We have a long holiday and we are going to travel __________ the world．

A．around       B．over       C．in       D．from

China’s history is more than five __________ years．

A．thousand    B．thousands    C．thousands of    D．thousand of

I am shorter，so I sit __________ the classroom．

A．before    B．in front    C．in the front of    D．in a front of

London is famous __________ Big Ben，Buckingham Palace．

A．to       B．for        C．with       D．at

__________ is more interesting than basketball．

A．Playing football    B．Play football    C．Playing the football    D．Played football

It’s not easy __________ English well．

A．of the students learning    B．for the students learning

C．of the students to learn    D．for the students to learn

    Some day small cars may take the place of today’s cars．If everyone  1  such a small car in the future，there will be less pollution(污染)in the air，there will be more parking space in cities，and the streets will be  2  crowded(擁擠的)．The space now for one car of the usual size can hold  3  one such a small car．

    The small cars will  4  much less to own and to drive．Driving will be  5  ，too，because the small cars go only 50 kilometers an hour．

    The cars of the future will be fine for going  6   the city，but they will not be useful for going far away．The small car needs only two batteries(電池)—one battery for the motor，and  7  for the horn and the lights．

    If we still  8  the big cars along with the small ones，we will need to  9  two kinds of roads．Some roads will be used  10  the big fast cars．and the other roads will be needed for the small，slower ones．

1．A．drives            B．sits             C．makes              D．sells

2．A．more            B．less             C．much               D．fewer

3．A．at least           B．no more        C．less than             D．more than

4．A．pay              B．spend          C．cost                 D．have

5．A．faster                   B．harder         C．safer                D．more dangerous

6．A．over             B．around         C．from               D．past

7．A．another           B．one            C．the other            D．others

8．A．think             B．use            C．park                D．lore

9．A．build             B．put            C．find                D．open

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

1．Grace is going to have a party ___________．

    A．this weekend    B．this Friday    C．next weekend    D．next month

2．“The Ship”is ___________．

    A．a book           B．a movie          C．a song     D．a ball game

3．Mr．Brown helped Sandy examine he ___________．

    A．car                  B．telephone C．dog         D．ship

4．Tim and Lucky are ___________．

    A．movies           B．women           C．food       D．dogs

5．___________may be a member of Sandy’s family．

    A．Grace            B．Wu                 C．Sue         D．Steve

    It is a very common thing for a person to have a good friend．My good friend is Diana．She is a rich and proud girl．She often thinks that she is too good for anyone，so nobody wants to be her friend．

    one day after school，I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me．She gave me a biscuit．I accepted it．We talked and joked，and from then on，I began to spend more time with Vivien than with Diana．I felt a little uneasy．

    After a few days，I went to see Diana for some snacks when Vivien came and sat with me．She offered me a sandwich．She also offered one to Diana，but Diana refused it．She walked away．I was angry with Diana for being so rude and thoughtless．

    “Never mind，”Vivien said．“I’m used to it．”

    After school，I tried to catch up with Diana．While walking home，I tried to correct her attitude，but she would not listen to me．She said，“Go and join your‘dear’Vivien．I know you make new friends and forget the old ones．”

    For the next few weeks．we did not talk to each other．Then．one day，Diana came to Vivien and me，saying，”I’m really sorry about what I did．I’m a spoiled(寵壞的)girl，but I also need good friends just like you．Would you please forgive(原諒)me?”Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled．From then on，Diana，Vivien and I have been best friends．

1．The writer was angry with Diana ___________．

    A．because she was too good for anyone         B．when Diana refused Vivien’s sandwich

    C．though she asked the writer to forgive          D．so Diana walked away

2．According to the passage，it is clear that ___________．

    A．Diana and the writer had been good friends

    B．Diana didn’t like sandwiches

    C．Vivien didn’t want to make new friends at all

    D．the writer for go ther old friends after she had new ones

3．Vivien’s saying“I’m used to it”shows that ___________．

    A．someone refused to give her things             B．Vivien used to be rude to others

    C．she liked to be refused                        D．some people were rude to her before

4．Diana asked Vivien and the writer to forgive because ___________．

    A．they didn’t spend much time with her          B．she realized she was wrong

    C．Vivien and the writer didn’t talk to her         D．she was a rich and proud girl

5．The reading is mainly about ___________．

    A．the mistake among the three friend             B．two best friends at a school

    C．three friends at a school                      D．the trouble between Diana and Vivien

    Mexico’s neighbors are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the

south．Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States．Mexico has more than ninety million people．The language of Mexico is Spanish．This makes Mexico the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country．

    Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico．The city is also very high．It is 7349 feet high(2240 meters)．This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world．The population of Mexico City grows bigger every day．About thirty million people live there．It has more people than any other city in the world，even more than Tokyo．

    Mexico also has its specialties．Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico．Foods like beans，maize，avocados，tomatoes，peanuts，chili peppers，vanilla，and chocolate come from Mexico．Mexico is also famous for its cactus(仙人掌)plants．Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other city．

1．Mexico is ___________ the USA．

    A．on the south of    B．on the north of    C．a part of    D．as large as

2．Mexico speak ___________．

    A．English          B．French           C．Spanish    D．Latin(拉丁語)

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．Mexico City is the capital of Mexico．

    B．The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000．

    C．Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population．

    D．Mexico City is the highest city in the world．

4．Tomatoes were originally(最初)grown in ___________．

    A．America        B．Spain           C．Tokyo     D．Mexico

5．The best title(題目)of the passage is ___________．

    A．Mexico City    B．Mexico’s plans    C．Mexico    D．Mexico’s population