二、单项填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)

16. There’s a bird _______in the tree.

A. sing   B. sings   C. singing   D. to sing

17. The girl wasn’t _______to carry the basket of bananas.

A. too strong  B. enough strong C. strong enough  D. so strong

18. Please be quiet. Our teacher doesn’t allow _______much noise in the classroom.

A. make   B. to make  C. making    D. to making

19. As we all know, sheep feed _______ grass.

A. in   B. on   C. at     D. out

20. In the modern city it was difficult for the old woman from the countryside _______a job.

A. find    B. to find   C. look     D. to look for

21. My sister wants to _______a company when she grows up.

A. give up  B. look up  C. set up    D. pick up

22.In order to _______the sunrise, today all the children got up very early.

A. see   B. saw   C. seeing    D. sees

23. When Robert was a small boy, he _______playing the piano.

A. was interested in     B. was good for

C. was good with     D. was strict with

24. If farmers _______the land, the animals won’t have any places to live in.

A. took away   B. put up   C. took off    D. put on

25. The American dance made me _______my aunt in Canada.

A. look up   B. looked up  C. think of   D. thought of

三、完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)

Hey, I’m Simon. I have a strong and faithful dog, Bruce. The dog likes  26  with me. Sometimes he also follows my father to work.

One morning when my father worked in the field, he  27  his coat and put it under a big tree. He turned to the dog and said,“  28  my coat, Bruce!”

Bruce sat down on the coat. Later, my father remembered he had to buy some food.  29  he hurried to the shop.  30  shopping, he went home directly and forgot completely about his  31

and the dog.

In the evening, I looked for my dog  32  in the house, but I  33  find him. At this time, my father suddenly remembered his coat and the dog. He went back to the tree  34  .He found that Bruce was  35  sitting on the coat!

26. A. playing   B. dealing   C. agreeing   D. laughing

27. A. took out   B. took off  C. took away   D. looked after

28. A. Watch   B. Look   C. See    D. Listen

29. A. But    B. So   C. Because     D. Although

30. A. Since    B. Before   C. After     D. Until

31. A. shop     B. food   C. coat      D. toy

32. A. somewhere  B. everywhere  C. nowhere    D. anywhere

33. A. could   B. couldn’t  C. don’t     D. doesn’t

34. A. at once   B. after all   C. as usual    D. other than

35. A. yet    B. even   C. still     D. already