1.Mary is always the first person to get to school every day, she arrives at school __________(早) than anyone else in her class.

2.The World Cup will be covered ______________(现场地)，don’t miss it.

3.---Is the book easy enough for young children?

---I don’t think so. It’s far ______________（超出）their ability.

4.The house is ________________（充满）with heavy smoke. Does it catch fire?

5.My tooth ached the whole night, it’s better for me to go to the _______________（牙医诊所） to have it pulled out.

6.Some of the film stars had been _____________(歌手) before they entered the film industry.

7.______________ （成千上万）of swallows will fly to southern countries to spend winter.

8.Beijing is the most important cultural center of China, do you agree___________ me?

9. Wenchuan Earthquake is remembered as a natural ______________. It has destroyed lots of people’s homelands and made them homeless.

10.After Mr. Green raised the question, there was dead _____________ in the classroom. None of us was able to answer it. Everyone just sat there quietly.

 

The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls’ High School have a flower-arrangement lesson every week. The course is the  41  of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai．It’s a new start. It helps the students to enjoy the  42  of flowers better. That’s  43  the course has become very popular among the students.
The teachers of the course are all  44  trained. They are good at this art and work hard at passing on the skill  45  students. So far, many students in the school  46  a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further  47  the students’ skill, the teachers usually play  48  while students are arranging flowers. Students 49  the music, and then they can  50  more good ideas for flower-arrangement.
Besides, the teachers  51   teach the students other skills at the same time, for example, they ask the students  52 compositions about flowers. In this way, students not only get art education but also improve 53   writing skills.
Several months ago, some foreigners visited the school. When they saw common flowers become more  54  meaningful, they got amazed and interested. They made  55  and would play them for their own students after they returned home.

【小题1】

A．first B．second C．third D．last

【小题2】

A．color B．beauty C．smell D．shape

【小题3】

A．how B．when C．why D．what

【小题4】

A．clearly B．special C．polite D．specially

【小题5】

A．with B．for C．on D．to

【小题6】

A．win B．won C．have won D．had won

【小题7】

A．drop B．decide C．develop D．open

【小题8】

A．computer B．games C．jokes D．music

【小题9】

A．are angry with B．are exciting with C．are afraid of D．are pleased with

【小题10】

A．come up with B．run out of C．hold on to D．make a list

【小题11】

A．almost B．never C．hardly D．always

【小题12】

A．write B．writing C．to write D．wrote

【小题13】

A．their B．your C．our D．theirs

【小题14】

A．ugly B．lively C．lonely D．friendly

【小题15】

A．plans B．notes C．videos D．gifts

完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you plan to
  46  a house，your first step is to find a suitable piece of   47 ，You will probably try to find a sunny place，in a   48  situation，near stores and bus stops，not too far from your friends and the place where you work．
Next you will find an   49  builder．And together with the builder you will make a
  50 ，The builder will draw it．The builder will also   51 the cost of your house．He will estimate(估计)the cost of the wood，the glass，and everything else that he must use in building the house．Later on，when he starts to build，this estimate must   52 ，because the prices may
   53 ，and many other thing may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house．
  54  the builder gives you his estimate，you may wish to change your plan．You may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too much，or that you can  55  a little more and add something to your original plan．

【小题1】

A．buy B．decorate C．build D．find

【小题2】

A．floor B．place C．land D．playground

【小题3】

A．mysterious

B．surprised

C．pleased

D．pleasant

【小题4】

A．excited

B．experienced

C．interesting

D．extra

【小题5】

A．map

B．plan

C．decision

D．discussion

【小题6】

A．find out

B．carry on

C．work out

D．work on

【小题7】

A．be corrected

B．be copied

C．be read

D．be written

【小题8】

A．swap

B．change

C．exist

D．influence

【小题9】

A．When

B．While

C．Until

D．Since

【小题10】

A．cost

B．spend

C．take

D．pay for

Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.

1.A. invented    B. produced    C. flew      D. took off

2.A. talk        B. dream      C. meeting   D. fight

3.A. work       B. do         C. carry      D. finish

4.A. paid        B. wanted     C. needed     D. cost

5.A. voice       B. sound      C. noise      D. shout

6.A. spends      B. takes       C. covers     D. travels

7.A. possible     B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

8.A. plane       B. passenger    C. flight      D. airline

9.A. later        B. late         C. earlier      D. early

10.A. build       B. make      C. sell        D. own

 

BEIJIN—No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998.It was started to protect the environment, By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities ,including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhua, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining in the activity. It asks the drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day).The slogan(口号) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive.’’ said, Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
【小题1】There are         cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

【小题2】The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers          .

A．not to work on No Car Day

B．to enjoy having a day off

C．to leave their cars at home for repair

D．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work

【小题3】 According to the passage there were          blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing.

A．52

B．63

C．41

D．238

【小题4】The air pollution in Beijing is mostly caused by          .

A．cars

B．dust

C．weather

D．rubbish

【小题5】We can know from the passage that          .

A．more and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs

B．people will have one more World Environment Day each month

C．more and more people won’t drive on Nor Car Day in Beijing

D．more people in the world won’t drive any more