Goodbye, Mr Carter — my secretary will _____ you to the door.

    A. send                          B. lead

C. drive                         D. show

“Do your parents agree to your doing that？” “Yes, of course. In fact, they always ______ me to try something new.”

    A. hope          B. suggest

    C. support       D. encourage

What I wanted to know was when and where the meeting ______.

    A. was holding           B. had held

C. was to hold           D. was to be held

It used to be thought _____ the Earth was flat.

A. as       B. when

C. since   D. that

At home, he keeps some pets, to which he _____ all his spare time.

A. spends               B. offers              C. devotes            D. provides

—Did you enjoy the book?                              

       —Yes, it was so interesting that I could hardly_________it.

       A．get rid of                   B．break away from

       C．keep away from             D．tear myself away from     

Ⅳ、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

Buster Brown was a thief—and a good one, too, he thought. He’d never been caught by the police because he never took chances. He was always prepared for any unforeseen event or emergency.

Confidently, he stood outside the house of his intended victim（受害者）and read the sign on the front gate of the house. “Don’t worry about the dog—be aware of the owner!” it said. Buster smiled and found his way in.

The house looked quite normal outside, but inside it was very exotic with fascinating objects on display. As he began putting them into his bag, a dog came into the room. It stopped when it saw Buster, then wagged its tail madly and went over to him. Licking his outstretched hand. “Good boy,” Buster whispered. “What a great guard dog you are—trying to lick me to death.”

Satisfied he’d made friends with the dog, Buster began to wander round the house, choosing items to put in his bag. His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques （古董）：a pair of silver candleholders, a silver tea-and-coffee service, etc.. His new friend, the dog, sat and watched, as if wondering what was happening.

“Well, boy,” Buster whispered finally. “That might do. Any more and I won’t be able to carry it!” He swung the heavy bag onto his shoulders, just as the lights came on, nearly blinding him. He shielded his eyes with his hand.

“You’re a very silly person,” the figure in the doorway said, his voice dry as dust. As the man came closer, Buster could see he was well dressed. His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn’t quite place where he had seen him before.

“You should have taken more notice of the sign outside,” the man resped. “I knew about this attempted robbery last week and I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years. Fancy trying to rob the house of the world’s greatest fortune-teller!”

1.Why was Buster so confident?

  A.He was not afraid of dogs.

  B.He knew the owner of the house lived alone.

  C.He had never been caught by the police.

  D.The house had no security alarm.

2.How did Buster decide which objects to take?

  A.He took those that were easy to carry in his bag.

  B.He took only the best antiques.

  C.He took those that he knew he could sell easily.

  D.He looked for silver objects.

3.What punishment waits for Buster Brown?

  A.A prison sentence with hard labour.

  B.A long prison sentence.

  C.A heavy fine.

  D.Community service for 20 years.

They travel in groups, noses just inches away form GPS screen. Suddenly a boy shouts “I found it!”, grinning and walking away from the group.

The others focus on their screens. “Me. too!” shouts another a moment later, until all six kids are crowded around a tree, pulling out a plastic bottle painted to look like tree bark. It doesn’t seem like much from the outside, but everyone gathers around, eager to see what’s inside.

This is geocaching, a high-tech game played using coordinates (坐标) and global positioning systems to find hidden “treasures”.

It’s open to anyone—hiders or seekers—with a GPS and access to www.geocaching.com, where more than half a million users download and upload the coordinates of nearly 1 million hidden caches (储藏物) and write about their experiences in this worldwide hunt.

Although some adventures can take hours or even days, the contents inside the actual cache usually aren’t valuable—often just a book or a small trinket (小饰品).

But participants aren’t in it for the treasure. They say it’s a great way to exercise. Or it brings them to remote destinations or historical sites. Some consider it an extreme sport, looking for geocaches hidden in mountains or in other nearly inaccessible locations.

Jeffrey Howe, 41, sees it as an opportunity to take kids on adventures to unfamiliar places. The youths at the shelter mostly come form the city, but geocaching has taken them to parks, the suburbs, and, once, to a 498-meter-high mountain.

“Geocaching is a way to give kids the idea that there’s a whole world out there other than what they know from their home neighborhoods and video games,” he said.

How does it work? Log onto the Website and enter your zip code (邮编), then search for caches near your location. Although posted coordinates will take a GPS within about 4.5 meters of a cache, a good hide will require seekers to do a bit of hunting around. Caches can’t be buried underground, nor can they be hidden on private property (财产), in dangerous locations or in some national parks.

Posts written about the find—whether successful or unsuccessful—are an important part of the game, with users proudly recording the places to which they’ve traveled.

1.    What is the meaning of the underlined word geocaching in paragraph 3?

       A. A computer game played all over the world.

       B. A TV series popular around the world.

       C. An outdoor game of hiding and finding things.

       D. A name of the latest GPS.

2.  In geocaching, which of the following statements about players is NOT TRUE?

       A. Players need to have GPS to play the game.

       B. Players need to download the coordinates to find the hidden caches.

       C. Players need to be young and strong to the play the game.

       D. Players are asked to hide things in parks or other places most people can reach.

3.    What is Jeffrey Howe’s attitude toward geocaching?

       A. Negative.   B. Objective.  C. Uncertain.  D. Supportive.

4.    Many people like to play this game because __________.

       A. they take pleasure in the process of the game

       B. they like to visit historical sites

       C. they want to find some treasure

       D. they want to change their lives

      Visitors ________ take an animal or any other item prohibited by the Expo Bureau to the Expo Park.

       A. needn’t      B. may not     C. mustn’t      D. will not

There is still some doubt ________ the autumn sports meet will be held in our school, but there is no doubt ________ it will be held soon after our National Day holiday.

A．that; that     B．whether; whether     C．that; whether    D．whether; that