6.   ―________ is your birthday?

一In September.

A. When                     B. What

C. What time                  D. Where

A small boy at a summer camp received a bag of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a few, and then put the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie. The box was gone. That afternoon a camp leader saw another boy sitting behind a tree. He was eating the stolen cookies! "That young man," he said to himself, "must be taught not to steal (偷)."He returned to the group and found the boy whose cookies had been stolen. "Billy," he said, "I know who stole your cookies. Will you help me teach him a lesson?" "Well, yes. But aren't you going to punish him?" asked the puzzled boy.

"No, that would only make him hate you," the leader explained. "I want you to call your mother. Ask her to send you another box of cookies." The boy did as the leader asked. A few days later, he received another box of cookies in the mail.

"Now" said the leader, "the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake. Go down there. Share your cookies with him."

"But he's the thief!" protested (抗议)the boy. "I know. But try it~see what happens." Half an hour later, the
camp leader saw the two come up the hill, hand in hand. The boy who stole the cookies was trying to get the other
to accept his knife. He wanted to pay for the stolen cookies. The other boy was just refusing the gift from his new
friend. He said that a few cookies weren't that important anyway.
(   )31. When Billy first got the cookies from his mother,_____________ .

A. he ate a few of them himself   B. he gave some to the camp leader

C. he shared them with another boy     D. he hid them away right away

(   )32. When might the cookies be stolen?

A. At noon that day.   B. The next noon.

C. The next afternoon. D. A few days later.

(   )33. Which of the following is NOT the camp leader's intention (意图)？

A. To teach the boy not to steal.   B. To punish the boy for stealing.

C. To teach Billy to forgive others.   D. To teach Billy to share with others.

(   )34. After the incident, the boy who stole the cookies might .

A. steal again   B. hate Billy

C. make friends with Billy   D. give Billy a bag of cookies

(    )35. Which is the best title for this article?

A. A clever boy.   B. A clever leader.

C. A clever mother.   D. A bad idea.

5.   Miss White, our Eiiglish teacher, is only___________ .

A. 22 years                  B. 22 old

C. 22 years old                D. 22 year old

4.   (2013 •湛江）一What day is it today?

―It's Monday, and it's my___________ birthday.

A. fifteen                         B. fifteenth

C. the fifteen                       D. the fifteenth

3.   (2013 •上海)Wow! Ten students in our class will celebrate(庆祝)their fourteenth birthdays
     October.

A. in      B. on         C. at        D. to

In many cultures white often means something positive (禾只极).A white-collar job, for example, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.

White represents purity. That is why doctors and nurses usually wear white uniforms. Women wear white on their wedding day. Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good, like "whitewash". At first, "whitewash" meant to paint something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures. A "white elephant" is another example. In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was regarded as a sacred (神圣的)animal, but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days gave a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin (毁掉).Once they received this holy, royal animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. Today, a "white elephant" means something that is big, useless and unwanted. In America, when people want to get rid of (丢弃)their furniture or clothes, they often have a "white elephant sale".

(   )26. Which of these means something bad now?

A. White-collar jobs.    B. White uniforms.                         C. Whitewash.      D. White elephant sales.

(   )27. Which of these is true about "a white-collar job"?

A. It is not easy to get.   B. It is about what to wear on wedding days.

C. People do it with hands.  D. It means working as a doctor or a nurse.
(   )28. The kings in ancient Thailand would give a white elephant to someone he hated because_______________ .

A. it would bring bad luck  B. it was expensive to keep

C. it would kill the person  D. it would ruin the person's house

(   )29. If a big new theatre is built in your city, but people don't like it, they may say " ，，.

A. it is a big elephant  B. it is to whitewash

C. it is a white elephant   D. it is a white elephant sale

(   )30. The article is mainly about___________ .

A. the different meanings of "white"    B. the history of some English idioms

C. the customs in ancient Thailand     D. colours and jobs

2.   一What is the first month of the year?

A. Monday                           B. Sunday

C. January                           D. Spring

二、完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）

Everybody uses it. There is one on my desk now. It is 16 . Is there one on your desk too? Can you guess what I am talking about? It is a pencil. 17     pencils are about 18 centimetres long. One pencil can      18     a line thirty-five miles long or

write 45, 000 words! One pencil may be sharpened (肖U尖)several times      19     it is too short to write, yet we can buy one for the price of an orange! I think that pencils are very      20 . Pencils are made in many different colours but many people like yellow ones. There are more yellow pencils than      21      colour. No one knows why people like yellow pencils. Someone once made a lot of pencils. Half were yellow and half were green. A man bought them and      22     them for a long time. Then he went to the market with them and said, "The green pencils, I'm sorry to say, are not good. They break      23     . They are hard to be sharpened. They don't write well. I don't      24     any more green pencils. I want yellow ones in the future, please." But the pencils were      25     . The only difference was the colour!

(   )16. A. useful   B. yellow  C. a book      D. a ruler

 (     )17. A. Most   B. Few    C. Good     D. Only a few

(   )18. A. form  B. cut     C. write   D. draw 

(   )19. A. when   B. which    C. before   D. after

(   )20. A. common  B. special   C. cheap   D. expensive

(   )21. A. any   B. any other    C. other     D. others

(   )22. A. has used    B. used    C. wrote      D. drew

(   )23. A. easily   B. easy     C. hard          D. hardly

(   )24. A. need  B. want   C. sell    D. make

(   )25. A. the same    B. different   C. yellow   D. useful

1.   Mr. Green is__________ old teacher, but he gets to school really early.

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

I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I searched for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so, and I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill.

(    )5.    When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that_•

A. it had been given to the taxi-driver B.    he had dropped it in the taxi

C. it might be left at home    D.    he had lost his wallet again

(    )    6.    Then the writer thought he must have the wallet with him because_.

A. he had paid the taxi-driver    B.    he had paid the bill of the meal

C. he had seen it on the table    D.    he was looking for it on the floor

(    )7.    Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?

A. He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet.

B. Several people were sitting at the table at that time.

C. He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating.

D. The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong.

(    )    8.    The writer of the story is probably a_.

        A. policeman    B.    doctor    C.    farmer    D.    newspaper    reporter

(    )    9. Which of the following words can best describe the head of the restaurant?

         A. Funny.    B.    Polite.    C.    Kind.    D.    Strange.