句型练习。（10分）
1. His mother is 37 years old. His father is 37, too. (合并为一句)
His mother is                                           his father.
2. This book is not popular. I like it. (合并为一句)
                this book isn’t popular, I like it.
3. I have known the man for five years.（对划线部分提问）
                               have you known the man?
4. He has to go there by bus. （完成反意疑问句）
He has to go there by bus,                                ?
5. She rides a bike to school.  (改为同义句)
She goes to school                              .

Today some people call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles” because it is a city which is flat and convenient(芯片) for bicycles.

In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans  1  an idea. They believed that it would be better for everybody if only bicycles were allowed in the city centre. They were  2  that this would help so save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles  3   and placed them in public places around Amsterdam for people to use.  4  was allowed to take them and use them for short journeys, whether he was a local or a foreigner. Wherever someone finished a journey, they would  5  the bike there for someone else to use. The problem was that it didn’t work—  6  took all the bicycles within weeks!

   7  more than thirty years later, the “white bike” is back in town—this time with a computer chip(芯片) to  8  its every move! To take a bicycle, you have to put a special card inside. The new “White bike” is not white any more but is an unusual  9  with bright colours. The bikes are parked at special parking places and people who want to use them have to take them to another place that has enough room.

There is already less traffic in central Amsterdam,   10   both locals and tourists have been using the white bikes. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the world have been enjoying city centre streets without cars for many years.

(  )1.A. stole           B. had            C. refused          D. dropped

(  )2.A. thoughtful      B. helpful          C. hopeful          D. thankful

(  )3.A. black          B. brown           C. blue            D. white

(  )4.A. Anyone        B. Everyone          C. No one          D. Someone

(  )5.A. take           B. leave             C. carry            D. send

(  )6.A. robbers         B. shoplifters        C. kidnappers       D. thieves

(  )7.A. However       B. Instead            C. Therefore        D. Though

(  )8.A.make           B. mark             C. record           D. describe

(  )9.A. design         B. idea               C. size             D. experiment

(  )10.A. so           B. because            C. but              D. while

阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people 31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses.  32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children's books with the help of computers.  34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36  they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story  37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38  such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".

  39  like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.