Ⅰ. Read and choose the best answer.
1. It’s kind ________ you to give us so much help.
A. on B. to C. of D. about
2. _______ does it take you to walk to your school?
A. How far B. How soon C. How long D. How many times
3. She was tired, so she went to ________ soon.
A. sleeping B. asleep C. sleepy D. sleep
4. You don't have to keep him________ at the gate.
A. Wait B. waited C. waiting D. to wait
5. He_________ the key everywhere, but he couldn't__________it.
A. looked for; find out B. found; look for
C. looked for; find D. found; find out
6. I'm sorry. I_________ my homework at home this morning.
A.forget B. forgot C. leave D. left
7. Billy, _________ eat chocolates before you go to bed.
A. doesn't B. not to C. Not D. don't
8. Hurry up,__________ you'll be late.
A. and B. or C. so D. /
9. Dogs can help people_________.
A. in the way B. in this way C. on the way D. in many ways
10.There are many modern buildings on_________side of the road.
A. both B. every C. either D. neither
11.Mr. Li promised___________ in the room.
A. no smoking B. not smoke C. not to smoke D. not smoking
12.What did he_________ at the meeting just now?
A. talk B. say C. speak D. tell
13.Most of us don't know__________ about how life is formed.
A. many B. little C. few D. much
14.—Have you got any books on music? I want to borrow ________.
—Yes. You can find them on the TOP shelf of the second bookcase.
A. it B. any C. one D. them
15.—Would you like some more?
—___________.I'm full.
A.Yes, please B. I'd love to
C. No, I wouldn't D. No, thanks
1 6.Dad was worried all the week. His dog was ___________
A. losing B. missing C. missed D. losted
1 7.It is strange that the goose can ___________ our farm.
A. guide B. guard C. hunt D. chew
1 8.I had no time to feed my rabbit yesterday evening. I ___________ my homework.
A. was doing B. have done C. do D. will do
19. Bears often sleep in winter in ___________.
A. garages B. caves C. water D. jugs
20. They sTOPped the elephant _________ running across the busy street.
A.in B. off C. from D. without
II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms：（共10分）
1. Nothing can ______ us from carrying out the plan.
2. Many________ services are still provided by volunteers（志愿者） in our city.
3. It is ________ to see so much open country.
4. How can you be so _______ and still call yourself my friend？
5. The _______ of the ship is the captain's responsibility.
6. The pilot landed the plane _______.
7. Three _______ planned to break into a bank.
8. Five people died in war （战争）and more than one thousand were injured. One person is still_______.
III. Rewrite the following sentences as required ：（共10分）
1. It is __________ from his new flat to the park.
________ ________ is it from his new flat to the park?
2. It’s a great pity that you missed the lecture again.
_________ ___________ ___________ pity you missed the lecture again！
3. His mother told him not to waste time on fishing.
He _______ ________ _______to waste time on fishing by his mother.
4. The ice on the river is too thin for us to skate on.
The ice on the river is not ________ ________ for us to skate on.
5. Lily had a good time during her stay in Beijing.
Lily ________ ________ a good time during her stay in Beijing.
6. "Can you help me carry these boxes upstairs?" Mary asked Tom.
Mary asked Tom ______ he _______ help her carry these boxes upstairs.
7. If you don’t know “ Stay hungry, stay foolish”, surf the internet.
You _____ _____ surf the internet if you don’t know “ Stay hungry, stay foolish”.
Ⅳ. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
A. Choose the best answer.（依据短文内容，选择最适合的答案）
Most people have dogs as pets. But do you know that dogs can also do different jobs?
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the US and nearly 3,000 people died. At that time over 300 dogs were there to help to find and save people. They are working dogs.
The US army began to use dogs during World War I. Now, about 2,700 dogs are working in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to Discovery News. These four-legged soldiers use their powerful sense of smell to find bombs , drugs and enemies.
Dogs are “man’s best friend”. They can help us work better.
The most common jobs for working dogs are in search and rescue. They can find lost people or bodies after a big disaster or in the wild. Guide dogs can help blind people walk safely. These dogs can understand some words. Guide dogs are popular in the US and Japan. Many guide dogs visited China during the 2008 Olympic Games.
There are also dogs working with doctors. They can help autistic children. These children sometimes don’t talk and like to do the same things again and again. A study from Canada in 2010 showed that dogs could make autistic children feel relaxed and safe.
__________ are important to sheep owners. They keep the sheep safe. They are common in Australia, New Zealand and some parts of China. Nowadays, many people have them as pets.
