition next week.

—I heard about that. 2

—Yes. Fm going to enter this drawing competition. What do you think?

—I hate to tell you,but I heard through a friend that Henry is entering the competition.

—Really? 3

—Oh,come on. Your drawing is great.

—Sure. But Henry is really good at drawing and he's much better than I.

—4

—I wish I knew if I was wasting my time.

—If you knew what the future was going to be like,life would be very boring. Don't worry about the competition.

—You are right,I'm sorry. I'm driving you crazy. Let's change the subject. 5

一No. That's all for today. I still wish you success in the competition.

—Many thanks.

   A. Do you have more bad news?

   B. It's great.

   C. So what?

   D. Are you going to take part in it?

   E. What's happened then?

   F. I'm glad to hear that.

   G. I wish you hadn’t told me.

IV.阅读表达

    If you know anything about violin music,you have perhaps heard the word “Stradivarius”. Stradivarius is the name for the world's most wonderful violins. They

their creator,Antonio Stradivari.

    Stradivari was bom in northern Italy and lived from 1644 to 1737. Cremona,the town he lived in,was a place where violins were produced. Stradivari was very young when he learned to play the violin.

He grew to love the instrument so much that he began to make them himself.

Violins were new instruments during Stradivari's time. People made them in different sizes and shapes and of different types of wood. Stradivari is said to have been very particular about the wood he selected for his violins. He took long walks alone in the forest to find just the right trees. He is also said to have used a secret and special type of varnish (to put on the wood. Whatever the reasons are,his violins are the best in the world.

    Stradivari put such care and love into his violins that they are still used today. Many,of course,are in museums. But some rich musicians,who can afford the thousands of dollars they cost,own Stradivarius violins.

Stradivari passed his methods on to his sons. But the secrets of making Stradivarius violins seem to have died out with the family. Their rarity,as their mellow (圆?写 的) sound,made Stradivarius violins among the most prized instruments in the world.

1. What's the best title of this passage? (within 5 words)

   
   

2. Complete the following statement with proper words. (within 4 words)

Getting more and more interested in violins,Stradivari decided to.

3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words. (within 5 words )

4. How did Stradivari select the wood for his violins? (within 10 words)

5. What does the word “them”(Line 2,Para. 4) proba-bly refer to? (within 3 words)

12. What a pity!I missed meeting my boss at the airport

because my car was in the traffic jam.

   A. broken up   B. kept back

   C. held up   D. kept up

11. The plane the mountain caused 124 deaths

and 82 injuries.

   A. crashed into   B. crashing into

   C. crashed        D. crashing

10. I caught sight of the spy's car stopping in

front of my villa there was a danger.

   A. Until;I realised

   B. Not until;did I realise

   C. Until;didn't I realise

   D. Not until;I realised

9. Leaves are found on all kinds of trees,but they differ

greatly size and shape.

   A. on   B. from

   C. by   D. in

8. It was a snowy night a serious theft hap- pened to that jewel shop.

   A. which      B. that

   C. on which   D. at which

7. Pm calling to enquire about the position in yesterday China Daily.

   A. advertised   B. to be advertised

   C. advertising   D. having advertised

6. As a child,Jack studied in a village school, is named after his grandfather.

   A. which   B. where

   C. what   D. that