The old pianist requested that he ____ the piano in the public again.

A. play B. played

C. would play D. was going to play

I don’t know _____,

A. how can I finish my homework on time

B. how could I finish my homework on time

C. I can how finish my homework on time

D.how I can finish my homework on time

It is the fourth time that Jenny ____ you in a week.

A. rings B. has rung

C. has been ringing D. is ringing

He was ___in the car accident.

A. wounded B. injured

C. hurt D. damaged

The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his____ ．One day when the captain had come from a ___ with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（鐵） had_____ and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll ____ it for you in my storehouse _____you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get ____ money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up _____ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his____ friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had____ all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was____ lies，but he stayed ____and said，“I knew that you had problems_____mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started _____ voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but _____our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very____ and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And _____ can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a_____ ，who said，“The merchant must____the captain the money which he got when he ___the iron，and then the captain must_____ the merchant’s son back to him．”

1.A. car B. cart C. ship D. plane

2.A. voyage B. travel C. business D. visit

3.A. fallen B. raised C. widened D. risen

4.A. keep B. hide C. hold D. put

5.A. when B. since C. after D. until

6.A. many B. more C. a bit D. less

7.A. on B. in C. to D. by

8.A. dishonest B. honest C. real D. former

9.A. sold B. borrowed C. eaten D. drunk

10.A. talking B. making C. telling D. saying

11.A. friendly B. calm C. quiet D. angry

12.A. about B. in C. on D. with

13.A. another B. next C. the other D. other

14.A. while B. after C. during D. before

15.A. boring B. puzzled C. angry D. afraid

16.A. yet B. neither C. so D. either

17.A. lawyer B. manager C. child D. judge

18.A. return B. give C. offer D. lend

19.A. kept B. bought C. sold D. stole

20.A. bring B. fetch C. carry D. catch

Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips. He smoked while he read, while he watched TV, and while he drank a cup of coffee. He smoked forty cigarettes a day, but he was happy.

Joe’s friend, Fred Brown, said to him, “It is very bad to smoke”. When Joe heard this , he started to worry and became so thin that he went to Fred for help.

Fred said , “You must eat more”. O Joe did not smoke , but he ate chocolate , and he became very fat. Again he went to Fred for help.

Fred said , “ You must not eat chocolate”. So Joe stopped eating chocolate , but he went back to smoking cigarettes. He became thin again but he was not happy, because he still smoked.

Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!

1.When Joe became thin the first time it was because_____.

A. he smoked too much B. he worried too much

C. he stopped smoking D. he ate too little

2. The following sentences tell what happened to Joe.Which is the right order of the events?

a.He did not smoke , he ate chocolate , he was fat, he was unhappy.

b.He smoked , he did not eat chocolate, he was thin , he was unhappy.

c.He smoked , he did not eat chocolate , he was not fat , he was happy

A. a, b, c B. c, b, a

C. b, a, c D. c, a, b

3.In the end Joe was unhappy about his friendship with Fred because___

A. Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose.

B. he never liked being told what to do

C. he in fact had never really understood what Fred meant

D. Fred’s advice had brought him much trouble

4.What is the writer trying to tell us with this story?

A. Chocolate is bad for one’s health.

B. One should ask friends for help and advice

C. Smoking is bad for one’s health

D. One should think and decide for oneself

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (驚呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”

1.Where was the writer from? _____.

A．America B．France

C．England D．China

2. When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

A．buy a ring for his friend

B．make a call to his friend

C. ask the way to his friend’s

D．go to the telephone company

3.From the passage we can see that “give somebody a ring ”___

A. has two different meanings

B. means “call somebody” for the old man

C. means “be going to get married ”in England

D. has the same meaning in American as in England

4.Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?

A. The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.

B. There are some differences between American and British English.

C. British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.

D. British and American people can understand each other most of the time.

After a year of being prepared, Laura Dekker can’t wait to set sail .Last August ,the Dutch government decided that Laura Dekker was too young to take on the challenge of sailing around the world alone. But after a year of preparing herself , Laura has been allowed to sail.

”I was so happy I almost jump into the water,” Laura said , after learning of the court’s judgement. She was born on a yacht(游艇) in the South Pacific ,and now lives with her father in a boat. When Dutch child protection groups first heard about her plan to sail alone , they stopped her from doing so .

