四、完形填空(10分)：

When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 1  in a village near the sea. He2   it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most  3   building in the village. From morning to night there were  4  outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and  5  of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to  6   . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want 7  your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would  8   coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to 9   every day showing them around his house.“I came here to   10  not to work as a guide(导游),”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

(   )1.A. garden  B. shop   C. house  D. school

(   )2. A. liked     B. hated   C. sold  D. built

(   )3. A. big   B. interesting  C. small   D. clean

(   )4. A. children  B. students  C. parents D. tourists

(   )5. A. no   B. none   C. many   D. much

(   )6. A. come  B. leave   C. stay   D. play

(   )7. A. to satisfy B. satisfy   C. to satisfying D. satisfying

(   )8. A. go on  B. stop   C. continue  D. not

(   )9. A. take  B. cost   C. spend   D. pay

(   )10. A. play  B. work   C. watch   D. retire

五、阅读理解(20分，每小题2分)

(A)

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry(生气的)and said, “Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty(脏的)clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I’ll tell your father if you come back wet again,” said his mother. “He’ll punish(惩罚)You, you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“You’re a good boy today”, his mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”

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(   )1.Bruno went to school      every day.

A. by bike  B. by bus  C. by car  D. on foot

(   )2.The playground was between(在……之间)                     。

A. two classrooms   B. the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school    D. the shop and Bruno’s school

(   )3. The little boy liked to play on the playground                     .

A. when it snowed  B. when there was some water there

C. when the children played football there  D. when his father was busy with his work

(   )4.Bruno was afraid of         the most.

A. his father    B. his mother C. his teacher   D. the older boys

(   )5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because          .

A. nobody made room(地方)for him in the water

B. there was no water on the playground

C. he took off his clothes before he played there

D. he played in the water carefully

(B)

Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison(监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace(宫殿). Again he showed some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."

(    ) 6. The king thought his stories were good so ____.

A. People liked them

B. he only showed some to the famous writer

C. he liked to show them to people

(    ) 7. The famous writer was thrown into prison because

A. he was afraid of the king's stories

B. he said the king's stories were very bad

C. he said he couldn’t write good stories for the king

(    ) 8. People were afraid of the king because

A. the stories were interesting       B. they would be sent to prison

C. the king wrote many stories

(    ) 9. Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because

A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them

B. he wanted to be angry with the writer

C. he wanted to send the writer to prison

(    ) 10. When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that

A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison

B. the writer liked the new Stories'

C. the king's new Stories were not good at all.