13、Many animals and plants, which couldn’t _____ the sudden changes of climate, died out．

A．suit to         B．keep to         C．get to          D．a(chǎn)dapt to

12、My uncle is a very humorous person, and he often ______ us for hours with funny stories．

A．encourages        B．entertains        C．educates        D．directs

11、Lei Feng was a soldier who _______ the people and Chairman Mao used to speak highly of him．

A．devoted himself to serve                B．devoted himself to serving

C．was devoted to serve                   D．devoted him in serving

10、I was tired and hungry after a long day of work．When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked  （1）  at me and said , “I love you．” I didn't know what to say．  （2 ） several seconds all I could do was to stand there and  （3） down at him．My first thought was that he must need  （4）  with his homework or he was trying to  （5）  me for some news．

    Finally I asked, “What was that all about ? ”

    “Nothing, ”he said．“My teacher said we should  （6 ） our parents that we love them and see what they say．It's  （7）．

    The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had  （8） ．

    “Most of the fathers had the  （9）  reacting as you did , ”the teacher said．“When I first  （10）  we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say．Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble．The  （11）  is , ”the teacher explained , “feeling loved is an important part of  （12） ．It is something all people  （13） ．What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too  （14）  we don't all express those feeling．A boy should be  （15） to tell his dad he loves him．

    The teacher , a middle - aged man , understands how  （16）  it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say．

    When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for  （17）  second．And just  （18）  he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too．”

    I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good．Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you ”, it would not take me a whole  （19）  to think of the right  （20）  ．

1．A．down               B．a(chǎn)way                  C．out               D．up

2．A．After                B．For                   C．At               D．On

3．A．sit                   B．get                   C．look             D．knock

4．A．rest                 B．time                 C．help              D．paper

5．A．report                B．prepare              C．a(chǎn)nswer           D．excuse

6．A．help                  B．tell                   C．a(chǎn)sk              D．make

7．A．a(chǎn) matter              B．a(chǎn)n experiment          C．a(chǎn) word           D．a(chǎn) sentence

8．A．said                  B．reacted              C．done                     D．explained

9．A．same                 B．different              C．usual                   D．common

10．A．suggested           B．a(chǎn)greed              C．a(chǎn)llowed           D．planned

11．A．point                   B．idea                  C．way             D．cause

12．A．body                     B．know                  C．take             D．need

13．A．a(chǎn)gree                      B．understand              C．know                   D．require

14．A．bad                 B．good                C．late              D．early

15．A．fit                   B．ready               C．worth           D．a(chǎn)ble

16．A．easy                 B．much               C．often             D．difficult

17．A．a(chǎn) more               B．a(chǎn)fter                  C．a(chǎn)n exact         D．a(chǎn)n extra

18．A．before                B．a(chǎn)fter                C．because         D．if

19．A．day                  B．week               C．a(chǎn)fternoon         D．night

20．A．a(chǎn)nswer            B．result                    C．reason          D．experiment

9、An advertisement

1．Who might buy the house after reading the above advertisement?

     A．Some young students．              B．A couple with little money

     C．A big rich family                       D．A big poor family

2．What room has several possible uses?

     A．The living room．                    B．The bedroom．

     C．The dining room．                   D．The kitchen．

3．What is emphasized（強(qiáng)調(diào)）in the description of each room?

     A．Floor．         B．Entrance．       C．Size．        D．Windows．

8、Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA． But it soon spread to other parts of the world． Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music．

The best-known supplier of background music is an American company called “Muzak”．This word is now commonly used in English to refer to music played continuously in restaurants, places of work, etc．The company had carried out over a hundred studies which show that background music can create a pleasant atmosphere and improve productivity．It must be used in the right way, though．If the type of Muzak is wrong, it may well cause an entire factory to sleep!

1．What is “Muzak”?

     A．It is name of an American company which sells recorded background music．

   B．It is recorded background music played continuously in shops, restaurants and places of work, etc．

   C．It is the name of a composer of back-ground music．

D．Both A and B

2．It had been proved that “Muzak” can ____ ．

   A．improve productivity                              B．create a pleasant atmosphere

   C．cause an entire factory to sleep               D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

3．The studies of American company show that ____．

   A．“Muzak” is not good in factories             B．“Muzak” is welcomed everywhere

   C．“Muzak” can get rid of sleeplessness       D．the wrong kind of “Muzak” could be harmful

4．Which of the following sentences is true?

