閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C或者D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

（一）

A little boy wanted to meet god， so he started his trip with some cakes and orange juice. On his way he saw an old woman ___1___ in the park. The boy sat down next to her. The old lady looked ___2___， so he offered her a cake. She ___3___ it thankfully and smiled at him. Her smile was ___4___ pretty that the boy wanted to see it again， so he gave her a bottle of orange juice. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was very happy！ They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling， But they never say a word. As it grew dark， the boy got up to leave. ___5___ he left， he gave her a kiss. She gave him her ___6___ smile ever.

When the boy ___7___ home， his mother saw the look of joy ___8___ his face. She asked him， ___9___ made you so happy？ He replied， “I had lunch with god. She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen！” The old woman also returned to her home ___10___. Her son asked， “mother， why are you so happy？” she answered， “I ate cakes in the park with god. You know， he’s much younger than i expected.”

（? ? ）1. A. sits? ? ? ? ? B. sitting? ? ? ? ? C. to sit? ? ?; ? ? D. sat

（? ? ）2. A. hungry? ? ? ? B. angry? ? ? ? ? C. thirsty? ? ? ? ? D. tired

（? ? ）3. A. received? ? ? B. gave? ? ? ? ? ? C. accepted? ? ? ? D. refused

（? ? ）4. A. very? ? ? ? B. too? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. so? ? ? ? D. quite

（? ? ）5. A. before? ? ? ? B. after? ? ? ? ? ? C. since? ? ? ? ? D. until

（? ? ）6. A. big? ? ? ? ? ? B. bigger C. the biggest? ? ? D. biggest

（? ? ）7. A. got to? ? ? ? B. got? ? ? ? ? ? C. reaches? ? ? ? ? D. arrived in

（? ? ）8. A. in? ? ? ? ? B. with? ? ? ? ? ? C. at? ? ? ? ? ? D. on

（? ? ）9. A. which? ? ? ? ? B. where? ? ? ? ? C. what? ? ? ? ? D. why

（? ? ）10.A. happily? ? ? B. happy? ? ? ? ? C. happiness? ? ? ? D. happier

（二）

Radio， telephone and television are widely used in the world. When you ___1___ the radio， you can listen. But when you use the telephone， not only you can listen to others ___2___ you can talk with them; however， you ___3___ see anything at all. Television is much better than ___4___ of them.? People can watch TV and listen to it.? But they can’t take part in ___5___ they see.

Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. ___6___ it two people who are talking can see each other.

Picture phone can be very ___7___ when you have something to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to ___8___ a library and ask to read a book right over your picture phone. You may also be able to go shopping through it， too. When you ___9___ something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy， you may go to your picture phone and call the shop. The shop assistant will show you the thing that you’re ___10___ in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your home.

（? ? ?）1. A. turn to? ? B. turn over? ? C. turn off? ? D. turn on

（? ? ?）2. A. and? ? ? B. not? ? ? ? C. so? ? ? ? D. but also

（? ? ?）3. A. can? ? ? B. can’t? ? ? C. need? ? ? D. needn’t

（? ? ?）4. A. all? ? ? B. none? ? ? ? C. both? ? ? ? D. every

（? ? ?）5. A. what? ? B. how? ? ? ? C. why? ? ? ? D. where

（? ? ?）6. A. With? ? B. In? ? ? ? C. By? ? ? ? D. Without

（? ? ?）7. A. use? ? ? B. uses? ? ? ? C. used? ? ? D. useful

（? ? ?）8. A. go to? ? B. sit in? ? ? C. ring up? ? D. make phone calls

（? ? ?）9. A. will see? B. see? ? ? ? C. won’t see? ? D. doesn’t see

（? ? ?）10. A. interest? B. interested? C. interesting? D. interests

（三）

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents ___1___ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.

One morning， Jimmy， one of his classmates， came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin’s. They often go to school together.

“Would you help me with this maths problem？” Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. “It’s too hard for me and I can’t work it out.”

“Let me try，” Martin said. “I ___2___ it isn’t too hard for me.”

Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out， ___3___.

“If we had a small computer， all the problems would be ___4___ for us to do.” Jimmy said.

“A small computer…，” Martin thought for a minute， then he said， “I’ve got an idea. We can ___5___ one in a shop.”

“A computer is very ___6___， and we don’t have enough money.”

“That’s OK，” said Martin. “We can ask the new president[總統(tǒng)] ___7___ some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I’m sure he will help us. He is very rich， you know.”

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.

In front of the post office stood a small box. They ___8___ the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.

The next morning， they ___9___ the post office on their way to school. They found ___10___， the box was not a post box but trash-box[果皮箱].

