17、Food is important．Everyone needs to   1    well if he or she wants to have a strong body．Our minds also need a kind of food．This kind of food is  2  ．We begin to get knowledge even when we are young．Small children are  3   in everything around them．They learn  4 while they are watching and listening．When they are getting older，they begin to read story books，science books…，anything they like．When they find something new，they have to ask questions and   5  to find out the answers．

6  is the best way to get knowledge? If we learn  7 ourselves，we will get the most knowledge．If we are always getting answers from others and don't ask why，we will never learn  8  and understand better．

1．A．sleep                     B．read                     C．drink                    D．eat

2．A．sport                     B．exercise               C．knowledge            D．meat

3．A．interested               B．interesting            C．weak                    D．good

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

5．A．try                        B．have                    C．like                       D．wait

6．A．Where                   B．Which                 C．What                    D．How

7．A．for                        B．with                    C．to                               D．by

8．A．a lot                      B．more                   C．mach                    D．better

16、从A——G中选出可以填入对话空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

JOHN：Do you like your new flat?

JANE：Oh，yes．（1）________

JOHN：No complaints about it?

JANE：Well，（2）________，so it's difficult to sleep．

JOHN：It's near the Tesco Supermarket，isn't it?

JANE：（3）________but it's easy to get t0．

JOHN：Do you have good security?

JANE：24 hours a day,（4）________．

JOHN：Is the building full?

JANE：Yes．（5）________ ．

A．there are always a lot of people going shopping

B．sometimes it's noisy at night

C．That's right

D．It's nice to live in a new flat．

E．Good idea

F．It's impossible to find a flat now

G．so it's safe to live there

15、My mother likes ________ a teacher．She thinks it is an interesting job．

A．to talk with            B．talking with            C．to work as             D．working as

14、The job of a detective is to protect the innocent ________ find the guilty．

A．besides                B．as well as             C．instead of              D．without

13、——Have the police ________ any clues of the theft？

——Yes，and the thief has already been caught．

A．looked for            B．found           C．searched               D．discovered

12、since you've grown up，you should ________ yourself，not your parents．

A．look after             B．teach            C．depend on             D．enjoy

11、If we want a computer to do different jobs，we have to give it different ________．

A．information             B．instruction                C．programs              D．orders

10、Asia is ________ Africa in both population and area．

A．as large as            B．larger than        C．smaller than           D．the largest in

9、Your composition is good ________ a few spelling mistakes．

A．but               B．except           C．except that           D．except for