With the rapid growth of population, the city _________ in all directions in the past five years.
A. spreads        B. has spread　　C. spread         D. had spread

In the reading room, we found her _________ at a desk, with her eyes _________ on a book.
A. sitting; fixing       B. sit; fixed　　C. sitting; to be fixed      D. seated; fixed

—Hey, Mr. Smith, you are wanted on _________ phone.
—Who is calling?
—_________ Mr. Green. I don’t know who he is.
A. /; A         B. the; /　　C. the; A         D. /; /

My uncle likes hunting very much. He often goes 　1　during the weekend and usually　2　 home with a bag of birds. Last Sunday evening he came home 　3　 than usual. He didn’t say 　4　 when he came 　5　. He threw his 　6 on to the table and sat by the fire. He looked tired and 　7　.
　　“Didn’t you have a good day, dear?”his wife asked.
　　“　8　 do you think?”he answered angrily and pointed 　9　 the bag on the table .“ Look at the bag! There’s only one bird in it and 　10　 me a lot of money!”“Weren’t there any birds?”she asked kindly.
　　“Hundreds of them!”my uncle said,“　11　 I spent the day 　12　 with a 　13　.”
　　“What happened, dear?”she asked.
　　“I shot my first bird at five o’clock 　14　 afternoon. Soon afterwards, I aimed at 　15　 one and 　16　, but I don’t know what happened. I think I slipped because I didn’t shoot the bird. I 　17　 a cow and killed it. The farmer 　18　owned it got very angry with me. I argued with him for hours and 19 theend I had to 　20　 him 50 pounds!”
　　1．A. shoot       B. to shoot　　  C. and shoots      D. shooting
　　2．A. goes        B. comes　　　   C. leaves          D. gets
　　3．A. early       B. earlier　　　 C. earliest        D. the earliest
　　4．A. anything    B. nothing　　　 C. something       D. everything
　　5．A. in          B. out　　　 C. down          D. up
　　6．A. hat         B. bag　　　 C. gun           D. glasses
　　7．A. terrible    B. pleased　 C. wonderful     D. angry
　　8．A. What        B. How　　　 C. Why           D. When
　　9．A. of          B. to　　　  C. up            D. at
　　10．A. paid       B. spent　　 C. took          D. cost
　　11．A. So         B. Or　　    C. But           D. And
　　12．A. talking    B. arguing　 C. hunting       D. playing
　　13．A. policeman  B. hunter　　C. farmer        D. cow
　　14．A. that       B. this　　  C. one           D. some
　　15．A. the other  B. the　　   C. another       D. some
　　16．A. fired      B. lit　　   C. began         D. opened
　　17．A. frightened B. shot at　 C. hit           D. missed
　　18．A. who        B. which　　 C. whose         D. whom
　　19．A. at         B. in　　    C. for           D. by
　　20．A. borrow     B. lend　 　 C. pay           D. earn

Have you ever heard anyone say“It’s raining cats and dogs”? It means“It’s raining hard!”
　　But sometimes cats and dogs do drop from the sky! Here’s how it happens.
　　Not so long ago, a country far away had many large rats. The people there said,“We need cats!”So cats were sent to them by airplane. But the country had many mountains. It was hard for an airplane to land. So the cats came down by parachute(降落傘). Did the cats like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are still catching rats!
　　In another country far away, there is snow the year around. People sometimes got lost in it.
　　“We need big dogs!”the people said.“The dogs could find people lost in the snow. The dogs could help bring them home. Where can we get big dogs?”
　　A man across the sea had big dogs to sell.“I will send dogs to you.”He said.“I have some very big ones. They can find people lost in the snow.”
　　He sent the dogs by airplane.
　　But the airplane didn’t land in the snow. The dogs came down by parachute—you guessed it!
　　Did the dogs like the ride? They didn’t say they didn’t! And today they are well and happy. They find anyone who gets lost in the snow. Then they help him get home. Good dogs!
　　Remember it, so you can say,“Yes, it does rain cats and dogs sometimes. They came down by parachute!”
　　1．The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refers to_________.
　　A. the weather
　　B. the saying“It’s raining cats and dogs.”
　　C. the saying“It’s raining hard.”
　　D. the fact that real cats and dogs drop from the sky
　　2．Cats and dogs drop from the sky because_________.
　　A. there are many mountains in the country
　　B. it snows the year around in the country
　　C. it was hard for a plane to land in the two countries
　　D. coming down by parachute could save money
　　3．The underlined sentence“They didn’t say they didn’t!”in Paragraph 3 means“_________”.
　　A. Poor animals       B. Good animals
　　C. Have a nice trip       D. Thank you
　　4．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
　　A. Cats and dogs can help people quite a lot.
　　B.“It rains cats and dogs.”usually means a heavy rain.
　　C. When the people saw cats drop from the plane, they were pleased.
　　D. The man across the sea didn’t want his dogs dropped by air.
　　5．The main purpose of the passage is to_________.
　　A. tell the readers a famous British saying
　　B. tell the readers of a new meaning about an old saying
　　C. show cats and dogs are our good friends
　　D. show parachutes is an important invention

