初三英语课课练(附标准答案)

初三英语课课练(附答案)
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Lesson 49
Name____________ 一、选择填空：
( )1. ______ the boys like playing football in our school,
A. Four hundred
B. Four hundreds
C. Four hundreds of
D. Four hundred of
( )2. I wonder if she ______ tonight,. If she ______, I’ll let you know.
A. will come, comes
B. comes, will come
C. comes, comes
D. will come, will come
( )3. We have bought ______ desks for the new students there.
A. several thousand
B. several thousands
C. several thousands of
D. several thousand of
( )4. Do you know Great Britain has ______ population of 59 million?
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. /
( )5. The population of the USA is ______ than that of Canada.
A. larger
B. more
C. less
D. fewer
( )6. These ______ come from______. They speak ______.
A. German, Germany, German
B. Germans, German, Germany
C. Germans, Germany, German
D. Germen, Germany, Germen ( )7. During that time, the population of the world increased __________259.
A. to
B. by
C. at
D. for
( )8. One third of the population of that country ________ women.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
( )9. ________ is the population of that country, do you know?
A. What
B. Which
C. How many
D. How much ( )10. I wonder if there’s a lot of people ______ the size of the country.
A. to
B. for
C. with
D. on
( )11. Did you know ________ a meeting the next day?
A. there would have
B. if there was going to be
C. if there was having
D. there was going to have
( )12. As time __________, more and more people become interested in computers.
A. going on
B. go over
C. goes on
D. went by
( )13. The population problem may be ________ of the world today.
A. greater one
B. greatest one
C. the greater
D. the greatest one
Key: D A A A A, C B A A B, B C D
二、改同义句：
1．How many people are there in that country?
What is the population of that country?
How about / What about the population of that country?
How large / big is the population of that country?
2. Bring the raincoat with you, or you’ll get wet.
If you don’t bring the rain coat with you, you will get wet.
3. Meimei said,” Wei Hua, please turn down the radio.”
Meimei asked Wei Hua to turn down the radio.
Key: 1. What is; How about / What about ; large/ big , is
2 If , don’t, will .
3. asked, to turn down
三、完形填空：
Peter’s uncle lived in the country.___1___ Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. Every time they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they ___2___
somebody, his uncle waved(招手). Peter was __3____ and said, “ Uncle George, you
know __4____ here. Where did you meet them all?”“I don’t know __5____.” said his
uncle “Then why do you wave to them?” ___6___ Peter. “Well, Peter.” Answered his
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uncle. “When I wave to someone and he knows me, he is ___7___. He continues his
journey___8___ a happier heart. But when I wave to someone and he doesn’t know me, he is surprised and s ays to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he
has something to think about during the ___9___ of his trip and that can make his
journey ___10___ shorter. So I make everybody happy.”
( B)1. A. One time B. Once C. At a time D. in no time
( A)2. A. passed B. past C. pass D. pasted
( D)3. A. angry B. happy C. sad D. surprised
( C)4. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. all people
( D)5. A. all people B. all the people C. those people D. all these people
( C)6. A. said to B. says to C. asked D. asks
( A)7. A. pleased B. please C. pleasing D. to please
( D)8. A. in B. of C. by D. with
( C)9. A. all B. whole C. rest D. last
( C)10. A. became B. become C. seem D. seems
Key: B A D C D, C A D C C
Lesson 50
Name____________
一、选择填空：
( A)1. In our school the number of the boys ______ over 2000.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. become
( B)2. The mother bought a small blackboard for her daughter to ______.
A. draw down
B. draw on
C. draw in
D. draw with
( B)3. Is there ______ for me in the car? I’d like to take it now.
A. the room
B. any room
C. a room
D. any rooms
( A)4. They will be back ______ a few days.
A. in
B. after
C. over
D. for
( B)5. ______ my classmates think I am the best in English/
A. The number of
B. A number of
C. Many number of
D. Number of
( D)6. China is a ______ country while France is a ______ one.
A. developed, developed
B. developing, developing
C. developed, developing
D. developing, developed
( B)7. I know three ______ two ______ six.
A. multiply by, is
B. multiplied by, is
C. multiply by, are
D. multiplied by, are
( B)8. The world’s population is growing ______.
A. fast and fast
B. faster and faster
C. fastest and fastest
D. fast and faster
( B)9. As time ______, they became interested in computers.
A. go on
B. goes on
C. goes with
D. went on
( B)10. At the beginning of the 21st century the world’s population has ______ six billion.
A. past
B. passed
C. pass
D. pasted
( D )11. I’m afraid there is _______ for all of you in the hall.
A. not many rooms
B. no enough room
C. not rooms
D. not enough room
( D)12. Many scientists are trying to find out __________ to stop the population growing.
A. what
B. where
C. which
D. how
Key: A B B A B , D B B B B , D D
二、完成句子：
1．1956年世界人口是多少？
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What was the population of the world in 1956?
2．一百年后将发生什么事呢？
What will happen in a hundred years?
3．他们从不知道人口将会是个大问题。

They never know that population would be a big problem .
4．在过去的三年里，人口增长十分快。

In the past / last three years population has grown very fast.
5．从这里坐公共汽车去南京要6小时。

