Look! The students are playing on the playground. Some are running, some are playing basketball, ________ are watching.

A. other          B. the other       C. another       D. others

Jim, hurry up, ________ we’ll be late for the concert.

   A. but            B. or             C. so           D. and

My brother __________ to Canada to learn English in 2005.

   A. went           B. goes          C. will go        D. would go

--Be quiet! The children ____________ now.

   --Oh, sorry.

   A. sleep          B. slept          C. were sleeping   D. are sleeping

His father ________ in the factory since he was twenty.

   A. works         B. has worked     C. will work      D. was working

—Jim, ________ you answer the last question?

   -- Sorry, I can’t. It’s too hard.

   A. need         B. may           C. must          D. can

If it ______ tomorrow, we’ll go to Bird’s Nest.

A. didn’t rain    B. won’t rain       C. doesn’t rain     D. isn’t raining

These photos ______ on the Great Wall last week.

   A. take          B. took           C. were taken      D. are taken

--Could you tell me _______?

--Next week.

   A. when John will come back        B. when will John come back

   C. when John came back            D. when did John come back

完形填空（共12分，每小題1分）

閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you   36  .

I wanted to do something very   37   for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it   38   it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(頭盔)and a riding outfit(全套裝備）.

I could   39   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to   40   the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   41  :” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could   42   lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s   promise.

I stood there shocked(震驚的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could  43  this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反應(yīng)）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to   44   my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I   45   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is   46   present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   47   this story.

 Yours,

Hilary

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. spirit               D. courage

2.  A. strange              B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.  A. after            B. before           C. unless           D. until

4.A. perhaps            B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

5.  A. start                B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

6.  A. sign                 B. notice           C. word             D. note

7.A. give               B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

8.A. present            B. find                 C. afford           D. order

9.A. tear               B. open             C. check            D. receive

10.A. realized              B. remembered      C. imagined             D. supposed

11. A. only             B. still                C. ever                 D. even

12. A. send             B. publish              C. share            D. write