2．Peter is 15year old．He is     than his father．（　　）

A．

tall

B．

taller

C．

tallest

D．

the tallest

1．-      are these bananas？
-﹩3.99．（　　）

A．

How much

B．

How long

C．

How heavy

D．

How big

20．I prefer movies ______ me something to think about．（　　）

A．

which gives

B．

that gives

C．

that give

D．

who give

19．I don't want to go shopping．_______，I haven't got any money．（　　）

A．

Then

B．

However

C．

Besides

D．

Instead

18．Driving in the mountains can be very dangerous．You can't be ______careful．（　　）

A．

so

B．

very

C．

much

D．

too

17．My father caught a big fish this morning，but I caught a ______ one．I feel great!（　　）

A．

smaller

B．

biggest

C．

bigger

D．

big

16．My mother is ill in hospital．I have to ______ my grandparents at home．（　　）

A．

look for

B．

look at

C．

look up

D．

look after

15．The Goal of the Mind
    It was an unforgettable night．The noisy Mexico City gradually （41）B．The main Olympic stadium was in darkness．
    （42）C he finished making the scenes that the marathon （马拉松赛跑）winners celebrated the victory，Greenspan，a world famous documentary producer，found the stadium （43）A．He was leaving for the hotel when he suddenly saw a man running into the stadium．The man ran out of breath．（44）Bhe didn't stop．After he got to the goal，he fell down on the ground．
    Greenspan （45）A this was a marathon athlete，so he went over to ask why the athlete ran to the goal with such a difficulty．The young man replied，"That my （46）C sent me here is not to let me start of a race in the competition，but to make me （47）C the game I have fallen behind all other runners，but I have a goal （48）B them．I will run to the goal because my motherland is watching me from behind．"
    Moved by what he said，Greenspan （49）A the most touching scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every Corner of the world．
    Life should have a （50）B of reaching the peak （顶峰），yet the most important is not whether we can reach the peak but whether we have made the greatest efforts-to reach the goal in the mind is a success．

41．A．slowed  down	B．calmed down	C．put down
42．A．Since	B．Before	C．After
43．A．empty	B．large	C．bright
44．A．so	B．but	C．and
45．A．guessed	B．hoped	C．introduced
46．A．coach	B．friend	C．country
47．A．play	B．watch	C．complete
48．A．for	B．like	C．against
49．A．spread	B．made	C．recorded
50．A．decision	B．dream	C．suggestion．

14．children    discourage    under   kiss   upset   shout   look   beg   bring    something

A long time ago，a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping（包着的）paper．Money was tight and he became very angry when the child tried to decorate（装饰）a box to put（76）underthe Christmas tree．
However，the little girl（77）broughtthe gift to her father the next morning and said，"This is for you，Daddy．"The father was（78）upsetby his earlier overreaction（过激的），but his anger rose again when he found out the box was empty．He（79）shoutedat her．"Don't you know，when you give someone a present，there should be （80）somethinginside？"
The little girl（81）lookedup at him，tears filled in her eyes，and cried，"Oh，Daddy，it's not empty at all．I blew（82）kissesinto the box．They are all for you，Daddy．"The father was shocked．He put his arms around his little girl，and he（83）beggedfor her forgiveness．
Only a short time later，an accident took the life of the child．Her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years，and whenever he was（84）discouraged，he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of his（85）childwho had put it there．

13．It's reported that the 2015 Nobel Prizes have been announced on October 5th．Sweden's Nobel Prize committee（委员会）said the Nobel Prize for（36）Dwill go to scientists from Ireland，Japan and China．The prize for medicine is going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou．She（37）Aartemisinin（青蒿素）．Artemisinin is a drug that has greatly lowered the number of people who die from malaria（疟疾）．The committee said her greatest achievement is that the discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight（38）Ctwo serious diseases．It is said those diseases influence millions of people every year．Ms．Tu is the chief professor at the China Academy（学院）of Traditonal Medicine．She is also the（39）AChinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine．Mr．Tu went through about 40 failures before she succeeded．But she never（40）Band always fought on．

36．A．physics	B．math	C．chemistry	D．medicine
37．A．discovered	B．found	C．called	D．invented
38．A．for	B．at	C．against	D．in
39．A．first	B．second	C．third	D．fourth
40．A．ate up	B．gave up	C．took up	D．made up．