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　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they (1)_____ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said, “What's the use of doing this foolish work? We can (2)_____ fill the basket.” (3)_____ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said, “You may do as you like, but I am going to work at (4)_______ so foolish.” He (5)_____ his bucket(桶)and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying (6)_____. At last the well was almost (7)_____.

　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a right thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. (8)_____ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the king of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You (9)_____ so well in this little thing,” he said, “(10)____ now I knew I can believe you with many things.”

　　( )1. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

　　( )2. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no

　　( )3. A. The other B. Another C. One D. A second

　　( )4. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

　　( )5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw down

　　( )6. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

　　( )7. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean

　　( )8. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since

　　( )9. A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing

　　( )10.A. what B. why C. when D. that

　　(2003，重庆市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述的是国王吩咐两个人在篮子里打水，然后他们采取了不同的做法，结果也是各不相同。

　　1.C. 根据国王走时说的话“When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.” 可知在他们开始工作后，国王才离开。

　　2.B. 根据上句“What's the use of doing this foolish work?” 可知这个人认为决不会用水把篮子装满的。

　　3.A. 文章已经告诉我们是两个人在做这件事，前面已经说到one of them, 后面当然就是the other 了。

　　4.C. 由句中的but 可以看出the first man 是不会做这种事情的。

　　5.D. 根据后面的went away 可知the first man 在仍下水桶之后才走的。

　　6.A. 由于另一个人没有说话，而且句中的kept on carrying 告诉我们他还在一直打水。

　　7.B. 由于他在不停地打水，最后肯定会把井水打干的。

　　8.B. while 表示“当 ……时候”时往往与进行时态连用。before 则是”在……之前”，根据文章的前后关系，只有国王先看到戒指，才能发现谁是国王的继承人。since表示”自从”的含义，与它连用的主句应用完成时。因此只有as soon as 比较合适。

　　9.A. 打水的事情已经做完了才有了现在的结果，所以动词应用完成时态。

　　10.D. 根据所给的四个词的意思，填入that 最为合理。

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　　The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was (1)_______ years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

　　Man has polluted the (2)______. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so (3)____ people. When the land was used up or the river was not clean in a place, man went to (4)______ place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world.

　　(5)_____ pollution is still the most serious, it's bad for (6)_____ things in the world.

　　Many countries don't let people burn (7)_____ for air in the houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It's caused by heavy traffic. People say it's (8)______ to ride bikes. When you are riding, there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don't go to work by bike. It's not because bikes are expensive or people are tired if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people (9)______ their bikes and go to work by car, then things are getting worse and worse. We should have special roads only for bikes and make it (10)______ difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bikes.

　　( )1. A. hundred B. hundreds of C. hundred of D. hundreds

　　( )2. A. moon B. star C. earth D. sun

　　( )3. A. lot B. little C. many D. much

　　( )4. A. others B. the others C. the other D. another

　　( )5. A. Air B. Food C. Water D. Noise

　　( )6. A. life B. live C. living D. lives

　　( )7. A. something bad B. bad something

　　C. something good D. good something

　　( )8. A. least B. best C. most D. worst

　　( )9. A. put on B. look at C. put away D. look up

　　( )10.A. quite B. such C. very D. so

　　(2003，黑龙江省哈尔滨市)

　　这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了空气污染的危害性和人们面对空气污染的一些做法。

　　1.B. hundreds of 是一种固定搭配形式。

　　2.C. 文章开头第一句话就告诉我们“The earth is our home”。 它与这句话应该是相互对应的。所以现在人类所污染的也是地球。

　　3.C. 许多年以前，地球上是没有这么多人的。people还是可数名词，因此应该用many 修饰。

　　4.D. others 和the others 都是代词，应该单独使用。the other 特指两者中的另外一个 。another则是多者中的另一个。根据文章的意思，当人们用完一块土地和水资源后，就会迁移到另一个地方去，而地球上有很多地方。所以用another比较合理。

　　5.A. 下面一段介绍的都是空气污染。并且空气污染已经成为当今世界最严重的污染方式。

　　6.C. things 是名词，前面应该用形容词修饰，life和 lives是名词，live是动词。只有living是形容词。

　　7.A. 形容词修饰以thing, body, one结尾的不定代词时应该放在这些不定代词之后。而且被禁止燃烧的应该是不好的东西。

　　8.B. 根据下句“When you are riding, there is no pollution.”可知骑自行车是最好的减少空气污染的方法。

　　9.C. 根据下句“and go to work by car”可知人们还是将自行车放了起来。

　　10.D.“so+形容词或副词+that” 表示“如此……以致于……”。

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　　There was a robbery near Harry's home one night. Harry was looking out of the window (1)_______. He saw a robber run out of a shop and he saw the robber (2)______ his mask (面具). He saw his face.

