1. I have ________ encyclopedia about animals and plants.

A．a

B．/

C．an

D．the

2. Several _________ are talking under the tree. And their _____ are swimming in the lake.

A．woman, children	B．woman, child
C．women, children	D．women, child

3. — What would you like, Madam?
— I’m thirsty. I’d like two ________, please.

A．bottles of water	B．hamburgers
C．pieces of bread	D．bowls of rice

4. The six-month old baby has two ________ already and he can eat some fruit now.

A．tooth

B．hands

C．teeth

D．feet

5. Joe ________ a book under the tree when suddenly he heard the cheers.

A．read

B．reads

C．is reading

D．was reading

6. ________ funny the story is! All of us can’t help laughing.

A．How

B．What an

C．What

D．What a

7. The giant panda is ________ Asian animal and it is very precious.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

8. My father’s dream is ________ a big book store.

A．to own

B．owns

C．to owning

D．own

9. The monster in the cartoon movie is like a bear ________ shape and size.

A．in

B．of

C．with

D．for

10. Boy students are interested in sports. Some like running, or swimming, and ____like ball games.

A．the others

B．others

C．the other

D．other

11. ________ of the two girls is from Africa or Europe.

A．All

B．Both

C．None

D．Neither

12. The questions were so difficult that ________ students could answer them.

A．a few

B．few

C．a little

D．little

13. I have two cats. One is black, and ______ is white.

A．another

B．some

C．other

D．the other

14. Mr. Sean heard someone ________ at the door when he was watching TV.

A．knocked

B．knocks

C．to knock

D．knocking

15. If you want a ticket for a round-trip, sir, you’ll have to pay ________$ 80.

A．another

B．other

C．the other

D．others

16. The place is not interesting at all. ________ of us wants to go there.

A．Neither

B．Both

C．All

D．Some

Read the passage and choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）：

Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals for 160 million years, making them one of the most successful groups of animals ever. However, all the dinosaurs that were living 65 million years ago went extinct. About 70% of all animal life on the earth died out. Scientists call it a mass extinction（大灭绝）.

Having existed for 165 million years, why did dinosaurs die out? There are many different theories about why this happened. We will probably never know exactly what happened, which means that scientists will continue to disagree and come up with different dinosaur extinction theories. Here are two of them:

Ice Age Theory

Now and again, the earth cools into periods we call ice ages. As dinosaurs were thought to be cold blooded, it was hard for them to cope with such cold conditions.

Disease

It is possible that a disease spread through the dinosaur population causing their extinction.

Scientists have come up with some strange ideas but none of the theories really explains everything, so we will probably never be sure what happened.

17. The underlined word “dominant” in the passage probably means _________.

A．biggest

B．powerful

C．strange

D．special

18. Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? ___________.

A．Dinosaurs could not suffer from cold weather	B．A disease spread through the dinosaur population
C．Other species became stronger than dinosaurs	D．We have not known about the truth yet

19. Dinosaurs existed on the earth for _______ million years.

A．160

B．165

C．65

D．115

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词）：

When people travel, you will need a way to get around the place. When you’re v    20    , many people now choose to rent a car, and drive around the place. But be careful because people might not drive the way you expect.

In most countries, people drive on the right side of the road. However, in the U. K., Japan, Malaysia and some o    21     countries, people drive on the left. You should be careful w    22     you drive in these countries.

Most countries’ roads have speed limits. However, in Germany, about half of i    23     highway system has no speed limit. When driving on its highway, it’s i    24     not to run out of gas.

Driving can be a great way to get around, but wherever you do it, make s    25     you follow the rules. Road safety should be in your mind always.

26. Write a short passage after reading the article above（写读后感）.
What else do you think we should be careful when travelling?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________