I am really proud of my group ________ we’re always discussing and sharing study secrets together. How important the group work is!

A. because B. though C. unless D. but

—I learned about elephants the day before yesterday. There are no bones(骨頭) in the back of their feet.

—________.

A. That's amazing B. Bad luck C. Good idea D. No problem

You should ________ smoking. It’s really bad for your health.

A. put up B. give up

C. get up D. set up

— What time will Diana get to Chengdu?

— I’m not sure. When she ________, I’ll call you.

A. will arrive B. arrive C. arrives D. arrived

— ________ is the river in front of our house?

— Not too deep, about 2 metres.

A. How high B. How deep C. How wide D. How long

— Sally, which dress do you like best?

— Oh, I’ve tried several ones on, but ________ of them fit me well.

A. both B. either C. neither D. none

You drive your car so fast. It’s dangerous.

A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. mightn’t

Dreams are beautiful. However, to ________ them needs lots of time and work.

A. discover B. realize C. find D. stop

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.

Dean Bluey from Dallas, Texas, is a school boy who has much________in computers. One day, he_________an email to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help！”The message was from Finland, _____ kilometers away from America.

“I didn’t know ______ I should do,” Dean said to a reporter afterwards. “It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.” So Dean did nothing at first.______ the message kept coming.

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble，” Dean explained. He _______ and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was_______there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with

the world was by email. Dean got in touch_______the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. ______, she was still alive and was sent to hospital quickly.

“I’m glad she’s OK,” Dean said. “It’s hard to believe, but _____ saved her life.”

1.

A. interested B. interest

C. interesting D. interests

2.

A. sent B. sends

C. is sending D. was sending

3.

A. thousand B. thousands of

C. thousands D. thousand of

4.

A. how B. where

C. what D. when

5.

A. But B. And

C. So D. As

6.

A. telephoned B. found

C. replied D. talked

7.

A. better B. harder

C. worse D. easier

8.

A. on B. with

C. to D. at

9.

A. Hardly B. Happily

C. Carefully D. Luckily

10.

A. email B. doctors

C. the police D. girls

Herb was at home alone one night while his parents were out in the evening. He had often stayed alone before, so he wasn’t____. As he waited for his parents to return home, he watched the latest films on TV._______became heavier and heavier as the time passed.

Suddenly Herb’s eyes opened wide. What was that _______in the next room? Herb heard the window slowly being inched (一點一點地) open. For a minute Herb was so frightened that he could not ____ , and his body felt like ice. He knew that he mustn’t lose his _____ and began to think of the things he could do. He couldn’t ____ the telephone without passing the window where he had heard the noise. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to_______into his room through the windows.

Herb’s drums were standing near the TV. "Wait, maybe there is something I can do," thought Herb. He picked up the drumsticks and beat on the drums as _____ as he could. The commotion (騷動) was so terrible that Herb surprised______ himself. He also surprised the person_______the window, who ran away as fast as possible.

1.

A. worried B. lonely

C. sad D. afraid

2.

A. The films B. His body

C. His eyes D. The night

3.

A. noise B. talk

C. person D. thing

4.

A. hear B. cry

C. think D. move

5.

A. heart B. head

C. hope D. way

6.

A. touch B. reach

C. watch D. catch

7.

A. walk B. run

C. climb D. jump

8.

A. fast B. hardly

C. strongly D. carefully

9.

A. even B. perhaps

C. still D. rather

10.

A. at B. in

C. on D. to