一、单项选择（20分） 1. How could he _______?
A. makes you laugh B. make you laugh C. makes you laughing D. make you laughing 2. Whose room is ______, Kate, Millie’s or Betty’s? A. bigger B. the bigger C. the best D. best
3. You should ask Bob _____his own clothes. He is ten years old now.
A. wash B. washes C. washing D. to wash 4. —Do you know Lin Shuhao?
—Yes, he is famous_______playing basketball ____a basketball star.
A. for; as B. as; for C. to; at D. at; to 5. I really don’t know_____my father will come back. A. how long B. how soon C. how far D. how much 6. We saw ______ elephant in the zoo. ______ elephant was from India.
A. a; The B. the; An C. an; The D. the; A
7. Betty is______ of the five basketball players, but she plays very well.
A. thinner B. thinnest C. the thinnest D. very thin 8. He tries to spend as much time as he can ____ Chinese well.
A. to study B. studies C. studying D. study 9. The boy works ______ harder than his elder sister A. even B. very C. pretty D. quite 10. How about the mistake in red ink?
A. correct B. correcting C. to correcting D. not correct 11. All the people should do their best ______ the work. A. to finish B. finish C. finished D. finishing 12. These singers were popular _____ .
A. in a 1990 B. in the 1990s C. in the 1990 D. in 1990s 13. Mr Wang is an _____man. He is_____ in telling jokes. A. interesting, interested B. interested, interesting C. interesting, interesting D. interested, interested 14. Listen! Can you hear the boy ______ in the next room? A. to sing B. sings C. sang D. singing
15. I’m 1.70 metres. Yao Ming is 2.27 metres. I am ______ Yao Ming.
A. as tall as B. taller than C. not as all as D. so tall as 16. Beijing is bigger than _____in Jiangsu.
A. any other city B. any city C. any other cities D. other cities
17. What kind of food is______ , Chinese food, Japanese food or the Western
food? A. most delicious B. more delicious C. the most delicious D. the more delicious 18. They don’t know what ______yesterday.
A. did he happen B. he happened C. happened to him D. happened to he
19. The boy isn’t to go toschool.
A. old enough B. enough old C. young enough D. enough young
20. I bought _______ for my mother on Mother’s Day this year. A. special anything B. anything special C. special something D. something special 二、完形填空（10分）
I’m Mike. I am from England. I study 21 China now. My parents live in China, too. My mother and I want 22 on a trip to the Great wall. The Great wall is very nice. We can 23 many things there. It is about 400 kilometers 24 my home in China to Beijing. We can go to Beijing by bus, by train or by plane. Taking a plane is the 25 way. Buses are slow. We want to go there by 26 , because a train is cheap and fast. We are leaving 27 7:00 pm tomorrow. And we will 28 there on Saturday morning. We will have a trip there for two__29__. We will go back on Monday .When I come back, I will _30___ some
pictures to my friends.
（ ）21. A. on B. in C. at D. of （ ）22. A. have B. to have C. to go D. go to （ ）23. A. look B. looks C. see D. to see （ ）24. A. from B. away C. on D. in （ ）25. A. cheapest B. most expensive C. slowest D. more expensive
（ ）26. A. train. B. bus C. plane D. taxi （ ）27. A. on B. in C. at D. for
（ ）28. A. leave B. come back C. arrive D. arrive in （ ）29. A. hours B. day C. days D. hour （ ）30. A. showing B. show C. shows D. to show 三、阅读理解（25分） （ A ）
Robert is an officer in the Navy (海军). Last week, Robert went to a city for vacation. One evening , after he had supper , he decided to go to a movie . He got on a bus and stood by the door . About ten minutes later , a drunk(醉汉)got on the bus . “Hey, does the bus go to the zoo ?” he asked Robert. Robert didn’t want to talk to him and was going to the front. But the drunk stopped him and went on asking , “This bus will take me to the zoo, won’t it ?” Robert became angry
and said , “Look carefully. I am not a conductor (售货员) , but an officer in the navy !”
Hearing this , The drunk spoke loudly, “ Stop the ship , then ! I want to take the bus !”
根据短文内容，判断正误，正确A，错误用B： ( ) 31. This story happened on a ship. ( ) 32. Robert went his vacation in a city.
( ) 33. Robert went to visit his friends after dinner. ( ) 34. Robert was angry with the drunk.
( ) 35. The drunk wanted to go to a movie with Robert. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案： （ B ）
There are forty-seven different kinds of kangaroos（袋鼠）. The smallest are about a quarter of a meter long; the biggest are taller than a man.
Kangaroos have very long strong back legs. These are used for jumping. They also have long strong tails（尾巴）used for resting on. Kangaroos’ front legs are much shorter, and are almost like arms. Kangaroos’ heads are quite small, but their ears are quite large.
Mother kangaroos have a pocket at the front. They have one baby each year. When it is born, the baby kangaroo is
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