Since the decision, though, Laura had been preparing with her father to persuade the courts that she was ready. Last week she received the books and other materials she would need for school while she was at sea. She added safety equipment to a new, big ship. And she took her first aid course to learn several survival skills, like how to put out fires on the boat, take care of her own injuries and deal with lack of sleep. She also planned a safer course --- adding alternate routes(備用路徑) to avoid pirate(海盜) attacks, and planning a course that would have her on dry land as she moved from port to port across the world.

Laura is using a larger and more safer boat. If she finished successfully in less than two years, she will take the title from current record-holder Jessica Watson, of Australia, who was 16 when she completed the journey.

1.Why didn’t the Dutch government allow Laura Dekker to sail alone ?

A.She was too old to take care of herself

B.She was too young to sail alone.

C. She was not well prepared

D. It would cause trouble to the government.

2.It can be inferred that Laura’s sailing plan was first ______.

A. not allowed by her father and mother

B. supported by her father and mother

C. not allowed by Dutch child protection groups

D. supported by Dutch child protection groups

3.When Laura is at sea ,she might _____.

A. learn some lessons by herself

B. learn some lessons with the help of her father

C. stop her school lessons for some time

D. not learn any lessons of her schooling

4.According to the passage , Laura made good preparations in the following EXCEPT _____.

A, struggling against sharks

B. learning knowledge in first aid

C. improving the yacht

D. improving herself with survival skills

Dana Cummings was in his thirties before he first went surfing. But, even more interesting is that Dana Cummings chose to learn the sport after losing a leg in a car accident. Now, nine years later, he helps other disabled (傷殘的) people learn how to ride the waves in AmpSurf.

On the coast of Maine, he is working with 27-year-old Matthew Fish, who is partly blind. Cummings takes hold of Fish and leads him into the ocean. The surfboard floats next to them. Fish lies on the surfboard. He tries to stand up on it. After a few attempts (嘗試) he is up and riding all the way back to land. “That was exciting,” Fish says.

A car accident in 2002 took Dana Cummings’ leg. He says the crash changed him more than just physically. “Losing my leg made me realize how precious (珍貴的) life is and get off the couch and start living. I do more things now than I ever did before. Next week I am going to compete in a contest in Hawaii,” Dana says.

One year later Dana Cummings formed AmpSurf. AmpSurf is a group that volunteers to hold surfing classes and events for people with all kinds of disabilities.

Recently, AmpSurf took its training programs to the East Coast. Eleven students attended the class in Maine. They came from all over the northeastern United States.

Dana Cummings thinks AmpSurf can change the way a disabled person thinks. “Most people with disabilities consider himself or herself unlucky and useless, but we want them to see what they can do. Who cares you lose your leg or you are blind, whatever? Have fun. Just enjoy life. Take the most advantage of it you can,” Dana says.

1.Matthew Fish thinks learning to ride the waves is _____.

A．interesting B．easy

C．boring D．difficult

2.When did Dana Cummings set up AmpSurf according to the text?

A．In 2002. B．In 2003.

C．In 2008. D．In 2011.

3.According to Dana Cummings, AmpSurf can _____.

A．ease the physical pain of the disabled

B．help the disabled learn to get used to their life

C．change the attitude of the disabled towards life

D．make the disabled pay more attention to their disabilities

4.What is the best title for the text?

A．Dana Cummings — a great surfer

B．AmpSurf — a training group

C．How to learn to live with disabilities

D．Disabled surfers ride the waves

1.Several suggestions ____ up at the meeting.

2.We were _____ about his health, while he was _____ in his work.

3.He _____ down what he sees in the zoo every day.

4.When we heard the interesting story, we all burst into _______.

5.What is your ______ towards the plan ?

6.My sister doesn’t _____ about the details.

7._____ from what he said, he is probably not an honest man.

8.She gave me a ______ look----the kind that said she wouldn’t change her mind.

9.After ___ from the college, he ___ from heart trouble ,and he had to take medicine wherever he went.

10.I have ______ him to give up smoking, now he is more healthier.

11.I didn’t do it on ______,it was an accident.

12.The boys were _____ of listening to the same thing again and again.

13.The houses across the street are in ______,but they were in good conditions a few years ago.

14.He _____ to go shopping rather than stay at home on weekends.

15.It was a ______ news and we all got _____.