语法填空（每题1分，共10分）

One day Mary was busy working in her office in London when she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan’s e-mail, she persuaded Mary 1.______( look) for a flat in London for her. As she had 2.____ (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the 3._______ (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found 4._____difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat 5._______would meet Joan’s requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary came up 6.______her boss and politely asked him 7.____advice. It was the first time that she 8.___________ (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached 9.____agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed 10._____ mind--- she was not returning to London.

 

One day Mary was busy working in her office in London when she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan’s e-mail, she persuaded Mary 1.______( look) for a flat in London for her. As she had 2._____ (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the 3.______ (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found 4.______difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat 5._______would meet Joan’s requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary came up 6.______her boss and politely asked him 7._____advice. It was the first time that she 8.___________ (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached 9.____agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed 10.____ mind--- she was not returning to London.

 

在下列的空格里填写括号里单词的正确形式(共8小题, 每小题1分共8分)

1.The whole world seemed ___________ (shock) at the news of the death of the famous American singer, Michael Jackson.

2.Much to their delight, their hometown was found __________ (change) a lot after such a long time.

3. Mary got blamed by her boss because she had left the office with all the lights _________ (burn).

4. The book fair, ____________( open) last week, has attracted a large number of people including many little children.

5. No witnesses could give the police a detailed ______________ (describe) of the murder happening in that district.

6. While staying in England, he was always _____________ (enthusiasm) about making friends with the local people.

7.There is no ____________ (possible) that he will win the game even though he has got much trained.

8. I keep the reference books on the desk for ______________ (convenient) because I frequently use them.

 

 A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36  it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37  Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38  , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.

My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39   from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40  mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41  the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42  it looked pretty good.

Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43  in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44  there in his little box.

The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45  around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46  to go over and act like any normal  47  neighbor and find out what was going on.

When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48  thing! Mary’s bunny  49  a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”

Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50  .

When we get caught doing something  51  , for example, we may  52  to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53  what we expected. We  54  looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55  . What do you think of it?

A. treat        B. catch          C. appreciate         D. recognize

A. looked for    B. got along      C. belonged to         D. resulted from

A. pleased        B. terrible       C. confused          D. excited

A. Looking     B. Removing      C. Preventing        D. Hearing

A. dirty               B. lovely        C. gifted           D. strange

A. dress up          B. bring up        C. clean up            D. make up

A. whenever     B. though       C. before            D. until

A. carefully       B. strangely     C. especially          D. wonderfully

A. serious        B. accurate       C. balanced        D. natural

A. cheered          B. gathered        C. ran             D. looked

A. wished        B. decided       C. hesitated        D. meant

A. anxious       B. discouraged           C. wise             D. curious

A. strange        B. difficult       C. committed       D. annoying

A. passed away    B. ran away           C. set out               D. went up

A. more           B. worse         C. better          D. faster

A. exciting       B. perfect               C. strange         D. wrong

A. refuse          B. attempt        C. promise        D. pretend

A. often           B. just             C. always                D. never

A. get down        B. end up                     C. go through        D. set out

A. consequences  B. opportunities     C. expectations       D. choices

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）

—Mary, we are going to have a party on New Year‘s Eve. I’m sure we’ll have a good time. _____1.___

—I’d like to. __2.__

—In our classroom. We are going to decorate it and turn it into a splendid ballroom.

—____3.___ I shall be very glad to spend my first New Year in China with you.

—But we are going to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. ___4._

—I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear, though.

—I heard you sing once. ___5.____ I’m sure you’ll be the star of our New Year party.

—Oh，thank you.

A. Your voice was sweet and beautiful. B. Where are you going to have it? C. Would you like to join us? D. Thank you for inviting me. E. Oh, it is great. F. Let’s go to the ball together. G. Do sing us some English songs, please.