一、 单项选择

1. He often ____ me ___ my English.

A. helps, with B. help, with C. helps, learnt D. help, learn

2. Sorry, I can’t go with you. I have to ______ my little cousin.

A. take care B. look at C. babysit tter

3. Have you ever argued _____ your parents?

A. with D. of

4. The match made them ______ at last.

A. happily B. quickly C. slowly D. friendly

5. Some of the boys enjoy ______ football.

A. play B. playing play D. played

二、 阅读理解

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, “take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said,” A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter,” This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish. All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said,” Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said,” All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”

1. The old man felt very cold because______.

A.It was a cloudy and windy day. B. It snowed.

C.He had traveled in the heavy rain D. He was hungry.

2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because _____.

wanted to see the old man. B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish.

had been told there came the horse. was no fire over the stove.

3. Indeed, the horse can neither _____ nor ____ nor______.

A. walk---speak----eat ---dance---sleep

C. sing---dance---eat fish D. speak---walk---sit

4. All the people in the restaurant rushed out_____ but______.

see the horse sing---the old man B. to watch the horse play games---the waiter

C. to look for the horse---the old man D. to see the horse eat fish---the old man

5. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because _____.

A. his horse liked eating fish B. he was cold

C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first.

D. he himself also liked to eat fish.

答案及详细解析

一、 单项选择

1. A 解析:help sb with sth帮助某人做某事,要注意第三人称单数。

2. C 解析:babysit临时受雇佣替外出的父母照料(孩子)。这个词在外国很常见,但课本上很少学到。

即使不认识这个词,其实也能做出来。如果是A, 应该是 take care of, B是看的意思,不行,D以er

结尾应该是名词,只能选C.

3. A 解析:argue with与某人争论

4. D 解析:本题与选项的句意无关,主要根据make的用法来做,make做使役动词时有make sb

+adj.的用法,应该选择形容词friendly.

5. B 解析:enjoy后面应该跟doing.

二、 阅读理解。

1. C 解析:本题从第二句就可得出答案。

2. B 解析:本题从倒数第四行可以得出答案。

3. C

4. D

5. C 解析:本题从第四行跟第五行便可得出答案。

(本篇文章很有意思,且考的都是细节题,难度一般。建议这类文章可以先看完全文再选)