Mrs. Andrews had a young cat,and it was the cat's first winter. One evening it was 0 1       when it began to snow heavily. Mrs. Andrews1 2      for it everywhere and shouted 1 3       name,but she did not find it,so she telephone the police and said , " I have1 4       a small black cat. Has anybody found one?""No,madam," said the policeman at the other end, "But cats are r5       very strong animals. They sometimes1 6       for days in the snow,and when it melts (融化) or somebody f7       them,they are quite well." Mrs. Andrews f8       happier when she heard this. "And," she said, "Our cat is very c9       . She almost talks."

The policeman was getting tired, " Well then," he said" Why don't you put your telephone down? Maybe she is t10       to telephone you now."

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6. 1       7. f       8. f       9. c        10. t       

Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore,in the place where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is 1        These bridges can make people 2        roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.

They are more efficient (效率高的) ， 3       less convenient (方便的) because people have to climb up a lot of steps. This is inconvenient to the old. When people 4        an overhead bridge,they do not hold up (阻擋) traffic. But when they cross a5       road using a zebra crossing,traffic is held up. This is 6        the government (政府) has 7        many overhead bridges to help people and 8        traffic moving at the same time.

The government of Singapore has9       a lot of money building these bridges. For their own safety,people should be given hope to use them 10        rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little 11        climbing up and down the steps,but it is still much safer than walking across the road 12        all the moving traffic.

Overhead bridges are very useful. People,13       old and young,should14       use them. This will stop accidents 15        happening.

(   ) 1. A. noisy   B. not safe   C. crowded   D. not busy

(   ) 2. A. cross   B. crossing   C. across   D. through

(   ) 3. A. though   B. or   C. if   D. till

(   ) 4. A. pass   B. use   C. visit   D. build

(   ) 5. A. wide   B. narrow   C. busy   D. free

(   ) 6. A. what   B. why   C. when   D. where

(   ) 7. A. made   B. let   C. built   D. asked

(   ) 8. A. see   B. keep   C. find   D. feel

(   ) 9. A. used   B. made   C. spent   D. borrowed

(   ) 10. A. full of   B. fond of   C. in spite of   D. instead of

(   ) 11. A. difficult   B. different   C. worried   D. exited

(   ) 12. A. past   B. along   C. about   D. with

(   ) 13. A. both   B. either   C. neither   D. not

(   ) 14. A. almost   B. always   C. nearly   D. hardly

(   ) 15. A. in   B. at   C. with   D. from

The United States,Great Britain took the war on Iraq (伊拉克) in late March,2003. 1       over twenty days American soldiers were in Baghdad,the2       of Iraq. They ended the government (政府) of Saddam. 3       Iraqis died in the war. Saddam is4      . No one knows 5        he's dead or alive.

In some parts of the city there was no light because of the war. Some oil wells (井) were set on fire. Now the Iraqis need food,water and6       . Many soldiers and people who were hurt in the war need hospital care. People also need 7        to find their family members.

After the war,some Iraqis broke into Saddam's palace,government buildings,and stores. They8       many things from Iraqi Museums. Other Iraqis are angry that the U. S. soldiers didn't stop the robbers (搶劫者) .So far there is 9        no government of Iraqis.

The reason for American soldiers taking the war is that they are 10        weapons of mass destruction (大規(guī)模殺傷4生武器) .But by June6,they hadn't found any at all.

(   ) 1. A. In   B. After   C. By   D. During

(   ) 2. A. city   B. town   C. capital   D. village

(   ) 3. A. Thousand   B. Thousand

   C. Thousand of   D. Thousands of

(   ) 4. A. A tired   B. run   C. gone   D. forgotten

(   ) 5. A. if   B. when   C. how   D. that

(   ) 6. A. spaceships   B. flowers   C. people   D. medicine

(   ) 7. A. an idea   B. a way   C. a plane   D. a bridge

(   ) 8. A. bought   B. borrowed   C. stole   D. brought

(   ) 9. A. still   B. ever   C. yet   D. already

(   ) 10. A. looking at   B. looking for

   C. giving up   D. putting down

Two Americans were travelling in Spain. One morning they came into a little r1       for lunch. They did not know Spanish,and their waiter did not know English. They wanted him to u2       that they wanted some milk and s3       .

