We have no idea about men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways the history. For example, in many history books it is
that people who lived three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies decay（腐烂）.
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was thought to broken the law. If a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be punished(惩罚).
Salt was very important on the dinner table of a king. It was always put the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.
A．when B．where C．what D．which
A．throughout B．thought C．though D．although
A．say B．reported C．recorded D．reading
A．used to B．was used to C．was used D．used
A．off B．from C．on D．out
A．be B．was C．had D．have
A．because B．because of C．by D．as
A．fewer B．less C．more D．most
A．after B．behind C．in front of D．in the front of
A．when B．as C．however D．while
完形填空(10分)
Yesterday afternoon I went to the hospital ____ my mother. She had been sent there the day before. I was going into the hospital ____ I suddenly met an old friend of ____ , Mr Black. I was very happy to see him. We had not seen each other ____ we left school five years ago. He looked worried. I asked him ____ he was worried about. He told me that he had just had a tooth taken out. I thought that there was____ serious about it and I said so. But he said, “I’m worried because the doctor has taken out a____ when the doctor finished. I couldn’t tell him what had happened to me because my mouth was filled ____ cotton. Ten minutes later, after the cotton was pulled out, I was able to tell the doctor that the bad tooth was ___ there.” He said that he was _____ to hear that . “I will have another operation.”
A．saw B． to see C．seen D．seeing
A．while B． when C．after D．as
A．I B． me C．my D．mine
A．since B． for C．as D．when
A．why B． how C．whom D．what
A．something B． anything C．nothing D．everything
A．had one B．wrong one C．bad tooth D．one tooth
A．by B．with C．of D．almost
A．already B．also C．yet D．still
A．glad B．happy C．sorry D．angry
完形填空(10分)
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict __ them.
Parents often find ___ difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to ____ how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much ____ . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can ____ any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do ____ , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something ____ . But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that ____ this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home ____ and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. ___ , your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
A．on B．with C．in D．to
A．it B．this C．that D．one
A．forgets B．remember C．forget D．remembers
A．thinking B．speaking C．reading D．saying
A．know B．find C．find out D．solve
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．else B．one C．old D．more
A．by B．through C．in D．over
A．sadly B．alone C．lonely D．sad
A．If not B．Or C．If so D．However
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分满分10分）
Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother, Mike, in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were everywhere.
One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. “Look, my brother,” said Mike, “Here is the best____ tree from my garden. Take it home and it so that you, and your children, and your children’s children can enjoy it.” Henry was__ with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to ____ where he should plant it.
“If I plant it on the hill,” he said to himself, “the wind might catch it and ____ down the fruit; If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them; but if I plant it…”
_____ he planted the tree in the corner behind his house, where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore（结出）no fruit the first year, nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him____ , “You have cheated me. This is the third year and it brings me _____ but leaves.”
When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, “You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without _____ or warmth. How, then, could you expect flowers and fruit?”
A．simple B． famous C． similar D．common
A． pear B． grape C． apple D．banana
A． sell B． wash C． hide D．plant
A． tired B． patient C． pleased D．popular
A．learn B．wonder C．realize D．understand
A．put B．cut C．push D．shake
A．Finally B．Firstly C．Luckily D．Certainly
A．happily B． angrily C．kindly D．carelessly
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．air B．earth C． water D．sunlight
完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，计 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ______ you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ______ not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to _____the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the _______ students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last _______.” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained(留下，余下). The teacher then handed out the _______. There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ______ an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test _______ any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ______ in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ______ in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______ both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ______ from events in their lives, and have become ______ people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you _____ that you have some limits (限制). However, there is _____ you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
A．luckily B．terribly C．quietly D．hard
A．dislike B．help C．prefer D．start
A．thank B．praise C．fight D．criticize
A．following B．relaxing C．worrying D．remaining
A．chance B．trouble C．test D．idea
A．results B．presents C．papers D．essays
A．given B．sent C．discovered D．received
A．where B．that C．what D．when
A．confident B．necessary C．mysterious D．convenient
A．unusual B．impossible C．true D．special
A．broken off B．dreamed of C．learned from D．cared about
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．ruder B．cuter C．worse D．better
A．decide B．forget C．realize D．imagine
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
完形填空(10分)
This is a photo of Mr. King’s family. five people in his family. Mr. and Mrs. King, their two sons and a daughter. They are England. Mrs. King is Chinese teacher. Mr. King is a bus driver. daughter is eleven and she is a student. __ name is Kathy. She is in _ in No. 1 Middle School. There are thirty students in her class. She likes _ and goes swimming on Sundays. Tom and David_____her brothers. They are nine years old. They are___ , too. Tom and David like _ and they play it every day. They love their sister very much.
A．There are B．There is C．Has D．Have
A．of B．from C．on D．with
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．They B．Them C．Their D．Our
A．He B．His C．She D．Her
A．class four B．Class four C．Class Four D．class Four
A．sports B．books C．pictures D．play
A．be B．am C．is D．are
A．teachers B．friends C．students D．sisters
A．school B．teachers C．Chinese D．football