— Did Tom's parents go to the meeting yesterday?

— Yes, ________ of them did, but ________ spoke．

A. both; neither

B. both; none

C. neither; both

D. each; none

A 【解析】试题分析：句意：-昨天汤姆的父母去开会了吗？-都去了，但都没有发言。both两者都，neither两者都不；all三者或三者以上都，none三者或三者以上都不。根据句意汤姆的父母为两个人，故选A。

— She's seldom asked to do the housework at home, ________ she?

— ________ Her parents are very busy with their work, so she has to do some cleaning every day．

A. has; Yes

B. hasn't; No

C. is; Yes

D. isn't; No

C 【解析】试题分析：句意：-她在家不被要求写作业，是吗？-不，她的父母工作都很忙，她每天不得不打扫房间。在反意疑问句中，陈述句部分如果含有seldom, never等否定词，简略问句用肯定形式。故排除B和D；be asked to do sth被要求做某事，She’s="She" is. 故答案为C。

________ you are a middle school student, you should learn how to look after yourself．

A. Though

B. While

C. Since

D. Unless

C 【解析】试题分析：句意：既然你是中学生了，你应该学会自己照顾自己。 A. Though 虽然；B. While当……时候； C. Since自从，既然；D. Unless除非，根据句意及题干分析此处是表原因，所以选C。

— I wonder ________ you’ll water this kind of flower.

——Every other day.

A. how often B. how long

C. how soon D. how much

A 【解析】试题分析：句意：-我想知道你多久浇一次这种花。-每隔一天浇一次。How often多久一次，how long 多长时间，how soon多久以后，how much多少。根据答语判断应该是提问频率，故选A。

— May I ask a question after class, sir?

— ________, but not during my lunch break．

A. I'm sorry

B. Any time

C. Certainly

D. Go ahead

C 【解析】试题分析：句意：下课后，我可以问一个问题吗，先生?——当然了，但不要在我的午休时间。A. I’m sorry 对不起；B. Any time 随时；C. Certainly当然了；D. Go ahead前进，开始。结合语境理解，答案为C。

Be Yourself

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive．We wish we had nicer clothes or more money．Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special．__________ , many of us grow up believing that we're not special at all．We believe we are not good enough just as

we are．

Most parents want us to be the best we can be． Very often, they compare us to __________．By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better．They __________ well, but the message we often get is that we're not good enough．We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is __________ being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed (失望)．There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at __________ Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports．Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money, It is __________ for us to be

better than everyone else all the time．

We all want the things that we believe will make us __________ people．But very often we don't realize that we already have __________ us the very things that we want．These things

make us different from others．When we are growing up, __________ sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough．Maybe no one told them when they were growing up．__________ , it's up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special．What we are is enough．

1.A. Again B. Next C. Otherwise D. However

2.A. other B. others C. ourselves D. themselves

3.A. believe B. work C. mean D. show

4.A. to B. on C. by D. in

5.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6.A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. important

7.A. smarter B. kinder C. better D. happier

8.A. inside B. among C. around D. for

9.A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors

10.A. Also B. Anyway C. Although D. After all

1.D 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.B 【解析】这篇短文主要谈到了如何做好自己的话题。告诉我们，尽管我们的父母还有我们自己对自己都有这样或者那样的期望，但是我们只要尽自己最大努力，做好自己就可以了。 1.考查语境理解及词语辨析。A. Again又，再；B. Next 接下来；C. Other...

"You're just in time, Joe．We're going to play cowboys and Indians, and you can be the Indians," one of my cousins said．

"How many Indians?" I asked．

"Oh, about a thousand," he answered, and before I could say no, I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians．Two minutes later I was running in the fields with a group of cowboys behind．The shouts of "After them． Let's catch the killers!" and other such TV play language came into my ears as I ran round a corner and hurried into my Grandpa's car．

"We've got him, boys．Let's go and catch him!"

