Many of you are studying English and you may be 1 why it is so difficult to learn．It’s actually not too difficult to learn 2 you know some 3 about the language and culture that it reflects (反映)．Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages 4 French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon．In addition, there are words 5 Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese 6 can be found in the English language．This borrowing of words 7 other languages is 8 of the key reasons 9 some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到) 10 they are learning English.

1．A．knowing B．wondering C．earning D．hearing

2．A．but B．and C．if D．unless

3．A．news B．facts C．truth D．information

4．A．such as B．the same as C．so as D．for example

5．A．in B．off C．of D．from

6．A．words B．culture C．language D．letters

7．A．for B．to C．from D．out

8．A．that B．something C．one D．this

9．A．why B．if C．what D．for

10．A．when B．before C．after D．while

Mr．Jackson was on duty that evening．It was 1 and there was

thick snow outside．So 2 people came to the hospital and he could __3 on the bed in his office and soon he went to 4 ．Suddenly someone knocked at the door and it woke him up．He got up and 5 the door．In went an old man．His wife was 6 and he asked the doctor to go to look her over.

It was still 7 when Mr．Jackson came out．The old farmer

walked fast and he hardly 8 him．It was difficult for him to walk on the snowy roads．When he got to the man’s house, he was very 9 ．He looked over the old woman and found she had a bad cold．He gave her some 10 and began to return to the hospital．The wind was blowing strongly and he had to walk 11 so that he wouldn’t fall over.

And when he was near the hospital, he had a 12 in his foot.

He walked slowly and at last he went into his office, He 13 his shoe and looked at his foot．There was much blood (血) on it．He 14 he stepped on (踩) a broken bottle．He looked at his shoe carefully and said to 15 , “Luckily, it didn’t prick(扎)my shoe!”

1．A．hot B．warm C．cool D．cold

2．A．few B．a few C．some D．many

3．A．play B．dance C．lie down D．sit down

4．A．work B．sleep C．study D．write

5．A．closed B．mended C．opened D．broke

6．A．healthy B．strong C．weak D．ill

7．A．snowing B．shining C．raining D．singing

8．A．got on well with B．caught up with C．looked after D．listened to

9．A．sorry B．afraid C．strange D．tired

10．A．medicine B．food C．water D．sugar

11．A．quickly B．carefully C．noisily D．heavily

12．A．hole B．sock C．pain D．pill

13．A．took off B．put up C．burnt D．sold

14．A．forgot B．remembered C．understood D．was told

15．A．him B．her C．them D．himself

A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr．Smith began to leave．He was about to start the car when a gunman (持枪者) 1 up from the back seat．He 2 a gun to Mr．Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.

“All right”Mr．Smith answered．He started the engine (发动机), pulled away from the side of the street and 3 down．Being 81 years old, he knew he could not 4 the gunman．He knew he needed help．Where were the police? As he drove 5 each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car．But he could see 6 .“Just my luck,” he thought．“If I was 7 too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”

8 he pushed his foot down on the accelerator, and the car ran 9 faster．“What are you doing?” shouted the gunman.“Keeping off the police.” Mr．Smith answered.“I thought I saw a police car 10 there.”

He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets．On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong 11 of the road．Not one of the policemen saw him．Again Mr．Smith’s plan was not working．He had to try a 12 plan.

He 13 a corner and saw the police station in front．Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate．The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped．Mr．Smith shouted,“Help! Help!”Then he 14 back to grab the man’s gun．At the same time the policemen heard the 15 and quickly caught the gunman.

1．A．woke B．sat C．stood D．jumped

2．A．brought B．pointed C．held D．carried

3．A．drove B．left C．took D．pushed

4．A．fight B．lift C．keep D．hit

5．A．around B．over C．through D．towards

6．A．somebody B．anybody C．everybody D．nobody

7．A．driving B．moving C．getting D．walking

8．A．Slowly B．Suddenly C．Quietly D．Carefully

9．A．more B．much C．very D．quite

10．A．front B．near C．below D．back

11．A．street B．way C．side D．corner

12．A．new B．safe C．hard D．nice

13．A．found B．turned C．stopped at D．arrived at

14．A．got B．looked C．turned D．came

15．A．sound B．man C．voice D．noise

It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠)．The road is 1 nearly all the way．Sometimes there is a deep sand．A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small 2 along the way．Vick reached the first place at ten o’clock p．m．He had his 3 in a little restaurant (餐馆) there．It was a warm 4 in August．Vick wanted to 5 through the night．The nights are warm enough in August, but the days are very, very 6 ．

He left the restaurant at 11: 30 and drove over 7 hours．There wasn’t a moon, but the 8 were wonderful．There was nothing else on die road．Vick thought, “It’s an empty desert．No tree, house, man．” He could 9 the endless, white road in the car’s headlights(车灯)．A million stars looked down on him．