At first they pronounced the word "milk" many times. Then they s4       it. But the waiter could not understand them.

At last one of them t5       a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. He was finishing his d6      ,when the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant." Do you see ," said one of the t7      ， " what a pencil can do for a man who has difficulties in a foreign c8       ？"

The waiter was back again some time after,but he brought no m9       .

He put down in front of the two men t10       for a bullfight.

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6. d       7. t       8. c       9. m       10. t       

 About70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight (減肥) .That is almost 1        out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat 1        food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running,exercise with machines,take medicines,or even have operations. 2       you can see losing weight is 3        work,and it will also cost a lot of money. But4       do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people,looking nice also means to be5       Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6        overweight is not good.

Most people want to find an 7        way to take off fat,and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are8      . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be9      ,Some overweight people go to health centers,like La Costa in California. Men and women 10        several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two,11       exercise,eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight.12       4 days on the programme,one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2. 27kg) . At$400 a day,she spent$ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 13        to do so.

Health centers,books,medicines,operations,running and exercise machines all14       a lot of money. So in the United States,losing weight may mean losing 15        too.

(   ) 1. A. less   B. more   C. nice   D. fast

(   ) 2. A. For   B. So   C. Or   D. And

(   ) 3. A. good   B. useful   C. hard   D. easy

(   ) 4. A. why   B. what   C. how   D. when

(   ) 5. A. high   B. short   C. thin   D. fat

(   ) 6. A. talk   B. say   C. speak   D. tell

(   ) 7. A. dearer   B. harder   C. shorter   D. easier

(   ) 8. A. taken   B. given   C. written   D. copied

(   ) 9. A. cheap   B. expensive   C. easy   D. safe

(   ) 10. A. pay   B. cost   C. take   D. have

(   ) 11. A. making   B. taking   C. playing   D. using

(   ) 12. A. Before   B. In   C. After   D. At

(   ) 13. A. sorry   B. angry   C. sad   D. glad

(   ) 14. A. need   B. have   C. use   D. get

(   ) 15. A. health   B. time   C. food   D. money

The water and the land are thought part of the earth surface (表面) .The air is 1        thought a kind of blanket (氈子) 2       the earth. But it is 3        than that. Maybe you have been in a cave (洞穴) 4       in the earth. Did you think about the air that was in the cave? The land has some air mixed in it. Air is even mixed 5        the water in the sea. These examples show that some air is 6        the earth's surface as well as above it.

Men once 7        that there were four basic things from which everything else was made. They8       these things―earth,fire,air and water the four elements (元素) .9       man made more observations,they10       that fire was not an element. 11       they concluded (得出結(jié)論) that land,air and water were not elements,12       .

13      ,there are more than100 elements from which scientists believe all things are made. 14       land,air and water are not elements,they are three main parts of man's environment (環(huán)境) .You will 15        more about them as you study the earth.

(   ) 1. A. usually   B. seldom   C. never   D. sometimes

(   ) 2. A. above   B. around   C. across   D. among

(   ) 3. A. better   B. more   C. less   D. worse

(   ) 4. A wide   B. high   C. long   D. deep

(   ) 5. A. at   B. in   C. with   D. to

(   ) 6. A. below   B. before   C. between   D. beside

(   ) 7. A. found   B. thought   C. knew   D. understood

(   ) 8. A. called,                   B. told   C. name   D. said

(   ) 9. A. That   B. For   C. As   D. So

(   ) 10. A. believe   B. planned   C. decided   D. want

(   ) 11. A. End   B. At last   C. Hardly   D. Nearly

(   ) 12. A. too   B. neither   C. also   D. either

(   ) 13. A. True   B. Read   C. In fact   D. Correctly

(   ) 14. A. When   B. As   C. Since   D. Though

(   ) 15. A. exam   B. study   C. exercise   D. know

One day a young mother was playing with her five-year-old son. Suddenly he grabbed her ballpoint pen and swallowed it.

"Oh,no！"c1       the woman. "We must find a d2      , " She took her son,ran out of the house,p3       him in their car,and drove q4       to the nearest doctor's office. Taking her son by the hand,she r5       into the waiting room and shouted to the n6      ， " I must see the doctor immediately."

"I'm sorry," said the nurse c7       ，"but the doctor is b8       . " "But nurse," she said, "please!My son j9       swallowed my ballpoint pen!"