So dogs are not only our pets but also our workmates now.
1. Working dogs in Afghanistan and Iraq help to _______.
A) keep people safe B) find and save people
C) find bombs, drugs and enemies D) keep the environment clean
2. The most common jobs for working dogs are in _______.
A) helping blind people walk safely B) search and rescue
C) helping autistic children D) keeping sheep safe
3. Guide dogs are popular in _______.
A) China and Japan B) Canada and the USA
C) Australia and the USA D) the USA and Japan
4. A lot of guide dogs came to China in _______.
A) 2001 B) 2700 C) 2008 D) 2010
5. The underlined word “herding dogs ” means .
A) 打猎犬 B) 牧羊犬 C) 警犬 D) 玩具犬
6. The best title for this passage is _______.
A) Four-legged soldiers B) Guide dogs are popular
C) Dogs are our pets D) People and dogs make a great team
B. Choose the words and expressions and complete the passage.（选择最适合的单词或词汇完成短文）
A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was carried away by the running water.
A kind bird saw that the bee was in danger. It picked a leaf off a tree and threw it into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed onto the leaf, and it was brought ____1___ to the land. The bee thanked the bird a lot and then flew away. Not ____2___ that, the bird was sitting ____3___ the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw ____4___ the man was doing. So it flew into the man's ____5___ and stung him. The pain in the man's eye was so great that he was not able to ____6___ the bird, and the bird flew away. ____7___, the bee, whose life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.
1. A. safety B. safe C. saved D. safely
2. A. long before B. before long C. after long D. long after
3. A. in B. on C. at D. by
4. A. that B. what C. which D. when
5. A. eye B. nose C. mouth D. ear
6. A. shoot B. shoot at C. shoot to D. shoot on
7. A. In the way B. On the way C. In a way D. In this way
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适合的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be t_____1_____ to do a number of simple jobs .They s_____2_____ that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs, bears, or other animals doing a lot of things .If you w_____3_____ carefully , you may find that those animals are given something to eat in return for doing jobs for man . The scientists say that many d_____4_____ animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they will get something to eat.
Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephants can be used to do some heavy j_____5_____ . And we can also teach animals to work in f_____6_____ .Apes, for example, have been w_____7____ used in America to help make cars and scientists say that these monkeys may one day get in crops and e_____8_____ drive trains.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________
5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________
D. Answer the questions. （依据短文内容回答下列问题）
The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have feathers like other birds. Its feathers look like hair. Each foot has four toes. Its beak is very long.
A kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things very well. It smells things better than most birds do. The kiwi’s eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in the New Zealand now. People do not often see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called ‘kiwis’.
1. Does kiwi only live in New Zealand?
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. What is strange for a kiwi?
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. How big is a kiwi?
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. What’s the reason for which the kiwi sleeps during the night?
_____________________________________________________________________________5. Why can’t people kill kiwis?
_____________________________________________________________________________
6. What’s the other meaning of ‘kiwi’?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Ⅴ. Writing.（写作）
Write a short passage of at least 60 words about the TOPic “My favorite animal”.
Use the following points as a guide
1. What animal do you like best? Why?
2. What’s your favorite animal like?
3. How do you take care of it?
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I. Choose the best answer:
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II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms：
1.prevent 2.social 3.lovely 4.unkind 5.safety 6.safely 7.thieves 8.missing
III. Rewrite the following sentences as required ：
1.How far 2.what a great 3.was told not 4.thick enough 5.didn’t have 6.if/whether could 7.had better.
Ⅳ. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
A. 1. C; 2. B; 3. D; 4. C; 5. B; 6. D;
B. 1. D; 2. D; 3. B; 4. B; 5. A; 6. A; 7. D
C.1. taught; 2. say; 3. watch; 4. different; 5. jobs; 6. factories; 7. widely; 8. even;
D. 1. Yes, it does. 2. It can’t fly. 3. It is the same size as a chicken.
4. Because the sunlight hurts its eyes.
5. Because the government says that people cannot kill kiwis and New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
6. ‘Kiwi’ can mean a kind of fruit grows in New Zealand and also can mean the people in New Zealand.
Ⅴ. Writing.
My favorite animal
I like dogs best because they are our friends. They can help to guard our homes. They can help the police to catch the thieves. So dogs are very useful in our daily life. My dog’s name is jack and it is not very big. It’s an English puppy.it has brown hair. We all like it very much. Mum often gives it a bath. We all take good care of it. In fact, it has become a member of our family.