But no one wanted to come to get me．All of my cousins except one were always very friendly with．It was quiet outside．And I went out of the car to have a look．

Just then I heard a shout, "Bring the rope, and we can burn him．"

"Only Indians burn people．Cowboys．"I stopped just in time． I had almost said, "Cowboys hang people．"

I was tied to a tree, and the cowboys were looking for some wood when my dear mother called, "We're leaving now．"

"Untie me," I shouted．"We're going．"

"Why did Bobby want matches'?" Mum asked when we were in the car．"He was asking Dad whether he had any．"

"Oh, he was just going to get matches? MATCHES? Are you sure he wanted matches?"

Mother was quite sure, and I didn't say any more．

1.How many children played the Indians?

A. One thousand．

B. One hundred．

C. One group．

D. One．

2.Joe didn't say "Cowboys hang people．" because

A. he was tied to a tree

B. that would make things worse

C. he was caught by the cowboys

D. that would make the cowboys angry

3.The name of the story should be "________"．

A. Joe and his cousins

B. Who knows what danger is waiting there

C. Cowboys and Indians is children's favourite game

D. How cowboys and Indians fought in the past

1.D 2.B 3.B 【解析】这篇文章是从小说中节选的。我和堂兄弟应该在玩一个叫印第安人和牛仔的游戏。我一个人扮演1000个印第安人，而其他的堂兄弟扮演牛仔。然后牛仔开始抓印第安人，因为在这个游戏中我是凶手。我赶紧躲了起来，外面很安静，我刚想出去看看，就被兄弟们绑了起来，挂在树上。我就说我要走了，解开我。后来在车上，妈妈问我为什么我的堂兄弟要问我爸爸借火柴，我很惊讶他竟然真的要...

One of the best-known American writers of children's books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere．Now, an art show called "Doctor Strong From Then to Now" is travelling around the United States．The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong．

Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children's book was published (出版)．Since then, he has written forty—five books that have been sold more than one hundred million copies around the world．

Doctor Strong's books are known for their easy use of words and colourful, hand drawn pictures．These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures, The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others．

The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show．It included about three hundred Doctor Strong's early drawings and some of his writings．

Most of Doctor Strong's books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages．For example, in McElligot's Pool, he describes the danger of pollution．He discusses the arms race (军备竞赛) in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty four．

Doctor Strong says he never planned to write stories just for children．He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages．He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand．

1.Doctor Strong first became famous in ________．

A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States

B. his fifties when his drawings and writings were published

C. nineteen eighty-four when his book McElligot's Pool was published

D. his thirties when his first book was published

2.Doctor Strong's books are very popular in America because ________．

A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on

B. they are written in easy words with colourful pictures

C. he organized the art show in California

D. they are written in a funny way

3.His purpose in writing many such books is ________．

A. to show his early pictures and drawings

B. to organize a special art show of his own

C. to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books

D. not only to interest people but to show some serious social problems up

1.D 2.B 3.D 【解析】试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国最著名的儿童作家之一Doctor Strong'。现在他已经八十多岁了 ，他说他不仅仅是专门为儿童写故事的，他写了使所有年龄的人感兴趣的故事。 1. 2. 3.

Bill Fuller, the postman, whistled(吹口哨) cheerfully as he pushed his bike up the hill towards Mrs Dunley’s house. His work for the day was almost finished. His bag, usually quite heavy when he set out on his road, was empty now except for the letter that he had to deliver(递送) to Mrs Dunley. She lived over a mile from that village so that, when Bill had a letter for her, he always finished his day’s work much later. He did not mind this, however, because she never failed to ask him in for a cup of tea.

When Bill entered the gate of Mrs Dunley’s house, he was surprised not to find her working in the garden. She usually spent most afternoons there when the weather was fine. Bill went straight round to the back of the house, thinking that she might be in the kitchen. The door was locked and the curtains were drawn. He returned to the front of the house and knocked hard on the door. There was no answer. Bill thought that this was very strange because he knew that Mrs Dunley hardly left the house.

