Long long ago, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a ___in the Chinese Zodiac (十二生肖), and have a year named after them.

The cat and the mouse both______ the ox (公牛) to wake them early on the day of the race. That day, the ox ______to wake them, but without success. So the kind ox carried them on______back and started running when the race began. The mouse _____ just when the ox was going cross the last river. He knew that he could _____ beat the cat. So he pushed the ______off the ox’s back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just______ the ox. The tiger came third.

So the 12-year cycle (循环) begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger ______the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig come after them. The cat was _______to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she has no place in the zodiac.

So that’s why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago!

1.A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill

2.A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked

3.A. loved B. refused C. forgot D. tried

4.A. her B. his C. their D. your

5.A. made up B. took up C. woke up D. dressed up

6.A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost

7.A. monkey B. cat C. tiger D. dog

8.A. for B. against C. before D. after

9.A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows

10.A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. free

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 【解析】本文介绍了十二生肖的来历。 1.句意：前12个获胜的动物可以在中国生肖中获得一席之地。A. place位置；B. prize 奖品；C. sign标志；D. skill技巧。十二生肖是按照动物的名字排列的位置。B/C/D三项的语意不对。故选A。...

Linda likes making friends. She has friends all the world.

A. in B. of C. over D. on

C 【解析】句意：琳达喜欢交朋友。她在全世界都有朋友。A. in在……里；B. of……的；C. over越过，超过；D. on在……上。all over the world全世界，故答案为C。

I’m not sure if they a party next Sunday.

A. will have B. would have C. had D. have

A 【解析】句意：我不确定他们下星期日是否举行一个聚会。此句是if引导的宾语从句，主句是一般现在时，根据时间状语“next Sunday.”判断，从句的时态为一般将来时，其构成为will+动词原形，故答案为A。

Zhou Jielun is famous __________ singing.

A. as B. to C. for D. in

C 【解析】句意：周杰伦因唱歌而出名。A. as作为；B. to到；C. for为了，因为；D. in在……里。be famous as作为……而出名，be famous for因……而出名，结合句意可知，答案为C。

I won’t pass the exam I work hard.

A. when B. if C. unless D. because

C 【解析】试题分析：句意：如果我不努力我就不会通过考试。A. when当……时候；B. if 如果；C. Unless除非，如果不；在D. after在……之后。根据句意故选C。

If he ________harder , he will catch up with us soon .

A. study B. studies C. will study D. studied

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：如果他学习再努力一点，很快他就会赶上我们。当主句描述将来的动作时，状语从句中常用一般现在时态表示将来的动作，从句主语he为单数第三人称，故谓语动词用单数，选B。

Linda was lost in the forest and her parents were really her.

A. worry B. worried about C. worried D. worry about

B 【解析】试题分析：句意：琳达在森林里迷路了，她的父母真的很担心她。短语be worried about sb担心某人。故选B。

Some students are so that they often make mistakes in their homework.

A. careful B. careless C. serious D. carefully

B 【解析】句意：一些学生如此粗心以至于他们经常在作业中出错。A. careful仔细的；B. careless 粗心的；C. serious严肃的；D. carefully仔细地。结合题意可知，一些学生经常犯错误，可以判断他们是粗心的，故答案为B。

根据汉语提示完成句子。

1.除非我们向别人倾诉，否则我们肯定会感觉更糟糕。

_______we talk to someone, we __________ feel worse.

2.最好不要逃避我们的问题。

It is ______ not to _______ ______ _______our problems.

3.如果人们有烦恼，他们不应该埋在心底。

If people have problems, they shouldn’t _______them _______ ________.

4.在英语中，我们说与人分担一个烦恼就像把烦恼分成两半。

In English, we say that ____a problem is like _____it _____ _______.

1.Unlesswill 2.bestrun awayfrom 3.keepto oneself 4.sharingcuttingin half 【解析】 1.unless引导的条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”的原则，根据汉语提示可知，答案为(1). Unless (2). will 。 2.It’s best not to do sth.最好不要做某事；run ...

按要求完成句子，每空一词。

1.Take more exercise and you’ll be healthy.(写出同义句)

____ ___take more exercise, you’ll be healthy.

2.The old man sells newspapers for a living.(写出同义句)

The old man ________ ___________ __________ ___________newspapers.

3.He is too small, so he can’t help his mother.(写出同义句)

He is ______small _______ help his mother.

4.Jim enjoyed himself in the park.(写出同义句)

Jim ______ _______ _________ _________ in the park.

5.You can’t bring friends from other schools to the party.(改为祈使句)

_______ ________ friends from other schools to the par

1.If you 2.makes moneybyselling 3.tooto 4.had agreat/good time 5.Don’tbring 【解析】 1.句意：多锻炼，你就会健康的。此句可以用if引导的条件状语从句来改写，句意为“如果你多锻炼，你会健康的。”故答案为(1). If (2). you 。 2.句意：这位老人以卖报纸为生。make ...