49．A．safely              B．angrily             C．happily             D．noisily                                                                          50．A．here               B．there              C．everywhere         D．anywhere

(一)(共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)

A

Trees are useful to man in three important ways．The first important way is that they provide (提供) man with food, wood and other products．Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food．Without trees many animals could not live on the earth．It’s not easy for man to live on the earth, either．

The second important way is that trees give us shade．On a hot summer day, people are eager(渴望)to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way．You Can imagine(想象)how important the shade of a tree is to man and to animals．

The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought and floods (旱灾和水灾)．However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized(意识到)the third important way．He has cut trees down in large numbers．In the end he finds that he has lost the best friends he had．

48．A．see                 B．take               C．watch              D．find

47．A．into               B．off                C．on                D．from

46．A．it                  B．them               C．that                D．this

45．A．left               B．passed              C．took               D．opened

44．A．keep               B．grow              C．buy               D．sell

43．A．unhappy            B．surprised           C．kind               D．pleased

42．A．wrote              B．read              C．told               D．spoke

41．A．box                B．present             C．card               D．letter

40．There are about            students in our school．

A．two thousands                                           B．two thousand       

C．two thousand of                                         D．two thousands of

      It was Mary’s birthday．She received a   41   from her uncle．“Dear Mary,” he  42   in the letter, “Happy birthday．I’m sending you some chickens．They will arrive tomorrow．I hope you’ll like them．Uncle Tony．”

      Mary was very  43  ． She liked eating eggs and chicken, “I can  44  the chickens for their eggs or eat them,” she thought．

      When the chickens arrived the next day, they were put in a box．Mary was very happy．She 45  the box off the truck and began to carry  46  into her garden, but the box of chickens was so heavy that she dropped it．

      The box fell  47   the ground and broke．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours in trying to  48  them．

      A few days later her uncle came．He asked, “Did the chickens arrive  49  ?” “Yes, but I dropped the box．It broke open and the chickens ran   50．It took me the whole morning to look for them．”Mary said．

“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．“I hope so．”Mary answered．“But I only caught eleven of them．”                                                                     

“That’s very interesting．I only sent you six, ”her uncle said with a smile．