It takes six hours to go to Nanjing by bus .
6. 加拿大人口稀少。

Canada has a small population .
7．今年年初，他在一场交通事故中断了腿。

His leg was broken in a traffic accident at the beginning of this year.
8．地球上每小时有一万多个婴儿出生。

Over ten thousand babies are born on the earth every year.
9．大约六百年后，地球上将只有立足之地了。

There will be only standing room in about 600 years.
10．她坐在那里，一小时一小时地看电视。

She sat there, watching TV hour after hour.
Key: 1. What, population 2. will happen in 3. never, would, problem
4. In the past/ last, has grown
5. takes, to, by bus
6. a small population
7. at the beginning of
8. on the earth
9. standing, in 10. watching, hour after hour
三、阅读理解：
Once there was a woman. She had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was handsome(漂亮), but the girl was not pretty. One day they found a mirror and for the first time they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you.” The girl didn’t like what her brother
said. A man went up to them and said to the boy, “ You must always be good as well as look
good,” Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone, everyone will love you. It
doesn’t matter if you are not as good-looking as your brother.”
判断正（T）误（F ）:
( T)1. The girl was good-looking.
( F)2. The boy was happy because he found a mirror.
( F)3. The girl was happy when she heard her brother that she was not pretty.
( T)4. The man thought that being good was more important than looking good.
( F)5. Father told the girl to try to be good-looking.
Key”T F F T F
Lesson 51
Name__________
一、选择填空：
( B)1. Did you know if ______ a meeting the next day>
A. there would have
B. there was going to be
C. there was having
D. there was going to have
( A)2. We prefer______ at the party rather than ______.
A. to sing, dance
B. to sing, dancing
C. sing, to dance
D. sing, dance
( B)3. What are you doing, Lucy? ______
A. Sorry.
B. I beg your pardon?
C. Excuse me.
D. Thank you
( A)4. The secondhand car ______ me 5000 yuan.
A. cost
B. paid
C. spent
D. took
( C)5. This question isn’t worth ______.
A. to discuss
B. to be discussed
C. discussing
D. discussed
( C)6. When you cross the road, you should be ______.
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A. carefully enough
B. enough careful
C. careful enough
D. enough carefully
( B)7. There were many boys______ football in the playground yesterday afternoon.
A. play
B. playing
C. to play
D. played
( A)8. I didn’t agree______ what you said.
A. with
B. to
C. on
D. about
( A)9. A new bike can cost as______ as 150 yuan and as ______ as 800 yuan.
A. little, much
B. much, little
C. less, more
D. few, much
( A)10. He would rather ______ football than go to the farm.
A. play
B. to play
C. playing
D. plays
Key: B A B A C , C B A A A
二、词汇应用，用所给词的适当形式填空：
1. What was the population of Germany in 1900?(German)
2. One day, there will be standing (stand) room only.
3. The house is too small to have enough sitting room for so many guests.(sit)
4. I thought she would (will) come, but she didn’t.
5. Find out the answers to the following question.(follow)
Key: 1.Germany 2. standing 3. sitting 4. would 5. following
三、改同义句:
1. Why did you go to that farm?
What did you go to that farm for ?
2. What’s the population of this country?
How many people are there in this country?
3. He’s as friendly to us as before.
He’s getting on as well with us as before.
4. He is hungry. I’m hungry, too.
He is hungry, so am I .
5. I think you are wrong.
I don’t think you are right .
四、根据句意完成下列句子：
1. Do you know the answer to the question?
2. The sunlight came in through the window.
3. The best way to make population smaller is to have fewer children.
4. In about 600 years, there will not be enough space for anybody else .
5. Hour after hour passed but no one came.
Key: 1. What, for 2. How many people are there 3. getting on, well with
4. so am
5. don’t think, right
五．完形填空：
A farmer went to town ___1___his vegetable. __2___ it was snowing that afternoon,
there were___3___ people in the street. ___4___ his vegetable ___5____, it was dark. On his
way __6__, he saw a man ___7___ in the snow. He put his basket on the ground and was going to help the man get up. Then and there he found it was a ___8____ man with blood(血) on the ground. He was ___9___ frightened that he ran away, without ___10___ his basket.
( B)1. A. and sell B. to sell C. sold D. selling
( D)2. A. And B. So C. But D. Because
( D)3. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
( C)4. A. Before B. While C. When D. Since
( C)5. A. sold out B. selling out C. was sold out D. was selling out
( A)6. A. home B. to home C. his home D. to house
( C)7. A. lay B. lie C. lying D. laying
( A)8. A. dead B. died C. death D. wounded
( C)9. A. very B. such C. so D. quite
( A)10. A. taking B. to take C. take D. taken
Key: B D D C C , A C A C A
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Lesson 52
Name___________ 一、选择填空：
( A)1. The window is broken. Try to __________ who broke it.
A. find out
B. see
C. look
D. look for
( D)2. The film ________ fro half an hour when he got to the cinema.
A. began
B. had begun
C. had started
D. had been on
( C)3. His composition _______ a poem.
A. closed
B. began
C. ended with
D. began from
( C)4. He is busy _________ vegetables.
A. to sell
B. with sell
C. selling
D. sells
( C)5. In the past two weeks they ________ nothing.
A. do
B. were doing
C. have done
D. did
( D)6. He looked _______ the bottle and found nothing in it.
A. on
B. for
C. after
D. into
( B)7. I have ________ be a teacher.
A. make up my mind
B. made up my mind to
C. made up my minds to
D. make up my minds
( C)8. Do you want tea or coffee? ________. I really don’t mind.
A. Both
B. None
C. Either
D. Neither
( D)9. They want to find a room __________.
A. to live
B. live
C. living
D. to live in
( B)10. I’m sorry, I can _______ remember your telephone number.
A. hard
B. hardly
C. really
D. real
一、Key: A D C C C , D B C D B
二、词汇应用，用所给词的适当形式填空：
1. The Greens are busy buying (buy) Christmas parents.
2. China has changed (change) a lot in the past few years.
3. We must grow more food and have smaller (small) families with fewer children.
4. He is old enough to join (join) the League.
5. The old woman could ________(hard) remember the name of the book, could she?
6. Macao was taken back by China at the end of the __________(twenty) century.
7. It is very difficult ___________(work) on the Great Green Wall.
8. I don’t know whom ______________(ask).
9. The heavy snow stopped me ____________(arrive) here years ago.
10. We _______________(learn) 2000 new words since two years ago.
11. In the last three years, he____________(make) many new friends.
12. I want a new car, not a ______________(use) one.
13. She didn’t say whether _____________(stay) here for another two days.
Key: 1.buying 2. has changed 3. smaller 4. to join 5. hardly
6. twentieth
7. to work
8. to ask
9. arriving 10. have learned/ have learnt
11. has made 12. used 13. to stay
三、改错：
was 1. He said he is going to post the letter.
anything 2. He asked if there was something wrong with the TV.
playing with 3. Please go and stop the boys playing fire.
warm enough4. The weather is enough warm for us to go swimming.
Will be like 5. He wants to know what tomorrow will like.
good 6. All the food smells very well.
/ 7. There are thousands of the people learning English here.
/ 8. I’ll give the letter to him as soon as he will comes back.
四、完成句子：
1．他宁愿在家里看电视，也不去看电影。