It was two o’clock in the morning．Vick stopped the car．He was two hundred kilometers from the 10 town: “I’ll light the cooker( 炊具),” he thought, “and make some tea．” He got out of the car．

He heard some sounds, ten or fifteen meters 11 ．He could not see anything in the darkness(黑暗)．A man said, “Good morning．It’s a 12 morning, isn’t it?” The man came forward (向前),out of the darkness; out of the desert．Vick did not move．The man said, “You are going to 13 some tea, aren’t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time．It’s two o’clock．Cars always 14 near here at this time．Sometimes I get a 15 ．Now listen, and I’ll tell you a story．Then you’ll give me…”

1．A．short B．good C．busy D．well

2．A．cities B．hotels C．villages D．towns

3．A．tea B．supper C．lunch D．breakfast

4．A．night B．day C．season D．month

5．A．live B．stay C．drive D．walk

6．A．cold B．cool C．hot D．warm

7．A．two B．seven C．ten D．fourteen

8．A．trees B．animals C．stars D．clouds

9．A．see B．ride C．pass D．find

10．A．home B．other C．next D．last

11．A．about B．from C．far D．away

12．A．noisy B．lovely C．sleepy D．sunny

13．A．eat B．make C．cook D．drink

14．A．leave B．stop C．meet D．run

15．A．bread B．car C．rest D．meal

A thirsty bee went to a river to drink．As it was drinking, the bee was 1 away by the running water.

A kind bird saw that the bee was in 2 ．It picked 3 off a tree and threw 4 into the water in front of the bee．The bee climbed 5 the leaf, and it was brought 6 to the land．The bee thanked the bee a lot and then 7 .

Not 8 that, the bird was sitting 9 the branch of a tree．It did not know that a man was shooting at it．But the bee saw 10 the man was doing．So it flew into the man’s 11 and stung(刺蜇) him．The 12 in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to 13 the bird, and the bird flew away.

14 the bee, 15 life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.

1．A．flying B．brought C．flowing D．carried

2．A．trouble B．a trouble C．danger D．dangerous

3．A．a leaf B．leaves C．leaf D．the leaf

4．A．them B．one C．it D．this

5．A．onto B．on C．to D．at

6．A．safety B．safe C．saved D．safely

7．A．climbed away B．ran away C．flew away D．got away

8．A．long before B．before long C．after long D．long after

9．A．in B．on C．at D．by

10．A．that B．what C．which D．when

11．A．eye B．nose C．mouth D．ear

12．A．pain B．bee C．bird D．earache

13．A．shoot B．shoot at C．shoot to D．shoot on

14．A．In the way B．On the way C．In a way D．In this way

15．A．her B．the C．whose D．its

I’m glad it’s Sunday again．I can stay in bed 1 I like, drinking tea and 2 those thick newspapers that are brought 3 the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30．In this way, I can catch up with all the 4 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.

When I 5 the papers, I then prepare my bath．The Sunday morning bath is 6 of the week．There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 7 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of 8 by the telephone.

9 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem．In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 10 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 11 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film．

Then there’s the 12 ahead of me．Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 13 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert．Oh, there are 14 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings．The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting 15 .

1．A．as long as B．as soon as C．as well as D．as much as

2．A．read B．reading C．to read D．am reading

3．A．from B．with C．and D．by

4．A．things B．books C．information D．knowledge

5．A．am reading B．have read C．had read D．read

6．A．the much pleasant B．the more pleasant

C．the most pleasant D．the very pleasant

7．A．sit B．catch C．get in D．take

8．A．trouble B．being troubled

C．troubling D．to be troubled

9．A．What to B．How to C．When to D．Where to

10．A．looking B．seeing C．looking at D．watching

11．A．fall asleep B．go to sleep C．go to bed D.get to sleep

12．A．supper B．friend C．evening D．work

13．A．whether there’s B．if there will be

C．when there has D．if there will be

14．A．so many B．such many C．a lot D．quite few

15．A．busier B．longer C．near D．away

Policemen were called by a shop in Southland early on Christmas morning．When they 1 they found two burglars (偷盗者) were kept in a lift with a heavy box of money．The two men were in their twenties．They 2 an office in the 3 and took the money box and ran 4 the lift．They did not see the sign on the door saying that it 5 no more than two people.

