Ⅵ. 完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

One morning, all the young pixies (小精灵) came to Shalbus Egbert’s house.

“Please. Mr. Egbert, please tell us a story,” they said.

“Maybe a little   36  ,” replied Shalbus. He was unkind. “I am cleaning the house and I’m tired. I   37   finish it this morning.”

One little pixie named Susie had a wonderful   38  . “Will you tell us a story   39   we help you clean the house?” she asked.

“Yes, yes!” shouted all the other little pixies. “We will gladly do the cleaning as long as you tell us a story.”

40   this, Shalbus began to laugh.

“Ho, ho, my little friends.   41   can I turn down such a fine offer (主动提议) as this? You clean the house, and I will   42   a wonderful story to tell you!”

So the little pixies began working. They cleaned here and there   43  . As soon as they were finished, Shalbus seated himself in a comfortable chair and the little pixies   44  . Their brown eyes shone (发光)   45   joy as Shalbus began his story.

“Once upon a time, when your grandparents were just little pixies at your age ...”

(    )36. A. smaller                  B. slower

C. longer                            D. later

(    )37. A. can                      B. must

C. could                      D. would

(    )38. A. idea                          B. promise

C. question                   D. decision

(    )39. A. if                         B. while

C. unless                      D. though

(    )40. A. Doing                    B. Feeling

C. Reading                    D. Hearing

(    )41. A. How                      B. Why

C. What                        D. When

(    )42. A. give out                  B. set up

C. make up                    D. depend on

(    )43. A. easily                     B. happily

C. luckily                      D. fairly

(    )44. A. woke up                  B. hung out

C. came over                  D. got lost

(    )45. A. with                       B. from

C. for                          D. about

Ⅶ. 阅读理解(每小题2分，共20分)

A

Hi! I’m Lilly. My family and I live in a big house. I’m 11 and I have a younger brother, Tom. He is 8.

My mom is a nurse, and she works in a hospital. She works a lot, and usually at night. She doesn’t have enough time to do the housework, so my dad often helps her and he likes it. My dad works in a bank. He arrives home at about 4 p.m., so he can do a lot of things at home.

Every evening Dad cooks dinner. My brother and I help him. After dinner Dad does the dishes and I help him dry them. Then we take a shower and Dad reads us short stories.

In the morning, Mom makes breakfast. Tom and I make our beds. Then Dad takes us to school by car.

On Saturday, we clean the house. I clean the furniture (家具) and Dad sweeps the floor. Tom takes the rubbish out and waters the plants. Dad likes cleaning the windows but he hates ironing (熨). He never does it. My grandma comes to us twice a week and she irons our clothes.

On Sunday, we wash the car together and Dad often takes us to play in the park and eat in our favorite restaurant.

根据材料内容判断正(T)误(F)。

(    )46. Lilly is four years older than Tom.

(    )47. Lilly’s mom never works at night.

(    )48. Lilly and her brother go to school by car.

(    )49. Lilly’s brother is so little that he can’t do any housework.

(    )50. Lilly’s father doesn’t like ironing, but he likes cleaning the windows.

B

On Thursday a new boy came into the classroom. He didn’t have any uniform on. Just trousers, a jacket and a shirt. Tom could see that the boy wasn’t quite comfortable. He had a plastic (塑料的) bag with exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and erasers in it. The boy stood at the blackboard. Miss Fair talked to the boy, and then she said, “Boys and girls, this is Peter Rivers. He is your new classmate. Peter is your age. I hope you’ll get on well with each other. Peter will spend a lot of time together with you, and outdoors too.” Miss Fair asked Peter to sit next to Tom at the desk near the window.

The students had math after that and Tom could see that Peter was not bad at it. He counted (数数) well. It was not difficult for him at all. Then Miss Fair said, “It is half past twelve. It’s time to have lunch.” Peter joined Tom and went to wash his hands. Then the boys sat down on the floor and started to open their lunch bags. Tom opened his bag and put his hand in it. He took out an old brown apple, some old cheese and some bits of fish from dinner. “Oh, no!” cried Tom. “This is rubbish. I have the wrong bag. I took the rubbish bag and left my lunch bag at home. I have only rubbish for lunch today.” The other children laughed and laughed. Then Peter said, “I have two eggs. Why don’t you have one? I don’t need two. And would you like some bread?” Tom smiled, “Thanks. Now I’ll always look in my lunch bag before I bring it to school.”