John was six years old and he liked　 1　 very much. But his mother never give him 　2　 　, because they were bad for his teeth , she thought. John had a very nice 　3　 　. The old man loved his grandson very much , and sometimes he 　4　 　chocolates when he came to visit him. Then his mother let him eat them　 5　 　she wanted to make the old man happy.

　　 One evening ,a few days 　6　 　John’s 17th birthday , he was saying prayers in his room before he went to bed. “Please , God , ”he said in a 　7　 　voice , “make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday on Saturday.”

　　 His mother was in the kitchen ,but she 　8　 　the small boy shouting (gq)and went into his bedroom quickly.

　　 “Why are you shouting ,John?”she asked her son ,“ 　9　 　can hear you when you talk quietly.”

　　 “I know , ”answered the clever boy with a smile ,“ 　10　 　my grandfather is in the next room , and he can’t.”

(　　 ) 1. A. coffee　　　　　 B. ice cream　　　 C. hamburgers　　　 D. chocolates

答案：D

解题点拨：根据下文提示可知，John十分喜欢巧克力。

(　　 ) 2. A. some　　　　　　 B. any　　　　　 　C. much　　 　　　　D. lot of

答案：B

解题点拨：该句为否定句，且chocolate是可数名词，故答案选B。

(　　 ) 3. A. mother　　 　　　　B. father　　　　　 C. teacher　　　　　 D. grandfather

答案：D

解题点拨：根据下文中grandson，提示John有一个很好的爷爷。

(　　 ) 4. A. bought　　　　　 B. took　　　　　 C. sold　　　　　　 D. passed

答案：B

解题点拨：该句意思是“当他爷爷来看他时总给他带些巧克力”。只有动词take符合题意。

(　　 ) 5. A. so　　　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　 C. because　　　　　 D. when

答案：C

解题点拨：该空前后两句构成因果关系，John的妈妈让他吃巧克力是因为她想让老人高兴。因此选择连词because。

(　　 ) 6. A. after　　　 　　　B. on　　　　　　 C. before　　　　　 D. since

答案：C

解题点拨：根据下文提示可知，应是John的生日前几天。选介词before。

(　　 ) 7. A. low　　　　　　　 B. loud　　　　　 C. gentle　　　　　 D. quiet

答案：B

解题点拨：从下文中动词shout可推断John said in a loud voice 是John在大声祈祷。

(　　 ) 8. A. saw　　　　　　　 B. listened　　　 　C. felt　　　 　　　　D. heard

答案：D

解题点拨：从上下文可知John的妈妈应当是听见了她的儿子的叫声，故应选动词hear。

(　　 ) 9. A. God　　　　　　　 B. We　　　　　 C. They　　　　　　 D. Grandfather

答案：A

解题点拨：根据上文中he was say／prayers可知该题答案应当是God(上帝)。

(　　 ) 10. A. so　　　　　　　 B. also　　　　　 　C. still　　　　 　　　D. but

答案：D

解题点拨：该句和前文God can hear you构成转折关系，故选连词but，意思是“上帝能听得见，但是隔壁房间的爷爷听不见”。

A: You moved 　1　 　a new apartment last week ,didn’t you?

B: Yes.

A: What is your apartment 　2　 ？

B: It’s better 　3　 　the old one.

The streets near the new apartment 　4　 quieter.

It’s not 　5　 　from my workplace. I don’t 　6　 　to spend a lot of time on the way.

A: Which apartment do you like 　7　 　, the new one or the old one?

B: I like the new one , 　8　 　my mother likes the old one.

A: Why?

B: Because she lived in the 　9　 　apartment for ten years and she 　10　 a lot of neighbours. But now she feels very lonely(孤单的).

1._________　 2._________　 3._________　 4. _________　 5._________

6._________　 7._________　 8._________　 9. _________ 10._________

1.答案：to　 2. 答案：like 3. 答案：than　 4. 答案：are　 5. 答案：far

6. 答案：want　 7. 答案：better　 8. 答案：but　 9. 答案：old　 10. 答案：knew

15.(　　 ) We’ ll have a party___________ the evening of New Year’s Day.

A. in　　　　　　 B. on　　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　　 D. of

答案：B

解题点拨：一般泛指在一天中的早、中、晚用介词in，如in the morning；如果是具体某一天的早上、中午或晚上，前面用介词on。因此，该题表示新年的晚上应用介词on，故答案为B。

14.(　　 ) My sister is a ___________ girl and she sings very____________

A. well , good 　　B. well , well　　　 　C. good , well　　　 D. good , good

答案：C

解题点拨：该题考查good和well的区别。good是形容词“好”，修饰名词girl；well是副词，用来修饰动词sing，放在动词sing后面，表示“唱得好”之意。

13.(　　 ) Many people like _____ in a big river in summer.

A. swimming　　　 B. swiming　　　　 C. to swimming　　 D. go swimming

答案：A

解题点拨：该题考查动词like的用法，like后加动词ing形式表示“喜欢干某事”。

12.(　　 ) Hello! May I__________Jim ,please?

A. talk to　　　 　B. speak　　　　　 C. speak to　　　　 D. say to

答案：C

解题点拨：打电话时的常用语May I speak to…?

11.(　　 ) I ______ to give a party next Monday morning.

A. am going　　　 B. will　 　　　　　C. was going　　　 D. has

答案：A

解题点拨：该题考查be going to do 的用法，意思是“计划、打算要干某事”。

10.(　　 ) -- What did he say?

　　　　 -- He said he _____ a telephone call to his relatives at 9: 30 on Saturday night.

A. made　　　　　 B. was making　　 C. makes　　　　　 D. is making

答案：B

解题点拨：该题题目中at 9：30 on Saturday night提示我们应当使用过去进行时态was(were)+doing，因此答案是was making，选B。