6．Mike says he _________(want )to be a worker after he _________ (finish )school.

5．Where is Tom? He _________(go) to the post office. He said he _________(come) back soon.

4．Where ____________you____________(be) these days?

3．If it __________(not rain) tomorrow, we ____________(go )fishing.

2．The plan _____________(give) up because of the heavy rain.

1．The boy is happy because he ___________(sell) out all the newspapers.

23.[原文]…, and as many as one billion people are learning it.并且有十亿人在学英语。

[考例]I don’t believe the young man could run _____ fast _____ 20 kilometres an hour.

　　　　 A. as; as　 B. as; like　 C. much; as　 D. so; like

[解读] as…as“……和……一样”，是固定词组，中间可以用形容词或副词，也可以用有形容词修饰的名词。本题答案为A。

22.[原文]…, or a quarter of the world’s population uses English.或者说世界人口的四分之一用英语。

[考例](找同义词)One-fourth of the students in our class are fans of F4.

　　　　 A. Several　 B. Some　 C. A lot of　 D. A quarter

[解读]quarter意思为1/4，相当于one-fourth。所以本题答案为D。

21.[原文]Can you think of any differences between British and American English?你能想出英国英语与美国英语的不同点吗？

[考例](用所给词的适当形式填空)Do you know the _____(different) between the two words?

[解读]different是形容词，意思为“不同的”，本题句子的意思为“你知道这两个单词的不同点吗？”，应用名词形式填空。different的名词为difference。所以答案为difference或differences。

20.[原文]She had left her backpack at home.她把书包忘在家里了。

[考例]--- Why don’t you have a notebook with you?

　　　　 --- I’ve _____ it at home.(山东烟台)

　　　　 A. lost　 B. forgotten　 C. left　 D. found

[解读]表示“把某东西忘在什么地方”应用动词 leave；forget往往构成词组forget to do sth，表示“忘记做某事”。根据句子的意思，答案为C。