Just then, he noticed that her bottle of milk, which was delivered early in the morning, was still on the doorstep. This worried him. If Mrs Dunley had not taken in her milk, perhaps she was ill. Bill walked round the house until he found an open window. He squeezed(挤) through it. Then he went into the hall. There he almost fell over Mrs Dunley, who was lying at the foot of the stairs unconscious(昏迷不醒的). Realizing that there was little he could do for her, Bill rushed out of the house, stopped a passing car and told the driver to telephone for an ambulance(救护车) as soon as he got to the village.

1.What did Mrs Dunley usually do with Bill?

A. She usually asked him to have a cup of tea.

B. She usually had a talk with him.

C. She usually asked him to dinner.

D. She usually asked him to buy some tea.

2.The thing that especially worried Bill was ________.

A. finding the back door locked and the curtains drawn

B. seeing the bottle of milk on the doorstep

C. not getting any answer when he knocked on the door

D. not finding Mrs Dunley in the garden

3.How did Bill get help for Mrs Dunley?

A. He stopped a passing car and took her to the hospital.

B. He himself telephoned for an ambulance.

C. He stopped a car and asked the driver to telephone for an ambulance.

D. He asked the driver to take her to the hospital.

1.A 2.B 3.C 【解析】试题分析：这篇文章讲的是Bill Fuller是一个邮递员，他有一天给Mrs Dunley送信的时候发现她有了危险，所以立刻找人叫了救护车。 1. 2. 3.

For a long time being happy was considered something that just happened, and there was nothing special about it. Now we know that getting along with other people is something that we can work at. It is possible to act in such a way that other people will like us better. One way is being unselfish, not wanting everything from our friends. Another way is to look for good points, not bad points in other people. It is surprising how successful this treasure hunt can be.

You do not have to be spineless (优柔寡断的) in order to be popular. In fact, you will be liked or loved if you are not afraid to stand up for your rights (正当行为). But do it politely and pleasantly. Being friendly and polite to your group, to other people and to strangers and especially to those who do not look important or do not interest you is one way to develop a good character.

You cannot expect to be perfect, and you must learn not to be unhappy when you make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and no one is to be blamed if he does not refuse to learn from them. Many young people become discouraged (灰心丧气的) when they know in themselves qualities that they do not like—selfishness, laziness, and other unpleasant qualities. Just remember that we all have some of these faults (缺点) and have to fight against them.

At the same time, it is important to remember that while you are probably no worse than others, the best way to be happy is to think yourself above other people. When something is wrong, it is good sense to try to make it right. Perhaps you do not like a teacher or a classmate. Try to see why, and look at yourself, too, to be sure that you are not doing anything to make that person dislike you. Some day, things may turn out all right when you have to learn to get along the best with the situation, without thinking too much about it. Worrying never helps in a situation you cannot change.

1.One of the two ways the writer suggests for us to get along with others is to __________.

A. work hard at everything we do

B. enjoy the best share of everything

C. look for treasure in order to be successful

D. pay more attention to their strong points

2.If a person wants to be popular, he or she has to __________.

A. be polite and friendly

B. give up some rights

C. get away arguing with other people

D. be ready to change his or her character

3.There is no person but someone should be blamed if he or she __________.

A. is modest and generous

B. is selfish and lazy

C. does not draw a lesson from his or her own fault

D. is very happy with unpleasant quality

4.The purpose for the writer to write the passage is to __________.

A. train you to be perfect

B. show you the way to be happy

C. tell you how to act when you dislike a person

D. teach you how to be popular among your friends

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B 【解析】试题分析：我们一向以为快乐仅仅是指刚发生的事情会让我们感到快乐，但事实上与别人保持好的关系可以让我们一直保持良好的心情。 1. 2. 3. 4.