—______ will be our teacher of English in the coming year?

—Mrs. White, I guess.

    A. Who do you think             B. Whom do you think

C. Do you think who             D. Do you think whom

 I hate ______ when people call me by my nickname (绰号).

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

 Hainan province lies ______ the south of Guangdong province, which is ______ the south of China.

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

 —If you go hiking in the summer vacation, ______ me a ring.

   —I will.

    A. to give          B. give         C. giving               D. gave

 If you keep working hard like this, it won’t be ______ you can read the English novels in the original (原著).

    A. before long      B. soon after       C. long before          D. long after

 Can you see that building ______ by trees? That’s ______ we study.

A. surrounded; which                B. surrounding; where

C. to be surrounded; in which           D. surrounded; where

 —Do you mind if I keep pets in the building?

—______.

    A. I’m afraid you can’t           B. Of course not, it’s not allowed here

    C. Great! I love pets           D. No, you can’t

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper.  I  rushed  out  of  the   1in search of it. I was very excited and   2as if I were going on the stage (舞台). I found the   3easily and ran breathlessly through a door into a(n)   4.

The woman in the office looked carefully at me   5through  her  glasses,  and  then   6me in a low voice. I answered softly. All  of  a  sudden  I started  to  feel  rather   7. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   8. I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   9to get a job without   10. I wondered whether I ought to leave   11the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her   12: “As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the office at this   13moment who might   14.” She wrote down a   15, and held it out to me,  saying: “Ring  up  this  lady.  She  wants  a   16immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I ——   17having cooked for more than four in my life. I   18her again and again, and rushed out to the   19telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently (有信心地) that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   20cook books.

1.A. bed            B. house                C. agency               D. office

2.A. proud          B. pleased          C. nervous          D. worried

3.A. family         B. door             C. place                D. stage

4.A. office         B. room             C. hall             D. house

5.A. as usual       B. for a while          C. in a minute          D. once again

6.A. advised        B. examined         C. informed         D. questioned

7.A. encouraged     B. interesting          C. hopeless         D. pleased

8.A. place          B. job              C. advice               D. help

9.A. difficult      B. helpless         C. possible         D. unusual

10.A. ability           B. experience           C. knowledge        D. study

11.A. after         B. since                C. until                D. when

12.A. whisper       B. say              C. shout                D. cry

13.A. late          B. early                C. very             D. important

14.A. hire          B. accept               C. suit             D. offer

15.A. letter            B. name             C. note             D. number

16.A. cook          B. help             C. teacher          D. secretary

17.A. almost            B. never                C. nearly               D. really

18.A. answered      B. promised         C. thanked          D. told

19.A. outside       B. local                C. farthest         D. nearest

20.A. borrowing     B. buying               C. reading          D. writing

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to try to get rid of this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened (??в) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a journalist (news reporter) and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.

1.What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

A. He seemed to be wearing too much.   

B. He was out on such a hot day.

C. He walked quickly behind.   

D. He was a tall young man.

2.Why did the writer get into a taxi?

A. To test the young man.           B. To call the police.

C. To lose the young man.           D. To get home earlier.

3.What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

A. He tried to stop the taxi.

B. He got into another taxi.

C. He almost gave up following him.

D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

4.The stranger followed the writer because ______.

A. he was interested in elderly people

B. he often did such things

C. he was writing a book about old people

D. he needed materials for his article

1.Why does the writer introduce so many animals from different places to us?

    A. To frighten us in the zoo.           B. To make us lovely in the zoo.

    C. To attract us to the zoo.            D. To show that animals can do everything.

2.How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?

    A. ￥3.         B. ￥4.         C. ￥5.         D. ￥6.

3.At which of the following time can we visit the zoo?

    A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.             B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

    C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday.                D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.

4.From the passage we can infer (推断) that a giraffe must be a very ______ animal.

    A. fat          B. short            C. strong           D. tall