Long long ago, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a ___in the Chinese Zodiac (十二生肖), and have a year named after them.

The cat and the mouse both______ the ox (公牛) to wake them early on the day of the race. That day, the ox ______to wake them, but without success. So the kind ox carried them on______back and started running when the race began. The mouse _____ just when the ox was going cross the last river. He knew that he could _____ beat the cat. So he pushed the ______off the ox’s back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just______ the ox. The tiger came third.

So the 12-year cycle (循環(huán)) begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger ______the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig come after them. The cat was _______to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she has no place in the zodiac.

So that’s why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago!

1.A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill

2.A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked

3.A. loved B. refused C. forgot D. tried

4.A. her B. his C. their D. your

5.A. made up B. took up C. woke up D. dressed up

6.A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost

7.A. monkey B. cat C. tiger D. dog

8.A. for B. against C. before D. after

9.A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows

10.A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. free

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 【解析】本文介紹了十二生肖的來歷。 1.句意：前12個(gè)獲勝的動(dòng)物可以在中國(guó)生肖中獲得一席之地。A. place位置；B. prize 獎(jiǎng)品；C. sign標(biāo)志；D. skill技巧。十二生肖是按照動(dòng)物的名字排列的位置。B/C/D三項(xiàng)的語意不對(duì)。故選A。...

Linda likes making friends. She has friends all the world.

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

C 【解析】句意：琳達(dá)喜歡交朋友。她在全世界都有朋友。A. in在……里；B. of……的；C. over越過，超過；D. on在……上。all over the world全世界，故答案為C。

I’m not sure if they a party next Sunday.

A. will have B. would have C. had D. have

A 【解析】句意：我不確定他們下星期日是否舉行一個(gè)聚會(huì)。此句是if引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，主句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語“next Sunday.”判斷，從句的時(shí)態(tài)為一般將來時(shí)，其構(gòu)成為will+動(dòng)詞原形，故答案為A。

Zhou Jielun is famous __________ singing.

A. as B. to C. for D. in

C 【解析】句意：周杰倫因唱歌而出名。A. as作為；B. to到；C. for為了，因?yàn)�；D. in在……里。be famous as作為……而出名，be famous for因……而出名，結(jié)合句意可知，答案為C。

I won’t pass the exam I work hard.

A. when B. if C. unless D. because

C 【解析】試題分析：句意：如果我不努力我就不會(huì)通過考試。A. when當(dāng)……時(shí)候；B. if 如果；C. Unless除非，如果不；在D. after在……之后。根據(jù)句意故選C。

If he ________harder , he will catch up with us soon .

A. study B. studies C. will study D. studied

B 【解析】試題分析：句意：如果他學(xué)習(xí)再努力一點(diǎn)，很快他就會(huì)趕上我們。當(dāng)主句描述將來的動(dòng)作時(shí)，狀語從句中常用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)表示將來的動(dòng)作，從句主語he為單數(shù)第三人稱，故謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)，選B。

Linda was lost in the forest and her parents were really her.

A. worry B. worried about C. worried D. worry about

B 【解析】試題分析：句意：琳達(dá)在森林里迷路了，她的父母真的很擔(dān)心她。短語be worried about sb擔(dān)心某人。故選B。

Some students are so that they often make mistakes in their homework.

A. careful B. careless C. serious D. carefully

B 【解析】句意：一些學(xué)生如此粗心以至于他們經(jīng)常在作業(yè)中出錯(cuò)。A. careful仔細(xì)的；B. careless 粗心的；C. serious嚴(yán)肅的；D. carefully仔細(xì)地。結(jié)合題意可知，一些學(xué)生經(jīng)常犯錯(cuò)誤，可以判斷他們是粗心的，故答案為B。

根據(jù)漢語提示完成句子。

1.除非我們向別人傾訴，否則我們肯定會(huì)感覺更糟糕。

_______we talk to someone, we __________ feel worse.

2.最好不要逃避我們的問題。

It is ______ not to _______ ______ _______our problems.

3.如果人們有煩惱，他們不應(yīng)該埋在心底。

If people have problems, they shouldn’t _______them _______ ________.

4.在英語中，我們說與人分擔(dān)一個(gè)煩惱就像把煩惱分成兩半。

In English, we say that ____a problem is like _____it _____ _______.

1.Unlesswill 2.bestrun awayfrom 3.keepto oneself 4.sharingcuttingin half 【解析】 1.unless引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句，遵循“主將從現(xiàn)”的原則，根據(jù)漢語提示可知，答案為(1). Unless (2). will 。 2.It’s best not to do sth.最好不要做某事；run ...

按要求完成句子，每空一詞。

1.Take more exercise and you’ll be healthy.(寫出同義句)

____ ___take more exercise, you’ll be healthy.

2.The old man sells newspapers for a living.(寫出同義句)

The old man ________ ___________ __________ ___________newspapers.

3.He is too small, so he can’t help his mother.(寫出同義句)

He is ______small _______ help his mother.

4.Jim enjoyed himself in the park.(寫出同義句)

Jim ______ _______ _________ _________ in the park.

5.You can’t bring friends from other schools to the party.(改為祈使句)

_______ ________ friends from other schools to the par

1.If you 2.makes moneybyselling 3.tooto 4.had agreat/good time 5.Don’tbring 【解析】 1.句意：多鍛煉，你就會(huì)健康的。此句可以用if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語從句來改寫，句意為“如果你多鍛煉，你會(huì)健康的。”故答案為(1). If (2). you 。 2.句意：這位老人以賣報(bào)紙為生。make ...