6. The students stop __________ when the teacher came in. A. to talk　 B. talking　 C. talked　 D. talk

5. Can you hear __________?

A. something　 B. anything　 C. nothing　 D. somebody

4. Wu Dong was _______ tired that he couldn't keep his eyes_________.

A. too, open　 B. so, closed　 C. too, closed　 D. so, open

3. There ________ a football game on TV this afternoon.

A. is going to have　 B. will be

C. is going to play　 D. will play

2. ---I made the cake by ________. Help __________, Tom.

---Thanks, Jane.

A. ourselves; yourself　 B. myself; yourself

C. myself; yourselves　 D. ourselves; yourselves

1. Who jumps ________ in your class?

A. far　　 B. farther　 C. farthest　 D. longer

4. (2004年吉林省中考试题)

　 ---I like riding fast. It’s very exciting.

　 ---Oh! You mustn’t do it like that, ________ it may have an accident.

　 A. and　 B. or　 C. so　 D. but

　 [解析]答案：B。该提考查的是连接并列句的并列连词的选择。And通常连接两个意思一致的并列句，so连接两个有因果关系的并列句，but连接两个有转折关系的并列句，or相当于if not意思是“否则”。

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3. (2004年河北省中考试题)

　 Bob never does his homework _________ Mary. He makes lots of mistakes.

　 A. so careful as　 B. as carefully as　 C. carefully as　 D. as careful as

[解析]答案：B。该提考查的是形容词和副词的用法区别。空白处所缺的词是修饰动词短语does his homework的，应该用副词。另外，表示“某人做事不如某人细心”应用“not as carefully as”这样的结构。

2. (2004年北京市中考试题)

　 ---Which is _________, the sun, the moon or the earth?

　 ---Of course the moon is.

　 A. small　 B. smaller　 C. smallest　 D. the smallest

[解析]答案：D。该提考查的是形容词的比较等级。三者进行比较，其中最小的应用最高级，而形容词最高级之前必须加顶冠词the。

1. (2004年江西省中考试题)

　 ---I called you yesterday evening, but there was no answer.

　 ---Oh, I am sorry I ___________ dinner at my friend’s home.

　 A. have　 B. had　 C. was having　 D. have had

[解析]答案：C。该提考查的是动词的时态。表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作应用过去进行时。