In 2050 we will still celebrate most of the same festivals as people celebrate now, and for us Chinese people the most important festival is still Spring Festival. People sometimes call Spring Festival “Luna New Year.” “Lunar” means “something to do with the moon,” and you will never guess where I will spend the “Lunar New Year” in 2050---I want to spend it on the moon!

    In autumn，2049，Mc Donald’s(Yes，we still have Mc Donald’s in 2049!) will hold a competition to celebrate the opening of their first branch(分部) on the moon．The first prize is a trip to the moon for the winner and his or her family. The winner will be allowed to choose when to take the trip. Lucki1y，I win the prize ! I decide to go at Spring Festival．   

By 2048 or 2049，we may have learnt in our history class that the first space tourist is a rich businessman who paid millions of dollars to be allowed to take a ride on a rocket．Space travel wi1l be a 1ot more common than it is now．But it is still something only billionaires(亿万富翁) can afford．Common families like mine can hardly have the chance to take holidays in space．

So we will be all very happy and thrilled when we really arrive at Jiuquan Space Centre in Gansu．The television cameras are there to record pictures of us getting into the space bus and then it is “…3, 2,1---Go!”  We are on our way to the moon·

1“ You will never guess…”in Paragraph 1 shows that the writer is going to tell us something_____．

A. dangerous    B. surprising     C. useful   D. terrible

2 In the year 2050，holidays in space are_____·

A. very usual for most common people  

B. not what we want to have

C. still too expensive for most people                  

D. not too expensive for us

3 The word “thrilled” in the 1ast paragraph means_____.

A. tired    B. worried     C. pleased    D. excited

4  Where will the writer want to spend the Spring Festival in 2050?

A. At his home．                                      B. At the Space Centre．

C. On the moon                                       D. On the rocket.

                          

George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a  36  , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She  37   vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to  38   to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip  39   the bus was slow because of the traffic.

One day, the traffic was even  40  than usual.

“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.

The next day   41  work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to  42  the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was  43  to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.

“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty   44 , but it didn’t.

“ 45   didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

1.A. work       B. job        C. child             D. house

2.A. grew          B. gave    C. bought        D. knew

3.A. make          B. carry         C. bring            D. take

4.A. or             B. and        C. but               D. so

5.A. larger         B. bigger      C. worse            D. better

6.A. after         B. before      C. finished             D. began

7.A. get out of                   B. get along with 

      C. come up with                  D. catch up with

8.A. excited        B. surprised    C. interested           D. bored

9.A. tired        B. sad          C. clean               D. happy

10.A. When     B. What         C. Why            D. Where

 

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to   46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

   One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.

Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

1.A. tired     B. went     C. left       D. worked

2.A. happily   B. alone    C. angrily    D. carefully

3.A. say       B. shout    C. tell       D. speak

4.A. house     B. clothes    C. food     D. words

5.A. asked     B. liked      C. hoped    D. decided

6.A. want      B. teach      C. have     D. with

7.A. to        B. with       C. at       D. about

8.A. anything  B. everything  C. nothing   D. something

9.A. parrot   B. friend   C. wife    D. son

10.A. ill    B. serious    C. bad    D. worried

11.A. at first   B. at once   C. all year round   D. all the time

12.A. wake up    B. stay up    C. sleep late   D. fall asleep

13.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. planned     D. stopped

14.A. thought   B. knew     C. heard    D. found

15.A. up     B. around      C. down      D. over

 

—Wuhu is a beautiful city.

— Yes, and I feel ______ to live there.

    A. comfortable  B. worried      C. afraid           D. tired

 

Jill and Jenny were the best of friends. They were_     so much of the time that people said that they were like twins. They did _ __ and went everywhere together. One day, however, something that_  __ caused their friendship to break happened.

Jill had already made plans with Jenny to watch a(n) _ _ . At the last minute, Jill’s mother had an errand （差事）to run and Jill__ __  look after her sister. Jenny was disappointed(失望的) but said that she would still_  _  Jill and watch the show together.

The next morning, Jill overheard Jenny telling another friend,“I watched it last night. It was a wonderful show.” Jill got _ _ .She walked past Jenny and gave her a cold look. Jenny __ _why Jill was so angry with her. When Jenny called out to Jill, she ignored(不理) her.

After school, Jenny waited for Jill, __ __, for their walk home together. However, Jill just_ __ on alone. Jenny ran after her and asked,“What’s the matter, Jill? Why are you avoiding __ __ like this?” Jill answered angrily,“You broke your _ _ . A good friend should not do that.”

Jenny realised what the _ _ was and laughed. “I didn’t go to the show. I just watched another show on TV. I will _ _  break my promise to you. You are my best friend.”

Jill said  _  _ to Jenny and they were the best  friends again.

1.A. out                  B. together                   C. in                        D. around

2.A. something           B. anything                  C. everything              D. nothing

3.A. almost                  B. finally                 C. probably                  D. slowly

4.A. play             B. show                        C. match                 D. opera

5.A. could          B. might                  C. should                 D. had to

6.A. look after            B. help out                  C. wait for          D. try out

7.A. angry          B. worried                   C. nervous                  D. tired

8.A. told                 B. explained                 C. knew                       D. wondered

9.A. as well                 B. as usual                   C. in fact                 D. above all

10.A. read                   B. danced              C. walked            D. rode

11.A. me                B. him                            C. her                           D. them

12.A. chance              B. phone                C. secret                  D. Promise

13.A. surprise            B. prize                        C. problem                  D. gift

14.A. never                B. still                           C. already          D. even

15.A. thanks               B. sorry                        C. goodbye                 D.hello