It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fifteen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.
“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Garage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Barton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”
A．favourite B．funny C．popular D．lovely
A．chance B．time C．seat D．spirit
A．surely B．obviously C．normally D．still
A．stepped B．climbed C．looked D．rushed
A．observed B．noticed C．thought D．suggested
A．hated B．liked C．meant D．promised
A．a little B．the same C．a lot D．the bill
A．cost B．spent C．took D．spared
A．draw B．pay C．fix D．force
A．a woman B．a man C．a recorder D．a voice
A．lose B．leave C．forget D．destroy
A．trouble B．worry C．excuse D．reason
A．remember B．see C．do D．drive
A．mistake B．joke C．trick D．truth
A．look B．come C．show D．turn
What day is __61___ day of the week? We Chinese may say Monday, because Monday is the first working day in the week. But__62___people have different ideas. They say__ 63___ is the first day of the week. Also, they work only five days a week and have a long __64___: Saturday and Sunday. People are different __65___ many other ways, too. We Chinese put our last names first and our first name last .British and American people put them in the other way. Chinese people speak Chinese, but British and American people speak English. Chinese eat a lot of__ 66___ . British and American people have a lot of bread and potatoes. Most Chinese ride bicycles, but most British and American people drive __67___. People write __68___ in different ways, too. We Chinese write “November 10, 2005” as “05 / 11 / 10”, in big -to - small order. But British put it as “___6 9__”, in small - to - big order, and the Americans even write it as “10/ 11 / 05”. What a difference!
Do you know any other __70___ between us Chinese speaking people and English speaking people.
A．one B．first C．the first D．a first
A．speaking English B．English speaking C．English spoken D．spoken English
A．Sunday B．Saturday C．Monday D．Tuesday
A．holiday B．time C．weekday D．weekend
A．to B．by C．in D．from
A．bread B．crops C．rice D．corn
A．buses B．cars C．taxis D．bikes
A．dates B．days C．months D．years
A．05 / 10 / 11 B．10 / 11 / 05 C．05 / 11 / 10 D．11 / 10 / 05
A．different B．more different C．differences D．difference
My name is John Brown. I am a school boy. My school is__51__ my home. Every day I spend a lot of time__52___ there. The__53___ is not good, so I can’t ride my bike to school. I often take a bus there. It usually__54___ me forty minutes to get there__55___. I __56___ at seven every morning. I have no time for breakfast at home. I often have something for breakfast on the bus__57___ at school. I don’t want to__58___ school. Most students in our school take buses to school. Some students walk to school__59___ their homes are not far. __60___ the students ride bikes.
A．behind B．in front of C．far from D．across from
A．get B．to get C．to getting D．getting
A．road B．school C．bicycle D．town
A．has B．spends C．takes D．makes
A．by bike B．by bus C．on foot D．by train
A．get up B．get to school C．have breakfast D．go to bed
A．and B．or C．to D．but
A．late for B．late C．be late for D．be late
A．when B．so C．although D．because
A．The number of B．Most C．All D．A small number of
Jim is an American boy. He is 1 New York. He likes 2 football matches, 3 he doesn’t have enough money 4 tickets. He has to watch the matches 5 TV at home when he has 6 homework. He 7 go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day. 8 wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the 9 afternoon.
“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother 10 he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”
“I’m 11 we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.
The next morning Jim went home with a smile, 12 a new video.
“But where did you get the 13 , Jim?” His mother asked in 14 .
“That’s 15 , mom. I sold our TV set.”
A．on B．at C．from D．to
A．watching B．seeing C．playing D．looking
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．to buy B．buying C．buy D．bought
A．in B．on C．at D．with
A．few B．a few C．many D．quite a little
A．may B．can C．must D．should
A．Mother B．Father C．Teacher D．Jim
A．other B．different C．same D．another
A．after B．before C．because D．as
A．glad B．afraid C．pleased D．happy
A．carrying B．listening C．watching D．playing
A．car B．money C．match D．TV
A．surprise B．person C．a low voice D．great pain
A．easy B．easily C．difficult D．hardly
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The weekend is usually a time of rest. B 1 today’s Chinese students cannot rest during the weekends. According to a survey(据调查), 24% of the junior students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the Junior 3 have less t 2 eight hours’ sleep each night because o 3 too much study. Ji Ping, a junior student in Guangzhou, h 4 to get up at 6:30 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday she goes to extra classes for math and English. But she doesn’t complain(抱怨). She says that a 5 her classmates work hard on Sunday. Liu Yang is from Dalian. As a Junior 2 student, his weekends are less busy. But he also spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after d 6 homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy b 7 he still has time to do the things he likes. A few students are a little luckier. Yang Qing, a Junior 3 student from Zibo, Shandong, is o 8 of them. And she is a top student. During the weekends, she usually gets up at 8:00. Then she s 9 some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV. “Don’t push yourself too much. Learning well at school is e 10 ,” she said.
Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often ____ some books from the library. He ____ to the radio every morning and reading ____ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.His ____ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He _____ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too ____ to understand him and chooses ____ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it. One day Mike read ____ about the electric lights (电灯) and was ____it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him ____ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, "Fathers always know ____than sons!" The boy thought for a while and said, ____" "Oh? Why?" Mike didn’t answer and asked, ____, "Who invented the electric lights?" ____ "answered Mr Clarke. "Why didn't his father invent them, then?" Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know _____ to answer!
A．finds B．sells C．buys D．borrows
A．hears B．listens C．says D．reads
A．newspapers B．letters C．stories D．messages
A．teachers B．parents C．students D．classmates
A．also B．never C．even D．only
A．old B．young C．clever D．able
A．more difficult B．the most difficult C．easy D．the easiest
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．worried about B．interested in C．afraid of D．angry with
A．few B．little C．a few D．a little
A．more B．most C．less D．least
A．I think so B．I don’t know C．I agree D．I don’t think so
A．instead B．carefully C．quickly D．brightly
A．Thomas Brown B．Allan Smith C．Thomas Edison D．Ron Jenkins
A．when B．what C．where D．which
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