　　Harry told his father what he had seen. When the police came, Harry and his (3)______ went to talk to them. “I saw the robber,” Harry told the police. “I can (4)______ him. He was about fifty years old. He (5)______a big red nose . his ears were big. He was quite tall and thin. He had (6)_______ wrong with his right leg.”

　　“ (7)______ do you know that?” one of the policemen asked Harry.

　　“He limped(跛行),” Harry said.

　　“What was he wearing?” the other policeman asked.

　　“He was wearing black trousers and a shirt,” Harry said. “His mask was a lady's stocking. His shoes were white sports shoes.”

　　“You are a very clever boy,” the policeman said, “(8)______! Now we can send out a description of the robber.”

　　The police did this and the next day they caught him. They put him in a line (9)______ some other men. They asked Harry to point him out. Harry did this (10)_______. The police arrested the man. Then Harry went home with his father happily.

　　( )1. A. at that time B. at this moment C. at last D. at the beginning

　　( )2. A. put on B. put off C. take out D. take off

　　( )3. A. policeman B. mother C. father D. brother

　　( )4. A. tell B. describe C. ask D. greet

　　( )5. A. wore B. had C. took D. put

　　( )6. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

　　( )7. A. How B. What C. Why D. When

　　( )8. A. I'm afraid not B. of course

　　C. Well done D. It doesn't matter

　　( )9. A. on B. for C. with D. after

　　( )10.A. easily B. badly C. sadly D. suddenly

　　(2003，吉林省)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述的是通过Harry的描述，警察很快将一名抢劫犯抓获的经过。

　　1.A. 这里的时间是当时抢劫案发生的时间，因此应用at that time。

　　2.D. 抢劫犯从商店里出来应该是摘掉面具的。

　　3.C. 根据本段第一句话可知。

　　4.B. 下文所讲的都是Harry 对the robber的外貌特征的描述。

　　5.B. 根据所给的四个词的词义直接得出答案。

　　6.D. 根据下面He limped.可知the robber 的腿有毛病。

　　7.A. 根据上下句和四个疑问词的词义可知答案。

　　8.C. 依据上句“You are a clever boy.” 和下句“Now we can send out a description of the robber.” 可推断出当时警察会夸奖Harry的。

　　9. C. 警察是把被抓的抢劫犯同其他人放在一起让Harry来辨认的。

　　10.A. 由于Harry 知道the robber 的相貌，因此他会很快将the robber辨认出来的。

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　　From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and (1)______ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others (2)______ sports. This is decided by their own (3)______.

　　There are many different ways to spend our (4)______ time.

　　Almost everyone has some kind of (5)____: it may be something from collecting stamps to (6)_______ model planes. Some hobbies are very (7)_____, but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth (8)_____ of money, others are valuable only to their owners.

　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several (9)_____ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which (10)______ him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder (11)______ they are worth any money. However, (12)_____ my brother they are quite valuable. (13)_____ makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

　　That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we (14)_____ to do in our free time just for the (15)______ of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

　　( )1. A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play

　　( )2. A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in

　　( )3. A. lives B. interests C. jobs D. things

　　( )4. A. working B. free C. own D. whole

　　( )5. A. hobby B. thing C. job D. way

　　( )6. A. make B. making C. makes D. made

　　( )7. A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive

　　( )8. A. a little B. a few C. a lot D. a number

　　( )9. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of

　　( )10.A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent

　　( )11.A. that B. if C. what D. why

　　( )12.A. to B. on C. with D. in

　　( )13.A. Everything B. Anything C. Nothing D. Something

　　( )14.A. have B. need C. refuse D. like

　　( )15.A. money B. work C. fun D. time

　　(2003，河北省)

