單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）
【小題1】P_________ the milk into the bowl.
【小題2】Most children  enjoy  drinking  y________..
【小題3】Which is  f_______ from here , Wuhan  or  Beijing?
【小題4】Charles Smith hold  the  world record  for  h_____________.
【小題5】---How was your school trip? ---It was  f_____________.
【小題6】How old were you when you _______(騎)a  bike  for  the first time?
【小題7】What did they do when they heard the ____________________ (興奮的)shouts?
【小題8】When he was  eight ,she was already a __________(有才能的) violinist.
【小題9】I think I am going to be a computer ___________.(程序員)
【小題10】Did you make your New year’s  __________?(決心)

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
 21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was  28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂(lè))．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34 to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something  35 ．It’s a kind of game，”said Sarah．

【小題1】

A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless

【小題2】

A．found B．tried C．a(chǎn)sked for D．looked for

【小題3】A．more than     B．less than       C shorter than                      D．higher than

【小題4】

A．can B．may C．could D．might

【小題5】

A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn)lready B．sometimes C．hardly D．a(chǎn)lways

【小題7】

A．helps B．becomes C．makes D．means

【小題8】

A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing

【小題9】

A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again

【小題10】

A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked

【小題11】

A．pay B．lend C．spend D．save

【小題12】

A．a(chǎn)long B．up C．down D．a(chǎn)round

【小題13】

A．by B．up C．a(chǎn)t D．between

【小題14】

A．a(chǎn)nother B．the other C．others D．the others

【小題15】

A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great

完形填空  先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。（本大題共10分，每小題1分）

    One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people   16   be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of    17    would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has no    18  . We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the   19   at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the   20   horizon（地平線）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go   21   our sight. We buy our food, but they grow   22  ."

With this the boy's father was speechless (無(wú)語(yǔ)的) .

Then his son added , "Thank dad for showing me how    23   we are."

Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on（集中注意力）what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession (財(cái)富). It is all  24    

on one's opinion. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty（恩賜）we have,   25   worrying about wanting more . Take joy in all you have.

1.  A. must         B. can          C. should           D. need

2.A. how            B. which            C. what         D. that

3.A. beginning      B. way          C. end          D. water

4.  A. dark         B. darkness     C. stars            D. day

5.  A. beautiful        B. full         C. longer           D. whole

6.A. beyond     B.in                C. out          D. straight

7.A. ours           B. them         C. theirs           D. themselves

8.  A. poor         B. rich         C. lucky            D. happy

9.  A. basing           B. to base          C. bases            D. based

10. A. instead      B. instead of       C. more than        D. less than

 

 

My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful    15  with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian  16  very much.

On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the  17  they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot   18  took over four hours. I was very  19  when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were  20  to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.

I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”

Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very  21  . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself  22 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (淚水)in my eyes. I couldn’t  23  how spicy (辛辣的) it was!

I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the   24   in the world!

1.                A．town           B．city            C．country   D．restaurant

 

2.                A．food           B．scenes         C．people   D．costumes

 

3.                A．palace         B．hotel           C．a(chǎn)irport   D．entrance

 

4.                A．sail            B．walk           C．drive D．ride

 

5.                A．hungry         B．curious         C．cheerful  D．nervous

 

6.                A．shocked        B．surprised       C．bored    D．tired

 

7.                A．quietly         B．easily          C．quickly   D．gently

 

8.                A．burning        B．watering        C．crying    D．smiling

 

9.                A．feel           B．believe         C．think D．know

 

10.               A．diet           B．luck           C．time  D．money

 

 

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．

     21  Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She   22  a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was   23  $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah  24  live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that  25  in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

    Cheap living  26  starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that  27 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was   28 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 29  she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then   30 the chicken bones(骨頭)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often  31  a lot of money on entertainment(娛樂(lè))．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking  32  in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”  Did Sarah feel poor  33  cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 34  to Portland．

  “Don't think of saving money as something  35 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．

1.A．Until         B．Because            C．After                         D．Unless

2.A．found        B．tried                  C．a(chǎn)sked for                D．looked for

3.A．more than     B．less than       C shorter than                       D．higher than

4.A．can          B．may                      C．could                            D．might

5.A．difficult      B．possible              C．useful                       D．different

6.A．a(chǎn)lready       B．sometimes      C．hardly                D．a(chǎn)lways

7.A．helps         B．becomes                C．makes                          D．means

8.A．food          B．rest                C．studying                 D．playing

9.A．Soon         B．Finally            C．Once                   D．Again

10.A．prepared      B．took            C．caught                     D．picked

11.A．pay          B．lend                   C．spend                       D．save

12.A．a(chǎn)long         B．up                   C．down                     D．a(chǎn)round

13.A．by            B．up                   C．a(chǎn)t                              D．between

14.A．a(chǎn)nother       B．the other              C．others                    D．the others

15.A．hard          B．interesting      C．nice                   D．great