9. A. how　 B. why　 C. where　 D. when

8. A. just now　　　 B. right away　　 C. once more　　 D. all of a sudden

7. A. and　 B. while　 C. but　　 D. or

6. A. nearly　 B. closely　 C. near　 D. mostly

5. A. cry　　　 B. laugh　 C. smile　 D. shout

4. A. aside　 B. along　 C. ahead　 D. behind

3. A. friend B. brother　 C. sister　 D. uncle

2. A. slowest　 B. closest　 C. farthest　 D. loudest

1. A. won　 B. lost　 C. beat　 D. defeated

5. The “ice crystals” in the fourth paragraph refers to “_______”.

A. water drops　　　　　 B. rain drops

C. flowers　　　　　　 D. snowflakes

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 E

　　 I’m very interested in mini racing cars and I can keep working on them. After each race I find out why my car　 1　 , and then work to make it better. My friends and I often have races. We see whose racing car travels the　 2　 .

　　 Today is the final race between my　 3　 and I. A few days ago, our cars both went the same distance(距离). Yesterday, I carefully made some changes in my car. I believe these changes will make it go faster.

　　 The race began. My car was fast. It was far　 4　 . I wanted to　 5　 , but didn’t. I know those who laugh last laugh loudest. Things changed very fast. My friend’s car started going faster. It　 6　 caught up with mine. To make things worse, my car started slowing down. My friend’s car went past mine. Mine kept going,　 7　 it was far behind. Suddenly, my friend’s car went off the road. My friend had to stop and fix it　 8　 .“Thank God,” I said. I was so happy to have a chance to catch up. Soon my

friend’s car was OK. But it had to start from　 9　 it stopped. That was a few meters away! My friend’s car went very fast, as fast as three meters a second! It was close to mine again. Just then it started to rain. The road became wet. Well, that wasn’t a　 10　 for my car at all.

　　 At last, I won.

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