— Who did it better, Bill or Henry?

— I think Bill did just _______ Henry.

A.as well as B.as good as

C.as better as D.more badly than

We asked them to go with us, but they decided _______ for another two days.

A.to staying B.staying C.to stay D.stayed

— What is the fastest way to Shanghai?

— Of course by plane. It only takes you two hours _____ there.

A.get B.to get C.getting D.got

When you read English newspapers, please _________ translate every word.

A.don’t try to B.try to C.try not to D.not try to

I like spring best because it never gets too hot _____ too cold.

A.and B.so C.or D.but

— Why does our writing teacher ask us to read more books?

— _______ books we read, ______ our writing is.

A.The more; the better B.Most; best

C.More; better D.Many; good

Mr. West was born in a small English town. His father had a shop there. The shopkeeper didn’t think it was ____ for his son to go to school. So he taught him how to get more money. They got much money there and then ____ to the city. Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr. West has to do it ____ him. As he has little knowledge, Mr. West is often ____ in public and sometimes he gets into trouble. So he ____ a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them ____ they go in. He often goes to the parties and carefully ____ what the learned（有學(xué)問的）men say. He hopes to make friends with them.

Once Mr. West was told that it was a famous writer’s birthday that day. He hurried there with his wife. He gave the writer some ____ presents and the old man thanked him. After dinner they began to talk about the literary works（文學(xué)作品）.

He could hardly answer any questions. The writer had to ask him ____ one, “What was Shakespeare?”

“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr. West. “But people do not like it now. ”

The writer had a smile and soon he stopped ____ . On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now. Shakespeare is a delicious cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”

1.A.useful B.possible C.easy D.difficult

2.A.went B.got C.ran D.moved

3.A.with B.after C.instead of D.before

4.A.helped B.laughed at C.hurt D.beaten

5.A.borrowed B.made C.bought D.wrote

6.A.because B.if C.that D.as soon as

7.A.listens to B.hears C.looks at D.sees

8.A.cheap B.expensive C.useless D.small

9.A.more difficult B.the most difficult C.easy D.the easiest

10.A.to talk B.to answer C.talking D.answering

Lao She Teahouse opened in 1988. Its name is after the famous Chinese writer, Lao She (1899-1966). At Lao She Teahouse, visitors sit in an old Beijing setting, and can drink the best tea in China. They watch all kinds of traditional Chinese performance(表演) art and enjoy delicious traditional Beijing-style snacks(小吃). Since it opened, Lao She Teahouse has entertained(款待) many famous people from China and all over the world. The teahouse can hold (容納)up to 250 guests once. At Lao She Teahouse, there are opera fans activities from 2:30 to 5：00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. There are also opera and folk music performances from 2:30 to 5:00 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons of each week. People can enjoy performances of Peking Opera, folk arts, acrobatics and magic shows from 7: 40 to 9:20 every evening.

To get there, take the subway to Qianmen Station.

Tel: 6302-1717; 6303-6830; 6304-6334.

Ticket price: 40 yuan (US$5), 60 yuan (US$7.2), 80 yuan (US$10), 100 yuan (US$12.5), 120 yuan (US$15) or 130 yuan (US$16) according to different seats, tea and pastries.

1.How many people can Lao She Teahouse hold once?

A.1,500. B.250. C.400. D.500.

2.When can people watch opera and folk music performances?

A.On Tuesday afternoons. B.On Wednesday afternoons.

C.On Friday afternoons. D.On Monday afternoons.

3.What performances can people watch every evening at Lao She Teahouse?

A.Peking Opera, folk arts, pop songs and magic shows.

B.Peking Opera, folk arts, acrobatics and magic shows.

C.Pop songs, folk arts, acrobatics and magic shows.

D.Peking Opera, Western music, acrobatics and magic shows.

4.How does the writer advise us to go to Lao She Teahouse?

A.By plane. B.By train. C.By bus. D.By subway.

5.The passage may be from __________.

A.a novel B.a magazine C.an advertisement D.a story

I was walking down the street the other day when I suddenly saw a small wallet lying on the ground. I picked it up and opened to see if I could find the owner's name. There was nothing inside it except some money and an old photo of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. The girl looked like the woman's daughter. I put the photo back and took the wallet to the police station. There I gave it to a policeman. Before I left, the policeman took down my name and address so that the owner could write and thank me if they found it.

That evening I went for dinner with my aunt and uncle. They also asked a young woman, so there were four people at table. Her face seemed familiar(熟悉). I was quite sure that we had met before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. During the talking, the young woman said that she had lost her wallet that afternoon. At once I knew where I had seen her. She was just the young girl in the photo though she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her what her wallet was like.

My uncle said that we should go to the police station at once to get the wallet. As that policeman handed it over, he said it was an interesting coincidence(巧合) ----I not only found the wallet, but also made friends with the person who had lost it.

1.The word "wallet" in the story means ______ in Chinese.

A.手袋 B.護照 C.書包 D.錢包

2.The policeman wrote down my name and address because _________.

A.he wanted to write a report to the newspaper.

B.he would let the owner of the wallet know who helped him.

C.he wanted the owner to give me some money for thanks.

D.he did so just that was his job.

3.The writer was quite sure that he had seen the woman before _______

A.in the photo. B.at his uncle's home

C.at the police station D.in the street

4._______ gave the wallet to the young woman at last.

A.The writer B.The policeman

C.His uncle D.Nobody

5.Which following is NOT true?

A.The policeman took down the writer's name and address.

B.Four people were at table that evening.

C.The writer found the name of the girl on the back of the old photo.

D.The writer found the wallet and its owner on the same day.

The question whether there is life on Mars (火星) has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit (軌道) around it. One of the NASA’s (美國宇航局) spaceships is expected to land on January 3, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24. Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights. Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water in Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland. But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago — just as life first appeared here on Earth. Scientists at once raise a question: if what they said is true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth?

1.Which is right about Mars?

A.It’s cold without dust.

B.There is no water or air.

C.It’s warm with some thin air.

D.It’s a dusty, cold world almost without air.

2.Two NASA’s spaceships _______________.

A.will land on the different sides of Mars

B.will land on the same day

C.will enter orbit around Mars

D.will land with a man

3.The most difficult times of a flight are _______________.

A.taking off

B.flying up and arriving

C.entering the orbit and landing

D.leaving the earth and entering the orbit

4.A team of scientists reported that there might be_____________ in Mars.

A.nothing but air

B.nothing

C.water billions of years ago

D.thick air and lakes

5.What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?

A.Life disappeared on Mars.

B.Spaceships can’t land on Mars.

C.The air on the earth gets less and less.

D.The earth might be changed like Mars