54. When children in Los Angeles are starting their lessons, people in Beijing are . A. playing basketball B. seeing films C. having lessons D. sleeping

55. From the passage, we can see the time in New York now is .

A. 6∶00 B. 9∶00 C. 10∶00 D. 12∶00

56. We know that London is 3 hours .

A. earlier than Moscow B. later than Moscow

C. earlier than Los Angeles D. later than Los Angeles

C

When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.

I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. Finally he came to the checkout counter (交款处) and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood there holding his basket, tears(眼泪) falling down his face.

Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. “You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you,” said the woman. “It would be the most wonderful gift(礼物)you could give me. I only ask that one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help. When you help others, 1 know you will feel as good about it as I do now.”

Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.

I would like to say “thank you” to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.

57. When did the story probably happen?

A. On Christmas Day. B. Before Christmas Day,

C. On New Year’s Day. D. After New Year’s Day.

58. When they got to the supermarket, Mark went in_____ .

A. with the writer B. by himself

C. with the woman D. with his friends

59. What happened to Mark in the supermarket?

A. His gifts were stolen. B. He broke his basket.

C. He lost his money. D. He lost his way.

60. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A big supermarket B. A kind woman

C. A happy family D. A wonderful gift

五、词汇运用(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

A)根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。

61. My friend Elva is very crazy about music, she is very (music).

62. The (high) of Millie is 135cm.

63. (luck), the police found the lost child in the mountain.

64. Mrs Brown (call) me when she arrives in London.

65. We don’t know this song very well because it’s (popular).

66. The more we get together, the (happy) we’ll be.

67. Thanks to the Internet, the world (it) is becoming smaller and smaller.

68. At last he agreed (go) with us.

B)根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。

69. He spent as much time as he could (练习) playing softball.

70. Did you (想知道) when the train left?

71. Our team played (糟糕地) in the final and lost the game at last.

72. When he stands in the front of the class, he feels (紧张不安的).

73. I can tell anything to my (亲密的) friend because she can keep secrets.

74. Can you give me some (建议) on my English study?