从（A、B、C、D）四个，选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳选项。

21.---Have you got any books on English grammar? I want to borrow______.

  ---Yes, here you are. But you must return it by Friday.

   A. one           B. it        C. some       D. that

22.Everything seemed to be going __________for the first two days after I moved to Shanghai.

   A. simply             B. generally          C. recently                  D. smoothly

23.The mobile phone was very good, and he ______ 20 percent down for it.

A. paid                   B. cost                C. bought            D. spent

24.---Shall I take my swimming suit?

  ---No, you______. We will just go hiking on the mountain.

  A. mustn’t     B. couldn’t    C. needn’t    D. can’t

25.Happiness and success often come to those ________ are good at knowing their own abilities.

   A. whom                 B. who                  C. what                 D. which

26.---I will buy you a new bike if you learn how to swim this summer.

  ---Is that a ______ ? I’m sure I’ll get the bike.

  A. chance     B. promise     C. trick    D. treat

27.Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know things clearly _______ you can write them down.

A. unless         B. if              C. since          D. whether

28. ---So we are going to have the sports meet this week, right?

   ---I am afraid not. It has to be ________ till next week because of the bad weather.

   A.given up     B. thrown away     C. put off       D. hung out

29.When I took his temperature,I found it was two degrees above 　　　. 

   A.other        B.general      C.common           D.normal

30. ---I'm sorry I made a mistake!

   --- ________. Nobody is perfect.

A. Take your time             B. You're right                     C. Whatever you say      D. Take it easy

Ⅴ、完形填空：（共10分，每小题1分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

   After a few weeks in China, I started to notice something strange at the dinner table. I was in a __31__ with my friends when, beside us on another table, a group of four men were shouting at each other and waving their __32__ around. I finally learned that they were “fighting” to pay the bill!
   This scene  __33__  me of what it would look like in Britain. It would be almost unheard of. British food culture usually means that you pay for__34__ you ordered. In a British restaurant, you’ll just __35__ yourself. It’s called “splitting (分开) the bill” or “going Dutch”.
   I guess there is one __36__ that could explain some of the differences between East and West. How you pay the bill __37__ how you order, as well as how you eat. __38__in Chinese restaurants, the group decides on each dish, so the group eats all of the dishes. Can you imagine trying to work out how much each person needs to pay if you’re all sharing!
   The Western-style food is different. Each person__39__ the food that he or she wants. Sharing isn’t commonly practiced. So it’s __40__ to pay for what you ordered.

   I personally enjoy both practices. It’s nice to treat your friends to dinner sometimes. And it’s nice to be treated.

 

31. A. restaurant     B. classroom      C. kitchen      D. bank

32. A. food           B. chopsticks      C. money         D. dishes

33. A. required       B. reminded      C.  warned     D. connected 

34. A. wherever      B. however      C. whenever    D. whatever

35. A. care about    B. pay for        C. eat up        D. hang out

36. A. excuse        B. fact           C. reason        D. symbol

37. A. result in       B. pass by       C. prepare for    D. depend on

38. A. Usually        B. Luckily       C. Quietly         D. Naturally

39. A. asks          B. invites        C. buys           D. chooses

40. A. necessary    B. simple         C. convenient    D. direct

 

Ⅵ、阅读理解：（共30分，每小题2分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

( A )

Every family is a warm place to teach us important values of love and care.
    Family traditions are special habits or customs that your family shares. Sometimes, it is passed down from generation(代）to generation. Other times, parents and their children can create their own traditions. For example, in the family of Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, his parents keep the tradition of reading aloud with children. What is the tradition in your family?
    Jing Yuxin, 14, Beijing
    On every family member’s birthday, we give him or her a surprise. Once it was my mother’s birthday. And I knew that she wanted to watch a film. So my father and I bought the tickets without telling her first. This made her really happy.
   Zhang Zihua, 15, Taiyuan
   Every weekend, my parents and I go to my grandparents’ home. It’s like a family party. My grandparents cook many delicious foods. I meet all my cousins. We talk about interesting things at school and play board games. Sometimes, adults also join our game. It becomes an exciting competition!
   Chen Yujie, 15, Ningbo
   During every summer or winter holiday, we have a family trip across the country. I always choose where to go. And most of the time, my parents respect(尊重) my choice. We have visited many places by now. I enjoy the trips. They are wonderful memories to me.

 

41.Whose family keeps the tradition of reading aloud with children?

   A. Bill Gates’ family.           B. Chen Yujie’s family.

   C. Zhang Zihua’s family.       D. Jing Yuxin’s family.

42. What do Zhang Zihua’s family usually do on weekends?

   A. They have a family trip.

   B. They often visit their grandparents’ home and have a family party.

   C. They stay at home to do some cleaning.

   D. They often spend their weekends watching a film.

43. According to the passage, what can we know about family traditions?

   A. It is impossible for people to create new family traditions.    

   B. Not every family have their own family traditions.

   C. Family traditions are generally passed from parents to sons.

   D. They are special habits or customs that one family shares

 

( B )

   Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.I don’t remember when it first started annoying me C my mom’s hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt rough(粗糙的) against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don’t do that anymore Cyour hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything, but she never did it again.
   Years later, I missed my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss on my face. I’m not a little girl anymore. My mom is in her mid-70s, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.
   Now my own children are grown up. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my face to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my eyes.
   Taking my mom’s hand, I told her how sorry I was for that night I shouted at her. But my mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.
   That night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation (感激) for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt (内疚) that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

 

44. The writer once got angry with her mother when _____.
   A. her mom’s rough hands touched her skin
   B. her mother ordered her to go to sleep early
   C. she found her mother was in poor health
   D. her mother worried about her too much
45. The writer missed her mother’s hands years later because _____.
   A. she knew her mother was too old to support herself
   B. she couldn’t cook food as well as her mother
   C. her mother didn’t get angry at her impolite words
   D. she was thankful for her mom’s love and hard work
46. The sentence “Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow” means that
_____.
   A. her mother hadn’t touched her brow before
   B. her mother loved and cared for her

   C. her mother didn’t love her as much as before
   D. her mother kissed her on the cheek
47. We can infer from the text that _____.
   A. the writer’s mother felt sorry for her behavior
   B. the writer liked staying with her mother at night
   C. the writer felt sorry about her attitude to her mother
   D. the writer was single and lived with her mom