13、Next door to ours _________, who has just returned from abroad.

A. where lives an old man                     B. lives an old man

C. where does an old man live                  D. does an old man live

12、A good teacher must _________ to his students how important a proper learning method is.

A. get across        B. get through       C. get away        D. get over  

11、Coral is not a plant but a variety of animal life _________ and bright color.

A. in different shapes                    B. of different shape

C. in a different shape                    D. of a different shape 

10、—Well , the newspapers says the super star donated a large sum of money to the Hope Project.

—I guess she’s trying to improve her public         .

A．image          B．appearance            C．reflection            D．look

9、I feel it is your husband who ____ for the spoiled child.

A. should blame           B. is going to blame      C. is to be blamed      D. is to blame

8、Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books. He was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things.

       Mark  1   down and helped the boy pick up these articles.  2  they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked, Mark  3   the boy's name was Bill, that he  4  computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of   5   with his other subjects and that he had just broken  6  with his girlfriend.

       They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was  7  in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed  8   with a few laughs and some shared small talk. and then Mark went home. They  9  to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before  10  , Bill asked Mark if they  11  talk.

Bill  12  him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Do you  13  wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I  14  out my locker  because I didn't want to leave a mess（脏乱） 15  anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to  16  my things. But after we spent some time together  17   and laughing, I realized that  18   I had done that, I would have  19  a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You  20  my life."

1．A．knelt                     B．sat                      C．lay                      D．fell

2．A．Although               B．After                   C．Since                  D．Until

3．A．realized                 B．discovered           C．said                    D．decided

4．A．played                   B．tried                    C．loved                  D．made

5．A．questions              B．ideas                   C．doubt                  D．trouble

6．A．out                       B．up                       C．off                      D．away

7．A．called                    B．helped                 C．allowed               D．invited

8．A．pleasantly              B．willingly              C．freely                  D．peacefully

9．A．agreed                  B．continued            C．forced                 D．offered

10．A．movement           B．graduation           C．separation            D．vacation

11．A．would                 B．should                 C．must                   D．could

12．A．demanded            B．removed              C．reminded             D．asked

13．A．usually                B．ever                    C．even                   D．never

14．A．checked              B．took                    C．put                     D．cleaned

15．A．over                    B．into                     C．for                      D．with

16．A．find                    B．pick                    C．hold                    D．pack

17．A．playing                B．talking                 C．reading                D．watching

18．A．before                 B．while                   C．if                        D．as

19．A．lost                     B．passed                 C．left                     D．forgotten

20．A．changed              B．recovered            C．improved             D．helped

7、“You don’t say!”

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience .

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished （or greatly surprised）. Gently shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!”  “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an appropriate topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent（or great and beautiful）.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it” Soon I was interrupted （or stopped suddenly） again by his words：“You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t request （or ask in a polite way） you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.

Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1. A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______    .

A．English idioms were not important

B．My teacher didn’t emphasize the importance of them

C．I was not careful with English idioms

D．I had no interest in them

2. At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant  ___   .

A．he was only interested in the Great Wall

B．he was not interested in the topic

C．I had talked too much

D．I had to stop talking

3. The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means  ____    .

A．important    B．interesting    C．terrible     D．unlucky

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.

B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.

C．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

D．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.

5. After the Englishman explained the idiom,  __________   .

A．I thought the Englishman had made me a fool

B．the Englishman became a real fool

C．I became more careful in everything

D．I felt very silly

6、Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Firstly, it is important to report news stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?

A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.

B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.

C. They listen to the radio every day.

D. They watch TV or read newspapers.

2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _______.

A. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper

B. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper

C. people can read news stories in other countries

D. people can read news stories about their own country

3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

A. Two.                B. Five.               C. Three.                      D. Six.

4. According to the passage, which aspect of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?

A. You often play football with your friends after school.

B. Your teacher has got a cold.

C. The bike in front of your house is lost.

D. A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.

5. Which of the following is Not true in this passage?

A. People like to read interesting and unusual news.

B. News stories on the front page of every country are always the same.

C. Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world.

D. Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years.

5、Canada is a very large country. It is the second largest country in the world. By contrast it has a very small population. There are only about 29 million people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English. About 45% of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc., come from Britain. Nearly 30% are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of Quebec.

Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries.

However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests. Today there are only about 350 000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages. In the far north live the Inuit. There are only 27 000 Canadian-Inuit. Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.

1. About       live in Quebec.

  A. 8 700 000 French-Canadians           B. 45% of the Canadians

  C. 29 000 000 people                   D. 30% of the French-Canadians

2. The official languages of Canada are      .

  A. English and Chinese                    B. Indian and English

C. French and English                    D. Chinese and Inuit

3. The word “origin” in this passage means      .

  A. 后裔                 B. 血统            C. 先驱                       D. 猿人

4. About 23% of people came from      .

  A. some other countries except France and Britain      B. England

C. France                                                             D. China

5. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

  A. There are 27 000 Canadian-Indians in Canada.

  B. More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France in recent years.

  C. There are no people when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.

D. There are 30% of the population whose parents or grandparents come from France.

4、You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.

They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!

But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “ blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They sometimes get seriously injured, and even killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute （降落伞） failed to open and he was killed.

In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stunt girls , too.

1. What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. The percentage of serious accidents is high.

B. Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.

C. Parachutes must be of good quality.

D. The cliff was too high.

2. Stuntmen are those who __________________.

A. Not only dress up as actors but also as actress .

B. like to lead dangerous lives.

C. often fight each other for their lives.

D. often perform seemingly dangerous actions.

3. Stuntmen earn their living by ___________________.

A. playing their dirty tricks.

B. jumping out of high windows.

C. selling their special skills.

D. jumping from fast moving trains.

4. When a stuntman falls from a high building, _____________________.

A. his safety is generally all right.

B. he will be covered with a mattress.

C. his life is in danger.

D. he needs little protection.

5. Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?

  A. Strength         B. Speed           C. Exactness           D. Carefulness