Over fifty countries _______ the AIIB(亞投行) so far.

A. joined B. was joining

C. had joined D. have joined

— Excuse me, could you tell me ?

— In five minutes.

A. how soon will the film begin

B. how soon the film will begin

C. how long the film has been on

D. how long has the film been on

完形填空。

通讀下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從各題所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

George lived with his sick mother in a poor village.

One bright sunny _____ in July， he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to _____ some wood from under the trees. After working hard for half a day， he looked around for a ______ place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild _____ caught his eyes.

“How good these will be with my bread and butter!” thought George. He at once began to _____ all the strawberries he could find and sat down by the river， ready to enjoy them.

Just then as he was lifting the _____ strawberry to his mouth， he thought of his mother. “shall I _____ them for her?” said he， thinking how much they would make _____ happy， yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.

“ I will eat half， and take the other half to her，” said he. Then he divided the strawberries into two. _____ he found each half looked so small that he put them together again.

“I will only taste one.” Then seeing that he taken the biggest， he put it back. Finally he _____ them carefully with some leaves， deciding to keep all _____ his mother.

When the sun was beginning to go down， George went home. _____ happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother. The _____ he came to his home， the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he arrived， he ran to his _____ and happily offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes， she put her hand on his head and said _____ ， “And you kept them for your sick mother， did you? God will bless you for all this， my child.”

Could the eating of the strawberries have given George half the happiness he felt at the moment.

1.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night

2.A. set up B. pick up C. put up D. give up

3.A. hot B. dark C. cool D. noisy

4.A. apples B. strawberries C. pears D. peaches

5.A. buy B. grow C. make D. collect

6.A. first B. last C. other D. next

7.A. cut B. peel C. sell D. keep

8.A. him B. them C. her D. it

9.A. But B. So C. If D. Or

10.A. showed B. locked C. covered D. washed

11.A. to B. from C. for D. on

12.A. What B. How C. Why D. Whether

13.A. nearer B. farther C. longer D. later

14.A. father B. sister C. friend D. mother

15.A. angrily B. lovingly C. worriedly D. politely

閱讀理解。

Swimming and English Learning

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well， how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice， practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed， try to catch every word.

Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well， you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there’s nobody to talk with， you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember， the more you speak， the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well， let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1. You can learn to swim by_______.

A. reading books about it

B. looking at others swimming

C. having lessons on it

D. going into the river and learning

2. We should learn English by _______.

A. listening and speaking B. reading and writing

C. A and B D. swimming

3.What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A. Don’t make mistakes. B. Study hard.

C. Try not to speak English. D. Don’t be afraid.

4.What’s more important for senior school students?

A. listening B. speaking

C. reading and writing D. learning

5.We can listen to English ______， according to the passage.

A. by train B. on the radio

C. every minute D. now and then

She got a nice skirt as a present on her birthday．Do you know _______ ？

A．what was it made of B．how much did it cost

C．who buys it for her D．where she bought it

My coat costs little. What about ________?

―_______ is expensive.

A. you, It B. him, His

C. yours, Mine D. hers, She

---How do you like the talk show?

---I think it’s __________, but some people think it’s so _________.

A. wonderful enough; bored B. enough wonderful; boring

C. wonderful enough; boring D. enough wonderful; bored

If we ______ take environmental problems seriously, the earth _______ worse and worse.

A．don’t; will be B．won’t; isn’t

C．won’t; is D．don’t; won’t be

---Where is Linda? I can’t find her anywhere.

---She ______ the flowers in the garden.

A. waters B. is watering

C. watered D. has watered

Guilin is ___ attractive city.

It’s ____ nice place that many tourists go there every year.

A. an; so a B. a; a so

C. a; a such D. an; such a