1 . 根据汉语提示或用所给词的适当形式完成句子。每空一词。
1. He sat quietly ________ (旁边) his wife.
2. George is talented in ________ (music) instruments.
3. England will play against ________ (法国) at football tomorrow.
4. Winter has come. There are few ________ (树叶) on the tree.
5. The policemen have already learned ________ (wise) to avoid the heavy traffic.

2 . He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth. “This problem     1    . What should I do?” thought Archimedes.

“The crown maker     2    ? What a bad man he is!” shouted King Hiero. He then     3    . Many people consider Albert Einstein (1879-1955) a genius. This story about him shows that he also had     4    ...Einstein     5    , listened to Hans give his talk without difficulty, and joined in the applause at the end.

10 .
1. “ The Voice of China ” is ________ very popular singing competition in China. Lots of ________ people like watching it very much.

A．a; the

B．/; the

C．a; /

D．the; /

2. The born artist devoted all the time he had ________ for something better or different.

A．search

B．searched

C．to search

D．to searching

3. All the students are required ________ English more often to ________ their spoken English.

A．to read; improving

B．reading; improve

C．to read; improve

D．reading; improving

4. Though children have________ asleep for a long time, their parents are still busy with work.

A．been

B．fallen

C．being

D．fell

5. —Why did you buy a tie again? You have got more than twelve ties.
—A man ________ never have too many ties.

A．can’t

B．can

C．shouldn’t

D．should

6. —How much difficulty did you have ________ this problem?
—________. It’s quite easy.

A．to solve; Nothing

B．to solve; None

C．solving; None

D．solving; Nothing

7. Young people usually ________ city life to country life while old people ________ enjoy country life.

A．prefer; would rather	B．would rather; prefer
C．would rather; would rather	D．prefer; prefer

8. My mother had ________ sleep last night so she felt ________ sleepy today.

A．a little; a bit of

B．a bit; a little

C．a little; a little bit

D．a little; a bit little

9. Could you tell me ________ a meeting in Guangzhou next week?

A．if there was going to be	B．if there is going to be
C．whether is there going to be	D．whether there is going to have

10. —Wow, such a nice computer you’ve bought.
—Yes, it is of ________ to me, but I must say it also cost me a lot.

A．no use

B．great help

C．no interest

D．little importance

11. The machine worked well as soon as it ________ to the WI-FI.

A．was connected

B．connected

C．was connecting

D．connecting

12. —Good news! Another new member in the Beidou family was sent into space.
—Scientist tried their best to pay attention to every detail. To them, ________.

A．It never rains but it pours.	B．No pain, no gain.
C．A miss is as good as a mile.	D．Many hands make light work.

13. ________ the famous teacher won from both her students and the students’ parents!

A．What high praise	B．What a high praise
C．How high praise	D．How a high praise

14. Colours can influence our moods. What colour do you think ________ us feel calm?

A．making

B．makes

C．to make

D．make

15. —It’s said that people born in the Year of the Sheep are honest.
—Really? For Jason, ________. He often tells lies and nobody believes him.

A．I can’t agree more.	B．That’s not the case.
C．It depends.	D．That’s all right.