16．On Monday mornings it usually ________ me an hour to drive to work although the actual distance is only 20 miles.
A．takes B．is taking C．took D．will take 答案 A
解析 句意为：我通常在周一早上要开一个小时的车去上班，尽管实际上只有二十英里的路程。由usually可知应用一般现在时。
17．My mom suggests that we ________ eat out for a change this weekend. A．should B．might C．could D．would 答案 A
解析 句意为：母亲提议这个周末出去吃饭换换口味。suggest(建议)接宾语从句时谓语动词用(should)do。
18．Let those in need ________ that we will go all out to help them. A．to understand B．understand C．understanding D．understood 答案 B
解析 句意为：要让那些需要帮助的人认识到我们会全力以赴地帮助他们，let后跟不带to的不定式。
19．The witnesses ________ by the police just now gave very different descriptions of the fight.
A．questioned B．being questioned
C．to be questioned D．having questioned 答案 A
解析 句意为：刚被警察询问过的目击者们对这场打斗描述得截然不同。目击者应当是被询问，故D项排除。选项A“询问过的”；选项B“正在被询问的”；选项C“将要被询问的”。
20. —I'm tired.I'm taking next week off. —________，honey.You do need a break. A．Not so sure B．Forget it C．Great idea D．No way 答案 C
解析 句意为：——我累了。下周想休假。 ——好的，亲爱的。你的确需要休息一下。A项“不一定”；B项“不必在意，算了吧”；C项“好主意”；D项“不行，决不”。
Ⅳ.完形填空
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she __1__ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. __2__ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and __3__ all day about how wonderful and exciting __4__ must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some __5__ skill and sensibility (识别力), she __6__ her mother for a bike ride __7__ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, __8__ her keeping close to the house and not __9__ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew __10__ where she was heading! __11__ the hill and across the valley，she rode to the __12__ of the golden house.
__13__ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path __14__ to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she __15__ that all the windows were __16__ and rather dirty.
So __17__ and heart－broken, she didn't go any further. She __18__ and all of a sudden she saw an amazing __19__. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she __20__ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
【语篇解读】 一个小女孩家住山上，在院子里玩耍时，她经常能看到山谷对面的房子，那房子金光闪闪，漂亮极了。有一天，小女孩有机会走近那座房子，失望地发现不过如此。回头望望自家的房子，金光闪闪，好看极了！
1．A.might B．should C．would D．must
答案 C
解析 根据句首的usually一词可知，小女孩经常在她家的小花园里玩耍。would表示过去的习惯性动作，相当于used to“老是；总是”。
2．A.Unless B．Although C．Since D．But
答案 B
解析 前后两个句子之间存在转折关系，所以选择although，表示虽然小女孩热爱自己的父母和自己的家，但是她对山谷对面的房子充满了憧憬和渴望。
3．A.dreamed B．worried C．asked D．shouted
答案 A
解析 根据上文she desired to live in such a house可知，小女孩整天梦想着那栋漂亮房子里面的精彩生活。dream about“梦想，向往”。
4．A.this B．that C．it D．which 答案 C
解析 分析句子结构可知，代词it在此处是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式to live there。
5．A.different B．scientific C．musical D．basic
答案 D
解析 根据语境可知，随着年龄的增长，小女孩有了基本的技能和识别力，所以要求变高了。
6．A.begged B．blamed C．invited D．paid
答案 A
解析 根据下文可知，小女孩的妈妈最终答应了她的请求，显然此处表示她请求妈妈允许她骑着自行车到花园外面去。
7．A.inside B．outside C．through D．along
答案 B
解析 第一段第二句提到，小女孩以前总是在自己的小花园里玩，现在她长大了，渴望外面的世界，所以请求自己到花园外面去看看。
8．A.insisting on B．relying on
C．arguing about D．wondering about 答案 A
解析 根据语境可知，妈妈答应了小女孩的请求，但是一个劲儿地嘱咐她就在自己家房子附近玩。insist on“坚持”； rely on“依靠；依赖”；argue about“争论；辩论”； wonder about“想知道；对……感到奇怪”。
9．A.traveling B．running C．riding D．walking 答案 C
解析 根据上文出现的a bike ride可知，小女孩骑自行车出去玩，所以妈妈嘱咐她不要骑得太远。
10．A.madly
B．rapidly C．exactly
D．possibly
答案 C
解析 根据上下文内容可知，小女孩像出笼的小鸟一样兴奋，她心里早就确切地知道自己想去哪里。
11．A.Over B．Down C．Around D．Beside 答案 B
解析 根据第一段第一句可知，小女孩家住在山上，所以她首先要下山，穿过山谷，才能到达山谷对面。
12．A.windows B．steps C．center D．gate 答案 D
解析 根据下文内容可知，小女孩骑着自行车来到那栋金色房子的大门口。 13．A.Until 答案 B
B．As C．While D．Because
解析 as在此处引导时间状语从句，表示当小女孩从自行车上下来，并把自行车停靠在大门口的柱子上时，她的眼睛就盯着通往房子的那条小路看……。
14．A.getting B．introducing C．leading D．moving 答案 C
解析 lead to“通往；通向”，小女孩首先盯着通往房子的那条小路看，然后盯着房子本身。
15．A.felt B．learned C．concluded D．found 答案 D
解析 根据语境可知，当小女孩走到近前发现了事物的真相，她感到非常失望。 16．A.transparent B．bright C．plain D．wide 答案 C
解析 plain“简单的；平常的”，与第一段第三句中的shining golden windows形成鲜明对比。
17．A.anxious B．angry C．serious D．sad 答案 D
解析 根据下文的heart－broken可知，看到真相后小女孩的梦想破灭了，她十分难过，十分伤心。
18．A.turned around B．cheered up C．settled down D．dropped in 答案 A
解析 根据下文内容可知，当小女孩无意中一转身，突然，她看到了令人惊叹的一幅景象。turn around“转身”； cheer up“高兴起来； 振作起来”； settle down“定居；平息”； drop in“顺便拜访”。
19．A.hill B．valley C．background D．sight 答案 D
解析 下文的句子所描述的是一幅美丽的景象，就像小女孩站在自己家看到的山谷对面的景象一样。
20．A.imagined B．decided C．realized D．guessed 答案 C
解析 站到一个不同的角度看着自己的家，小女孩意识到，原来自己一直生活在充满关爱的金色房子里。
Ⅴ.阅读理解
It is natural that children are curious (好奇的) about the world around them. For example, they want to know how their hearts beat. They want to know why the ocean water tastes salty.
As children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. They become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things that people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity continues. Sometimes this curiosity leads to a career (生涯，职业) in science.
Scientists spend their lives trying to find out about the world.Those who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the sky. Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, eg physics, chemistry.
These scientists have already discovered a lot about our world.For example, they tell us why your heart beats fast when you run. They say that when you are quiet, your heart normally beats sixty－five or seventy－five times a minute. Your heart is a pump (泵) that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrition. When you run, your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition that the blood carries to them. The muscles need oxygen, too. So your brain sends a signal to the heart. The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and oxygen. Then the heart beats fast and sends blood quickly to the muscles. It may beat 90 to 140 times a minute.
Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why does the ocean