with my classmates.
__26__ the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don’t __27__ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. Then I __28__ home at 5:00. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do __29__. I often watch TV, but sometimes I __30__ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m. 21. A. in
B. on
C. at
D. for
22. A. supper 23. A. am not 24. A. is 25. A. home 26. A. At 27. A. go
B. lunch B. start B. school B. On
B. come B. come to
C. breakfast C. am like C. starts C. park C. In
C. leave C. get to
D. dinner D. begins D. shop D. After D. stay D. go
B. don’t like D. doesn’t like
28. A. arrive at 29. A. a homework 30. A. like
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C. my homeworks C. have
D.many homework D. go
William J.Sidis, was born in 1898. __21__ father was an American psychiatrist. At the age of six months, William __22__ the English alphabet: he could read and write when he was two. When he was eight years __23__, young Sidis had completed both elementary and high school. At the age of nine, William entered Havard University.
As a __24__ at Harvard, Sidis displayed phenomenal knowledge in the field of mathematics, __25__ amazing his professors. He graduated with honors __26__ the age of 16 and became a full professor of mathematics at the university at 19.
__27__ story of William J. Sidis unfortunately, does not end happily. The promise __28__ his early years was never fulfilled. At the age of 26, he was found operating an adding machine _2_9__ a store in New York.
This brilliant ex-genius died a lonely death in 1943 in a hotel room __30__ New York. 21. A. His
B. My B. say B. big
C. Her C. saw
D. Their D. knew D. young D. singer D. out D. or D. They D. for
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C. out C. by
D. inside D. in
The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not 21 earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced 22 long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses 23 energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed 24 , most people don’t go to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel 25 if they ride to work. It’s because 26 cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes 27 to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work 28 their cars, and in this way, the situation is made more serious. 29 the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths(开设通道) only for bicycles, and to make 30 so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles. 21. A. invent 22. A. before 23. A. much 24. A. world 25. A. lucky 26. A. the number of 27. A. safer 28. A. by 29. A. Hardly 30. A. it
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A little boy wanted to meet God, so he started his trip with some cakes and orange juice. On his way he saw an old woman 21 in the park. The boy sat down next to her. The old lady looked 22 , so he offered her a cake. She 23 it thankfully and smiled at him. Her smile was 24 pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he gave her a bottle of orange juice. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was very happy! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never say a word. As it grew dark, the boy got up to leave. 25 he left, he had given her a kiss. She gave him her 26 smile ever.
When the boy 27 home, his mother saw the look of joy 28 his face. She asked him, \ 29 made you so happy?\
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B. inventing B. when B. quite a lot of B. countries B. glad B. a number of B. more dangerous B. in B. May be B. them
C. invented C. since C. very little C. land C. sorry C. this kind of C. much dangerous C. use C. Perhaps C. us
D. to invent D. until D. many D. earth D. tired D. all kinds of D. safe D. drive D. Nearly D. that
ever seen!\ 30 . Her son asked, \you so happy?\ou know, he's much younger than I expected.\
21. A. sits B. sat C. to sit D. sitting 22. A. thirsty B. angry C. hungry D. tired 23. A. received B. accepted C. gave D. refused 24. A. so B. too C. very D. quite 25. A. Before B. After C. Since D. Until 26. A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest 27. A. got to B. got C. reaches D. arrived in 28. A. on B. with C. at D. in 29. A. Which B. What C. Where D. Why 30. A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happier
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Helen was a very __21 girl, and her parents were quite proud of her. A lot of young men in the town wanted to marry her, but she was not satisfied __22 any of them.
One evening, one of the handsomest of the young men who wanted to __23 Helen came to visit her in her parents’ house and asked her to become his wife. She answered, “No, Tom. I __24 marry you. I want to marry a man who is famous, who can __25 music, sing and dance very well, who can tell __26 interesting stories, who doesn’t smoke or drink, who stays at home in the evenings and who stops__27 when I am tired of listening.”