"Well," said the nurse. "I'm t10       sorry,but you'll just have to use a pencil."

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6. n       7. c       8. b       9. j       10. t       

"It's over!Thank goodness！" School was 1        and I was tired. I2       at the front of the school bus.

Janie,the driver,tries to 3        the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of talks. I try to listen4      ,but usually I am too 5        thinking about my day. On this day,however,her talk was worth6       .

"My father's ill," she said to no one in particular (特別地) .I could see worry in her 7      . I had never seen her like this before. She always meets students8       a smile.

With a sudden change of interest,I asked, " what's wrong with him?"

With her eyes wet and her voice9      ,she answered, " Heart trouble."Her eyes lowered as she continued. "I've already 10        my mum,so I don't think I can stand losing him."I couldn't answer. My heart ached for her.

I sat on the 11        thinking of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,and still is,for her. I wouldn't want anyone to go through that.

Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus12      ,that was just her job. She had a whole world of family and cares13      

I suddenly 14        very selfish. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.

I shouldn't have been so selfish and selfcentered. 15       people is an art.

(   ) 1. A. in   B. off   C. over   D. on

(   ) 2. A. ran   B. walked   C. sat   D. stood

(   ) 3. A. rest   B. break   C. close   D. open

(   ) 4. A. polite   B. rude   C. politely   D. quickly

(   ) 5. A. busy   B. free   C. busily   D. freely

(   ) 6. A. looking at   B. agreeing with

   C. talking to   D. listening to

(   ) 7. A. eyes   B. face   C. mouth   D. ears

(   ) 8. A. with   B. within   C. without   D. for

(   ) 9. A. usually   B. usual   C. unusual   D. truly

(   ) 10. A. remembered   B. forgotten

   C. lost   D. missed

(   ) 11. A. seat   B. house   C. room   D. desk

(   ) 12. A. worker   B. driver   C. teacher   D. doctor

(   ) 13. A. also   B. either   C. too   D. at all

(   ) 14. A. felt   B. feel   C. thought   D. was

(   ) 15. A. Looking at   B. Understanding

   C. Getting to know   D. Watching

Have you ever seen the advertisement―Learn a foreign language in six weeks,1       give your money back? Of course,it2       happens quite like that. The only language 3       

to learn is the mother language. And think 4        practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 5        the literature (文學(xué)) of the country. Now most people want to6       a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning7       .

How do they do it? Some people try at home 8        books and tapes,others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9       they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week,learning it will10       a long time,like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6        or 11       hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it 12        But most people are 13        to do this,and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very14      ,but they can not do the students' work. 15       the language is learned quickly or slowly,it is hard work.

(   ) 1. A. so   B. or   C. and   D. but

(   ) 2. A. cant   B. impossible   C. never   D. often

(   ) 3. A. easily   B. difficult   C. able   D. easy

(   ) 4. A. how much   B. how long   C. how fast   D. how many

(   ) 5. A. studied   B. to study   C. studying   D. study

(   ) 6. A. talk   B. tell   C. speak   D. say

(   ) 7. A. them   B. this   C. that   D. it

(   ) 8. A. without   B. with   C. in   D. by

(   ) 9. A. If   B. When   C. Since   D. Until

(   ) 10. A. spend   B. use   C. take   D. cost

(   ) 11. A. some   B. more   C. other   D. less

(   ) 12. A. speaks   B. is speaking   C. spoke   D. is spoken

(   ) 13. A. able   B. possible   C. unable   D. not possible

(   ) 14. A. careful   B. forgetful   C. wonderful   D. helpful

(   ) 15. A. Either   B. Whether   C. What   D. How

"Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed,the word has had many d1       meanings.

"Cool" can be used to express feelings of interest in almost a2       . When you see a famous car in the street,maybe you will say"It's cool."You may think,"He's so cool," when you see your f3       footballer.

We all maximize (擴(kuò)大) the meaning of "cool". You can use it instead of many w4       such as "new" or "surprising". Here's an interesting story we can use to s5       the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one s6         ，"It's so cool". Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he s7       and felt.

But the s8       also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without" cool" , some people have no words to show the s9       meaning. So it is quite important to k10       some credibility (可信性) .Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word "cool"? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

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