1. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.

   A. adding           B. pushing         C. piling           D. forming

2. John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

   A. accused          B. arrested        C. sentenced        D. charged   

3. It isn't quite _____ that he will be present at the meeting.

   A. sure             B. right           C. exact            D. certain

34．--Alice, why didn’t you come to Jeff’s wedding ceremony yesterday?

    --I _______, but I had an expected visitor.

     A． was going to       B．had                  C．would                     D．did

阅读理解:  阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag (标签). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple

This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.

An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.

Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.

Take a step back:10 or 12 years ago,you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler

RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,” predicts Dr.J.Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits. w*w*When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.

1. The article is intended to______.  

A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology

B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology

C. convince people of the uses of RFID technology

D. predict the applications of RFID technology

2. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people        .

A. will have no trouble getting data about others

B. will have more energy for conversation

C. will have more time to make friends

D. won’t feel shy at parties any longer

3. Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of        .

A. scanning devices          B. radio waves   C. batteries                  D. chips

4. Why are some people worried about RFID technology?

A. Because children will be tracked by strangers.

B. Because market competition will become more fierce.

C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected.

D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.

5. The last paragraph implies that RFID technology        .

A. will not be used for such matters as buying milk

B. will be widely used, including for buying milk

C. will be limited to communication uses

D. will probably be used for pop music

—Ouch! You hurt me!

—I am sorry. But I         any harm. I        to drive a rat out.

A. didn’t mean; tried                  B. don’t mean; am trying

C. haven’t meant; tried                D. didn’t mean; was trying

True friendship is like sound health, ________ the value is seldom known until it is lost.

   A. from which     B. which      C. of which        D. whose

  After seven hours’ drive, they reached ______ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.

A. that         B. what         C. where        D. which

Stepping into a pool of water is common enough, but who could ever imagine stepping into a pool of fish? In February of 1974, Bill Tapp, an Australian farmer, saw a rain of fish that covered his farm. How surprised he must have been!

    What caused this strange occurrence? This is a question that had long puzzled people who study fish. The answer turned out to be a combination of wind and storm.

    When it is spring in the northern part of the world, it is fall in Australia. Throughout the autumn season, terrible storms arise and rains flood the land. The strong winds sweep over Australia like huge vacuum cleaners (吸尘器), collecting seaweed, pieces of wood, and even schools of fish. Strong winds may carry these bits of nature for many miles before vacuum dropping them on fields, houses, and astonished people.

    Although they seem unusual, fish-falls occur frequently in Australia. When Bill Tapp was asked to describe the scene of fish, he remarked, “They look like millions of dead birds falling down.” His statement is not surprising. The wonders of the natural world are as common as rain. Nature, with its infinite wonders, can create waterfalls that flow upward and fish that fall out of the sky.

What is this passage about?

     A. A sad story.                     B. Australia’s northern part.

     C. A rain of fish.                    D. The damage done by floods.

Fish-falls occur in Australia __________.

     A. quite often                      B. on large farms

     C. only in winter                   D. when the air is calm

The underlined word “infinite” is closest in meaning to “__________”.

     A. easy        B. difficult          C. countless         D. dangerous

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

     此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，每行都有一处错。按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词；在错词下划一根线，在该行右边番号后面横线上写出改正后的词。   

注意：请按要求规范答题，否则不予给分。

Today,roller-skating is easy and fun,and a long time               

ago,it isn’t easy at all.The idea of skating didn’t exist               

until 1750.It changed because a man named Merlin.              

One day Merlin received an invitation to attending a party.            

She was very pleased and excited.As the day of the party               

came nearly,Merlin began to think how to make a            

special show at the party.He had the idea.He thought he            

would get a lot of attentions if he could skate into the room.             

On the night of the party Merlin had rolled into the room              

playing his violin.Everyone was surprising to see him.              

The cost of renting a house in the central Chongqing is higher than _______ in any other area of the city.       

A. this        B. it       C. that        D. one

The people of New Orleans need to know they are not ____, and there are people near and far who will not let them homeless．

    A．forgotten       B．to forget        C．forgetting       D．being forgotten