33.---Because the petrol(汽油) price is going up , ________people will choose to own a car, I think.

---I have the same idea as you.

A. more and more B. fewer and fewer  C. less and less    D. less and fewer

34. There        few great changes in our city 10 years ago.

A. were   B.  had          C. was       D. are

35. --- Why didn’t you arrive there until three days later?

---Because the heavy rain added to_____  of the journey(旅程).

A. the difficulties B. more difficult     C. the most difficult  D. the difficult

36. --- How was your interview(采访) last Monday?    --- ____.

A. Not at all     B. It was OK         C. That’s right       D. Good luck

37. ---You don’t like rock music, do you?   ---_________. I think it is too noisy.

A. Yes, I do         B. No, I don’t       C. Yes, I don’t      D. No, I do

38. Lucy is _______ of the twins.

A. slimmer        B. slimmest          C. the slimmer     D. the slimmest

39.Vivien has a good sense of humour. She is very good _______telling jokes.

A. to             B. for               C. in             D. at

40. The 2012 American action film ‘The Expendables 2’makes me ______great.

A. felt             B. feel             C. feeling         D. to feel

三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and like to __41__ themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others __42__ sports. This is decided by their own __43__.

There are many different ways to spend our __44__ time.

Almost everyone has some kind of __45__: it may be something from collecting stamps to __46__ model planes. Some hobbies are very __47__, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值) __48__ of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.

I know a man has a coin collection. It is worth several dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的) fifty-cent piece .It __49__ him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I want to know__50 __ they are worth any money. However, __51__ my brother they are quite valuable. __52__ makes him __53__ than to find a new watch box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we    54     to do in our free time just for the     55    of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

41. A. love         B. work          C. enjoy           D. play

42. A. look like     B. take care of    C. think about       D. take part in

43. A. lives        B. interests      C. jobs             D. things

44. A. working     B. free           C. own             D. whole

45. A. hobby       B. thing          C. makes           D. way

46. A. sending        B. making       C. eating           D. looking

47. A. interesting    B. exciting       C. cheap            D. expensive

48. A. a little       B. a few         C. a lot             D. a number

49. A. paid          B. cost          C. took             D. spent

50. A. that          B. if             C. what            D. in

51. A. to            B. on          C. with             D. in

52. A. Everything    B. Anything     C. Nothing          D. Something

53. A. happier       B. worse       C. more happily       D. happiness

54. A. have         B. need         C. refuse            D. like

55. A. money         B. work         C. fun              D. time

四、阅读理解(共15小题;A篇每题2分，B、C篇每题1分，共20分)

A

John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad scores in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is  so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!

56. John was ______two years ago.

A. sad and unhealthy  B. active but bored    C. active and happy   D. healthy but sad

57. John changed a lot because ________.

A. he couldn’t get good grades        B. he played computer games

C. he had to work for money        D. he didn’t exercise any more