Test 2 A
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能限填一词):
George Hill was thirteen when his father brought home eight locks he had found. He didn't have a ____1____for any of them. As a joke, he told George that he would give him twenty-five dollars for each lock he could open. In only one hour, George had opened them_____2_____!
That's when George first became ____3____ locks. He read every book he could find about locks,
and bought locks of all kinds. Today, George has a vast____4_____of locks. It is the largest collection in the world.
A truck was speeding down a highway as it came to a curve(拐弯处) in the road.lt was going too fast to make the turn. The truck hit the_____5____ of the road and overturned (倾覆). Out came everything it was _____6____? Sixty thousand hamburgers!
Students from a nearby school ran over to the truck. The driver said. \these small boxes of hamburgers, I'll give your school a present.” The students spent five hours picking up the hamburgers. The hamburgers were_____7______and the driver gave the school $ 300.The money was used to buy_____8_____ for the playground.
A. carrying B. saved C. equipment D. from now on E. side A. all B. interested in C. key D. collection E. world B
Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案):
A man was sitting in the park watching the ducks on the pond. when a woman went to him. She had a white dog. She sat down on a bench, took out a magazine and began to read. The dog was sitting between her and the man. After it had been sitting quietly for about ten minutes, the dog turned and looked up at the man. \buy me from this terrible woman.\
The man could hardly believe his ears. A dog said to him in English!\吝啬的) to me, \“She never pets me or plays with me. She doesn't feed me properly and she often beats me when she's in a bad mood (情绪).which is most of the time.\
The man was amazed to hear the dog say all this, he was even more surprised when the dog added.\I’m quite famous, too. I won a medal in the last war and was twice wounded in action. I’ve saved three children-two from drowning and one from a fire. The man decided that he would try to buy the dog from the woman. He would pay a lot of money if necessary. The dog would soon earn tens of thousands of dollars on tcIcvision.lt could be the world's first talking dog.
\” he said to the woman, \\\” the man said. “Only ten dollars? Why so little?” \“he always tells a lie.\1. The dog__________.
A. sat on the pond B. could read the magazine C. was helping the woman D. belonged to the woman 2. The dog spoke____________.
A. until the man talked to him B. ten minutes after sitting on the bench C. when the man was reading D. before he was asked to 3. The dog explained that it had______________. A. stopped a fireman from saving three children B. never been in the war
C. acted bravely in dangerous situations D. refused a medal in the last war
4. The man would like to pay__________ lo buy the dog.
A. ten dollars B. only a little C. a lot of money D. nothing 5. The woman was____________.
A. happy lo sell her dog B. not happy to sell her dog C. hoping her dog would earn much money D. selling her dog on TV 6. From the story we know that___________. A. the man and the woman didn't like each other B. the woman loved money more than her pet C. the dog was a hero D. the dog always told lies.
C
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)：
I didn't think I had a passion(强烈的情感).I would sit in front of the TV all day. Thinking about_____1_____but the next show.
It was not long ago that I ____2_____learned how important having a passion is to life. That day I went with my mum to drop my sister off at the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eyc.lt was a man dressed in rags(破旧衣服).He was homeless That didn't interest me,______3______I had seen many like him before. But in some way he was____4____.This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had.
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\something he doesn't need.\
\Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the most important things. We need happiness, too.\
That man must care enough about music to buy a radio____5____ food or clothes! I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there's nothing to look forward to. A passion
gives a person the happiness they need lo keep going.
Since then I've never gone a day without thinking of what's truly important. A home, a meal, clothes----these things are only part of the picture. What’s often______6_____ is that we all need a joy, a
light in a dark day. We all need a passion.
1. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 2. A. first B. hardly C. nearly D. finally 3. A. when B. until C. for D. unless 4. A. the same B. familiar C. different D. interesting 5. A. because of B. instead of C. as well as D. but also 6. A. remembered B. left C. forgotten D. regretted
D
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：
One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat under the big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whisper from the bushes behind the tree. They turned a____1____but could not see anything. They were frightened.
\Millie asked. N ____2____answered.They listened very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their w____3____they met Andy.
\
\妖怪) in the park. Please help us.\\
Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, stood beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard the whisper! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was not sure the sound came from the bushes. He s_____5_____carefully
\Andy said to himself. He found a little cat in the bushes.lt was very weak. When it miaowed.it made a sound like a whisper.
Andy put the little cat into a box and went to find Millie and Amy. They were s _____6___frightened.Andy opened the box and showed them the \
\cat! L____7_____that day, they took the little cat to the animal centre. People in the animal centre would lake care of it.
E
Answer the questions! （根据短文内容，回答下列问题）：
When William Thomas decided to rob a jeweler’s shop, he made careful plans for almost everything. He watched the shop for some days, he found a good place lo park his car, he found a really heavy brick. and he even made preparations for selling the jewellery immediately so that he would not be caught.
On the night of the robbery, he parked his car on a nearby road and walked around the corner to the jeweller’s shop, carrying the brick under his coal.
He looked up and down the road for quite some time, and when he was sure that nobody was on the road, he took the brick from under his coal and threw it at the window.
Unfortunately .William did not check how strong the glass of the shop window was. The brick hit the window and bounced(弹起) back off the glass.lt hit William on the head and knocked him unconscious( 失去知觉的)!
In no time, the police arrived and sent William to prison. I. Did William make a good preparation for the robbery?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where did William park his car on the night of the robbery?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did William plan to get the jewellery from the shop window?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Where did William hide the heavy brick?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Did William succeed in robbing the shop?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What happened after the brick bounced back off the window?
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