“They were kept between the 6 because they 7 a heavy box,” the police officer said, “they 8 there for six hours, 9 on what they hoped to be their Christmas 10 ．They were doing this at a time when people were at 11 for the Christmas with their families．It was a very special 12 when the policemen 13 the door and they walked 14 , holding out arms．They said they had never been 15 pleased to see policemen．The policemen said they were pleased to see them too．

1．A．reached B．got C．arrived D．were

2．A．broke up B．broke out C．broke D．broke into

3．A．street B．station C．shop D．box

4．A．out B．into C．inside D．off

5．A．runs B．drives C．makes D．carries

6．A．earth B．ground C．floors D．floor

7．A．lifted B．took C．brought D．made

8．A．were kept B．kept C．were taken D．were hit

9．A．sits B．sit C．sat D．sitting

10．A．box B．tree C．present D．money

11．A．work B．home C．ease D．place

12．A．happy B．hurry C．moment D．worry

13．A．opened B．closed C．turned D．shut

14．A．away B．off C．in D．out

15．A．much B．very C．too D．so

Debbie got up early last Saturday morning．She wanted   1 in Green Park with some of her friends．She was very   2 about it． 3 she was ready, she got on her bike and   4 for the park — it was on the other side of the town．Suddenly, as she was riding fast, she   5 sirens (警笛)．The sound of the sirens was getting   6 , so Debbie looked   7 her to see what was happening．As a result (结果), she fell off her bike and lay in the middle of the road．Luckily, Debbie wasn’t hurt,   8 a car hit her bike．After the car   9 , two men got out and started running． 10 , a police car stopped next to the same car and three policemen got   11 and started running   12 the two men．One of the policemen shouted, “Stop the thieves (贼)!”
  13 a policeman came to see Debbie．He thanked her because, in a   14 , she had helped them   15 .
1．A．goes to skate      B．go skating C．going to skate   D．to go skating

2．A．happy B．angry C．sad D．worried
3．A．While B．As soon as C．If D．As quickly as

4．A．carried             B．left          C．went                      D．leaving
5．A．heard       B．listened to C．found         D．saw
6．A．close and close          B．closer and closer C．big and big          D．bigger and bigger
7．A．after              B．in front of       C．behind           D．before
8．A．because          B．so            C．but                    D．and
9．A．fell over                  B．passed away         C．turned back              D．stopped

10．A .Few minutes later B．Just then C．After an hour D．Very fast

11．A．in B．of C．out of D．out

12．A．after B．before C．in front of D．behind
13．A．In a few days B．Sometimes C．Some time later D．At the same time

14．A．word B．shop C．moment D．way
15．A．get out of the car B．run after the two men C．catch the thieves D．shout at the thieves

The water and the land are thought part of the earth surface (表面)．The air is 1 thought a kind of blanket (毯子) 2 the earth．But it is 3 than that．Maybe you have been in a cave (洞穴) 4 in the earth．Did you think about the air that was in the cave? The land has some air mixed in it．Air is even mixed 5 the water in the sea．These examples show that some air is 6 the earth’s surface as well as above it.

Men once 7 that there were four basic things from which everything else was made．They 8 these things-earth, fire, air and water the four elements (元素)． 9 man made more observations, they 10 that fire was not an element． 11 they concluded (得出结论) that land, air and water were not elements, 12 .

13 , there are more than 100 elements from which scientists believe all things are made． 14 land, air and water are not elements, they are three main parts of man’s environment (环境)．You will 15 more about them as you study the earth.

1．A．usually B．seldom C．never D．sometimes

2．A．above B．around C．across D．among

3．A．better B．more C．less D．worse

4．A wide B．high C．long D．deep

5．A．at B．in C．with D．to

6．A．below B．before C．between D．beside

7．A．found B．thought C．knew D．understood

8．A．called B．told C．name D．said

9．A．That B．For C．As D．So

10．A．believe B．planned C．decided D．want

11．A．End B．At last C．Hardly D．Nearly

12．A．too B．neither C．also D．either

13．A．True B．Read C．In fact D．Correctly

14．A．When B．As C．Since D．Though

15．A．exam B．study C．exercise D．know

Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore, in the place where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is 1 .

These bridges can make people 2 roads safely．Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.

They are more efficient (效率高的), 3 less convenient (方便的) because people have to climb up a lot of steps．This is inconvenient to the old．When people 4 an overhead bridge, they do not hold up (阻挡) traffic．But when they cross a 5 road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up．This is 6 the government (政府) has 7 many overhead bridges to help people and 8 traffic moving at the same time．

The government of Singapore has 9 a lot of money building these bridges．For their own safety, people should be given hope to use them 10 rushing across the road．Old people may find it a little 11 climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road 12 all the moving traffic.

Overhead bridges are very useful．People, 13 old and young, should 14 use them．This will stop accidents 15 happening．

1．A．noisy B．not safe C．crowded D．not busy

2．A．cross B．crossing C．across D．through

3．A．though B．or C．if D．till

4．A．pass B．use C．visit D．build

5．A．wide B．narrow C．busy D．free

6．A．what B．why C．when D．where

7．A．made B．let C．built D．asked

8．A．see B．keep C．find D．feel

9．A．used B．made C．spent D．borrowed

10．A．full of B．fond of C．in spite of D．instead of

11．A．difficult B．different C．worried D．exited