Cloze test (本题共15分，每小题1分)
One Sunday afternoon, my younger brother and I were left alone at home. I was doing my homework ___ my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. My brother thought it was our parents, so he opened the ___ quickly.
A tall man stood outside and _ _ politely if our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly ___ the door very hard and came into our house. He took out a ___ and ordered me to tie up my brother's _ _ with a rope(绳索). I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie(松开) himself _ _. The man then tied my hands up and locked __ of us in the kitchen.
Soon, he went upstairs. I taught my brother to __ his rope with his hands. He then untied ____. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, _ the line was cut off. The doors were all locked from outside. It was lucky that the man forgot to_ _ the kitchen door. We got out of the house through the window and went to the nearest pay phone to call the police.
Soon the police came and __ was caught. By the time, my parents had come home. We told them the __ __ story. My parents were glad that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from __ __ the door to the stranger. I learned a lesson on safety.
A．when B．before C．after D．while
A．cupboard B．door C．doorbell D．window
A．guessed B．asked C．argued D．cried
A．pushed B．pulled C．knocked D．closed
A．candy B．gift C．knife D．phone
A．feet B．legs C．hands D．arms
A．hardly B．easily C．suddenly D．difficultly
A．all B．each C．neither D．both
A．make B．tie C．untie D．use
A．me B．myself C．him D．himself
A．but B．and C．or D．as
A．break B．lock C．move D．see
A．my father B．my mother C．my brother D．the man
A．happy B．whole C．usual D．same
A．turning B．sending C．opening D．closing
Joe wanted a computer. He asked his ______ for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He ________ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not _______ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens _____ he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) _______ . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer ________ away. I could pay _______ it a little each week. He ran to _______ up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was _______ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took __________ three hours each night. Dick ______ him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother ________ he thought, she _____ .“I think it is a _______ idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”
“Wait, Mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled __ .
A．teachers B．parents C．classmates D．friends
A．said B．told C．thought D．spoke
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．because B．when C．while D．after
A．newspaper B．bikes C．computers D．tools
A．now B．right C．just D．only
A．on B．to C．of D．for
A．take B．catch C．carry D．get
A．friendly B．kind C．possible D．wrong
A．at B．about C．before D．after
A．taught B．gave C．made D．asked
A．that B．when C．what D．where
A．smiled B．shouted C．cried D．worried
A．big B．large C．great D．bad
A．sadly B．happily C．politely D．angrily
Our school has a big library . It has many on different subjects. Students can read books and newspapers in the room.. They can also borrow books from the library . But they must them on time . If they books, they must pay for them . Miss Yang works in the library .She is very helpful and to the students .
One morning she was at the desk when Han Meimei hurried in . She told Miss Yang that she couldn’t find the library book Red Star Over China . At that moment Lucy came into the library with Meimei’s library book .
She it in the classroom . Meimei was very .She thanked Lucy and said that she would be more from then on .
A．students B．teachers C．books D．pictures
A．sitting B．reading C．meeting D．waiting
A．borrow B．lend C．give D．return
A．lose B．forget C．leave D．miss
A．strict B．kind C．ready D．free
A．working B．playing C．sleeping D．studying
A．somewhere B．anywhere C．nowhere D．everywhere
A．found B．bought C．looked for D．left
A．angry B．happy C．sorry D．sad
A．careful B．helpful C．thankful D．beautiful
I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell ,” he finally said. “I never went to college, andnone of your went to college. I can’t say don’t do this and do that, everything is different. And I don’t know is going to come up. I can’t help much with money, , but I think things will work out. ”
He gave me a new check-book(支票簿). “If you are short of money, a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me how much. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as to the blind student and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.
“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.”
Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, Bible that he had read so often. He didn’t say read this every morning. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”
Did it help? I got through college being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．sister B．mother C．brothers D．father
A．so B．if C．when D．because
A．that B．what C．which D．whom
A．too B．also C．either D．as well
A．write B．borrow C．buy D．sell
A．to know B．knew C．knowing D．know
A．read B．reading C．to read D．writing
A．beautiful B．fine C．broken D．complete
A．without B．by C．during D．with
Long ago there was a boy was hungry for success. For him, winning was .One day the boy was to compete with two other young boys in a race in his village. A large crowd gathered to including a wise old man.
The race began. With strength and power, the boy easily the race. The crowd cheered and waved. The little boy felt and important. However, the wise man remained still and calm.
“Another race, another race!” cried the little boy. The wise old man came over and presented the little boy with two new runners: an old woman and a blind man.
The race started and the boy was the only one to cross the line, two left standing at the starting line. The little boy raised his arms . The crowd, , was silent.
“ don’t the people cheer for my success?” he asked the wise old man.
“Race again!” replied the wise man, “But this time, all three of you finish .” The little boy thought a little, stood of the blind man and the old lady, and then took them by the hand. The race began and the little boy walked to the finishing line and crossed it. The crowed . The wise man smiled, gently his head.
“Which one of us three are the crowd cheering for?” asked the little boy.
“For this race, you have won than in any race you have ever run before,” said the wise old man. “For this race, the crowd cheer not for any winner!”
A．whom B．who C．which D．what
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．join B．run C．watch D．hear
A．failed B．beat C．won D．lost
A．calm B．modest C．surprised D．proud
A．other B．another C．the other D．the others
A．in delight B．in surprise C．in sadness D．in fear
A．therefore B．however C．rather D．although
A．What B．How C．When D．Why
A．well B．together C．away D．off
A．in the middle B．at the center C．among D．between
A．slowly B．quickly C．easily D．hardly
A．shouted B．cheered C．talked D．cared
A．nodding B．shaking C．holding D．losing
A．little B．much C．even less D．much more
It is good news that more and more people choose the bicycle as the means of transportation in China because there is too much traffic in the busy streets.
Xu Shima was 16 in 1980 and had to learn a trade（买卖）. He c_____ bicycle repair. Over the next twenty years, it proved to be a wise d___
__. At that time, China was known a___
___ the "Kingdom of Bicycles" and was home to the world's largest number of people who ride bicycles. In the 1990s, Xu's business was the most s__
__.
But in 2000, Xu had to g_____ up his trade because more and more people began to use electric bicycles and cars. He even made a living by s__
___ fruits and working as a factory security guard (保安). He showed n___
___ interest in returning to bicycle repair.
Yet the tide has again turned, and in 2009 Xu returned to his trade and now repairs a lot of bicycles a day. Xu is o______ of 155 bike mechanics (修理工) at the Hangzhou Public Bicycle Transportation Development Co and fixes the company's n___
___ 70,000 public bicycles in the city.
"I'm glad cycling is p______ again," says Xu.
Inspired by the public bicycle system in Paris, Hangzhou government set up its own project in May 2008, hoping to ease the city's increasing traffic jams in this way.