四、完型填空(共10分，每小题1分)

先通读短文，掌握大意，然后根据短文内容从后面的选项中选出适合空白处的正确答案。

When July comes, children know they’ll have   26   exams and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two months’ holiday, and they’ll leave school   27   train or by car to   28   to see their fathers and mothers.

The summer holidays are the   29   time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so one can   30   most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country, he can   31   into the woods (森林) and in the fields. If one lives in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play.

The best place for a summer holiday is the   32   . Some children are   33   enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not, if they have chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.

Now,  34  makes children like the seaside so much? I think it’s the sands(沙滩), the sea and the sun, not anything else. Of course, there are   35   new things to see, nice things to eat, and interesting things to do. But the feeling of sand under their feet, of salt water on their skin, and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.

(     )26. A. they          B. them          C. their          D. theirs

(     )27. A. on             B. by            C. in             D. with

(     ) 28. A. go to town      B. leave home     C. return home    D. stay at home

(     )29. A. best            B. better          C. worst         D. worse

(     )30. A. take            B. use            C. pay           D. spend

(     )31. A. go out          B. go back        C. go off         D. go for

(     )32. A. village          B. seaside        C. city           D. town

(     )33. A. lucky           B. sad           C. quiet          D. comfortable

(     )34. A. that           B. who           C. what          D. where

(     )35. A. little           B. much         C. a little        D. lots of

阅读部分(共15分)

五、阅读理解(共15分，每小题1分)

(A)

A woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them. She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. “Good morning, I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $ 5,000. ” Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box.

An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door. “Good morning,” she said. “I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $ 5,000. ” The artist thought for a moment, and then he said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t have any money. However, I’ll give you a paint ing. It’s worth $ 400. ” The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away.

A week later she called on him again. “I’m sorry to trouble you again,” she said, “but we still

need more money. I need another $100. Can you help?  Of course,” the artist said. “I’ll increase the value of my painting to $ 500. ”

(     )36. Who was the woman collecting money for?

A. Poor children.     B. Herself.        C. Her friends.     D. A church.

(     ) 37. What did most people give her?

A. A lot of money.    B. A few dollars.  C. Paintings.       D. Very little money.

(    )38. Why didn’t the artist give money to her?

A. He was not a generous man.         B. He did not have any money.

C. He had too many paintings.          D. His paintings were worth a lot of money.

(    )39. Did the woman collect enough money at last?

A. No, she didn’t.    B. Yes, she did.  C. We don’t know.  D. Yes, she does.

(    )40. How much money does she need?

A. $ 5,000          B. $ 5,100      C. $ 4,00         D. We don’t know.

(B)

Mr Zhang 正在国外旅游，这是他所入住宾馆的房卡。请根据房卡正反两面的信息，回答下列问题。

Usage:

* Keep the card close to the response zone on the door until the green light is on.

Then open the door.

Notice:

* Take the card with you. It will be a help if you get lost.

* If the card is lost during your stay in the hotel, please call our Service Centre.

* Give the card back to the Service Centre when you check out.

(    ) 41. Mr Zhang lives in __________.

A. Hotel Eiffel           B. Hotel Concorde           C. Hotel Mapol

(    )42. The hotel is __________.

A. on King Street near a bank

B. next to a museum

C. near a train station

(     ) 43. __________ buses can reach the hotel.

A. Two                   B. Three                     C. Four

(    )44. If Mr Zhang gets lost (迷路), he can __________.

A. take Bus 507 to the hotel

B. wait until the light is green

C. call the hotel at the phone number on the card

(    )45. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Open the door when the red light is on.

B. The card can be used to open the door.

C. The card can be used for shopping.

(C)

David’s got a text message from his friend Sam. Can you understand it?

7,15       20,15       20,8,5       16,1,18,11

This message was in code(密码，代码). How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

Twenty-six. So can you read it now?

David decided to use a different code in his answer to Sam. This time, he was putting A instead of B, B instead of C, and so on. His message to Sam shown on the right was very short. Can you understand?

Sam guessed David’s code, and he replied: ZESDQ RBGNNK. When David’s little sister saw

the message, she felt puzzled. She couldn’t read it at all. But David was very happy that his sister

couldn’t read his message!

Lots of people use codes to send secret messages. In a war, secrets are very important so soldiers often send each other messages in code. Nowadays, we can use computers to make and break difficult codes. Even before computers, people invented other machines to do this.

Here’s a famous machine that Germans used in the Second World War (1941-1945). It’s called the Enigma Machine. The machines were very big, heavy and expensive. Every day they changed the codes automatically, and this made it almost impossible for anyone to break the codes. The person sending a message had one machine, and the person receiving the message had another.

(     ) 46. Sam asked David to go to the ________.

A. park            B. house            C. museum            D. zoo

(     )47. Sam told David to meet him

A. before breakfast B. after school      C. after dinner        D. before school

(     )48. Codes are used to keep something_________.

A. new           B. old              C. secret              D. known

(     )49. People will never know the meaning if they can’t _______ the code.

A. break         B. make           C change             D. write

(     )50. The best title of this passage is _______.

A. English Letters    B. Codes           C. Messages           D. Machines