78. At the students’__________(请求), the teacher didn’t give them any homework for the weekend.　　 .

第一节：单词拼写(每空一个词)(10`)

76. The giant panda is _________(原产于)to China.

This publishing firm is planning a new __________(系列) of school textbooks.

语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

22. Friendship ________ love and understanding among the people.

The film Titanic ____________ a true story.

Iraq has _______ too many wars since 1990s, making his people _______a lot.

Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up _______ I could answer the phone.

I can't _____ what you said because you spoke too quickly.

He’s starting to wonder_______ in accepting this job.

He said that his friend ________there three days before,but she was not there_______.

---Do you know our home town at all?

--- No, this is the first time I _____ here.

After _____ a toothache for such a long time, he went to the hospital to get his tooth _____.

31. It __________ we lost something _________ we realized its value.

32. ---Please _______ us in the discussion.

---I’d like to, but I’m far too busy at the moment.

33. In America, sport _________ in people’s everyday life.

34. _________ time goes by, she has grown into a beautiful girl.

35. --- Our class got the first place in the basketball match yesterday.

　 ---　 ____________________!

第二节　 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms,　 　 36 　my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I happened to　 　37　 an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to　 38　 　. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” 　I was　 　39　 , I thought, perhaps this is not a　 40 　topic. Well, I’d　 　41　 change the topic． So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?　 42　 　the way, have you ever　 43　　 there?”　

　“Certainly, everyone back home will　 　44　 me if I leave China without seeing　 　45　 .It was great.” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of　 　46　 .” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 　47 　!” I couldn’t　 48 　 asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”　 “Well, I didn’t ask you to do　 49 　 ”, he answered, gently surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

　Hearing this, the Englishman　 　50 　 to tears. He began to　 　51 ,“‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an　 　 52　 　of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention　 53　 English idioms.”

　 Then I knew I had made fool of　 　54 . Since then I have been more　 55 　with idioms.