8．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從A，B，C，D四個選項中選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項．
    The first note I ever wrote for my mother said"Hi，Mom！Have a nice day！Love，Marie！"．I was twelve when I wrote it，and I folded the（16）Ainto her change purse（零錢包）．
    My mother worked as a cleaner in a clothing factory．I knew that when she（17）Cmeals in the dining hall，she would have to look for change in her purse．I didn't know that she would（18）Bthat note，and always carry it with her．
    From the day that I（19）Afolded the small piece of paper into my mother's change purse，she and I left each other（20）Cnotes．They would be put in the fridge，under a lamp，or beside the TV set．I（21）Cfound one hidden in my shoe．From the outside，our notes may have been general（22）Dof our days，ideas and wishes．But to my mother and（23）B，they were a lifeline-a communication with each other that no one else（24）A．
    On October 20，2009，my mother died after a long illness．I stood near her bed，（25）Dher hand．I didn't cry the day my mom died，（26）AI didn't cry a week later when I went to collect her things．I was so thankful that she no longer had aches and（27）B．
    Recently，I found a note that my mom had（28）D me．It had been hidden in the（29）C of my favorite childhood book for years．It read"Dear Marie，I love you always..Miss you a lot．Don't forget me．Be（50）B！Love，Mom．"That day，I cried．

16．A．note	B．book	C．diary	D．letter
17．A．prepared	B．sold	C．bought	D．cooked
18．A．forget	B．keep	C．lose	D．pick
19．A．carefully	B．wisely	C．quickly	D．carelessly
20．A．big	B．funny	C．secret	D．beautiful
21．A．hardly	B．never	C．even	D．seldom
22．A．programs	B．courses	C．excuses	D．records
23．A．her	B．me	C．him	D．us
24．A．shared	B．believed	C．promised	D．remembered
25．A．reaching	B．watching	C．pushing	D．holding
26．A．a(chǎn)nd	B．but	C．or	D．because
27．A．gifts	B．pains	C．dialogs	D．mistakes
28．A．lent	B．sent	C．passed	D．left
29．A．lines	B．poems	C．pages	D．pictures
30．A．serious	B．happy	C．patient	D．strict

7．閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填人一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式（最多限填三個單詞）填空．   
  Summer was coming and it was getting hotter．Mrs．King got（61）upearly one morning and went to the market after she （62）had（have）breakfast．She knew that everything was cheap there before eight
o'clock．She wanted to buy many（63）vegetables（vegetable）for her family．Suddenly she saw there were a（64）lotof people around a farmer．She hurried there and found that he was selling some beef．
"How（65）muchdoes it cost？"a woman asked．
"Two dollars a kilo．"
"Oh，how cheap it is！"Mrs．King said to herself．"John（66）likes（like）beef very much．I'd better buy some here．"
    When she got（67）home/backwith five kilos of beef，her son was happy but her husband got angry．
"What a silly woman！"said Mr．King．"How shall we keep it fresh in such hot weather？"
"Your aunt is very rich，"said Mrs．King．"Why not go and borrow some money（68）fromher？Then we'll be able to buy a fridge．"Mr．King agreed and they began to teach their five一year一old son what（69）to say（say）when they were at his aunt's house．
"John，"Mr．King said，"how can we keep the beef fresh？"
"That's easy，"the boy said（70）happily（happy）．"By eating it！"

6．-Could you please sweep the floor？I'm going to cook dinner．
-     ．I'll do it at once，Mom．（　　）

A．

I'm afraid not

B．

You're kidding

C．

It's a shame

D．

My pleasure

5．-Which song do you like better，Lucy？
-I prefer the song Little Apple       can attract many people．（　�。�

A．

which

B．

who

C．

whom

D．

where

4．-What should we do for the disabled children in the Children's Home？
-You're supposed to       a study group to help them．（　�。�

A．

take up

B．

fix up

C．

set up

D．

stay up

3．-Amy，can we give away these soft toys？We      them for many years．
-Mom，but I want to keep the bear．（　�。�

A．

bought

B．

had

C．

have bought

D．

have had

2．-Mike，what were your parents doing at 8：00 last night？
-My mother was reading         my father was playing computer games．（　�。�

A．

while

B．

when

C．

unless

D．

as long as

1．Tony went （81）fishing （fish） at sea．But he sat all day long without catching a single fish．On （82）his（he） way home，he stopped at a store and ordered four tuna （金槍魚）．He told the seller："Pick four large （83）ones （one） out and throw them at me，will you？"
"Why do you want me to throw them at you？"asked the seller．
"So that I am able to tell my wife that I （84）caught（catch） them，"said Tony．
"OK，but I suggest that you take the salmon （三文魚）．""Why？"asked Tony．
"Because your wife came in （85）ealier （early） than you today and said that if you come by，I should tell you to take salmon．That's what she'd like for supper tonight，"said the seller．

19．Can you speak moreslowly．I can't hear you clearly．（慢）

18．Jeff is making  faces．He looks asfunny（滑稽可笑的）as Mr．Beans．