-- When did you start __       English?

-- About. two years ago.

A. learn            B. learned          C. learning          D. learns

-- Mom, I can't finish all my homework today.

-- You can finish it tomorrow. You don't have to get_      _

A. hungry          B. thirsty         C. stressed out         D. relaxed

The car runs well,         it is very old.

A. if         B. although         C. than         D. because

I want to go __       for a vacation.

A. interesting somewhere                B. somewhere interested

C. somewhere interesting                  D. interested somewhere

Cheng Han is going to __       a musician when he __      up.

A. do; grow          B. do; grows          C. be; grow        D. be; grows

-- Could you please do the dishes?

--          . I am busy.

A. That's right          B. No problem               C. Sure          D. Sorry, I can't

-- Which has __       seats, New City Cinema; Free Time Theater or Movie Palace?

-- Movie Palace, of course.

A. comfortable                           B. more comfortable

C. the most comfortable                  D. much comfortable

-- Must I be home before eight o'clock?

-- No, you         

A. mustn't            B. needn't          C. can' t          D. shouldn't

About a hundred people lived in a very small mountain village. It was very  1  from the other villages and towns. They had few friends and they got bad harvest (收成). And  2  ever left the village. Of course there wasn't electricity (電)  3  gas (煤油) here.

    Once a writer  4  the village. The backwardness (落后) of the village surprised him. He decided  5  about it to the world. So he took the oldest villager to London. The old man told all about his home village to the people. Several months 6   he returned. All the villagers went to see him and asked him  7  he had enjoyed the time in the city.

    "Everything is wonderful in  8  , "the old man said, "I visited many good places and ate all kinds of nice food and other things. But the trouble was that I could not 9  at night. "

    "What happened to you? "his wife asked.

"The  10  was on in my bedroom all the time." 

"Why not blow it out(吹滅), then? "

    "I tried--but it was inside a little glass box. "

1. A. close            B. far             C. near                D. high

2. A. anybody         B. somebody        C. everybody        D. nobody

3. A. and             B. or              C. but              D. so

4. A. visited          B. lived              C. stayed               D. got

5. A. to write                B. write             C. writing             D. wrote

6. A. after            B. before         C. soon            D. later

7. A. what             B. why                  C. how              D. when

8. A. town                B. mountain        C. village                  D. London

9. A. sleep           B. help             C. walk                   D. see    

10. A. window        B. radio          C. light                D. TV

It was a beautiful sunny day. Toby decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Ted was at work, and Lisa was at her grandmother's home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit(泳裝), towel (毛巾), beach umbrella and his new boom box.

    When he arrived at the beach, there weren't many people. There was a family with two little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Toby put up his beach umbrella and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.

    Soon Toby went to sleep. While he was sleeping, a man came and sat near him. He had a small radio and it played the same music as Toby's. After a few minutes, the man picked up Toby's boom box and walked away. When Toby woke up(醒來(lái)),  he couldn't find his boom box, and the man's little old radio was in its place.

1. What is a boom box according to (根據(jù)) the story?

   A. A TV.            B. A radio.             C. A camera.         D. A bed.

2. Who went to the beach with Toby?

   A. Ted.            B. Lisa.                 C. A thief.          D. Nobody.

3. Which one is the right order(次序) according to the time?

   ①Toby slept.

   ②Toby lay down on the beach.

③Toby called his friends.

   ④Toby got to the beach

   A.①②③④        B.③④②①          C.③②①④        D.②③④①

4. Which one is TRUE?

   A. There were many people on the beach.

   B. All the people on the beach were friendly.

   C. Toby's radio was more expensive than the thief's.

D. Toby went to the beach and went swimming.

5. What can we learn from the story?

   A. We should look after our things well when we are out.

B. We should not take our radios out.

   C. We should not sleep on the beach.

   D. We should not sleep when we are out.