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1. I am an Indian. As a tour guide in Singapore, I'd like to say Singapore is the most wonderful place for Chinese people ___ (1) a holiday. Singapore lies in the southeast of Asia. The people in the country ___ (2) environment very well and keep it excellent. The weather in each season is just like spring and the temperature is almost the same all year round ___ (3) Singapore is so close to the equator. So you can choose ___ (4) there whenever you like, in spring, summer, autumn, or
winter. Maybe you ___ (5)many zoos during the daytime, but probably you haven't been to any zoo at night. Singapore has one night zoo ___ (6) the Night Safari. You can watch lions, tigers, foxes and many other animals at night there. They are asleep in file daytime but they wake up and keep ___ (7) at night. In fact, the animals in file night zoo live in a ___ (8) environment than those in other ones. If you are brave enough ___ (9)to watch them at all, you can see them when it is dark! In a world, you will be able to discover many interesting things you ___ (10) before.
If you want to visit Hong Kong Disneyland, you can go to Singapore first and then we can take you there because we can buy ___ ( 11 )cheaper tickets than you. Do you know anything about Disneyland? It is an amusement park, and we can also ___ (12) it a theme park. This type of park has many ___ (13), so many people love to travel there. You can have a great time on Disney Island. What attracts people? Let me tell you. In Disneyland, the theme of the roller coaster is Disney characters. Probably most of you ___ (14)of the Disney characters, especially Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. In fact, ___ (15)them is really a human. Maybe you have watched some films about Disney Cruise. But have you ever ___ (16) sleeping or eating on board? You will be able to have the special experience when you are in Disneyland. And the boats take different routes, but every one of them ___ ( 17)in the same place.
If you go there some day, you will not have any problem ___ (18) with others because three quarters of the population in Singapore are Chinese. You can simply speak standard Chinese
Putonghua when you talk with native speakers. If you want to practice ___ (19) more English, you can go there because Singapore is an English-speaking country. By the way, I have a sister who is a
flight attendant of Singapore International Airport. So I can ask her to get a ticket for you if you want to travel to ___ (20) country.
1. A. take B. took C. taking D. to take 2. A. know B. want C. protect D. keep 3. A. because B. so C. and D. but 4. A. to go B. to go to C. going D. going to 5. A. have gone to B. have been to C. went to D. were in 6. A. call B. called C. is called D. was called 7. A. asleep B. awake C. alone D. alive
8. A. nature B. natural C. more natural D. more naturally 9. A. not afraid B. fearless C. not fear D. not to fear 10.A. don't see B. didn't see C. have never seen D. hadn't seen 11. A. much B. much more C. a little more D. a bit more 12. A. find B. call C. feel D. ask
13. A. attract B. attractive C. attractively D. attractions 14. A. hear B. heard C. have heard D. were heard 15. A. neither of B. either of C. both of D. all of
16. A. tried B. planned C. decided D. experienced 17. A. finish B. come to an end C. ended up D. ends up 18. A. talk B. talked C. talking D. to talk 19. A. talking B. saying C. telling D. speaking 20. A. any B. any other C. the other D. Others
2.Tom is a football fan. He often goes to Franklin Lake and plays beach volleyball on the sandy beach with his friends on weekends.
Last Saturday, Tom _____ (1) beach volleyball with his friends on the sands when a UFO _____ (2) in the sky. Surprisingly, it was flying over to them slowly. The children were too afraid _____ (3). Around several minutes later, the UFO landed on the beach and a beautiful alien got out of it. She went up to the children and _____ (4) them not to fear in a low voice. She said she wanted them to show her the way _____ (5) the biggest bookstore. Tom and his friends had to get into the UFO and it started flying to the bookstore. It seemed to have taken them a long, long time _____ (6) there. After getting out of the UFO, Tom _____ (7) the street quickly and the other children ran off into the elevator. But the woman alien wasn't surprised to have seen the children _____ (8) her. She went in the bookstore with a smile on her face. There she _____ (9) some books about the
traffic on the earth. Sometimes she stopped _____ (10) notes. She stayed in the bookstore for at least an hour. She told the shop assistant trembling (发抖) in the comer with a baby that she was going to Taiwan _____ ( 11 )Chen Shuibian and tell him to get along well with people and _____ (12) anything bad anymore. Then she said goodbye and drove the UFO away.
