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1. The man __________ me though he promised to.

A. failed in help B. failed to help

C. fails in helping D. fails to helping

2. Is the boy ________ Li Lei in Class 3 your brother?

A. call B. called C. to call D. calls

3. Will you please _______ drop your shoes?

A. not to B. don’t C. not D. to not

4. It’s cold outside. Will you please keep the door _________?

A. open B. close C. closing D. closed

5. She hardly knows how to read English, and ______ .

A. so do I B. she does so

C. nor does he D. she is so

6. The soldier risked _________ down by the car to save the child.

A. knocking B. to knock

C. being knocked D. to be knocked

7. “He will answer for it”, the boy said, ________ the man.

A. referred B. referred to

C. referring D. referring to

8. We are short of money, so every coin _________ now.

A. counts B. values C. worth D. prices

9. He was young, but he died ________, for he saved a child.

A. happily B. happy

C. happiness D. happinessly

10. It is the busiest time of the year, so the manager decides to take _______ more hands .

A. in B. on C. back D. over

11. The terrible earthquake _________ many people leave their homes.

A. caused B. made C. got D. left

12. Polly must be unhappy without me, ________ she?

A. must B. is C. mustn’t D. isn’t

13. They got ________ last year and they are living happily.

A. to marry B. marrying

C. to marry D. married

14. — Nothing wrong with it, ________?

— No. Yours is a special-built model. Drive carefully, though. It takes time to run in a new car.

A. is it B. has it

C. are they D. is there

15. Realizing that neither would win, the two side agreed _______ a seize-fire.

A. with B. about C. to D. of

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Two teenagers who are lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday.

Driscoll, 15, and his best friend, 18-year-old Josh Long, were found on Saturday about 11 km 16 Cape Fear in North Carolina. That was six days and more than 100 miles (161 km) from where they had 17 from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on April 24.

The boys had 18 a lot of water and were tired, but in pretty good 19 . They set out 20 on a 4.3-metre sailboat on a 21 day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water. They realized they were 22 almost immediately and tried to swim back to 23 , 24 the boat along with them.

Within 25 , they were far out at sea.

“We 26 our fishing equipment on the second day,” Driscoll said. “So we couldn’t catch any fish.”

The boys’ hopes faded 27 each day. They stood on their boat 28 they saw another boat, 29 . One night they were woken up by 30 coming into the boat. A large ship was very close to them.

“ 31 was like some huge building in the water,” Driscoll said.

At one point, the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 32 , they were 179km north of their starting point. A coast guard boat set out to 33 them.

The boys got up and made some 34 . This time, they were heard.

“What we have experienced is a completely surprising story of 35 . That’s going to be studied for years to come,” said Richard Goerling, Long’s uncle. “I think the boys have a book to write.”

16. A. at B. on C. beside D. off

17. A. arrived B. set off C. returned D. finished

18. A. drunk B. lost C. saved D. found

19. A. shape B. health C. spirit D. energy

20. A. traveling B. racing C. fishing D. swimming

21. A. fine B. rainy C. windy D. snowy

22. A. in trouble B. in safe C. at sea D. far away

23. A. shore B. the sea C. an island D. harbor

24. A. driving B. sailing C. pushing D. pulling

25. A. a week B. hours C. minutes D. seconds

26. A. bought B. found C. lost D. repaired

27. A. by B. for C. on D. with

28. A. every time B. once C. one day D. sometimes

29. A. jumping and singing B. waving and shouting

C. crying and speaking D. screaming and whistling

30. A. a shark B. a mouse C. water D. some noise

31. A. He B. This C. That D. It

32. A. Instead B. Therefore C. But D. So

33. A. search B. look for C. look into D. defend

34. A. fire B. noise C. balloons D. flags

35. A. voyage B. struggle C. survival D. sailing

阅读理解

(A)

In deciding upon a unit of measurement, it is possible to pick anything. For example, the average height of a man could possibly have been a unit of measurement. In fact, some of the units used today in English-speaking countries are based on such things as the distance from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle finger or the weight of a grain of wheat.

Because there have been so many differences in weights and measures used in different countries, an international system has been urged. One such system has been used by all countries of the world, it is the metric system.

This is a system worked out by a committee of scientists appointed in France in l789. The English-speaking countries are almost the only ones that do not use the metric system in their measures. However it is used in scientific work even in those countries.

The metric system is based on a measure of length called the “meter”. This is approximately (近似) one ten-millionth of the distance on the Earth’s surface from pole to equator, which is about 3937 miles.

The metric system is based on 10 as is our number system so that each unit of length is 10 times as large as the next smaller unit. There are square and cubic units for measuring area and volume which correspond to the units of length.

The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of pure water. The liter is a measure used as the quart is used, but it is a little larger. The hectare, which is10, 000 square meters, is used as the acre in Britain, but is 2.471 acres. The metric system is more convenient to use than the English system because its plan is the same as that of our number system.

Here are some equivalents for the metric and English systems：one foot equals 0.305 meter; one inch equals 2.540 centimeters; one mile equals 1.609 kilometers; one quart(liquid)equals 0.946 liter.

36. Metric system should be used in the world because _______.

A. man measured the distance which is based on the distance from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle finger

B. the English-speaking countries used their own measurement

C. scientific work needs a unit of measurement

D. it is based on the weight of a grain of wheat an informal measure of weight is used today

37. In_________, a committee of scientists worked out “Metric system”.

A. America B. Japan

C. France D. Germany

38. Which of the following units does NOT belong to “metric system”?

A. Acre B. Hectare

C. Kilometer D. Gram

39. This passage is mainly about ________ .

A. how to work out the metric system

B. what is the metric system

C. how to change other units into the metric system

D. the development of the metric system

(B)

Read the following two advertisements and answer the questions below:

40. What’s the best time for drivers to get gas filled?

A. Monday B. Tuesday

C. Wednesday D. Thursday

41. We can get all kinds of services from Paiges Basic except _________ .

A. giving advice for free. B. changing pets’ bad behavior.

C. going to hosts’ home for training. D. curing Pets’ disease.

42. Of these two advertisements, which one doesn’t provide the address?

A. The first one. B. The second one

C. Neither one. D. We have no idea.

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Marie: Jerry, is today Tuesday the fifth, or am I (43) m_______?

Jerry: I’m not (44) q_______ sure, either. Let me have a look. Oh, I am afraid you’re mistaken. Marie. It’s Tuesday the seventh.

Marie: Oh, my God! I hope this afternoon Miss Defoe will stay at the (45) t______ office. I must tell her that I’m going to give up my biology. Do you think the teacher will (46) a______ me to do so?

Jerry: But why are you stopping biology? You’re (47) f_____ of it, aren’t you?

Marie: Yes, but I’ve (48) m________ too many classes because of my part-time job. I’m so far (49) b ______ everyone else and maybe I will (50) f_______ the exam. So it’s better for me

to give it up this term.

Jerry: That’s a (51) s_______.

Marie: Yeah, but (52) l ______ biology is only a course for us to choose this term. I hope I can start again next year.

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