二、完形填空 (共 20分)

Sam is a middle school student. He 1   doing chores. But he had to do2   chores. For example, on Mondays , Wednesdays 3   Fridays he took out the rubbish. And on weekends he always washed his father's car. He also cleaned his own room 4   a week. What a chore that was! 5   he even had to 6   after his little sister and brother.

Sam had a foreign 7   at school. His name was Kumar. 8   chores in Kumar's family was very differ ent. In the house only the girls did chores. His sisters made all the beds and cleaned all the rooms too, even his bedroom. His mother always cooked the meals, went shopping. and9    the food. So when Kumar talked to his friend Sam about chores, he felt very lucky.

One day,Sam had an 10    . He wanted to make a robot to do the chores in the future.

(     )3l. A. liked       B. unlike         C. hated

(     )32. A. any        B. much         C. many

(     )33. A. to         B. yet            C. and

(     )34. A. once       B. one            C. every

(     )35. A . Sometime   B. Sometimes     C. Some  times

(     )36. A. take        B. make          C. look

(     )37. A. friend       B. sister          C. aunt

(     )38. A. Doing       B. Do            C. Making

(     )39. A. prepare      B. preparing       C. prepared

(     )40. A. resolution    B. information     C. idea

三、阅读理解 (30分 每题2分)

(A)

John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.

One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn’t tell John that his father deserted(遗弃) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.

John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all  kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn’t go to school and could not read or write.

Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels(轮子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”

All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

(    )41.John didn’t know his father because        .

A. the man was rich                         B. the man deserted his mother

C. his mother left the man                    D. the man didn’t like him

(    )42.John was short and thin because       .

A.he didn’t like sports                       B. his parents were short, too

C.he was often hungry when he was young      D. his mother never gave him food

(    )43.The woman told John who his father was        .

A. after she was knocked down by a car          B. before her son left

C. before she was in hospital                  D. before she died

(    )44.After John found his father,       .

A.he was angry with the man                  B. he started a rich life

C.he wouldn’t live with him                   D. the man was bad to him

(    )45.The people at the party laughed at him because         .

A. he held the newspaper upside down          B. he wasn’t polite

C. the newspaper was yesterday’s              D. he wasn’t clever