Tom and his friends _____ (13) all about this from the shop assistant. They say they will go to Franklin Lake more often because they want to go to Taiwan, which is one part of China, _____ (14)the beautiful alien. They hope the beautiful woman alien _____ ( 15)there some day. 1. A. played B. was playing C. playing D. had played 2. A. got along B. came along C. appears D. were seen
3. A. couldn't move B. not move C. not to move D. to move 4. A. said B. talked C. told D. spoke 5. A. to B. on C. about D. for 6. A. get B. getting C. to get D. got 7. A. walked B. ran C. crossed D. flew
8. A. leave B. to leave C. leaving D. left for
9. A. looked up B. looked for C. looked at D. looked through 10. A. take B. taking C. to take D. to be taken 11. A. meet B. met C. meeting D. to meet
12. A. not do B. not to do C. not doing D. won't do
13. A. know B. have known C. had known D. have been known 14. A. with B. and C. to wait for D. to look for
15. A. will return B. won't return C. will return to D. won't return to
3. Keeping personal pets has advantages and disadvantages, on the one hand, keeping pets _____ (1) much time; on the other hand, it makes people love animals better. Some guys love _____ (2) special pets like spiders, mice, hamsters, snakes, turtles or rabbits. However, I would keep pet pigs _____ (3) all other pets.
one day, I received a present, a box from my best friend Tom. He said, \among the group because it is trendy and perfect! It cost me 10 dollars. You know, I have entered the final competition _____ (5) money for the 2008 Olympic Games. When I finish _____ (6)English songs in the golden hall(金色大厅) tomorrow evening, please send it to the stage and sell it. I am certain that nearly all the people will be greatly surprised if they see you come onto the stage with it!\
pot-bellied pet pig jumped out at once! I took an interest in it. That night I fell _____ (8) with the pig around my arms. It was easy to take care of.
The next evening I saw Tom finish singing, I did as he had told me. To our surprise, one Beijinger, who is from a Sweden company, paid two thousand dollars _____ (9) the pig. He was
friendly and looked modest. He said he felt very excited when he saw so many children helping their own country to host the great Olympics. Besides, I gave all the money to the spokesperson as soon as I got it. The Beijinger _____ (10) a good comment on me and said he would like to _____ (11) with me. Then he drove his car to send the pig to the zoo without going on _____ (12)the competition.
At the end of the competition, the spokesperson made the statement that Tom was _____ (13) singer of all the competitors and took some photos of Tom and me. The spokesperson said they would _____ (14) the photo albums to the Olympic Committee.
The next day, our English teacher heard of this. He said we had done a good thing. Since Tom took part in that competition, he _____ (15) singing English songs, and has made great progress in singing clearly and perfectly. Our English teacher says Tom can sing English songs as _____ (16)as native speakers. How about me? I _____ (17) some pot-bellied pet pigs. Every time when my
mother mentions that, she always _____ (18) me not doing that. But Tom is always _____ (19) me to go on keeping them, instead. He says that the more pet pigs I keep, _____ (20) money I will make in the future.
1. A. takes B. pays C. spends D. costs 2. A. keeping B. fed C. raised D. to save 3. A. than B. rather than C. to D. without 4. A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought 5. A. to raise B. saving C. making D. earning 6. A. sing B. singing C. to sing D. sang 7. A. that B. which C. what D. /
8. A. sleep B. slept C. sleepy D. asleep 9. A. for B. on C. about D. of
10. A. took B. made C. gave. D. sent
11. A. being pen pals B. to be a pen pal C. making friends D. to make friends 12. A. joining B. listening to C. watching D. to watch
13. A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 14. A. return B. lent C. put away D. give away
15. A. practices B. practiced C. has been practiced D. has been practicing 16. A. good B. fine C. well D. suitable
17. A. kept B. was kept C. have been kept D. have been keeping 18. A. allows B. agrees with C. asks D. suggests
19. A. courage B. encourages C. encouraging D. encouraged 20. A. the fewer B. the less C. much more D. the more
4.The term \broke the rules of normal and social behavior and _____ ( 1)impolitely in front of others.
