“You've never been to the village, have you?”

“____．It is the most beautiful village I've ever seen．”

       A．No, never       B．No, I have      C．No, only once         D．Yes, only once

My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was      it.

       A．in honour of     B．in memory of    C．in search of       D．in favour of

B

One cold morning in winter, when I was a little boy, a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder stopped me, saying: “My pretty boy, has your father a grindstone（砂轮）”

“Yes, sir,” said I．

“You are a fine little fellow!” said the man． “Will you let me grind（磨） my ax?”

Pleased with the flattery, I answered, “Oh, yes, sir． The grindstone is down in the shop．”

Patting me on my head, he said, “Will you get me some hot water?” I ran and brought the hot water．

“How old are you, and what is your name?” he asked without waiting for a reply, “I’m sure you are one of the finest boys I have ever seen． Will you turn the grindstone a few minutes for me?”

Hearing the flattery again, I went to work with a will． It was a new ax, and I worked hard until I was almost tired to death． The school bell rang, but I could not get away, because the ax was not half ground．

At last, however, it was sharpened． Then the man turned to me and said, “Now, you little rascal(小坏蛋), you’ve played truant(逃课)! Run to school, or you’ll be sorry!”

“Alas!” thought I． “It was hard enough to turn a grindstone this old day, but now to be called a rascal is too much．”

The memory of turning the grindstone that winter morning sank into my mind． I have thought of it since． Now, whenever I hear words of flattery, I say to myself． “That man has an ax to grind．”

60．In this passage, the word “flattery” means _____．

A．an order or direction

B．nice words used beyond truth

C．kind words spoken by elder people to children

D．good manners

61．The man asked the boy many questions because _____．

A．he liked the boy very much

B．he wanted to know the boy’s name

C．he wanted to sharpen his ax

D．he wanted to know how old the boy was

62．The man called the boy “rascal” because _____．

A．his ax was damaged by the boy

B．he didn’t like the boy’s play truant

C．he didn’t need the boy any more

D．he thought that boy should go to school on time

63．Today in the writer’s vocabulary “That man has an ax to grind” means _____．

A． that man has some selfish reasons for his actions

B． that man works with an ax

C． that man is very kind and polite to boys

D． that man needs to sharpen his ax

                                 E

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air,water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air,water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals.Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live.This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.

If you look carefully at the plants around you,you will find that there are two kinds of plants:flowering plants and non-flowering plants.

Flowering plants can make seeds（种子）. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）. Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.

72. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.

A. plants are important for life            B. plants cannot grow without air

C. there are many plants in the world       D. we can not live without water

73. Plants can make food from______.

A. flower, water and air                                 B. water, sunlight and air

C. air, water and soil                                         D. air, sun and light

74. What can we infer from the passage ？

A. Of all living things animals are most important 

B.Spores are seeds

C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds  

 D.Without plants, man will die out

75. This passage may be taken from______.

A. a medicine book                     B. a novel

C. a science magazine                   D. an experiment report

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Let’s go to_________cinema— that’ll take your mind off the problem for_________while.

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

24. —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door?  

   —It ______ be father, but I’m not sure.

     A. can; must        B. can; may  C. must; can   D. may; must

He asked us to ______ them in carrying through the plan at the meeting yesterday.

A. provide          B. encourage        C. assist             D. persuade

---Has your father returned from Africa yet?

   ---Yes, but he _______here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia.

A. was           B. has been            C. will be              D. would be

— We didn’t find the Blacks ________ the lecture.

— No one had told him about ________ a lecture the following day.

A. attending; there being                                              B. to attend; there to be  

C. attended; there be                                                D. attend; there was

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road.She did not appear to have   36   , but she was trembling and clearly in a state of shock, so he rushed her to the   37  hospital.She began to tell the doctor on duty a story which was   38  in all respects.She had been   39   along a country road   40   she had been stopped by a flying saucer(碟子)   41  in front of her.She had been forced to leave the car and   42  the flying saucer by creatures which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves   43 although they could not   44  .They could read her thoughts and she could read   45 .They tested her politely and allowed her to   46  after carrying out a number of tests on her.As she otherwise seemed to be   47   , the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine.The woman insisted on being   48  to go home, but when she gave her address, it was in a town over a thousand miles from the   49   .The police then started to make inquiries(打听)and soon   50  that there was already a   51  going on for the woman,    52   husband badly reported that she had   53   .　Her car had been found with the driver’s door open and the engine running.   54  the car, the surface of the road had been completely destroyed, not by an explosion or anything of that kind, but   55   a large, round, white, hot object had burnt through it.

36. A. a rest                      B. an accident         C. a test             D. an idea

37. A. most famous              B. most expensive     C. best            D. nearest

38. A. funny             B. sad                   C. moving           D. astonishing

39. A. driving                    B. walking                         C. running          D. wandering

40. A. as              B. since               C. when            D. if

41. A. rising             B. flying                C. running         D. landing

42. A. enter              B. visit                     C. watch           D. see

43. A. noticed            B. seen               C. understood     D. heard

44. A. move             B. think                   C. read                D. speak

45. A. their              B. theirs               C. her                D. hers

46. A. leave              B. stay                   C. drive            D. watch

47. A. happy             B. thankful          C. nervous              D. normal

48. A. told              B. allowed             C. advised       D. ordered

49. A. earth              B. car                   C. road             D. hospital

50. A. decided        B. believed            C. supposed           D. discovered

51. A. discussion         B. search           C. movement        D. meeting

52. A.which              B. when                  C. whose           D. where

53. A.disappeared        B. fled              C. returned         D. hanged

54. A.Behind             B. In front of            C. Below           D. At the foot of

55. A.as                  B. if                     C. as if                 D. only if