It was still too early to get to the beach.I__3__to know why the bus left early at eight in the
morning and__4__at four in the afternoon. I was_5___that the bus was full. All the people on
the bus__6__women.And they all seemed to know each other. "They must go to the beach
together often, "I thought.
The bus__7__several times to let people off. Wasn't any of them going all the way to the beach?
The bus drove on, and more and__8__people got off. Ithen realized that the bus was the service
bus for workers in those places of interest. It took them to their workplaces in the morning and took them back to the city after they__9__their work there. In the end the bus arrived at the
beach.I got off, but I was the only one at the beach.
（三）用所给单词填空，使短文完整正确(每个单词限用一次)。
(may, place, when, how, jumped, smiled, them, knowing, easy, lost)
One day, some people set out to sea by ship. One of (1)took his pet monkey with
him. (2) they were far out at sea, their ship was broken for some reason and everyone
fell into the sea, including (包括) the monkey. The monkey was sure that he would (3) his life because he couldn‘t swim. Suddenly a dolphin came and put him on her back. They
soon got to an island and then the monkey (4) down from the dolphin‘s back.
The dolphin asked the monkey, ―Do you know this (5)?‖
The monkey answered, ―Yes, I do. The king of this island is my father. Don‘t you know
that I am a prince?‖
(6) that no one had ever lived on the island, the dolphin said, ―Well, you
be a prince, but now you can be a king!‖
The monkey then asked, ―(8)can I be a king?‖
The dolphin (9) and answered, ―That‘s (10). As you are the only creature
(生物) on this island, you will naturally be the king!‖ And then she swam away, leaving the
monkey alone.
The story tells us that those who lie (撒谎) may end up in trouble.
七、任务型阅读
When I was 5 years old, I went to the USA with my mom. I can still remember the first
Halloween holiday I had in the USA.
On the morning of Halloween(万圣节), we paid a visit to a pumpkin farm. Each of us brought a
pumpkin to school with us. I used the pumpkin to make a lantern which had two triangle eyes
and a scary mouth.
In the afternoon, we put on the Halloween costumes and went on parade in school. Some of the
costumes were nice, but some of them looked scary. I chose to wear a suit of Superman‘s
clothes.
I did a lot of things that day, but the part I liked best was ―trick or treat‖ in the evening. (1)was a bit nervous, so when I knocked at the door, my heart was beating very fast. A lady came
out, and I said carefully to her, ―Trick or treat.‖ My voice was very low, and even myself could