One day, she played the radio too loud. It made me very _____ (2). \_____ (3) down the radio right away? I haven't been able to finish my task at all!\surprise, she shouted to me, \impolite a girl! Her impolite behavior usually was _____ (6). She never washed dishes and often borrowed my things but never _____ (7) them to me. She liked cutting in line while everyone _____ (8) in line. Perhaps I should have made a poster of \including my sister, _____ (9) something aboutthe term \such a beautiful girl, not to have found a job.
_____ (10) everyone knows, there are many rules of etiquette not only in Asian countries, but also in other countries. There are also different _____(11)to different kinds of impolite behavior. Here _____ (12) some examples. If the waitress brings you the wrong food, you will feel
uncomfortable but you'd better _____ (13) her at first but tell her about it politely. People don't like to be criticized, you know. If someone drops litter in the yard, you'd better say, \pick it up?\your cigarette? If you do, he will say sorry to you and put it out at once. At the same time, we
should know some common rules of etiquette. For example, we should take care _____ (15)or cough loudly in public. In a word, if everyone obeys the rules, the world will be better and better. 1. A. behave B. behaved C. behaving D. to behave 2. A. annoy B. annoying C. annoyed D. to annoy 3. A. turn B. turning C. turned D. to turn
4. A. keep B. keeping C. kept D. to keep 5. A. so B. such C. so that D. such that
6. A. tiring B. relaxing C. exciting D. annoying 7. A. borrowed B. lent C. gives back D. returned 8. A. waits B. waiting C. was waiting D. were waiting 9. A. learn B. learned C. learning D. to learn 10. A. As B. As for C. What D. That
11. A. resolve B. resolves C. resolution D. resolutions 12. A. is B. are C. have D. has
13. A. not criticize B. not to criticize C. can't criticize D. not be criticized 14. A. coming out B. getting out C. running out D. putting out 15. A. not sneeze B. not to sneeze C. to not sneeze D. not sneezing
5.As a professional collector, I _____ (1) thousands of things since I came to Taiwan, China, from Canada in 2003. I often _____ (2) some extra money to buy collection by starting speaking-English shows. I am _____ (3) interested in Chinese china, Indonesian shells, Russian coins and Australian stamps. I love playing sports, _____ (4)flying kites and taking part in skating marathon. As a part-time skater, I have several pairs of skates. I'm quite _____ (5)that I will be in the capital Beijing for the 29th Olympics in 2008 _____ (6) .It is reported that thousands of foreigners, including Europeans, will go to Beijing from far away.
By the way, I like writing fiction in my free time and I _____ (7) I will be able to become a writer. I _____ (8) writing the fiction whose topic is about Jews. The character of the story is a Jewish boy. He was a son of an emperor's in an ancient dynasty(古代王朝).He was a very bad boy _____ (9) he destroyed the common park and even let many mice eat the food that was stored for the poor. The God wanted to teach him a good lesson, so he changed him into a monster. Anyone who saw him _____ (10)him. He could be a human again only when someone loved him. One day the boy _____ (11) a horse in the desert(沙漠)when he saw a blind(眼瞎的)girl fitting on the ground _____ (12) a globe in front of her. She _____ (13) water and food, and was going to die. He gave all of his big cakes and delicious drinks to the girl and helped her _____ (14) out of the desert. After they got out, he became a handsome boy again because he was deeply _____ (15) and missed by the blind girl.
1. A. collected B. was collected C. had collected D. have been collecting 2. A. got B. made C. saved D. raise 3. A. particular B. special C. especially D. particularly 4. A. specially B. especially C. luckily D. surprisingly 5. A. certain B. certainly C. friendly D. sincerely 6. A. eight months later B. in eight months C. after eight months D. for eight months 7. A. want B. wished C. hope D. decide
8. A. finish B. finished C. have finished D. have been finishing 9. A. so that B. such that C. but D. though 10. A. hate B. was hated C. will hate D. would hate 11. A. rode B. was riding C. had ridden D. riding 12. A. have B. has C. there was D. with