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　　It was an unexpected holiday. (1)______ April 19, we were told to leave school and stay at home because of a new deadly disease called SARS.

　　It is not very (2)_____ to be stuck at home(憋在家里), unable to (3)_____. Although our classes are sometimes boring, going to school is much (4)____ than staying at home.

　　I am even starting to (5)______ some of my teachers. It would be nice just to see their faces again. Meeting old classmates would be great too. It feels as if (6)______ haven't seen them for ages.

　　After weeks of being at (7)_____, I asked my parents to take my cousins and me to the Great wall. Being able to get outside made me feel (8)_____. It was not very crowded there because (9)_____ people were leaving their homes.

　　My school has asked me to do a special job during this unusual (10)____.

　　Every day I phone ten of my classmates and ask them to (11)_____ their temperatures. I also ask them if they have done their homework. (12)_____ I gave the information to our teacher.

　　This is a lot of fun.

　　I have (13)______ made so many phone calls to my classmates!

　　(14)_______ knows how long this holiday will last. When we go back to school, I (15)_____ everything return to normal. I miss my friends and school very much.

　　( )1. A. In B. At C. for D. On

　　( )2. A. nice B. lonely C. hard D. natural

　　( )3. A. work out B. go out C. take out D. find out

　　( )4. A. better B. worse C. good D. well

　　( )5. A. think B. love C. miss D. know

　　( )6. A. You B. I C. He D. We

　　( )7. A. school B. hospital C. home D. class

　　( )8. A. amazed B. unhappy C. lovely D. excited

　　( )9. A. few B. little C. many D. no

　　( )10.A. week B. year C. holiday D. day

　　( )11.A. make B. take C. see D. find

　　( )12.A. Than B. When C. Then D. After

　　( )13.A. never B. ever C. already D. yet

　　( )14.A. Somebody B. Everybody C. Anybody D. Nobody

　　( )15.A. decide B. hope C. agree D. find

　　(2003，山西省)

　　这是一篇记叙文，小作者以第一人称介绍了在2003年非典期间学生们放假在家的情况。

　　1.D. 在日期前应用介词on。

　　2.A. 根据所给词的词义可知答案。

　　3.B. 非典期间学生们不能外出，只能在家学习。作为学生，你们肯定也经历过这一阶段。

　　4.A. 由于学生们呆在家里，时间一长，他们就会认为还不如在学校好。 你有同感吗？

　　5.C. 在家里只有想念老师，而不能见面。

　　6.B. 整篇文章都是以第一人称出现的。

　　7.C. 非典期间只能在家里呆着。

　　8.D. 能够在非典时期外出一次一定是会很兴奋的。

　　9.A. 非典期间很多人都在家里，所以外面的人很少的。

　　10.C. 非典期间就是一个假期。

　　11.B. take one's temperature 表示“量体温”。

　　12.C. 这里的then 表示时间的先后衔接。

　　13.A. 非典期间由于不能外出，所以电话联络成了主要方式。在这期间，打电话的数量明显增多。

　　14.D. 在当时情况下，的确没有人能说出这一特殊假期的长短。

　　15.B. 根据所给词语的词义可知。当时所有人都希望恢复正常生活秩序。

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　　When July comes, children know they'll have (1)_______ examinations and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two months' holiday, and they'll leave school (2)______ train or by car to (3)______ to see their fathers and mothers.

　　The summer holidays are the (4)_____ time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so one can (5)______ most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country, he can (6)______ into the woods and in the fields. If one lives in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play.

　　The best place for a summer holiday is the (7)______. Some children are (8)______ enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.

　　Now, (9)______ makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand, the sea and the sun, not anything else. Of course, there are (10)____ new things to see, nice things to eat, and interesting things to do. But the feeling of sand under their feet, of salt water on their skin, and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.

