阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　 It was past 10:00pm. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was 1 . Just then, my little brother Michael ran out of his room, 2 a pen in his right hand and a piece of paper in the other.

　 “Betty, can you help me with my 2 for school? It’s about the seven 4 of the world,” he said.

　 My eyes were so 5 on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my 6 .

　 “Look, not right now! I’m very busy.” I said. “You’re always busy! You’re always like that!” he replied.

I felt like a bit guilty 7 I thought about his words, but my work seemed more 8 to me than my brother’s. I sighed(叹气) a few times and 9 with my own studies.

The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room.

“I know you are 10 but there’s something I want to show you,” he began. Without saying a word, I 11 the paper from him. I really didn’t 12 what he was saying. All I wanted was to 13 him and get to rest.

Suddenly, my eyes widened in 14 . There, he wrote:

The Seven Wonders of the World

1. Love 2. Friendship 3. Peace 4. Joy 5. Wisdom 6. Fun 7. Family

I 15 believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely 16 . How could such an innocent(天真的) little child 17 such things in life?

The most valuable things in life are the ones that we 18 take for granted. These things don’t take the form of big houses or beautiful 19 . The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial(非物质的) 20 they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort.

1. A. tired　 　 B. experienced　 C. talented　 D. satisfied

2. A. buying 　B. holding　 C. playing　 D. biting

3. A. problem 　B. mistake　 C. trouble　 D. homework

4. A. events 　 B. cities　 　C. wonders　 D. mysteries

5. A. paid　 　 B. attracted C. applied　 D. fixed

6. A. attention 　B. care　　 C. love　　　 D. concern

7. A. before B. as　　　 C. since　　 D. till

8. A. practical B. useful　 C. important　　 D. interesting

9. A. started 　 B . hated　 C. forgot　　 D. continued

10. A. busy　 B. bored　 C. free　　 D. angry

11. A. handed B. took　　 C. threw　　 D. refused

12. A. record　 B. worry　 C. mind　　 D. share

13. A. get on well with　　　 B. keep up with

C. make fun of(取笑)　　 D. get rid of(消除，打发)

14. A. surprise　 B. sadness C. happiness　 D. disappointment

15. A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t　 D. mustn’t

16. A. wounded B. lost　　 C. pleased　　 D. puzzled

17. A. understand　 B. remember　 C. study D. finish

18. A. ever　 B. often　 C. seldom　 D. never

19. A. voices　 B. poems　 C. cars　　 D. music

20. A. if　　　 B. when　 C. but　　　 D. and

 

短文改错：

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

Betty wants to be a nurse and works with sick	1． ________
people who need her helps. When Betty goes to the	2． ________
hospital, she always saw many people there.	3． ________
Last summer Betty broke her leg. The pain was	4． ________
very great but she could not even walk. Her parents	5． ________
took her to the hospital by the car, and she had	6． ________
to stay at there about one month. She could not	7． ________
leave her bed for a first few days, so she was	8． ________
not very happy.
One day a nurse came to Betty's bed and said	9． ________
with a smile, “You will better soon. You can	10． ________
walk again, so don't think only about bad things.
Trying to be happy!” The nurse was very kind and
they became friends.

完形填空

　　Ben and his wife Susan were on their 1 to have dinner with their friends,Ian and Betty.It was a dark,windy night,and they did not know the road very 2 .They drove through Cooks town,until they 3 what they thought was the road 4 .Dorling. 5 was wrong,and it soon became 6 that they were not on the road to Dorling at all,The road that they were on was getting 7 ,and there were other cars on it.The wind was blowing 8 with every minute that passed.

　　They came to a small village.They drove past a church(教堂),and then to houses without lights 9 .There was nobody about to tell them where they were,or where the road went. 10 ,Ben saw a telephone-box,fifty meters or so further on.While he walked back along the road to see 11 there was a name outside the church,Susan telephoned Ian and Betty to tell them that they were 12 on their way.

　　Betty was just saying that the dinner was already rather dry,when Ben came back to the telephone-box, 13 head down against the wind.He said that there was a tree lying 14 the road,and that the telephone lines(线)were down.Susan 15 nothing more from Betty about the dinner.