6.I have to go to work by taxi because my car ____at the garage.

　　 A. will be repaired B. is repaired

　　 C. is being repaired D. has been repaired

What a great weight the mother felt ____her mind the moment she found her lost son!

A. turned off   B. brought into  C. set free  D. taken off

 ______,I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

A.However the story is amusing                         B.No matter amusing the story is

C.However amusing the story is                         D.No matter how the story is amusing

For hundreds of years, artists have used cartoons to criticize bad rulers or landowners. As early as the 19 th century, people produced and read books of drawings. In many ways, they were similar to modern comics（漫画）. They contained stories of naughty children and playful animals. The owl and the elephant were usually wise animals, ready to give advice. The lion and tiger were brave. The fox and wolf were cunning, greedy and dangerous.

    A century ago, an American newspaper published the first-color comic strip. It was so popular that sales of the newspaper, Morning Journal, increased quickly. Since then, newspapers throughout the world have included comic strips.

    In modern time, comics are popular in China, Japan, the USA and almost everywhere. Not even video games or CD-ROMs have reduced their popularity. Names such as Snoopy, Woodstock and Garfield are well known in dozens of countries. The Peanuts comic strip appears in over 2,000 newspapers and in more than 25 languages.

    Perhaps one day, you may like to create your own comic strip and become a millionaire. First, you must think of a good plot. It should be funny, exciting or interesting in some way. It should have plenty of action. Moreover, the language must be realistic and simple. The words should suit the characters in your story.

    Furthermore, the characters in your story must be clear to readers. They should be obviously good or bad. In many comic strips—especially those showing crime of adventure—there should also be a hero or heroine. This will attract the reader to keep on reading the story. 

1. Which of the following is NOT the name of a cartoon character?

  A. Snoopy             B. Garfield         C. Peanuts        D. Woodstock

2. We can know from the first paraphaph that rulers ________.

  A. asked the artists to draw cartoons           B. probably did not like cartoons about them.

C. often drew cartoons many years ago.        D. used cartoons to give people advice.

3. According to the passage, what makes a popular and successful comic strip?

 A. Good plot         B. suitable language      C. clear characters      D. All of above

4. The underlined word “plot” is similar in meaning to ______.

 A. places              B. stories            C. events               D. characters

短文改错（ 共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分 ）

Yesterday afternoon I went to Yuexiu Park. It happens that I saw          76．_____________

a touched event. At that time, some people were boating on the lake.               77．_____________

Among whom was a happy family. They were taking photos                    78．_____________

while suddenly the girl fell off the boat into the water. She was                       79．_____________

struggling but her parents cried out, “Help! Help!” It was                        80．_____________

obviously that they could not swim at all. From nearby a young man        81．_____________

immediately rushed to the lake. Without taking off his clothes, he

jumped into water and quickly swam towards the girl, who was already    82．_____________

tired out. At last he carried her to the lake bank. She was saved!                     83．_____________

How happy the parent were! Before they thought                                 84．_____________

thanking the young man, he had disappeared.                           85．_____________

35. So the man left France, _______ to give up the fortune that would one day come to him, _______ to live in England.

A. to prefer; went                B. preferring; had gone

C. preferred; had gone            D. preferring; and went

阅读理解:  阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes More often the doctors can’t fix the damage Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain

Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.

Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood back to the monkeys’ brains. When the brain’s temperature was 10℃, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.

1. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that_____.

A. the time is too short for doctors     

B. the patients are often too nervous

C. the damage is extremely hard to fix

D. the blood-cooling machine might break down w*w

2. The brain operation was made possible mainly by        .

A. taking the blood out of the brain         B. trying the operation on monkeys first

C. having the blood go through a machine      D. lowering the brain’s temperature

3. With Dr. White’s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain        .

A. can last as long as 30 minutes    B. can keep the brain’s blood warm

C. can keep the patient’s brain healthy  D. can help monkeys do different jobs

4. What is the right order of the steps in the operations?

A. send the cooled back to the brain       B. stop the blood to the brain

C. have the blood cooled down        D. operate on the brain

A. a, b, c, d       B. c, a, b, d       C. c, b, d, a       D. b, c, d, a

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. If there isn’t enough blood, the brain can live for only three to five minutes.

B. If the brain is very cold, it can live without blood for half an hour.

C. Dr. White tried his idea for thirteen times.

D. After their operations, the monkeys were healthy and busy again

Her valuable advice ________ to be taken, or you will suffer more loss.

A. deserves     B. survives    C. serves           D. proves

His ________ description of his adventure in the forest made us want to have a try ourselves. A. magic        B. vivid     C. relevant        D. awesome

—What do you think of Tom?

—He has been working very hard. ______ he is an advanced worker.

A. No wonder        B. No doubt     C. No worry     D. No problem