(   )1.He is an ______boy.

A.    eight years old B.eight ?year-old C.eight―years ?old D.eight―years  old

(   )2. A lot of people are used to ____in bed.

       A.read        B.reading        C.reads          D.read books

(    )3.The hole ____by the workers

A.    was filled up B.filled up     C.is fill up   D.was fill with

(    )4.He is suffering ____a bad cold.

       A.with        B.of            C.from           D.in

(    )5.She always does her homework all _____.

       A.by oneself   B. by herself     C. by myself       D.by itself

(    )6.My life will be ___ better than it is now.

       A.more       B.a lot          C. very            D. too

(    )7.About a hundred years later people decided ___up the dirty river

       A.clean       B.cleaning       C.cleaned         D.to clean

(    )8.We don’t need to bring paper money .We can use a _____.

       A.named      B.name           C. credit          D. paper

(    )9.They are good friends now . They ____each other.

       A.go on well   B. get on        C.get on well with   D.get on well

(    )10.I think she ____her homework in two hours.

       A.finished     B.finishing     C.finishes      D.will finish

(    )11.He told me he _____me the next day .

       A.calls        B.called        C.will call      D.would call

(    )12.Last night she made us ____for a long time .

       A.work       B.worked        C.to work          D.works

(    ) 13.The book ____him 20 yuan.

       A.cost        B.took          C.spend           D.paid

(    )14.OK. Let’s give him ____to eat.

       A.something different  B. different anything

C.anything  different  D.different something

(    )15.The sun gives us light ____the day.

       A.during      B.on            C.for              D.since

(    )16.I prefer ____ to ______.

A.    sing ,dance           B.singing ,dancing  

B.    C.to sing ,to dance   D.to sing,dance.

(    )17.Mr. White makes a living____bikes.

       A.by sell      B.by selling    C.with sell     D.with selling

(    )18.I will ____ finish the work .

       A.do my better to     B.do my better at

C.do my best to       D.do my best at

(    )19.________the music ,please.It’s too loud.

      A.Turn  up    B.Turn over      C.Turn to           D.Turn down

(    )20.Jack ________his homework when someone knocked at the door.

      A. is doing     B. was doing      C.  did      D.will do

A long time ____people thought that the sun went round the earth .In some countries people even said that the ____was a god . They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun . It takes the earth a year_____all way round the sun . Today men even know how far ____for the earth to go round the sun .They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.

The sun is really a star . It is much ____than the earth and it is very ____. Some people have been to the moon but we know that ____can ever go to the sun . It is far too hot _____people to live ____near it . The sun is _____times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.

(    )1.A. before    B. later    C.ago        D.after

(    )2.A.moon       B.earth     C.star       D.sun

(    )3.A.going      B.goes      C.to go      D.go

(    )4.A.is it      B.it is     C.is that    D.that is

(    )5.A.bigger     B.biggest   C.smaller    D.smallest

(    )6.A.cool       B.hot       C.cold       D.warm

(    )7.A.anyone     B.no one    C.someone    D.anybody

(    )8.A. to        B. at       C.for        D. as

(    ) 9.A.something    B.some place    C.a place    D.anywhere

(    )10.A.three hundreds thousands    B.three hundred thousand

B.three hundreds thousand     D.three hundred thousands

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

A

Dear Mr. Herman,