　　( )1. A. they B. them C. theirs D. their

　　( )2. A. on B. by C. in D. at

　　( )3. A. go to town B. go to the parks

　　C. leave home D. return home

　　( )4. A. best B. better C. worst D. worse

　　( )5. A. take B. use C. spend D. waste

　　( )6. A. go out B. go on C. go back D. go away

　　( )7. A. village B. seaside C. city D. park

　　( )8. A. lucky B. sad C. worried D. quiet

　　( )9. A. that B. which C. lots of D. no

　　( )10.A. little B. much C. lots of D. no

　　(2003，陕西省)

　　这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了孩子们的暑假生活。

　　1.D. 后面有名词，所以应该使用形容词性物主代词。

　　2.B. 表示乘坐交通工具应该用by 加上表示交通工具的名词即可，不必另加其他词语。

　　3.D. 暑假开始后，学生们一定是回家去探望自己的父母。

　　4.A. 根据下面所介绍的具体情况，可知暑假对孩子们来说是最佳的休息和娱乐时间。

　　5.C. spend表示“花费时间或金钱做某事”时，可用于两种句式：spend…on +名词或代词，spend… (in) doing…，这里正是第二种用法。

　　6.A. 根据所给短语的词义可知答案，只有出去才能到森林或野外去。

　　7.B. 根据下句可知答案。

　　8.A. 对居住在海边的人来说，能天天看到大海是很幸运的。

　　9.C. 下面指出的the sand, the sea, the sun 都是事物，因此这里肯定 就是用what 来表示物了。

　　10.new things 是可数名词，并且海边的确有许多许多我们要知道的东西。

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　　After lunch Aunt Huang came to my home. She looked (1)______. “My parents are coming,” she said, “and I have to go to the market. But my (2)_____ is asleep. I can't leave her by (3)______.” I said, “Don't worry. I can look (4)_____ her.”

　　“Thank you,” she said. Then she (5)_____.

　　The baby was about ten (6)______ old. At first she was (7)______. Half an hour later, she (8)_____ and began to cry. “Don't cry,” I said. I talked to her .But she looked at me and cried harder (9)_____ harder. I turned on the radio. She stopped (10)______ and listened to the music.

　　( )1. A. happy B. worried C. excited

　　( )2. A. son B. parents C. baby

　　( )3. A. she B. her C. herself

　　( )4. A. after B. for C. at

　　( )5. A. went B. left C. walked

　　( )6. A. years B. month's C. months

　　( )7. A. asleep B. awake C. playing

　　( )8. A. picked up B. gave up C. woke up

　　( )9. A. or B. and C. but

　　( )10.A. crying B. to cry C. cried

　　(2003，四川省)

　　这是节选自初二教科书中的一篇记叙文，文章叙述了作者给别人看孩子的情况。

　　1.B. 根据下面介绍的原因可知Aunt Huang 肯定是很着急。

　　2.C. 根据下文知道Aunt Huang 是将她的baby放在了家里。

　　3.C. 这是一个固定用法，leave one by oneself， 意思是“把……单独留下来”。

　　4.A. look after, look for, look at 分别表示“照看”，“寻找”，“看”，根据文章的意思，用look after 最佳。

　　5.B. 听完作者的话后，Aunt Huang肯定会放心地离开的。

　　6.C. 由于是婴儿，所以只有10个月大是合理的。

　　7.A. 根据后面的句子可知开始这个孩子是睡觉的。

　　8.C. 根据短语的意思可知答案。

　　9.B. “比较级+and+比较级”表示“越来越”。

　　10.A. “stop+不定式”表示“停下来去做某事”，所指的动作还没有完成。“stop+动名词”表示“停止做某事”，所指的动作已经完成。这里所说的婴儿已经开始听音乐了，所以就不在哭了，因此应用动名词。

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　　Coffee has been a part of people's lives for (1)_____ years, and it is still a favourite drink in the world. Here is a story of coffee and (2)_____ it was discovered.

　　The story (3)______ us coffee was discovered in Africa (4)_____. One day a farmer (5)_____ his goats, and he saw them (6)_____ some berries(种子) from a plant. The goats became (7)______ after they ate the berries. The man felt tired, (8)______ he decided to try the berries, too. (9)_______, he didn't feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. The coffee (10)______ from Africa to other countries. After that the farmers started to grow coffee plants there, especially in South America.

