4. The man arrived at his friend’s house half an hour ago. (同义句)

　 The man ______ ________ in his friend’s house for half an hour.

3. My brother goes to Hainan once a year. (划线提问)

　 How ________ ________ your brother go to Hainan

2. He is always ill and the doctors asks him to stop smoking. (同义句)

　 He is always ill and the doctor asks him to _______ _____ smoking.

1. This is a street of 2000 metres long. (同义句)

　 This is a _________________________ street.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ( C )

Have you ever seen a book in chains (链子)? Long, long ago very few people could read, hey had no books at home. Books were kept in special libraries. Sometimes the books were chained (用链条锁着) to tables.

In those days people had to write a book with their hands. They drew beautiful pictures in many of the books. They could make only one book at a time and making a book was very slow work. Sometimes it took them years to make one book.

　 Later, people invented printing machines (印刷机). Machines could print more books at one time. Soon people began to learn how to read. They wanted more books. Now printing machines are running day and night.

11. Why could few people read long ago?

　 _________________________________________________________________________

12. What did people chain the books to table for?

　 ________________________________________________________________________

13. Where could people read in those days?

　 ________________________________________________________________________

14. Why did it take people years to make a book?

　 ________________________________________________________________________

15. When did more people begin to learn how to read?

　 _______________________________________________________________________

IV. 句型转换: 5% (每空0.5分)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ( B )

　　 Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal

Of good, thick paper: old letters, for example. She doesn’t like newspapers very much.

Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees, and trees are plants. Vegetables and fruit are plants, too, and we eat a lot of them. So can we eat wood and paper?

Scientists say: “All food comes in some way from plants.” “Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea plants; then bigger fish swim along and eat the… Chickens eat bits of grass and give us … Think for a minute. What food does not come from plants in some way?

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and cheese (奶酪). And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food too. Now they have begun to say: “We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood. The next thing is not very difficult.” What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper. Scientists say: “We can turn paper into food. It will be good, cheap food too; cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.”

So please keep your old books and letters. (Don’t feed them to your cat.) One day, soon, they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast.

(　 )6. According to (根据) the writer, the best paper is made from ___________.

A. trees　　　　　　 B. vegetables　　　　　 C. wood　　　　 D. grass

(　 )7. According to the passage, ____________.

A. sometimes babies eat the paper around chocolate　 B. cats like to eat newspapers

C. to make paper from wood is very difficult

D. fruit and vegetables are cheaper than meat or fish or eggs

(　 )8. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______ do not come from plates in some way.

A. fish and chicken　 B. wood and paper　 C. meat and cheese　　 D. few kinds of food

(　 )9. The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because _________.

A. there are always good stories in them　　　 B. we can make food from them soon

C. we can read them at breakfast　　　　　　 D. they may be used to feed cats

(　 )10. The main idea of this passage is that _________.

A. all food comes from plates in some way

B. scientists can make food without the help of animals

C. it will not be long before food can be made from paper

D. scientists can do wonderful things with plants

20. ---_______ has the English teacher been at this school?　　　 ---For five years.

　　 A. How often　　 B. How long　　　 C. How much　　　 D. How soon

19. My mother _____ the Party for ten years.

　　 A. in　　　　　　 B. joined　　　　　 C. has joined　　　 D. has been in

18. Bob ______ Toronto two times.

　　 A. has gone to　　 B. has been to　　 C. has gone　　　 D. has been