   A．Background music is only used in the USA．

   B．Background music is used all over the world except in the USA．

   C．Most shops and restaurants use background music now．

   D．It is very difficult to listen to background music．

7、Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial（商業(yè)） music．It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s．It is widely liked by the young people．The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”． A more recent development is “folk-rock”．Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions．It’s a big industry． Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e．g． the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level．And there is still a great interest in it today．Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world．

1．All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT __________________．

A．blues                 B．rock’ n ’roll                C．jazz          D．folk-rock

2．According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ___________ it is today．

   A．much greater than    B．much smaller than     C．a(chǎn)s great as     D．a(chǎn)s small as

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

   A．No pop music is on a high musical level．

   B．Much pop music is very artistic．

   C．Pop music is highly artistic．

   D．Not all pop music is without artistic value．

4．“It is a big industry” means that _______________．

   A．it makes a lot of musical instruments （樂器）

B．it is a big musical and commercial business

C．the pop singers are very hard-working

D．pop music is on a very high musical level

6、For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples．Apples, which are about85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world, both the hottest and coldest areas．Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States．

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale．The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious, Golden Deli?cious, and McIntosh．

Apples are different in colour, size and taste．The colour of the skin may be red, green, or yellow．They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest．The taste may be sweet or tart （酸的）． Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make applesauce（蘋果醬）．

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters．They do best in areas that have very cold winters．Although no fruit is yielded during the winter, this cold period is good for the tree．

1．It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are

A．grown in France        B．sold everywhere             C．very big           D．quite sweet

2．Cold winter weather is good for __________．

A．the growth of apple trees                  B．producing large apples

C．improving the taste of apples            D．the increase of water in apples

3．China, France and the United States are considered to __________．

A．be large producers of apples

B．be large producers of applesauce

C．have the longest history in apple production

D．have the coldest winter among apple producing countries

4．The word "yielded" in the last sentence means________．

A．improved                                B．increased

C．produced                                D．sold

5．The third paragraph is mainly about_______．

A．the history of the production of apples

B．the differences of apples in colour, size and taste

C．the different ways of eating apples

D．the different usage of different kinds of apples

5、Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man． And it is true that we get our information （信息） about the outside from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste．Researchers tell us that the sense of sight – our visual sense –gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies; while the other senses, the auditory （hearing）, the olfactory （smell）, the tactile （touch）, and the gustatory （taste） bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening． But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without, though they are little noticed． These are the senses of balance （平衡）, without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy drink, and the kinesthetic sense（動覺）, which gives us our ideas about our own motion （運(yùn)動）．

1．Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Five Senses of Man．                      B．The Senses of Man．

C．Senses and Information．                       D．Important Senses．

2．The senses of hearing, smell, touch and taste supply us with ________．

A．a(chǎn)bout half of our information about the world

B．a(chǎn)bout 20% of our information about the world

C．a(chǎn)bout 80% of our information about the world

D．a(chǎn)ll the needed our information about the world

3．The other senses besides the “five” senses of man that the passage mentions （提到） are ________．

A．the tactile and the gustatory senses

B．the senses of balance and touch

C．the senses of kinesthesia and balance

D．the olfactory and the auditory senses  

4．According to the passage, one misses most about the world when one ________．

A．is blind                             B．is deaf

C．has no sense of taste and touch          D．has no sense of balance and motion

4、根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白出的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

--- Hello, Mary．   1  

--- I’m waiting for a bus, but the buses are very full at this time of the day．

--- Where are you going?   2  

--- But I’m not going home now．   3  

--- Going for a walk at this time in such cold weather?

---    4   

--- I see．Then why are you going by bus?    5    

--- Oh, no． Bill, it isn’t very interesting to walk through the street． So I always take a No．3 bus to go to the park．

A．This isn’t your way home．

B．Why not go to the park on foot?

C．Why are you standing out here in the cold wind?

D．Enjoy yourself．

E．I’m going for a walk in the park．

F．I always like to go for a walk before supper．

G．I’m going to have a swim．