四、词汇运用(本题15小题，每题1分，共15分)

A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确。每词限用一次。

though      ring      operate      nature     dish

41. It is not   ▲   for a child of his age to be so quiet.

42. I often help my parents do the   ▲   after dinner.

43. Linda is going to have an   ▲   on the knee.

44. I like him,   ▲   he makes me angry sometimes.

45.The door bell   ▲    so loudly that all of us got surprised.

B.根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空一词。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! I’m Annie, your guide. How excited I can   46  (加入)the four days’ trip in America with you. I hope you can enjoy this journey.

There are many places of interest you will go. Today we’ll visit the   47  (大学)of California-Berkeley which was   48  (创建) up in 1868 in Los Angeles. We will spend the whole day in it. Tomorrow we’ll leave for San Francisco by air and we plan to stay there for three days. On the first day we’ll visit Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf. They are very   49  (了不起的), so I’m   50  (确信)every one of you will like them. We will go to an art   51  (展览会)to watch a collection of paintings by David Hockney on the second day. On the   52  (第三)day, we will have a lot of free time, and you can do   53  (无论什么)you like, such as going shopping, going   54  (岩石)climbing. By the way, don’t forget to  55  (带来) your umbrellas with you in case of the rain. That’s all, thank you.

五、语法填空(本题10个小题，每小题1分;共10分)

阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式(每空不多于3个单词)。

Once upon a time, there was a small cloud. It grew up in a very beautiful country. One day she found out another cloud was much bigger than her. She envied the bigger cloud very much. She made an important 56.       (decide) that she would grow bigger. 57.           (become) bigger, she decided not to rain 58.      then on.

Several months later, the small cloud grew bigger, but the country was getting drier and drier

59.         it hadn’t rained for a long time. The cloud did not care much about it. However, it became difficult for her to get new water to keep 60.         (grow). Slowly, she became smaller and she couldn’t do 61.         to stop it. She was afraid that  she would disappear one day.

The cloud then realized 62.        mistake - She was too selfish. She 63.         (regret) what she once did. One day, a strong wind blew her away to a faraway country. The cloud got some new water again there.  In that way the cloud was saved. 64.      a result, her new country became even 65.         (green).  People there had a much happier life.