（? ? ）1. A. have died? ? ? B. had died? ? ? C. died? ? ? ? D. have been death

（? ? ）2. A. sure? ? ? ? B. think? ? ? ? ? C. hope? ? ? ? D. wish

（? ? ）3. A. neither? ? ? ? ? B. either? ? ? ? ? C. too? ? ? ? ? D. also

（? ? ）4. A. easy enough? ? B. enough easy

C. difficult enough? D. enough difficult

（? ? ）5. A. borrow? ? ? ? B. lend? ? ? ? ? ? C. bring? ? ? ? ? D. buy

（? ? ）6. A. expensive? B. cheap? ? ? ? ? C. important? ? ? D. useful

（? ? ）7. A. to? ? ? ? ? B. for? ? ? ? C. about? ? ? ? ? D. on

（? ? ）8. A. place? ? ? ? B. took? ? ? ? ? ? C. dropped? ? ? ? D. bring

（? ? ）9. A. passed? ? ? B. past? ? ? ? ? ? C. pasted? ? ? ? D. passing

（? ? ）10. A. with their surprise? ? B. in their surprise

C. to their surprise? ? ? ? D. of their surprise

（四）

My parents took me to Japan when I was little. I lived there for five years. ___1___ I came back， my Japanese was very good. “Can I do something useful with my Japanese？” I asked myself.

Then， one day last spring， I got a good opportunity[機(jī)會(huì)].

Everyone was afraid of SARS， so I stayed at home with ___2___ to do.

My father brought me a Japanese book. “Why don’t you translate[翻譯] it into Chinese？ It will be better than ___3___ computer games all day.”

I promised[許諾] to do 2，000 words each day. But ___4___ I found it was hard to keep the promise.

One day in May， the weather was beautiful. But I couldn’t go out. Those 2，000 words were still ___5___ me.

After translating only three pages， I already lost interest in the book.

I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make myself turn the pages. How I ___6___ I could just go outside and play football with my friends！

I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up.

I felt as if two people were fighting ___7___ my mind. One said， “Don’t give up！Keep working hard， and you’ll do well！”? But then the other one said， “Go and play！It will be more ___8___ than translating. Do your work tomorrow.”

I stood up and would ___9___ the computer.

But then I remembered ___10___ my parents had told me：“Whatever you do， don’t stop half way” So I sat down and went on with it.

（? ? ）1. A. Because? ? ? B. Until? ? C. Since? ? ? ? D. When

（? ? ）2. A. nothing? ? B. something? C. everything? D. anything

（? ? ）3. A. be played? ? B. playing? ? C. played? ? ? D. plays

（? ? ）4. A. just then? ? B. right now? ? C. soon? ? ? D. suddenly

（? ? ）5. A. talking to? ? B. looking at? ? C. smiling at? ? D. waiting for

（? ? ）6. A. thought? ? ? B. felt? ? ? ? C. wished? ? ? D. decided

（? ? ）7. A. in? ? ? ? ? B. with? ? ? ? C. about? ? ? ? D. for

（? ? ）8. A. fun? ? ? ? B. important? ? C. useful? ? ? D. dangerous

（? ? ）9. A. turn on? ? ? B. turn off? ? ? C. open? ? ? D. close

（? ? ）10. A. how? ? ? ? B. where? ? ? C. which? ? ? D. what

（五）

The population problem may be the ___1___ one of the world today. The world’s population is growing ___2___. Two thousand years ago， there were only 250 million people ___3___ the earth. Four hundred years ago， the number was ___4___ 500 million. But at the beginning of the ___5___ century， the world’s population was about 1，700 million. In 1970， this number was 3，600 million. In 1990， the number was five billion. A ___6___ report says that the world population will ___7___ six billion by the end of the 20th century.? This is just ten ___8___ after it ___9___ five billion. People say that by the year 2010， ___10___ may be seven billion.

（? ? ）1. A. great? ? ? B. greater? ? C. greatest? ? ? D. greating

（? ? ）2. A. faster and faster? ? ? ? ? B. fast and fast

C. fastest and fastest? ? ? ? D. faster and fast

（? ? ）3. A. in? ? ? ? ? B. on?   ? ? C. at? ? ? ? ? D. for

（? ? ）4. A. nearly? ? B. more? ? ? C. almost? ? ? D. over

（? ? ）5. A. twenty? ? B. twelve? ? C. twentieth? ? D. twelfth

（? ? ）6. A. USA? ? ? B. UN? ? ? ? C. PRC? ? ? ? D. PLA

（? ? ）7. A. past? ? ? B. pass? ? ? C. passed? ? ? D. passes

（? ? ）8. A. weeks? ? B. months? ? C. seasons? ? ? D. years

（? ? ）9. A. get? ? ? ? B. gets? ? ? C. reached? ? ? D. reach

（? ? ）10. A. this? ? ? B. its? ? ? ? C. one? ? ? ? D. it

參考答案

（一）1-5? BACCA 6-10? DBDCA? ? ? ? ? ? （二）1-5? DDBCA 6-10? ADCBB

（三）1-5? CCBAD 6-10? ABCAC? ? ? ? ? ? （四）1-5? DABCD 6-10? CAABD

（五）1-5? CABDC 6-10? BBDCD