　　( )1. A. thousand of B. thousand

　　C. thousands of D. a thousand of

　　( )2. A. how B. why C. what D. who

　　( )3. A. says B. speaks C. talks D. tells

　　( )4. A. long, long time ago B. long, long times ago

　　C. long, long time before D. long, long time later

　　( )5. A. watch B. watches C. was watching D. is watching

　　( )6. A. eat B. eats C. ate D. has eaten

　　( )7. A. very tired B. very active C. badly ill D. fast asleep

　　( )8. A. but B. or C. because D. so

　　( )9. A. For his great surprise B. With his great surprise

　　C. To his great surprise D. To his great surprises

　　( )10.A. were taken B. were brought

　　C. was taken D. brought

　　(2003，贵州省贵阳市)

　　这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了咖啡的来历以及在世界各地的传播情况。

　　1.C. 表示不固定的数量时，可以使用基数词的复数形式加上介词of构成。

　　2.A. 根据文章第二段的介绍，我们可知这篇文章介绍的是咖啡的来历。

　　3.D. 表示告诉某人某事应用动词tell。

　　4.A. 这是一般过去时，所以应该用副词ago， 另外，这里的time是不可数名词，不用复数形式。

　　5.C. 这里所指的是当时正在进行的动作，因此应用过去进行时态。

　　6.A. see somebody do something 表示“看到某人做了某事”。

　　7.B. 根据下文的“he didn't feel tired any more”可知吃了这种种子后，人们会感觉不在疲惫，而是感到精神振奋。

　　8.D. “The man often felt tired”是原因，这里应该是结果了。

　　9.C. 表示 “使某人感到吃惊”应用短语to one's surprise ，其中的surprise是不可数名词，要用单数形式。

　　10.C. 表示”带走”应用动词take，这里还是主语为单数形式的被动语态，因此助动词应该用单数。

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　　Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn’t think so. They told him “When you begin to think about (1)_____ others, you'll be a young man.”

　　One morning, his parents gave Erik (2)_____ money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The man looked very (3)_____. Erik went up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn’t had (4)_____ for his breakfast. Erik took the old man to the nearest restaurant. But the man ordered only a glass of water for (5)______. Erik felt sorry for him, so he asked the waiter to (6)_______ the man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so (7)______ that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the man told Erik that he would never forget (8)______ kindness. Erik was very pleased when he heard the old man say, “you are a very good young man.”

　　(9)______ their surprise, the food was a present because (10)______ day was the birthday of the boss.

　　( )1. A. help B. helping C. to help D. helped

　　( )2. A. a few B. few C. some D. many

　　( )3. A. sick B. tired C. happy D. fine

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

　　( )5. A. themselves B. herself C. myself D. himself

　　( )6. A. take B. bring C. taking D. bringing

　　( )7 .A. full B. worried C. hungry D. sad

　　( )8. A. your B. my C. her D. his

　　( )9. A. For B. To C. At D. On

　　( )10.A. that B. this C. those D. these

　　(2003，云南省昆明市)

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述的是Erik帮助一位老人的有趣的故事。

　　1.B. 介词后应该加名词，代词，动名词做宾语。

　　2.C. a few, few, many 都要修饰可数名词，而money 是不可数名词，因此用some比较合理，因为它既可以修饰可数名词的复数，又可以修饰不可数名词。

　　3.A. 由下句话可知答案。

　　4.B. 这是一个否定句，要用anything表示“一些东西”。

　　5.D. 根据主语he可知答案。

　　6.B. “ask somebody to do something”表示“请求某人做某事”；另外表示把某物带来应该用动词bring。

　　7.C. 根据从句“that he ate up all the food very soon”可知the old man 是太饿了。

　　8.D. 根据宾语Erik可知应用代词his。

　　9.B. to one's surprise是一个固定短语。

　　10.A. 这里所说的是当时的那一天的情况，因此应用that day。