　　这是一篇说明文，任何人在业余时间都有自己的喜欢做的事情，这就是爱好。文章通过举例子的方法进行了介绍。

　　1.C. enjoy oneself 是一个固定短语，意思是”玩得高兴，过的愉快”。

　　2.D. look like的意思是”看起来像”，take care of 的意思是“照看，照顾”，think about 的意思是“考虑”，take part in 表示“参加”。根据它们的不同的意思就可知答案了。

　　3.B. 人们看电视，看电影，作运动都是以个人爱好为基础的。

　　4.B. 文章下面介绍的都是在空闲时间人们所进行的活动。

　　5.A. 这一段介绍的都是人们的爱好。

　　6.B. from…to…是一个介词短语，可以用名词，代词，动名词做介词的宾语。

　　7.D. 根据“but others don't cost anything at all” 可知有一些爱好是需要投资的。这是一个带有转折含义的并列句。

　　8.C. a little, a few 都单独使用，a lot of 表示”很多”，a number of 表示”一些”。根据下句“others are valuable only to their owners”可知有些收藏品是很昂贵的。

　　9.A. 基数词在表达固定数目时应该使用单数形式。

　　10.B. 用表示物的词语做主语时，应该用cost 表示”花费”和含义。

　　11.B. 根据四个词的意思可知答案。

　　12.A. 这里的to 是”对于”的意思。其他几个介词则没有这一含义。

　　13.C. 对作者的弟弟来说，搜集火柴盒是最大的乐趣，再也没有其他事情能超越它了。

　　14.D. 爱好则是人们喜欢做的事情。

　　15.C. 爱好是业余时间的乐趣。这是贯穿全文的思想

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　　Some day little cars may take the place of today's cars. If everyone (1)______ such a little car in the future, there will be less pollution in the air, there will be more parking space in cities, and the streets will be (2)______ crowded. The space now for one car of the usual size can hold (3)______ one such little car.

　　The little cars will (4)______ much less to own and to drive. Driving will be (5)_______, too, because these little cars can go only 50 kilometers an hour.

　　The cars of the future will be fine for going (6)______ the city, but they will not be used for going far away. The little car needs only two batteries—one battery for the motor, and (7)______ for the horn and the lights.

　　If we still (8)_______ the big cars along with the small ones, we will need to (9)______ two kinds of roads. Some roads will be used (10)______ the big fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the small, slower cars.

　　( )1. A. drives B. sits C. makes D. sells

　　( )2. A. more B. less C. much D. fewer

　　( )3. A. at most B. no more C. less than D. more than

　　( )4. A. pay B. spend C. cost D. have

　　( )5. A. faster B. harder C. safer D. more dangerous

　　( )6. A. over B. around C. from D. past

　　( )7. A. another B. one C. the other D. others

　　( )8. A. think B. use C. park D. love

　　( )9. A. build B. put C. found D. open

　　( )10.A. to B. as C. for D. in

　　(2003，山东省济南市)

　　这是一篇议论文，文章主要介绍了微型车的优缺点。文章通过对比的方法进行介绍，文章的结尾处用现存的事实作为结尾，既有说明对比，又有实际分析。

　　1.A. 汽车是供人们驾驶的，这是一个基本常识。

　　2.B. 由于微型车的出现，街道肯定不再拥挤了。

　　3.D. 随着微型车的增多，停车场会变得更加宽敞，空间会更大，将会停放更多的车辆。

　　4.C. 用表示物的词做主语，应用cost表示”花费”的含义。

　　5.C. 根据下句“because these little cars can go only 50 kilometers an hour”可知这种微型车由于车速慢，所以驾驶会更安全。

　　6.B. 根据所给四个词的词义可知答案。

　　7.C. 这是一个短语，one…the other (一个……另一个)。

　　8.B. 根据所给四个词的词义可知答案。

　　9.A. 公路应该是被修成的。

　　10.C. be used for 的意思是“用于……”后加名词，代词，动名词；be used to 的意思是“用来做……”，后加动词原形；be used as 表示“被当做……使用”；be used in 表示“在…… 方面使用”。根据它们不同的含义可知答案。