When you put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It's time to enjoy yourselves!

There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.

High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It's to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.

At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres (a small collection of flowers they pin to their jackets). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.

Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.

High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure cruise boat.

But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.

The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.

Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the prom. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.

If you like the idea of a prom, why don't you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?

What does the word “prom” probably mean in the passage?

A．A dancing competition.         B.A party held to celebrate graduation.

C．A fashion show.               D．An election.

Which of the following is an economical way to hold the prom?

A．Renting a ballroom.           B．Taking a cruise boat.

C．Holding it in the school gym.     D．Wearing formal dresses.

Which of the following clearly indicates that prom is very important to students?

A．They take pictures at the prom.   B．They wear formal clothes or special clothes.

C．Music is played at the prom.     D．Teachers and parents attend it.

Why do some students attend the prom with their friends?

A．They want to be elected by their friends us the Prom King or Queen.

B．They don’t like to be accompanied by their parents.

C．They don’t want to depend on their parents.

D．They will part with their friends in a short time.

Why is the prom so important to students?

A．They have chances to be elected as the Prom King or Queen.

B．They can be relieved from the study pressure.

C．They are going to say goodbye to their friends.

D. The prom is to mark the graduation and after it they will be independent.

---Do you know _______?

----Sorry, I’ve no idea.

A .the word means  B. that the word means C. what the word means  D. what does the word mean

 Our football team led ______ one point, but towards the end of the game, their team scored and the game ended ______ a tie.

A. by; in               B. for; by                C. with; with       D. by; with

The old man put his oars （船桨）in the water and _______ the smooth surface of the lake.

      A. disturbed                  B. interrupted    C. stopped                 D. made

Nancy enjoyed herself so much ______she visited her friends in Sydney last year.

.----Who are those people gathering in front of the building?

   -----A group __________ itself the youth volunteers.

A. calling     B. calls      C. called     D. to be called

A   16   thing happened   17   me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day  18  I drove to go for a look in the country.

       On the way back home, my   19   stopped. It was out of gas on a   20   road far from a town! I decided to walk   21   I found someone who could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile   22   I finally found a house near the  23 . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.

       I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair 24  She said, “I’ve been 25 for you here for a long time. Come in.   26   is almost ready.”

       “But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t   27   what she was talking about.

       “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You   28   tea,” said she.

I quickly   29   that my car was out of   30  , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept   31   me Alfred and talking about how long it had been   32   she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was   33   to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could.

      Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my   34  , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t   35   anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”

A. happy          B. strange       C. common      D. bad

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

A. and          B. so            C. but            D. that

A. car           B. bus          C. bike          D. truck

A. narrow        B. lonely        C. crowded       D. busy

A. when           B. so that      C. until          D. because

A. before         B. after        C. while               D. as

A. street           B. path         C. way          D. road

A. came           B. answered    C. opened         D. appeared

A. asking       B. looking      C. calling          D. waiting

A. Gas               B. Coffee            C. Tea           D. Lunch

A. consider     B. understand  C. accept          D. think

A. like          B. liked        C. used to like      D. liking

A. answered      B. explained   C. refused         D. promised

A. gas         B. tea           C. strength        D. energy

A. calling       B. call          C. to call          D. called

A. until          B. before      C. since         D. when

A. anxious      B. interested   C. glad          D. ready

A. accident     B. incident      C. experience           D. surprise

A. wound       B. injury      C. hurt          D. frighten

Julio loves to visit his grandmother．He doesn’t get to visit her very often because his family lives in a city that is six hours away．His grandmother lives in a big wooden house on a farm .It is old and looks as if it has secret hiding places .

       On the third Sunday of June ,Julio’s parents took him to his grandmother’s .Since it was summer vacation ,he was going to stay at grandmother’s for a whole mother ! His cousins Mario and Linda would soon be arriving .They would also be staying at their grandmother’s this summer.

       A big porch（走廊）wraps around two sides of the house .Julio sat in the porch swing .He could see the trees that circle the house．They had been planted as a windbreak .They protect the house from the wind and blowing dirt .The house is in the middle of a large ,flat field.

       Julio watched the dirt road that leads to the house .He couldn’t wait for his cousins to get there !Mario was his age ,and Linda was a year younger .They had fun together .Last summer they spent one whole morning making a fort out of sacks of seed .Then Uncle Henry had taken them on  a tractor ride.

       Julio remembered another time with his cousins .They had gone out to explode the fields．Julio touched an electric fence and got a shock .Then they found an old snakeskin .Nothing like that ever happened at his own home!

       Julio could smell the dinner that his grandmother was cooking .It made him hungry.

       Finally he saw a cloud of dust coming up the road．“They ‘re here! There’re here!” He shouted.

The story tells about Julio and his cousins doing all of the following except_______．

       A．watching old movies       B．taking a tractor ride

       C．finding a snakeskin  D．making a fort from seed sacks

How do you think Julio felt when he saw his cousins arriving?

       A．He was worried       B．He was excited C．He was angry   D．He was sad.

After Julio’s cousins arrived ,what would probably happen next?______．

       A．They would build a fort on the hill.

       B．They would look for snake skins.

       C．They would climb the trees in their grandmother’s yard

       D．They would eat dinner at their grandmother’s house.

These boxes show events that happened in the story .What is in box 2?

       A．Julio’s cousins arrived at Grandmother’s house.

       B．Julio could smell dinner cooking.

       C．Julio sat in the porch swing.

       D．Julio saw a cloud of dust coming up the road.

单句改错 （共5小题; 每小题1分，满分5分）

此题要求改正所给句子中的错误，每句只有一处错误，必须按下列要求改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在下面写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在下面写出改正后的词。

Last night, his father came back late as usually.

At the end of 16^th century, about five to seven million people spoke English.

The Mekong River becomes rapids as it passes across deep valleys.

This is the reason why she explained to me just now.

The boss requested that all the work must be finished as soon as possible.

Her friend did everything in his ________ to help with her business.

A. energy                     B. power                     C. strength                     D. force