1. —Do you want to eat some biscuits?
—No, Mum. I want to drink water. I'm very ________ now.

A．sleepy

B．tired

C．hungry

D．thirsty

2. It's not good to ________ food. Let's take the dumplings away.

A．cook

B．waste

C．finish

D．provide

3. The book is ________ interesting ________ I can't put it down.

A．so; that	B．such; that
C．too; to	D．very; that

4. — Is Jack in the next room?
— Well, it’s hard to say. But I heard him _____ loudly when I passed by just now .

A．speak

B．to speak

C．speaking

D．spoke

5. Although he listened to the old man ________, he could ________ understand his words.

A．patiently; hardly

B．patient; hard

C．patiently; hard

D．patient; hardly

6. When I was walking in the street, I saw a plane ________ over my head.

A．flies

B．flying

C．flew

D．to fly

7. I will never allow you ________ that.

A．do

B．to do

C．doing

D．did

8. The table ________ too much room.

A．takes up

B．takes off

C．takes away

D．takes to

9. Lu Xun ________ a great writer in China.

A．is famous for

B．is famous as

C．is famous like

D．is famous to

10. It's ________ for me to do it by myself. I can ________ finish it on time.

A．hard; hardly

B．hard; hard

C．hardly; hardly

D．hardly; hard

take up, point out, welcome to, be famous for, climb up, go for a swim, at the top of, come on, hear about, take after

11. I'm sorry to ________ your mother's illness.
12. Could you move away the big box? It ________ too much room.
13. There stands a small tree ________ the mountain.
14. —Everyone knows Jeff.
—Yeah! That young man ________ his skill in playing football.
15. Ladies and gentlemen, ________ Beijing!
16. Sandy had no difficulty ________ the Great Wall last Sunday.
17. I think I must ________ how dangerous it is!
18. It's hot. Why not ________ this afternoon?
19. I guess Ben ________ his father. They are both tall and thin.
20. —________, Sandy. Everybody will be lucky or successful sometime in their life.
—Thanks. I'll try again.

What do you think of your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are good at Chinese, you can _______ the competition named the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition (汉字听写大赛). The competition became popular _______ the teenagers. Let's know something about it.

More and more computers and smart phones _______ by teenagers. They spend _______ time on the Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to _______ messages by computers and smart phones. Some of them forget how to write Chinese Characters _______. The teachers and parents are very _______ it. What can they do?

Not long ago, they found an interesting game called the Chinese Characters Dictation. The program modeled (成形于) _______ after the American show National Spelling Bee, where middle school students stand on the stage to write down Chinese via (通过) dictation. Over two hundred competitors are from forty-six schools. The audiences (观众) are interested in this new kind of competition, too. They would like to write down the characters _______ the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for them to write down all the characters. Is it an interesting competition? Can you be the ________?

21.

A．take part in

B．join up

C．take part

D．join

22.

A．between

B．in

C．on

D．among

23.

A．use

B．are use

C．are used

D．used

24.

A．too many

B．too much

C．much too

D．many too

25.

A．sending

B．send

C．sent

D．sends

26.

A．at hand

B．by hand

C．in hand

D．with hand

27.

A．crazy about

B．worried about

C．serious about

D．care about

28.

A．it

B．itself

C．its

D．this

29.

A．as for

B．while

C．as though

D．what

30.

A．worker

B．teacher

C．winner

D．writer

Welcome to our 9-day travelling programme. We'll provide you with a wonderful travelling experience in China.
Day 1 --Arrive in Beijing
Arrive in Beijing, meet your tour guide and check in at the hotel.
Day 2   Beijing
Begin the day with a visit to Tian'anmen Square--one of the world's largest city squares. Then move on to the Palace Museum, a symbol of traditional China.
Day 3--Beijing
Visit the Summer Palace, one of China's largest and best-kept imperial gardens.
Day 4   Beijing
Visit the Great Wall, a symbol of Chinese culture.
Day 5--Beijing, Xi'an
After breakfast, take a walk through some old "hutongs", a kind of ancient city street. Fly to Xi'an and check in at the hotel.
Climb the old City Walls in the afternoon.
Day 6   Xi'an
Visit the 2200-year-old Terracotta Warriors of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang.
Day 7--Xl'an, Shanghai
Fly to Shanghai. Visit the beautiful "Waitan". There are many beautiful old buildings in the
style of early 20th century Europe.
Day 8   Shanghai
Visit Shanghai Museum in the morning, a leading city attraction since its opening in 1994.
Do some shopping in the afternoon along the Bund, the famous business area of Shanghai.
Enjoy a farewell dinner at the hotel.
Day 9   Return home
Go to the airport and take the plane to return home.
31. If your family take part in the programme, what are you going to do on the first day?

A．Arrive in Beijing.	B．Meet our tour guide.
C．Check in at the hotel.	D．All of the above.

32. How many days will you stay in Beijing?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Four and a half.

D．Six.

33. Where will you visit in Xi'an?

A．The Bund.

B．The Terracotta Warriors of the first emperor, Qin Shihuang.

C．The Great Wall.

D．The Palace Museum.

34. Where will you leave for on the seventh day?

A．Shanghai.

B．Beijing.

C．Xi'an.

D．Home.

35. Where will you enjoy a farewell dinner?

A．Beijing.

B．Xi'an.

C．Shanghai.

D．I don't know.

36. He hardly goes to school by car. (改为反意疑问句)
He hardly goes to school by car, ________ he?

37. Jenny was too excited to express herself clearly. (改为复合句)
Jenny was ________ excited ________ she couldn't express herself clearly.

38. Bruce is such a clever boy. (改为同义句)
Bruce is ________ ________ a boy.