The young man got __28, took his coat and went to the door. But before he __29 the house, he turned and said to Helen, “It isn’t a __30 you are looking for. It’s a television set.” 21. A. pretty B. sad C. handsome D. ugly 22. A. to B. with C. for D. at 23. A. like B. heat C. understand D. marry 24. A. hasn’t B. didn’t C. won’t D. hadn’t 25. A. dance B. hit C. beat D. play 26. A. fairly B. hardly C. really D. possibly 27. A. talk B. taking C. talked D. to talk 28. A. back B. upon C. up D. down 29. A. went B. lived C. left D. stayed 30. A. thing B. men C. boy D. man
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Many of the older people at Ellen Hospital were lonely. 21 came to see them and they had no one to 22 .Linda who worked at the hospital，had an 23 . Most people like dogs. She would 24 a dog to the hospital. Maybe some of the older people would like it 25 a pet.
Linda brought the dog to the 26 .It was called “Dr Duffy”. 27 it was allowed to walk around the hospital. Linda was right. The older people 28 the dog.They enjoyed petting it and talking to it. Over the years，Dr Duffy and other 29 have made the older people much 30 . 21. A. Anyone B. Someone C. No one D. Every one 22. A. quarrel with B. laugh at C. call on D. talk to 23. A. idea B. way C. thought D. question 24. A. ask B. bring C. invite D. call 25. A. as B .for C. in D. on 26. A. school B. hotel C. park D. hospital 27. A. But B. And C. Or D. Yet 28. A. were afraid of B. became careful with C. looked after D. like 29. A. people B. children C animals D. students 30. A. more lonely B. happier C. younger D. more interesting
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Last Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn’t know __21 Benny lived. On the way, he stopped___22 a yellow house, and asked an old woman the ___23 to Benny’s house. “His house is not far from my house,” said the woman. “It’s behind the trees. But you can’t get there __24. You can go there by bus. It’ll __25 you hours to get there __26 foot.” “What’s ___27 with her?” Tony thought. “I can see Benny’s house from here now. It’s behind the ___28.”
Then Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was__29. There was a river in front of him, and he couldn’t see a boat. The house was on the other side of the __30. 21. A. what B. where C. how D. why 22. A. in front B. in front of C. behind D. besides 23. A. place B. house C. bus D. way 24. A. well B. now C. easily D. hurry 25. A. spend B. take C. bring D. carry 26. A. in B. on C. by D. with 27. A. matter B. trouble C. wrong D. right 28. A. houses B. rivers C. trees D. boats 29. A. right B. good C. wrong D. fine
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Museums are often full 21 interesting and beautiful things, but in most museums you can only 22 the things there. You can’t touch them. This is not very interesting for most of us. People want to touch things. They want to use them and 23 them. That is 24 we learn about things. If we are interested in something, we learn about it 25 . If we are bored, we do not learn very much. But some museums are 26 . For example, at the Boston Children’s Museum, young people can use computers and 27 modern machines. They can 28 make movies and play games there. In this kind of museum children are not bored. They can 29 a lot 30 the museum.
21. A. of B. with C. in D. by 22. A. be looked at B. look at C. looked at D. look on 23. A. play B. make C. play with D. eat 24. A. why B. where C. when D. how 25. A. much easily B. more easily C. much easier D. more easier 26. A. different B. same C. difficult D. difference 27. A. these B. that C. other D. another 28. A. also B. too C. then D. either 29. A. see B. watch C. look D. learn 30. A. of B. at C. from D. in Passage 53
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Mumu is a Chinese boy. But now he ___21___ in the UK. He lives and ___22___ with Mr. and Mrs. Green in London. They are very nice to him. And they like different __23___.
For breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruit. Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn’t like vegetables __24___ the breakfast time.
Lunch is at one ___25___. Mr. and Mrs. Green usually have large hamburgers. Mumu doesn’t like ___26___. He thinks they’re ___27___. He would like some rice. After that, ___28___ like some fruit. ___29___ Mr. and Mrs. Green usually have afternoon tea.
For dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit. Mumu wouldn’t like ___30___ beef, he’d like some noodles.
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