1. She could buy______(she)a lot of things.

Li Fen: Excuse me. ___1_____

Mrs. Green: Yes. And you are …?

Li Fen: I’m Li Fen. Your friend Miss Wu is busy at the moment. She asks me to meet you. Welcome to Guilin , Mrs. Green.

Mrs. Green: Thank you.

Li Fen: 　2　

Mrs. Green: No. This is my second time. I came here in 1998 for the first time.

Li Fen:_____3_____

Mrs. Green: I like it very much. It’s very beautiful and famous in the world. And the people here are quite friendly.______4____

Li Fen: I’m glad you like the city. And now Guilin is becoming more and more beautiful_ 5　 　　

Mrs. Green: I think so. Thank you very much for meeting me.

Li Fen: It’s a pleasure.

(B)

When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation(翻译)? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.

Languages do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master(掌握)the rules(规则)for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes . But sometimes the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.

“ She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”

“I have seen the film already .” “ I have already seen the film.”

When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实质)of the language and use it as the English speaker does.

1. From the passage we know that______ when we are learning English.

A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own language

B. we should look up every word in the dictionary

C. we need to put every word into our own language

D. we must read word by word

2. The writer thinks it is _______ in learning English.

A. difficult to understand different sounds.

B. possible to remember the rules in different ways

C. important to master the rules in different ways

D. easy to master the rules for word order.

3. We can learn from the passage that_______ .

A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words

B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence

C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning

D. if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different

4. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Different Orders, Different Meanings

B. How to Speak English

C. How to Put English into Our Own Languages

D. How to Learn English

(A)

The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin(起源), all agree that the word Nian , which in modern Chinese means “ year ” , was originally the name of a beast(野兽)that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would eat a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. To Nian he said, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemy(敌人)? ” “ Yes , ” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.

After that, the old man, who was a god(神), rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.

From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people “ Guo Nian ”. The word “ Guo Nian ” means “ Go through the Nian safely ”. Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However(但是), people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel that the colour and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.

1. How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?

A. By putting red paper-cuts on windows.

B. By eating up beasts.

C. By talking to him.

D. By riding on him.

2. Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other colours?

A. Because Nian liked the colour red.

B. Because the colour red could kill Nian .

C. Because the old man liked the colour red.

D. Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.

3. The best title of this passage is ________.

A. The Origin of the Chinese New Year

B. The Old Man and the Beast Nian

C. How to Go through the Nian Safely

D. What Nian Was Like

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.

B. Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals

C. Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.

D. Nian doesn’t like to use his own mind.

Linda Evans was a famous writer of children’s stories. She lived in a fine old house in Devon. Usually she worked at home, in her quiet study(书房). Long before(不久)her books became popular, she had tried to teach___1__how to use a computer, and now she typed(打字)all her stories on her Apple Mac Computer. But sometimes she had to ___2__the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn’t like being ___3____, because she was very __4____about burglars(盗贼). So she was very _ 5　 . Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the kitchen table, and left the radio _ 6　 , to make a burglar think there was _ 7　 at home.

One day she came back after a day out, and saw at _ 8　 _ that someone had been there. There was only a little coffee _ 9　 in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was _ 10　 　, and someone had typed in a new story. She had no 　11　 who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows were _ 12　 . But she sat down to read the story, and it was a very good one . “ I’ll use it in my next book!” she said _　 13　 .

The next month she had to go to London. She put a pot(壶)of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the table. When she returned, the coffee and sandwiches had ___14___ . She ran to the computer. This time there was only a __15__on the screen. “ IT’S NOT YOUR STORY. IT’S MINE! ”it said.

1. A. the students　　　　　　　 B. herself　 　　　　 C. the burglar　　 　　　　 D. her children

2. A. mend　　　　 　 B. move 　　　　　　　　　　 C. leave　　　　 　　 D. buy

3. A. alone　　　　 　 B. noisy　 　　　　　 C. away　　　　　　 D. back

4. A. tired　　　　 B. worried　　 　　　 C. pleased　　　　 　　 D. interested

5. A. careful　　　 　 B. safe　 　　　　　　 C. afraid　　　　　　 　 D. polite

6. A. listening　　　 B. singing　 　　　　 C. speaking　　　　 　 D. playing

7. A. nobody　　　 　 B. someone　　 　　 C. anyone　　　　 　　 D. everyone

8. A. once　　　　 　 B. noon　　 　　　　　 C. time　　　　　　 　 D. moment

9. A. flown　　　　 B. drunk　 　　　　　 C. made　　　　　　 　 D. left

10. A. on　　　　 　 B. off　　　 　　　　 C. in　　　 　　　　　 D. out

11. A. luck　　　 　 B. way　　 　　　　　 C. idea　　　　　　 　 D. excuse

12. A. new　　　 　　 B. modern　 　　　　 C. closed　　　　　 　 D. broken

13. A. carefully　　 　　　 B. happily　 　　　　 C. slowly　　　　　 　 D. badly

14. A. brought　　　 　　　 B. used　　 　　　　　 C. gone　　　　 　　　 D. eaten

15. A. message　　 B. paper　 　　　　　 C. story　　　　　　 　 D. line

16. -- What do you think of a war, Lin Tao?

　　 -- I’ve no idea. But it’s a fact that _______people had to leave their hometown during the war on Iraq.

A. three thousands　　　　　 　　 B. thousand of

C. thousands of　　　　　　 　　 D. several thousands

15. She________ when I went to see her yesterday evening.

A. was watching a novel　　　　 　　　 B. was reading a novel

C. will read a novel　　　　　 　　 D. watches a novel

14. --It’s really nice of you. Thank you very much.

　--_________.

A. I’m very pleased　　　　 　　 B. Don’t mention it

C. Don’t say so　　　　　　　 　 D. It doesn’t matter

13. -- Is the physics problem ________?

　-- Yes, I can work it out_______.

A. easy, easily　　　　　 B. easy, easy

C. easily, easy　　　　　 D. easily, easily

12. -- There is a ticket on the floor, is it your?

　-- Oh, yes, it’s mine.

　　　　　-- Let me______ for you.

A. to pick up it　　　　 　　 B. to pick it up　

C. pick up it　　　　　　 　　 D. pick it up