任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）

阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺的信息。（每空一词）

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then a scientist called Mike has a special bed for you. His Bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works!

The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music and then your girlfriend’s beautiful voice comes, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, loud music comes from the tape recorder. At the same time, you may hear the voice of your boss. Your boss shouts angrily, “ Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!” If you don’t get up after that, you’ll be sorry! A plastic “foot” is in the bed. It kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits for a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and the foot of the bed goes lower. Finally, you fall off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of the bed and awake!

Mike made his bed because he wanted to take part in a competition. Mike won one of the top prizes for his bed.

Title A ____1.____ Bed

__2.___ was it made by A scientist called Mike

Why was it made It’s difficult for people to get up in the morning and Mike made it to take part in a __3._____.

__4.__does it work Step 1 The alarm clock wakes you up.

Step 2 A tape recorder plays ___5._____music and you will __6.____your girlfriend’s voice.

Step 3 Loud music together with your___7.____voice will wake you up.

Step 4 A plastic “foot”____8._____ you in the head so ___9._____ you can wake up.

Step 5 The bed makes you _10.______ off it and onto the floor and you have to wake up.

—Andy is really _______ honest boy.

—Yes. That’s why he is _______ most popular student in his class.

A. an; a B. an; the C. a; the D. the; /

—The film Lost in Hong Kong is very interesting, isn’t it?

—______________. I don’t want to see it again.

A. Yes, it is B. No, it isn’t

C. Yes, it isn’t D. No, it is

You _______ any noise in the room. We are reading now.

A. had better not to make B. had not better to make

C. had better not make D. had not better make

—If you have any trouble, be sure to call me.

—_________________________.

A. I’m sorry to hear that.

B. I will. Thank you very much.

C. I have no trouble.

D. I will think it over.

As prices and building costs keep rising(上涨的), the do-it-yourself (DIY） trend (趋势） in the U.S. continues to grow.

“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “And we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decide to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so that they can fight with the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it -yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

1.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _______.

A. run a DIY shop B. make it repair things

C. save time and money D. improve the quality of life

2.When the writer says that Jim has a full-time at home, he means Jim _______.

A. makes shoes in his home

B. does extra work at night

C. does his own car and home repairs

D. keeps house and looks after his children

3.Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when _______.

A. his car repairs cost too much

B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could not possibly do two jobs

D. he had to raise the children all by himself

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. The Joy of DIY.

B. You Can Do It too!

C. Welcome to Our DIY course!

D. Ross and Hatfield: Believe in DIY.

任务型阅读，每空一词。（共10小题；每空1分，满分10分）

In the United States, each farm family lives on its own fields, and often can’t see any people living around. Instead of travelling from a village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay on their land all the week. They travel to the nearest town on Saturdays for shopping or on Sundays for church. The children ride on buses to large schools which serve all of the farm families living in the area. In some areas, there are not big schools serving a few families, and the children walk to school. Of course life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, and television set. And of course there are modern machines for farming. All of these have changed farm life. For many years, farmers had to deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others. They learned to try new methods (方法) and to believe their own ideas instead of following old ways.

Look at the phonetic symbol and fill in the blanks. (看音标写单词) (5分)

1.Yu Garden is a garden with many _________[?e?n??nt] buildings in it .

2.They bought a new flat in a big housing ___________ [??ste?t]

3.What’s the _________ [?n????n?l?ti] of that girl? She’s so beautiful!

4.My dream is to be an _________ [?ɑ:k?tekt]. I want to work for a big company.

5.In the past, dogs _________ [?gɑ:d?d] the caves and hunted animals for people.

---How often does she have dancing classes?

---_________.

A. On Saturday afternoon

B. At 9 o’clock

C. Once a week

The movie was______ and we wanted to see it again.

A. enough boring

B. exciting enough

C. enough exciting