五. 完型填空：

There are some things about myself that I really like. First of all, I always ___1___ to do my best. I never give up halfway ___2___ trying my best. For example, I ___3___ the piano for more than twelve years. And now I am learning English every day.

Secondly, I’m good at ___4____ people laugh. I feel ___5___ when people smile at things I do. I make friends with anyone ___6____ and now I have a lot of friends.

Of course, I also have my ___7___ points. I sometimes feel that I’m a bit selfish or ___8___. I want to overcome these faults ____9___ I’ll make progress and people will love me___10____.

1. A. want a go B. make an effort C. wait up D. keep on

2. A. of B. on C. with D. without

3. A. had practised B. have practised C. practised D. will practise

4. A. making B. letting C. having D. seeing

5. A. happy B. strong C. sad D. proud

6. A. friendly B. easily C. hardly D. widely

7. A. bad B. strong C. weak D. good

8. A. homeless B. hopeless C. useless D. careless

9. A. even if B. so that C. unless D. because

10. A. much B. well C. better D. less

六. 阅读理解：

This story is about a young man. He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But the more he tried, the more he stayed awake.

After a while he decided to visit the doctor. “ I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?”

“ I have a suggestion,” said the doctor. “ Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep, I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “ Well,” said the doctor “ How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired. “ Yes,” he said, “ I tried counting one, two, three… up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________.

A. he hadn’t finished doing his lessons

B. he had worked too hard and became ill

C. he was worried about his homework

D. there was a lot of noise there and he couldn’t have a good rest

2. The doctor asked the young man ________.

A. to count numbers before he went to bed

B. to put al l numbers from 1 to 1000 together

C. to count numbers while he was lying in bed

D. to t ake some medicine and go to bed earlier

3. The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because _________.

A. he wanted to thank the doctor

B. he was better and wanted some more medicine

C. he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

D. he still couldn’t go to sleep at night

4. The young man ________.

A. counted from 569 to 1000

B. counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

C. counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

D. counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

5. The young man _______ in fact.

A. didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion

B. was not able to count numbers

C. didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion

D. wasn’t ill at a ll

七. 综合填空：

What do you usually use mobile phones for? Sending text messages for fun? Playing games? Well, mobile phone can do f___1____ more than that. D___2___ this year’s Asian tsunami (海啸), mobile phones saved many l___3____. More than 10000 international phones were w___4___ when the tsunami hit. Police sent text messages to them and found more than 2000. But how? People f___5___ the signal and found out w___6___ the tourists were. So, how can s___7___ so small be so smart? Well, here’s how! When you turn the phone on, it tries to find a signal. This signal. This signal comes from the telephone network.

If you have a signal you can see it on the phone’s screen. Sometimes, if the signal is weak, i___8___ can be difficult to make a phone call. When the phone is finding a signal, it also sends a m___9____ to the telephone network. This message tells the station where the phone is. When you start to make a phone call, the telephone network tells telecommunication offices where you are. The office will find out who you’re calling then put you t___10___ to your friend!

【试题答案】

一.

1—5 AADAD

6—10 ABBDC

11—15 CDBDC

16—20 BDCBC

二.

1. turning 2. not to worry 3. to bring 4. wants; will go

5. don’t have; won’t get 6. is; don’t wait 7. painting

8. to print 9. pushing 10. to water 11. go

12. passes; will buy 13. posting 14. fell 15. was reading

16. receiving 17. were listening; rang 18. to buy