In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
【小题1】A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A．has learnt to drive in a driving school

B．has a full driving license

C．has a full license and a teacher’s license

D．is given a special two-year driving license

【小题2】In the driving test, one _______________________.

A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C．has to be examined only in car driving skills

D．must drive around for more than an hour

【小题3】When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A．a few years later

B．right after the first test

C．a few weeks later

D．never

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Driving Licenses in Britain

B．Tests for Britain People

C．Driving Cars

D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses

    Napoleon was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. He was a great general(将军) in history. In his life, there were so many important things. But he was also an ordinary person who had ordinary feelings.

    Once Napoleon stayed in a small inn（小旅馆）.The next morning, he went to thank the innkeeper.

  “You have served me well, innkeeper,” said Napoleon. “I wish to reward you. Tell me what you want.”

    “Sir, we want nothing,” said the innkeeper. “But will you tell us something?”

  “What is it?” Napoleon asked.　　

  “We have heard a story,” said the innkeeper, “that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you. Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you?” Napoleon looked very angry. He called in two of his soldiers. Then he pointed to the door. The soldiers took the innkeeper and his wife out into the yard.

61. Which is the best title of the text?

A. Napoleon’s Trick.                              B. Napoleon and an Innkeeper.

C. Napoleon’s Anger.                              D. Napoleon’s Ride.

62. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. Napoleon set the couple free.                B. Napoleon killed the couple.

C. Napoleon put the couple into prison (监狱).    D. Napoleon killed the innkeeper.

63. Why did the innkeeper ask Napoleon to tell him how Napoleon felt when he was being looked for?

A. He was interested in other’s failure, especially Napoleon’s.

B. He showed his sympathy (同情) to Napoleon in time of danger.

C. He wanted to know the difference between a general and an ordinary person.

D. He looked down upon Napoleon, for he thought a great man shouldn’t be defeated.

64. Why did Napoleon order his men to tie the couple?
A. To kill the couple to get rid of his anger.

B. To teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him.

C. To show that he was so admiring that nobody could upset him.

D. To tell the innkeeper that a general had the same feeling as the ordinary people 。

65. How is the passage organized?

   A. By giving reasons only.                    B. By using famous people’s words.

   C. By telling a story.                         D. By giving numbers.

There is no doubt that a mother plays an important leading role in the lives of their children. But what about a ①   ① ? Fathers play just as important a role as mothers.

Fathers give us support. They are the shore（岸）we swim to when our arms and legs feel tired. ②They are the strength we rely on （依靠）as we take our first steps into the world. Fathers can be gentle and powerful, but they probably have the simplest love we ever know.

For sons, the father is their first hero and possibly the only man they will ever feel comfortable loving.

For daughters, the father is the first man they admire and the first man whose eyes shine with happiness when they look at them. He is the first man to fall in love with them.

For mothers, the father of our children is the person we can believe in to watch over the babies as closely as we would. We are protectedin the knowledge of their love. A father is the person on the planet with whom we can do whatever we want ... one who will be just as interested and never feel bored in the face of our devotion.

Without fathers, we wouldn't be mums. I would like to thank them from all our hearts for this honor and for being our partners in the business of raising children.

1.在①处填上适当的词，使文章完整。                    

2.将②译成中文。

3.在文中找出下列句子的同义句：If there are no fathers, we wouldn’t be mums.

4.根据短文回答问题：  For sons, what does the father mean?

5.找出文章的中心句。

 

John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother’s birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.
"I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world. "John thought.
He advertised (登广告) in the newspapers. " Wanted—the best present for the woman who has everything. "
For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him "the best present". But they did not have anything that was the only one in the whole world.
Then less than a week before his mother’s birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.
"This bird, "the man said, "can speak ten languages and sing any pop song. There is no other bird like it in the world. "
"I will listen to it, "John said. "If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you. "
The man spoke to the bird. "Talk to me in French, " he said. The bird spoke to him in French. "Tell me a joke in Japanese, " he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese. "Sing a famous pop song, "he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.
"I’ll buy it, "John said. "How much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand dollars, "the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother’s birthday he phoned her. "Well, mother, "he said, "Is the bird wonderful?"
"Oh, it was delicious, dear, "she said.
【小题1】 Why did John send her mother expensive presents for her birthday every year?

A．Because he loved his mother very much.

B．Because his mother needed these presents.

C．Because he wanted to show he had a lot of money.

D．Because he was the richest man in the world.

【小题2】 How did people know John wanted the best present in the world?

A．They rang John up.

B．They knew it from the newspapers.

C．John phoned them one by one.

D．They knew it on TV.

【小题3】When did the man with a bird come to visit John?

A．Two weeks before John’s mother’s birthday.

B．On John’s mother’s birthday.

C．About five days before John’s mother’s birthday.

D．Less than a week after John’s mother’s birthday.

【小题4】 Why did John pay the man a lot of money for the bird?

A．Because it was such a beautiful bird.

B．Because he wanted to help the poor man with the bird.

C．Because the bird could look after his mother.

D． Because John thought the bird could make his mother happy.

【小题5】 What does the sentence "It was delicious, "really mean in the story?

A．His mother ate the bird.

B．His mother let the bird fly away.

C．His mother began to learn languages from the bird.

D． His mother thought it was the most expensive present in the world.

用词的适当形式填空

1.He wouldn’ t allow anything to ___ (get in the way of) him doing his job.

2. He was late because his car ___ (break down) on the road.

3. ——The sports meeting might ___(put off) because of the bad weather. ——What a pity!

4. Can you ___(come up with ) a good idea to help her with her English?

5. ____(take it easy) ! He will come back here in half an hour.

6. The dialogue is ____ (make up) of three sentences.

7. Don’t touch them because they don’t ___ (belong to) you.

8. The teacher’s chalk _____ (use up). Will you please bring some?

9. ____(at present) everyone in our class is studying English hard for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

10. The evening party began with an English song and ____ (end up) with a dance.

11. Some boys were talking and laughing ____(noise) when the teacher came in.

12. March 12th is Tree ______ (plant) Day.

13. The more we get together, the ___ (happy) we’ll be.

14. Look! The boy ____(tie) the tree to the top of the stick.

15. The ____ (die) leaves fall on the ground in autumn.

16. _____ (thank) to your help, I won the prize.

17. No man has traveled ____(far) than the moon so far.

18.Do you know ___ (who) son he is?

19. Please keep your eyes ______ (close).

20.My father told me an _____ (usual) story.

21. Michael Jordan is my favorite basketball ____ (play).

22. My wish is _____ (go) to college when I ____ (graduate) from high school.

23. _____ (say) is one thing and ____ (do) is quite another.

24. Does Mr Smith likes us ____ (speak) to him in Chinese?

25.Can rice ____ (grow) in winter?

26. Dr Bethune ____ (know) all over the world.

27. Three ____ (multiply) by two is six.

28. The world’s population is growing faster and faster, we must do _____ (some) to slow down its increasing.

29. Lily writes the most _____ (care) in our class.

30. They never knew what ___ (happen) in a hundred years.