第二部分：知识运用

四、从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 （共15分，每小题1分）

(   )21. Mary and Ann are my friends, and ______ often play with me.
A. they                   B. them                C. their                     D. theirs

(   )22. We arrived in Shanghai ______ Saturday morning.
A. at                      B. in                     C. on                        D. to

(   )23. Keep reading English aloud every day, ______ your spoken English will be better and better.
A. and                    B. but                  C. so                        D. or

(   )24. —________ do you visit your grandparents, Tom ?
— Usually twice a month. You know we don’t have much free time this year.
A. How much           B. How long         C. How often             D. How far

(   )25. I think The Summer Palace is much ______ than any other parks .
A. beautiful             B. more beautiful         C. most beautiful              D. the most beautiful

(   )26. — Must I return the book to the library this week?
— No, you______. You may give it back next week.
A. needn't              B. can’t                 C. mustn’t                D. shouldn’t

(   )27. I don’t want to eat______ . I’m full.
A. something          B. nothing             C. anything               D. everything

(   )28.—Would you like to have a cup of tea with me now?
—I’d love to, but my mother ______ for me outside.
A. waited                B. is waiting           C. waits                    D. will wait

(   )29. There _______many students on the playground playing all kinds of sports after class.
A. is                       B. are                    C. has                      D. have

(   )30. Our English teacher often asks us ______ the texts.
A. recite                  B. recites               C. to recite                D. reciting

(   )31. －John, I ________ our music teacher for a few days.
－He left last week and he is working in Shanghai now.
A. don’t see            B. haven’t seen       C. won’t see              D. didn’t see

(   )32. — I didn’t see you at the cinema this time yesterday.
— I ______ Grace with her lessons at home then.
A. help                   B. helped                C. was helping            D. will help

(   )33. We will go for a picnic if it ______ sunny tomorrow.
A. is getting           B. gets                    C. got                        D. will get

(   )34. A speech on the history of Fangshan ______ in the school hall next Monday.
A. is given             B. gives                    C. will give                  D. will be given

(   )35. — Do you know ______ ?
— It came back on November 18th.
A. when did Shenzhou－8 Spaceship come back
B. when Shenzhou －8 Spaceship came back
C. when will Shenzhou－8 Spaceship come back
D. when Shenzhou －8 Spaceship will come back

五、阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 （共12分，每小题1分）

The little boy entered the house，unhappy．His mother was making cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she turned around but 36 when she saw his face, "Tyler, __37__ happe ned? Is everything okay?”

“__38__ is okay, Mom．”said the boy, “Today in our science lesson，Mrs Green was talking about the ___39__ ． She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying．She wants us to think of something we can do to help．I thought all the way home．But there is nothing I can do to __40__ a difference.”

“ Let me tell you a story ,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach，there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach，they were __41__ up by the waves and it was too far up for them to make their way back by themselves. The man shook his head as he walked along．‘What a pity! So many __42__ will die on the beach．’The man felt very sorry __43__ those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was__44__to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as__45__ as he could ．‘How silly you are! My son，’the man said，‘there are so many starfish，can you throw all of them back? ’The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing．‘Though I can’t help them all，I can help this one，and this one，and this one.’ said the boy． Thinking for a moment, the man __46__ to help return the starfish to their home．He smiled and said to himself ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the __47__ person．’”

(   )36．A． shouted             B．stopped             C．asked              D. cried
(   )37．A．who                    B．what                 C．where              D. when
(   )38．A．Something          B．Anything            C．Nothing           D. Everything
(   )39．A．air                      B．land                   C．water              D. environment
(   )40. A. create                  B. make                  C. take                 D. carry
(   )41．A．spread               B．swept                 C．pushed            D. pulled
(   )42．A．fishes                B．plants                 C．animals            D. starfish
(   )43．A．of                      B．for                     C．from                D. on
(   )44．A．afraid                 B．surprised            C．sad                  D. happy
(   )45．A．slow                  B．soon                   C．fast                 D. far
(   )46．A．began                B．continued            C．forgot              D. remembered
(   )47．A. youngest            B. smallest               C. kindest              D. smartest