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Ⅰ. 单项填空
( )1. —I can’t stand the smell of the stinking tofu.
—Would you like to have a try It quite delicious.
A. looks B. sounds
C. tastes D. smells
( )2. Tom doesn’t like thrillers because they are .
A. funny B. interesting
C. exciting D. scary
( )3. Please be quiet, children. Your baby brother is sleeping in the next room. Don’t .
A. wake them up B. wake up them
C. wake him up D. wake up him
( )4. —Must we leave the reading room before 5:00 pm
—No, you . You can stay here until 5:30 pm.
A. can’t B. needn’t
C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
( )5. When I came in, the girl for the talent show happily.
A. was preparing B. will prepare
C. is preparing D. prepared
( )6. I was watching TV my brother was writing an email at home at this time last night.
A. as soon as B. after
C. until D. while
( )7. Parents often tell us quiet in public places.
A. to be B. being
C. are D. be
( )8. Peter fell off the ladder and got .
A. hurt B. angry
C. nervous D. easy-going
( )9. The girl with two cats in the yard when the earthquake happened.
A. was playing B. is playing
C. are playing D. were playing
( )10. —Why didn’t you try your best to get on the subway
—I tried to, but it started moving I could get on it.
A. before B. after
C. since D. if
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成句子
11. 我喜欢反复地读这本书。
I like reading this book .
12. 昨晚这个男孩梦见了他的妈妈。
The boy his mother last night.
13. 莉萨觉得有人正在追赶她。
Lisa thought someone
her.
14. 他正在睡觉,请不要把他吵醒。
He is sleeping. Please don’t .
15. 别担心,你的朋友一会儿就会回来。
Don’t worry. Your friends will come back .
Ⅲ. 完形填空
The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while 16 are very pleasant to hear. In a single day you probably hear 17 sounds. All sounds are different. Some may be loud, and others may be low.
Some sounds are useful. 18 sound, we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ring of an alarm clock wakes people up. The hoot(喇叭声) of a car warns people of danger.
Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low 19 the land, the very loud sound can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.
We know sound travels about one kilometre in three 20 . In a thunderstorm you see the lightning first, and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 21 than sound.
Next time you see lightning, count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.
Divide this number 22 three. This will tell you 23 kilometres away the thunderstorm is.
( )16. A. others B. the other C. another D. the others
( )17. A. hundreds of B. hundred of
C. hundreds D. hundred
( )18. A. Of B. With C. Without D. By
( )19. A. in B. on C. under D. over
( )20. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. seconds
( )21. A. more fast B. much faster C. more faster D. much fast
( )22. A. in B. of C. by D. at
( )23. A. how much B. how many
C. how far D. how long
答案
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Ⅰ. 1. C 食物应该是“尝起来”非常好吃。故选C。
2. D 句意:汤姆不喜欢恐怖片,因为它们吓人。 scary意为“吓人的”。故选D。
3. C 根据“Your baby brother”可知,与之对应的代词是him,先排除A和B;wake up是“动词+副词”结构的短语,代词作其宾语时,应放在wake和up中间。故选C。
4. B 5. A
6. D while意为“当……时候”,引导时间状语从句,表示主从句动作同时进行。
7. A tell sb to do sth意为“告诉某人做某事”。
8. A
9. A 由从句时态可知,本空应用过去进行时;又由于主语“The girl”是单数形式,所以应用was playing,故选A。
10. A 句意:“你为什么不尽全力上地铁 ”“我尽力了,但是在我上去之前,它就开动了。”before意为“在……之前”; after意为“在……之后”; since意为“自从”;if意为“如果”。故选A。
Ⅱ. 11. again and again
12. dreamed/dreamt about/of
13. was running after
14. wake him up
15. after a while
Ⅲ. 16. A some…others…意为“一些……其他的……”。
17. A hundreds of 意为“成百上千的”。
18. C 19. D 20. D
21. B fast的比较级是faster, much修饰比较级。
22. C 23. B