完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all the countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn’t begin on the _____ date every year.
In many countries, the new year begins on Jan 1, but people start celebrating on Dec 31, New Year’s eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square. _____ they’re waiting for the new year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o’clock, everyone ______ down from 10: 10, 9, 8… As soon as it’s 12 o’clock, everyone shouts very _______: “Happy New Year!”
New Year’s Day is often a family day. Some families get together for a special meal. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a _____.
On New Year’s Day, many people make resolutions(决定) for the new year. They _____ a list of things, such as “I will help out more with housework. I will work _____ at school.” Or “I won’t spend so much time on video games.” When they have made ______ list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to ____ their resolutions.
So it doesn’t matter how they celebrate, _____ people in countries all over the world, it’s a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.
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There was once a millionaire(百万富翁).He loved money more anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数) his money for him. It the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad asked, “How much pay do you want ?”He that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.
The little girl said, “Well, I worked six days, so I think you _ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘)by itself.”
The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a _ _ little girl! So he immediately(立刻) asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约). He was afraid that she would change _ ___.
On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, __ pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire to give the clever little girl all his money.
At last, it was more than he had .Do you know why? If you have in it, you may try to work out this math problem..
A．as B．so C．than D．then
A．many B．much C．often D．far
A．both B．some C．most D．all
A．cost B．spent C．used D．took
A．that B．what C．how D．if
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．asked B．thought C．told D．spoke
A．in B．on C．for D．at
A．had to B．need C．should D．must
A．still B．just C．really D．finally
A．kind B．foolish C．lovely D．clever
A．his plan B．her life C．his place D．her mind
A．two B．four C．six D．eight
A．need B．had C．must D．may
A．interest B．interested C．interesting D．interests
Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His homework was always and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems the other children did and in his compositions he __ half the number of words. And usually the words were _ spelled because he was too lazy to use a
One day his class went on a bus trip. The___ did not want to take Johnny with them. But there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to take ."Now, children," the teacher said, "On our bus trip we will_ __ old buildings, some beautiful countryside, and many other things. I want you to write about _ ___ interesting you see on the trip. "The bus trip . The children looked out of the windows at all the interesting things.
They took notes____ their notebooks. The teacher was very___ with them. Then she saw Johnny on the floor of the bus and went up to him.
"Are you ?" she asked him.
"No." he said.
"Then are you lying on the floor?"
"If I can't see anything," he said, "I can't write about it, can I?"
A．late B．early C．good D．fine
A．that B．who C．what D．whom|
A．learned B．made C．wrote D．read
A．badly B．well C．correctly D．nicely
A．radio B．pen C．library D．dictionary
A．driver B．mother C．father D．teacher
A．him B．himself C．his D．he
A．hear B．listen to C．see D．feel
A．nothing B．something C．nobody D．everybody
A．ended B．began C．finished D．closed
A．over B．by C．in D．at
A．angry B．pleased C．sad D．careful
A．standing B．sitting C．eating D．lying
A．busy B．sick C．happy D．glad
A．where B．what C．how D．why
A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the playground. A football game is going on right now ______ Class 3 and Class 4. We don’t know which team will ____. Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practicing the ____ jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices hard every day. Many people think he will _____ the school record in the sports meeting next spring. Not far away from them, some girls are preparing for a race. They____ have a 600-meter race soon. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group(群) of students. Their teacher is ____ them how to throw discus(铁饼).
In schools, ____ students love sports now. Sports help people to keep ____. They also help people to live happily. And ____ doing sports on the field ,.people will ____ good friends with each other, too. Do you think so ?
A．in B．between C．from D．of
A．win B．winning C．fall D．falling
A．long B．far C．high D．tall
A．break B．turn C．leave D．name
A．were B．going to C．were going to D．will
A．telling B．talking C．speaking D．saying
A．much and much B．most and most C．many and many D．more and more
A．health B．tired C．healthy D．happy
A．in B．before C． after D．over
A．make B．change C．get D．bring
Are you ____ about how to study and make your study more effective(有效率的)? We all know that some students usually study very hard for a long ___. This is very good, but it doesn’t ___a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s ____ for your study.
When you return ____ your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn more ____ study better. Psychologists(心理学家)__ __ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress and you will feel happy. Then your language seems to stay the same. So you will think you are learning ____ and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks , yet you can’t give up. Later your language study will again take another big ____. You will see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and ____. Don’t give up along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.
A．nervous B．worried C．worry D．unhappy
A．days B．time C．hours D．weeks days
A．give B．make C．help D．take
A．good B．bad C．well D．worse
A．after B．at C．to D．for
A．and B．yet C．or D．but
A．told B．have found C．said D．have taught
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．work B．walk C．wait D．jump
A．interesting B．hard C．possible D．boring
Dolphins are mammals, not fish. Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk as human beings do, but they talk with sounds. They show their with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t like school children, but they travel together.
Dolphins talk to each other in the school. They give out different . They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “ ” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play. They can even make sounds above water. However, they make many more sounds under water. People hear these sounds because the sounds are very, very high. make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium (水族馆). People can watch the dolphins in a . Dolphins don’t like to be in an aquarium away from the sea. They are sad and lonely.
Dolphins are very friendly animals. Maybe you have heard some that people are saved by dolphins at sea. Dolphin meat is good, people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck.
A．ideas B．feelings C．interests D．activities
A．study B．play C．hunt D．talk
A．help B．signs C．information D．words
A．Morning B．Good-bye C．Congratulations D．Welcome
A．not any B．a few C．few D．all
A．won’t B．don’t C．mustn’t D．can’t
A．Engineers B．Directors C．Scientists D．Zookeepers
A．show B．programme C．movie D．school
A．researches B．secrets C．accidents D．stories
A．so B．but C．though D．unless