21、　  Mr. Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.

He put up a board in the garden facing the road．The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:

Mrs. Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters.

“Oh!” Mrs. Brown said．“You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked．

“Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.

1. Mr. Brown’s office was ______ his house.

A．next to     B．not far from     C．2 hours’ drive from      D．5 miles from

2. Mr. Brown was angry because ______.

A．he found no room to park his car outside his house

B．he had nothing to eat for lunch at home

C．he lost the way when he drove back home one day

D．he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house

3. Mr. Brown made ______ notice board （s） altogether （总共）。

A．one                   B．two             C．three            D．no

4.In the end, Mr. Brown made a notice board and it _____.

A．was just the same as a police notice

B．was different in color from a police notice

C．just looked like a police notice

D．said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”

5. We can infer（推断） that ______ after he put up the blue board．

A．more people will park their cars outside his house

B．more policemen will park their cars outside his house

C．fewer people will park their cars outside his house

D．fewer people will visit him at noon later on

19、根据短文内容，从各题的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

　 Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future.   1    knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people who had dreams that__2__. One of these people was a man ___3_ John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.

  John Chapman dreamt that he _4___ on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed __5__, so the next day he decided to left for London. ___6__ was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for few days and at last he __7__ London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t ___8_ in John Chapman. No one __9___ him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, __10__ before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.

“I’ve been watching you,” he said． “Are you __11__ someone?”

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams. __12_ I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had __13__ in his garden, near an old apple tree.”

John Chapman was __14__ by what the shopkeeper said． At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold． He was so happy __15__ he gave some of the gold to his church. For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.

1. A． Nobody         B． Anybody           C． Somebody         D． Everybody

2. A． came out        B． came up           C． came true         D． came to

3. A． call             B． to call             C． calling             D． called

4. A． is standing       B． was standing        C． will stand          D． stands

5. A． dream           B． future             C． money             D． apple

6. A． This            B．It                  C． That              D． Its

7. A． reached        B． arrived             C． got                       D． went

8. A． interest         B． interests            C． interesting          D． interested

9. A． listened to       B． talked to           C． said to              D． needed to

10. A． as            B． and               C． but                 D． or

11. A． waiting for   B． asking for          C． caring for           D． looking for

12. A． When         B． Where             C． If                  D． How

13. A． money        B． apple              C． tree                D． gold

14. A． angry         B． surprised          C． happy               D． amazed

15. A． which       B． that               C． until                D． unless

18、从方框内所给句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话。

　　Miss Wu：Can I help you?

　　Li Gang：Yes，I'd like to return this book，please．

　　Miss Wu：1 ______．

　　Li Gang：No，I couldn’t read it．I had a hard time reading a few pages，and then I decided to give up．

　　Miss Wu：2 ______．

　　Li Gang：It wasn’t the language．It was the words．They are too small for me．

　　Miss Wu：3______．What call I do for you then?

　　Li Gang：Well，Pd be glad if you could find me another book．

　　Miss Wu：4______．

　　Li Gang：Yes，but one with bigger words．

　　Miss Wu：5_____．

　　Li Gang：Oh，Oliver Twist．This one is fine．And the words arc much bigger．Thank you very much

　　Miss Wu：You’re welcome．

17、根据图画及上下文提示，在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词），使对话完整。

A：Hey, Ginny．What do you call those big，gray things in the water?

　　B：__1__．

　　A：What?

　　B：Manatees。They’re very gentle and very shy．

　　A：__2__？

　　B：They’re usually about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1000 pounds．

　　A：How much do they need everyday?

　　B：They need about 1 00 pounds of aquatic food a day．

　　A：__3__?

　　B：It is underwater plants and vegetation（植被）．

　　A：That’s what they eat?

　　B：Yes．it is．

　　A：__4__?

　　B：Yes，they are endangered（陷入困境）．But，we’re trying to save them

　　A：Wait a moment．Why are they endangered?

　　B：__5_．

　　A：Where do they live?

　　B：They live in the swamps（沼泽）．__6__ ．They are endangered also because there sometimes isn’t enough food for all of them．

　　A：__7__．There used to be a lot of manatees，but now there aren’t very many of them left，I think．

　　B：Yes，__8__ ．At this point，there are only about 2，500 in the U．S．

　　A：__9__?

　　B：Since 1927 laws have been passed to protect them．

　　A：Thank you for your information．

B：__10__．

16、情境交际从各题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　1．--________

　　　--Not bad．

　　  A．How old are they?

　　  B．Judy doesn't like thrillers at a11．

　　  C．Where do you have breakfast?

　　  D．What do you think of the salad?

　　2．--_________

　　　--No．What terrible weather!

　　　--Yeah．Rain again．

　　  A．Not very nice weather, is it?

B．How are you today?

　　  C．What's the weather like today?

D．Is it terrible weather?

　　3．--Would you like all ice—cream? Or some bread perhaps?

　　　--______，please.

　　　--Just a minute．

　　  A．I choose neither　　 B．Ice-cream　  C．Thanks　　  D．Bring me bread

　　4．--This suitcase is really heavy, and my back is giving me a lot of trouble!

　　　--That's very kind of you．

　　  A．You're welcome．　　　　　　　　   B．Never mind．

　　  C．Certainly．　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Shall I carry it?

　　5．--I’m not sure what to do this evening．Any ideas?

　　　--Good idea．

　　  A．How about going to the cinema?　　　    B．I agree．

　　  C．You never go shopping．　　　　　　　 D．You mustn't go to the park．

15、She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes．Here ‘shut’ means ________．

A．opened　　　 B． closed　　   C． turned off　　     D． rested

14、When we practice speaking English，we often end up_______ in Chinese．

A．to speak　　　 B． speaking　　   C． spoken　　　　D． speak

13、It is impolite to _____ those persons in trouble．

A．1augh to　　　 B． 1augh with　　   C． laugh of　          D． 1augh at

12、If you don't know how to spell a new word，you'd better_________．

A．1ook up a dictionary　 　                   B．1ook up an dictionary．

C．1ook it up in a dictionary　 　             D．1ook it up in an dictionary．