动词（本大题共8分，每小题1分）

1.When I walked past the office, I heard them _______( argue) about something in loud voices.

2.It was raining heavily outside. We had no choice but _______(watch) TV at home.

3.People ___________(search)carefully every time when they go through the gate.

4.She didn’t tell me if she ________(fly) to American the next month.

5.His parents didn’t go home until the police _______(deal) with the accident.

6.Tom _________(write) a novel the whole morning.I wonder if he has finished it.

7.There ___________(be)few new subjects next term, are there?

8.It’s the third time I ________(arrive) late this month because of the fog.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each bank.

Once upon a time there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what did one day? Well, he wanted to steal(偷) the bell(铃) on the door. He walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was frightened and ran home.

Then he sat down to think. “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton(棉花) in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour’s and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder, the bell rang loudly but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour(邻居) came running out.

“Steal my bell?” I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted, and he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how to neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“why did he come out just then?”

The thief was trying to steal his neighbour’s door 1. . But at the 2.

time the thief ran home because he was frightened by the noise of the bell. At the last time, he put some 3. in his ears so that he wouldn’t hear the noise. Then the neighbour came 4. out. The thief was hit on the nose, but he learned 5. .

It is said that ____ young people may lose the abilities to hear after five years if they listen to MP4 players which are too loud for more than five hours a week.

A. thousand of    B. six thousands   C. thousands of   D. six thousands of

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”

That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.

Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.

If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!

1.By touching things       .

2.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

3. Which of the following parts can tell you the difference between two coins in your pocket?

4.Which of the following is NOT true?