Mr. Cooper arrived at London airport at the end of a two-week holiday. It had been very hot in Rome, so Mr. Cooper had cut the beard that he had always worn. But the photo in his passport showed him with beard.
　　An officer looked at the photo for a moment and said,“Will you excuse me, sir? Please sit down. I won’t keep you waiting long.”With this, he walked away and showed the passport to a second officer, saying,“I know the face.”The second officer took a look at the photo and asked where Mr. Cooper had just come back from. When he heard Mr. Cooper was from Rome, the second officer’s eyes lit up and said,“An Englishman with a beard stole an old painting in Rome on Friday. And that man looked just like the man who...”Suddenly it came to the first officer who Mr. Cooper was! He returned to Mr. Cooper and asked,“Did you teach at Feltham High School?”When Mr. Cooper answered, with some surprise, that he did, the first officer smiled and said,“I thought so. I’m Alan Simpson. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit.”
　　1．Mr. Cooper was _________.
　　A. an Englishman       B. a Frenchman
　　C. an Italian        D. a policeman
　　2．Mr. Cooper’s photo showed_________.
　　A. he was much younger for his age
　　B. he was a little older for his age
　　C. he looked like the thief
　　D. he was a young man
　　3．Why did the first officer show Mr. Cooper’s passport to his colleague?
　　A. He was sure Mr. Cooper was the thief.
　　B. He was not quite sure whether Mr. Cooper was the Englishman who had stolen the painting.
　　C. He was glad to see his old teacher.
　　D. He was surprised to find his old teacher had become a thief.
　　4．_________ inclined to(有……傾向)take this Mr. Cooper as the thief from Rome.
　　A. Alan Simpson was
　　B. The second officer was
　　C. Both the two officers were
　　D. Neither of the two officers was
　　5．When he came to know the first officer had been one of his old pupils, Mr. Cooper _________.
　　A. got quite angry with him
　　B. was angry with the two policemen
　　C. felt ashamed of being regarded as a thief
　　D. felt surprised

At the end of the 19th century a Frenchman goes     1．_________
to England to learn English. He rented hotel room      2．_________
in London and spent all his times remembering a      3．_________
dictionary. After he learned from all the words       4．_________
in the dictionary, he went into the city talk to       5．_________
the people. But he could not make himself understand.     6．_________
So he went back to his room and spent much more      7．_________
days remembering a grammar book. He learned      8．_________
all the rules but went out again to talk.         9．_________
But he still unable to communicate. Greatly        10．_________
Discouraged, he collected his baggage and went home to France.

　　最近, 你班同學正在參加21世紀英文報“大家談”欄目的討論。本文話題為: 父母的收入有沒有必要讓孩子知道?
　　請根據(jù)下表所列情況給報社寫一封信，客觀地介紹討論情況。
 70%的同學認為 30%的同學認為   
1．父母的收入應該讓孩子知道; 知道后, 知之來之不易，能夠更加努力學習; 知道后, 可以理解家長艱辛, 學會節(jié)省, 為大人分憂。 1．父母的收入沒有必要讓孩子知道;
2．如果知道父母收入較好，會助長亂花錢的風氣; 知道父母收入后, 會以為不用努力也能靠父母，影響學習動力。 
要求: 詞數(shù)100左右。詞匯: 收入 income
　　Dear Editor,
　　I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we recently had about whether we should know our parents’ income.
　　________________________________________________________________________
Yours truly，
Wang Mei

30,000 dollars is a large amount of money, but it’s ___________ than we need.

A. far more     B. very much        C. far less     D. very little

    Are you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their back-packs.

    “It hurts my back when I run.”said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to get up the stairs with my backpack, because it’s too heavy.”

    Oberlin is among the students whose backpacks were overweighed in a recent study.

    They had regular backpacks with two straps to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling backpacks.

    Shirley Park, whose backpack weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling backpack because she was starting to have back pain.

    How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.

    A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load: less homework.

    P.S.

    Doctor’s suggestions:

    （1）Lighten the load. Clean out binders and take home only the books you need that night.

    （2）Wide straps are better. They send out the weight over your shoulders more evenly. And be sure to wear both straps rather than hang the pack over one shoulder.

    （3）Pack smart. The heavier things should be packed close to the back.

    （4）Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, and don’t just bend over at the waist.

1. ___________ is the main idea of the text.

    A. The problems of backpacks is worth studying

    B. The problem made by heavy backpacks

    C. What is the best backpack for a student

    D. How to make students’ backpacks light

2. According to Oberlin Reyes and Shirley Park, we know ___________.

    A. students have to do much homework

    B. students have to carry heavy backpacks

    C. backpacks without wheels are bad for students

    D. too much homework leaves students no free time

3. The expression“switched to”in the text perhaps means __________.

    A. started to use                                 B. turned on

    C. caught up                                      D. used for

4. According to the passage, it’s better for a student of 40 kilograms to carry a backpack of ___________ at most by the words of experts.

    A. 10kg                 B. 8kg                   C. 6kg                   D. 7kg

5. If students follow the doctor’s suggestions they ____________.

    A. may lighten their backpack

    B. can learn how to help themselves

    C. may feel their backpacks are lighter

    D. will know how to wear backpacks