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。
Have you ever heard of Agatha Christie, an excellent writer? Agatha Christie is, without a doubt, 16 mystery writer in the world. Her books have been translated into more than 100 languages. All 77 novels and story collections she wrote are still on the market 25 years after her 17 .
Agatha Christie was born in 1890 in a southwest England seaside town. She enjoyed a very comfortable childhood in a big house with 18 servants(仆人). Agatha was known 19 an imaginative child. With her sister and brother away at school, she often played alone. She passed the time by making up stories which she told to 20 .
Agatha Christie’s first novel was published in 1920. In it, she 21 one of her most popular characters, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He went on to appear in 33 of her novels, and in several movies 22 . Although Poirot appears again and again in her novels, Christie certainly could not be considered as repeating her ideas. Her powers of invention and her ability to surprise continue to attract 23 readers around the world.
Christie also wrote several 24 . One of these, “The Mousetrap”, became the longest-running play in the history of theater. It is about a murder mystery that 25 in a country house. All these mysterious stories earned her the title “Queen of Crime”.
A．more practical B．more famous C．the most famous D．the most practical
A．loss B．birth C．death D．arrival
A．much B．plenty of C．lots D．a lot
A．as B．like C．by D．for
A．her brother B．her C．herself D．her sister
A．created B．produced C．built D．continued
A．also B．besides C．as well D．either
A．million B．millions C．millions of D．million of
A．stories B．plays C．movies D．comedies
A．takes place B．takes in C．takes off D．takes down
完形填空。（每小题1.5分, 共15分）
Maybe you have seen this in schools. Some students are studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, ______some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to _____. But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.
Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers ______ these questions, “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers_______ the abacus（算盘） now. Progress in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers.
There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it _______ an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.
How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no_______ to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a solution, he put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the workers ______ to use it, he sat down in his seat, tired.
“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a _______ simpler and cheaper way,” a worker said.
“Really? How?”
“We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind ________ from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap.”
See, this is smart work. _______ succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.
A．however B．and C．when D．while
A．success B．school C．exam D．question
A．to B．with C．of D．in
A．along with B．including C．besides D．instead of
A．received B．accepted C．heard from D．heard of
A．way B．use C．need D．doubt
A．what B．how C．when D．where
A．very B．more C．far D．pretty
A．come B．came C．is coming D．coming
A．Stick to B．Hold on to C．Thanks to D．In order to
完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
Hi, boys and girls! _____to meet you! I am a pencil box. ____ ! I am white and yellow. I ____ the house of some school things—two ____ and three pens. Two rulers and __ eraser are here, too. ____ are good friends.
I have good friends, too. A pencil sharpener and some books. We are ____ a black schoolbag. It is our house. Our owner（主人） is a nice ____. Her name is Linda. Oh! ____ this? It's an English dictionary. It's Jane's. Jane is Linda’s ____.They are twins（双胞胎）and they love each other very much.
A．OK B．Fine C．Nice D．Good
A．Look B．Spell C．See D．Say
A．be B．is C．am D．are
A．books B．bags C．chairs D．pencils
A．/ B．a C．an D．the
A．He B．She C．They D．You
A．at B．in C．of D．for
A．aunt B．uncle C．boy D．girl
A．What's B．What C．What are D．What color
A．brother B．sister C．cousin D．mother
Look at the photo. It’s my . These two old people are my grandparents. They are at home and help us with the housework ( 家务活 ). They think their life is relaxing. But their --- my father is very busy. He has many things to do every day. This is my mother. She’s math teacher, too.
You can see 5 kids in the photo. The two boys are my brothers --- Bob and Dave. Do you know the girl in the photo? It’s me. Do you have a photo your family? If ( 如果 ) you do, please bring ( 带来 )it to school. Let me your parents, brothers and sisters. I’m new here and I think we can good friends.
A．school B．classroom C．family D．store
A．son B．daughter C．cousin D．friend
A．man B．woman C．girl D．boy
A．I B．my C．me D．mine
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
A．for B．with C．on D．of
A．look B．read C．know D．say
A．be B．do C．play D．Watch
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
My name is Paul and I am . Now I’m in China my parents. I want to learn Chinese well. I think it’s but useful ( 有用的 ). My Chinese teacher always me with it. And I can speak a little now. I usually get up at 6:30 in the morning. I always have milk and bread for , then I go to school.
I like sports very much. After school, I usually with my friends. We often play soccer. For food, I like and vegetables. I think they are healthy.
A．English B．an English C．a Chinese D．an English girl
A．or B．and C．for D．with
A．difficult B．relaxing C．interesting D．easy
A．help B．to help C．helps D．helping
A．dinner B．lunch C．breakfast D．dessert（点心）
A．watch TV B．play sports C．eat food D．play computer games
A．Basketball B．milk C．orange D．rice
完形填空（本题共15小题，每题1分，共15分）
It was Monday. Mrs Smith's dog was , but there was no meat in the house. Thinking that there was no other ，Mrs Smith took out a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it,“ my dog 0.1kg of meat. ” she gave the paper to her dog and said，“Take this to the butcher(肉商) , and he's going to give you lunch today.” Taking this piece of paper in its , the dog ran to the butcher's shop. gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read carefully, and recognized (认出) that was Mrs Smith's handwriting(字).So he did as Mrs Smith told him. The dog was very , and ate the meat up quickly. At midday, the dog came to the shop for the time. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. reading it, he gave it 0.1kg of meat again.
The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher didn't the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he the dog was one of his customers(顾客). But, the dog came again at 4:00 pm. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's surprise, it for the third time at 6:00 pm. “This is a small dog. does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?" Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were no words at all.
A．ill B．tired C．excited D．hungry
A．food B．time C．way D．person
A．Give B．Take C．Send D．Bring
A．If B．Then C．But D．Before
A．your B．our C．his D．my
A．mouth B．bag C．clothes D．hand
A．Mrs Smith B．The man C．It D．They
A．so B．really C．like D．much
A．sad B．active C．funny D．happy
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth
A．When B．After C．Until D．Though
A．make B．watch C．take D．look at
A．stayed B．planned C．thought D．made
A．came B．went C．took D．looked
A．What B．When C．Where D．Why
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