1. —Shall we play ________ basketball this afternoon?
—Good idea! Do you have ________ basketball?

A．the; a

B．a; a

C．/; /

D．/; a

2. —Dali is really a beautiful city and there are many places of interest.
—So it is. Why not stay here for ________ two days?

A．other

B．others

C．another

D．the other

3. —There isn’t food left in the fridge. Is there ________ beef in the kitchen, mom?
—No, there isn’t. There is ________ mutton.

A．some; some

B．any; some

C．some; any

D．any; any

4. —How much should I ________ for the food, Sir?
—Nothing. The food is free on our ship. You can choose whatever you like.

A．cost

B．spend

C．pay

D．take

5. —There is only one ticket for the two of us. ________ you ________ I can go into the cinema.
—Guess what? I get a ticket from my brother. Both of us can see the movie.

A．Both; and	B．Not only; but also
C．Either; or	D．Neither; nor

6. —Peter, you’ve grown up. You should learn to make your room ________.
—I agree with you, mom.

A．dirty

B．empty

C．noisy

D．tidy

7. —Mr Lee ________ goes to work on foot no matter how terrible the weather is.
—He regards walking as a way to keep in good health.

A．hardly

B．seldom

C．always

D．sometimes

9. —Would you like to go to the movies with me, Ann?
— I’d love to, ________ you don’t want to go alone.

A．before

B．if

C．unless

D．until

10. — ________ I finish the work this week, sir?
—No, you ________. You can finish it till next Wednesday.

A．Must; mustn’t

B．Must; needn’t

C．Can; needn’t

D．Can; mustn’t

11. —________ going shopping tomorrow? The weather report said it would be sunny.
—That’s a good idea.

A．Why not	B．How about
C．What do you think of	D．How do you feel about

12. —Whose house is this? It looks much more beautiful than the others here.
—It’s ________. They have been married and live here.

A．Tom and Mary	B．Tom’s and Mary
C．Tom and Mary’s	D．Tom’s and Mary’s

13. —I’ll have my ________ birthday party at my house this Friday. I’d like you to come.
—How time flies! You’ll be ________ years old.

A．twentieth; twentieth	B．twentieth; twenty
C．twenty; twenty	D．twenty; twentieth

14. —The play had already been on for quite some time when we ________ at the New Theatre.
—What a pity! It is really worth seeing.

A．have arrived

B．arrived

C．had arrived

D．arrive

15. —Thank you very much for your advice on study methods.
— ________. I hope it’ll be helpful to you.

A．With pleasure	B．It doesn’t matter
C．Congratulations to you	D．You’re welcome

Part-time(兼职的)jobs for students

Babysitter(临时保姆)needed We need a babysitter to look after our two boys aged 5 and 7 after school from 4: 30 p.m. to 6: 30p.m., Monday to Friday. $100 a week. Call Vicky at 6783-4521.	Rose Hotel part-time work We are looking for part-time workers to work in our hotel on Saturdays. Come in (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or call Mina at: 6123-8745(after 6 p.m.).
Holiday job Do you want to make some money this summer? Can you speak another language? We need French, Spanish or German speakers to work in the City Museum shop from Tuesday to Saturday. Send your CV(简历)to citymuscum@shopjob. lkj.	Newspaper delivery(递送) We need young people to deliver newspapers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The newspaper delivery takes 30 minutes in the village of Clanbrook. You must deliver the newspapers before 7: 30 a.m. and you must have your own bike. Interested? Ask for more information at Clanbrook post office.

26. How much can a babysitter get for an hour?

A．5 dollars.

B．7dollars.

C．10 dollars.

D．12 dollars.

27. If Joy wants to get the job in Rose Hotel, she can call Mina at_______.

A．8 a.m.

B．10 a.m.

C．5 p.m.

D．7 p.m.

28. What can we know about the holiday job?

A．It doesn't require any CV.

B．It doesn't provide any pay.

C．If you have got it, you needn't work on Monday.

D．If you want to get it, you must speak three languages.

29. If Harry takes the newspaper delivery job, he must__________.

A．work three mornings a week	B．use the bike of the post office
C．finish the work before 7:00 am	D．be interested in the newspapers

30. The four pieces of information above may be found in the part of in a newspaper.

A．News

B．Ad(广告)

C．Sports

D．Recreation(娱乐)

Are you still doing the V sign for victory? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture is to curl(卷曲) both of your hands and put them together to make a heart shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber, Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.

       “The heart-hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’,” said the country singer Taylor Swift, “It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
       Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
       Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
       “It used to take longer for nonverbal(非语言的) culture to move. But now, with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert(专家).
       In Korea(韩国), the hand heart has been popular for a long time in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means “I love you.”
31. We usually use the V sign to express “________”.

A．something between “I love you” and “Thank you”	B．I love you
C．Thank you	D．Victory

32. According to the passage, Taylor Swift has done Gesture ________ in her photos.

A．

B．

C．

D．

33. The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

A．Taylor Swift’s concert	B．the V sign
C．the car accident	D．the charity show

34. Nonverbal culture moves much faster nowadays than before because of ________.

A．superstars	B．smart phones and the Internet
C．charity shows	D．language experts

35. People in Korea like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. Picture ________ gives the best description of the gesture.

A．

B．

C．

D．

All our food comes from the soil. Some of us eat meat, but animals live on plants. If there are no plants, we will have no animals and meat. So the soil is necessary for us to live. The top of ground is usually covered with grass or other plants. Plants grow in soil, which has a dark color. This dark soil is humus. Dead leaves, dead plants and animals’ waste make it, but this takes a long time.

When the humus has been made, plants can grow well in it. All soil needs food. If we don’t give it any, the plants will be weak. Animals’ waste is the best food for the soil, but chemical fertilizers (化肥) are also very useful. The same crop should not be grown in the same place every year. It is better to have a different crop. A change of crop and the use of a good fertilizer will keep the land in good condition.

When the soil is dry, the wind blows it away. Sometimes heavy rain carries the humus down to a river. People should grow more and more trees and grass to stop wind from carrying the humus away. It takes hundreds of years to make humus, and so we must save every bit of it. Without soil, where can we grow food?

36. From the text, we know people live on _________.

A．animal

B．plant

C．meat

D．soil

37. The word “humus” means _________ in Chinese.

A．微生物

B．土壤

C．腐殖土

D．粘土

38. We should ________ to keep the soil.

A．give more fertilizers	B．kill more animals
C．make more humus	D．grow more trees and grass

39. We should save every bit of humus, because _________.

A．it takes a long time to make humus

B．the more humus in the soil, the better plants grow

C．the chemical fertilizers are expensive

D．A and B

40. The best title of this article should be _________.

A．Soil is necessary to people

B．The same crop can’t be grown in the same place every year

C．Soil’s food is chemical fertilizers

D．Humus is hard to make