A rich American went to Paris and bought a picture painted by a French artist. The American thought the picture to be very fine because he ______ a lot of money for it. When he came to his hotel he wanted to hang the _____ up on the wall. He _____ it for a long time, but couldn’t ______ which was the top and which was the bottom(底部) .The American _______the picture this way and _____, but still couldn’t _____.

So he had _____. He ____ the picture in the dining room and invited the painter of the picture to ______. When the painter came, the American said ______ to him about the picture. ______ they went into the dining room to have dinner. The painter looked ______ at the picture several times. Then he put on his _____ and looked at the picture again and again. At last he_________ that the picture was upside down(倒置).

1.A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took

2.A. map B. cap C. picture D. kite

3.A. looked after B. looked at C. looked for D. looked up

4.A. tell B. say C. talk D. speak

5.A. painted B. turned C. used D. wrote

6.A. that B. it C. one D. another

7.A. see B. read C. decide D. look

8.A. a way B. a pen C. a road D. an idea

9.A. put B. hung C. stopped D. lent

10.A. tea B. rice C. bread D. dinner

11.A. nothing B. something C. hello D. sorry

12.A. At first B. At last C. At once D. At all

13.A. heavily B. loudly C. straight D. careful

14.A. glasses B. coat C. trousers D. hat

15.A. watched B. understood C. sat D. opened

1.C 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.D 11.A 12.A 13.C 14.A 15.B 【解析】 短文大意：一位美国人在巴黎买了幅画，回去想挂在墙上，但是自己分辨不清上下，于是想出了一个办法，他把画挂在餐厅里，邀请这幅画的画家共进晚餐。画家也被搞糊涂了，他戴上...

“How was school? “Millie’s mother asked. “It was terrible! I never want to go______again!”Millie was almost _______.Millie’s mother went to the_______and got Millie a glass of milk and some cakes that Millie likes. She also got a box______tissues(纸巾)for Millie. “What’s up? “she asked as she sat ______ next to Millie. Millie_______at her mother and said，“I thought Kitty and Amy were my best friends. I thought we could tell each______everything, but they were keeping a secret______me! Today I heard them whispering in class and I saw them ______ notes to each other. I asked them about it at lunch, but they were not my true_______.They said there wasn’t any note and I was silly. “Millie started to cry. “Poor Millie, “said Millie’s mother, “it’s all right. Now go and get some_______,and tomorrow everything will be fine. “The next morning, Millie went to school ________.She did not think she had any friends now. She_____into the classroom and went to her desk, but when she opened her desk she found it was full _________colourful presents. “Happy Birthday, Millie!” Kitty and Amy came to her and shouted excitedly, “This is our secret—a birthday_______for you !You are our best friend, Millie!”

1.A. study B. then C. there D. school

2.A. cry B. crying C. cries D. cried

3.A. kitchen B. bedroom C. couch D. desk

4.A. about B. of C. at D. in

5.A. up B. down C. near D. at

6.A. saw B. worried C. said D. looked

7.A. other B. others C. one D. person

8.A. about B. to C. from D. away

9.A. gave B. giving C. give D. gives

10.A. friendships B. friends C. friend D. friendly

11.A. sleeping B. sleepy C. sleeps D. sleep

12.A. sad B. sadly C. sadness D. sadder

13.A. walked B. walks C. walk D. walking

14.A. at B. of C. with D. in

15.A. part B. partly C. party D. parties

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.D 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.C 【解析】试题这篇短文介绍的是Millie以为自己的好朋友Kitty和Amy不是自己的好朋友，其实是她误解了。她们在秘密地为她准备一个生日聚会。 1. 2. 3....

One summer I met my best friend Lisa for the first time. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, _______ to look at each other. But soon, we started playing with each other. None of my new friends liked her_______ they knew she had "family problems". However, we always had great _______ together. Last year I noticed the problem. I guessed she needed_______there for her. Well, she made a new "best friend" and so did I. Then I didn't know why, but she started cutting herself She had to go to _______ during the day. I was very _______ at first, but later we got in touch (取得联系). I wanted to be there for her and I knew I still cared about her like a sister. Yesterday she came to me and said, "I never knew _______ a best friend was before, you were the only person that would _______ me cutting, the only person that ever made me feel _______ about myself. You didn't even know you were helping me." We both________ . So if a friend needs you, and you care for him or her, you can be friends forever (永远).

1.A. afraid B. happy C. friendly D. kind

2.A. till B. before C. if D. because

3.A. luck B. ideas C. toys D. fun

4.A. someone B. no one C. everyone D. anyone

5.A. school B. factory C. home D. hospital

6.A. happy B. excited C. worried D. tired

7.A. where B. how C. what D. why

8.A. help B. stop C. see D. hear

9.A. worse B. better C. afraid D. sadder

10.A. cried B. jumped C. ran D. failed

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.A 【解析】 短文介绍了作者和丽萨相识成为好朋友的经历。并介绍了两个人在交往中的波折，介绍了作者和朋友之间的特殊的友谊，表明任何情况下都不要放弃自己的朋友。 1.句意：彼此都不敢看对方。A. afraid害怕的； B. happy高兴的；C. fri...

