52. A. served      B. given          C. got           D. invited

53. A. like        B. pour           C. need          D. have

54. A. Since       B. Though        C. So            D. But

55. A. now         B. change       C. remember      D. send

四、阅读理解:(共15小题，计30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A

When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First , we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.

On the fifth day a tragedy happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over.

All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm .

My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness . They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.

Although much time has passed , I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world , but it taught me much more.

Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork . Working together , the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves . I also learned that they should be admired for their hard word.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: adversity is a natural part of life , and must be accepted . Unlike the ants ,we cannot give up when we are sad . We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone , we must building another .

Giving up , I say , is not a good choice.

66. The writer’s family made him an ant farm when he was_________.

A. seven years old    B. seventeen years old.

C. seventy years old    D. six years old

67. We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A. The writer broke the glass box because it made his face dirty.

B. The ants died one by one because the tunnels were destroyed.

C. Unlike people , teamwork is not so important for the ants.

D. Giving up is a good way when we meet trouble.

68.the underlined word “teamwork” in the passage means_______.

A小组工作     B团队合作     C辛勤劳作     D不停工作

69. What did the writer come to realize a few years later?

A. Working together is useless.    B. Teamwork is important.

C. He can’t accept adversity.      D. Working alone is amazing.

70. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Ant Fear Adversity        B. My Family and Ants

C. Giving up in Adversity     D. A Good Lesson from Ants.

B

Trip to Dragon City

61. Look at the map of Dragon City. This is your first trip there. You’re going to the hotel from Dragon Square. You should go straight along _______ to Star Bridge.

A. South Street     B. East Street    C. West Street      D. North Street

62. If you leave the hotel for the zoo, you’d better go there ______.

A. by spaceship   B. by plane       C. by ship          D. by bus

63. The shop is close to _______.

A. Star Bridge      B. Water Bridge  C. Dragon Bridge    D. Luck Bridge

64. You must pass ______ from the shop to the theater. It’s the shortest way.

A. the library and the bookstore

B. the hospital and the bookstore

C. the hospital and the school

D. the school and the zoo

65. Which of the following is TRUE according to the map?

A. The park is in the middle of the city.

B. The museum is between the library and the bookstore.

C. The school and the church are on the same street.

D. The hospital is next to the shop

C

Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12，” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship to Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me￡12. ”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes, ” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam, ”he said . “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“Er, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays for you hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since it’s me who made the mistake…”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.