Our English teacher was like a friend to us, and we all liked her. One day she came into the classroom and shouted, “Who did this?”She held up a piece of broken glass and asked,“Who _________ the window?”She seldom became angry._____ this time she was.

I broke the window. I did that by throwing a baseball. I didn’t want to admit (承认) it _____ I didn’t have enough money to pay for a big window like that.“My father will be _____,”I thought. At first I didn’t _____ my hand, but later something strong in my heart suddenly made me stand up. “I did it,”I said _____ .How difficult it was for me to say that!

My teacher _____ a book from one of our book shelves and then began walking to my desk. I was afraid that she was going to punish(惩罚) me.

“I know you like collecting _____ very much,”she said, looking down at my _____ face.“Here is the book about collecting stamps that you are looking for. Now, the book is ______ and I shall not punish you. Remember, it’s because you ______ the truth.”

I couldn’t believe it! My teacher wasn’t punishing me. I didn’t ______ to pay for the broken window. And I got my favourite book!

As time goes, the book is gone, so is my wonderful teacher. But I will never forget the lesson the teacher gave me that day.

1.A. cleaned B. climbed C. broke D. mended

2.A. and B. but C. so D. or

3.A. because B. if C. when D. though

4.A. pleased B. excited C. frightened D. angry

5.A. put on B. put up C. put out D. put away

6.A. terribly B. honestly C. easily D. hardly

7.A. read B. wrote C. took D. bought

8.A. books B. desks C. stamps D. windows

9.A. nervous B. pretty C. happy D. square

10.A. you B. your C. yours D. yourself

11.A. talked B. spoke C. said D. told

12.A. like B. want C. use D. need

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.C 11.D 12.D 【解析】 短文大意：作者打破了玻璃，英语老师知道这件事后，问是谁打破的玻璃，作者最后终于承认是自己打破的玻璃，英语老师没有惩罚作者，而是因为作者的诚实奖励了一本书给他。作者绝不会忘记那天老师对自己的教育。这件事也告诉我们...

Tim is ________ eleven-year-old boy. He likes playing ________ basketball.

A. /; a B. an;/ C. an; the D. a; an

B 【解析】 句意：Tim是一个十一岁的男孩，他喜欢打篮球。a和an都是不定冠词，修饰可数名词单数，表示泛指一个…；an用于元音音素前；the是定冠词，修饰名词表示特指。第一个空表示“一个…的男孩”，应用不定冠词，后面的单词eleven-year-old的第一个音素是/i/，元音，故用an修饰。第二个空后是basketball篮球，在球类运动的前面不加冠词。故应选B。

This is ___ family photo, I took it on her mother’s ______ birthday.

A. Mary; forty B. Mary’s; fortieth C. Mary; fortieth D. Mary’s; forties

B 【解析】 句意：这是Mary的家庭照片，我在她妈妈四十岁生日的时候拍摄的。Mary是一个女孩的名字，玛丽；Mary’s是名词所有格形式，“Mary的…”；forty四十，基数词；fortieth第四十，序数词；forties是复数形式。第一个空后有名词family photo，故应填名词所有格，作定语修饰这个名词；第二个空表示的是“…岁生日”，应用序数词，故选B。

_____ the ______ of the car?

A. How; money B. What’s price C. How much; money D. What’s; price

D 【解析】 句意：这辆汽车的价格是多少？How…money形式错误；What’s price这两个词应该分开；How much…money形式错误，直接用How much来提问价格，句型是How much be…? What’s the price of….表示提问…的价格，符合句意，故选D。

Money is important, but it can’t buy ________, especially happiness and health.

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

C 【解析】 句意：钱是重要的，但是不是所有的东西都能用钱买到，尤其是幸福和健康。anything任何事，常用于否定句或者疑问句中；something某事，常用于肯定句中；everything每件事；nothing没有什么事。根据句意可知，这里表示“不是所有…”，部分否定，用not+ everything，故应选C。

（题文）In China, there are more _____ in primary schools than in high schools.

A. woman teacher B. women teachers

C. women teacher D. woman teachers

B 【解析】 句意：在中国，小学里女老师比中学里更多。woman teacher女老师，单数形式；women teachers女老师，复数形式；women teacher和woman teachers两种形式多是错误的。在这个短语中woman作定语，修饰名词teacher，在变复数的时候，woman和teacher都应变为复数形式，根据句中的there are…可知，这里应填复数形式，...

I can’t stand _______ in public.

A. smoking B. to smoke C. smoke D. smokes

A 【解析】 句意：我不能忍受在公众场合吸烟。smoking吸烟，是动名词形式；to smoke动词不定式；smoke吸烟，动词原形；smokes是动词的第三人称单数形式。句中使用了句型can’t stand doing sth.不能忍受做某事，故这里应选A。