She would watch TV at home _______________go to see a film.
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2．这件衬衣价值值50美元。

The shirt ______________ 50 dollars.
3．这本历史书很值得一读。

This history book is _______________________________.
4．这些用过的桌椅多少钱？
What’s the price of the _______________ desks and chairs?
5．你同意汤姆的看法吗？
Do you ________________________ Tom?
6．她告诉我们她将要去英国度假。

She told us that she ________________ to England for her holiday.
7．师生们正忙着准备运动会。

The teachers ane students are _______________ for the sports meeting.
8．她不知道将在什么地方举行聚会。

She didn’t know _______________________ the party.
9．是否要下雨，我说不准。

I wasn’t sure __________ it ___________rain.
10．他拿出了笔和纸开始在上面画画。

He ________________ a brush and a piece of paper and began to draw a picture on it.
Key: 1. rather than 2. costs 3. well worth reading 4. used 5. agree with
6. would go
7. busy getting ready
8.where to hold
9. if, would 10. took out
Lesson 53(Classwork)
Name_______________
一、选择填空：
( )1. Jack was so ____ that he ran to my home to tell me the ______ news.
A. excited, exciting
B. exciting, excited
C. excited, excited
D. exciting, exciting
( )2. Your shirt _____, you should buy a mew one.
A. is worn out
B. is worn off
C. wear out
D. is worn over
( )3. Could you show me that pair of shoes? Sure. Here you are.
How much ________?. Fifty yuan.
A. is it
B. are they
C. are it
D. is they
( )4. Which suit of trousers are _________ your size?
A. on
B. at
C. to
D. in
( )5. He can’t decide _________ to buy.
A. what size of shoes
B. how large of shoes
C. how much size
D. how many size of shoes
( )6. Girls usually ______ themselves up in popular clothes.
A. put
B. dress
C. wake
D. get
( )7. Will you ________ me after you go to the south?
A. think out
B. think over
C. think of
D. think up
( )8. That’s a bit expensive. I______ I’ll ________ it.
A. think, not take
B. don’t think about, take
C. think about, not take
D. don’t think, take
( )9. _____ you don’t like the trousers, you should _______.
A. Because, try it on
B. Even, try them on
C. Even though, try it on
D. Even if, try them on
( )10.Your leather tennis shoes are worn out. Please buy a new ______.
A. one
B. piece
C. pair
D. ones
Key: A A B D A , B C D D C
二．词汇应用，用所给词的适当形式填空：
1. I don’t _______________( real ) like those.
2. The kites are in __________________( difference ) shapes.
3. The computer cost so ____________ ( many ) that she didn’t buy it.
4. A week ______________( late ) I receives the camera I had ordered.
5. I’ve got to go ________________( shop ) first.
Key: 1. really 2. different 3. much 4. later 5. shopping
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三、完成句子：
1．你们还有任何其他尺寸的鞋吗？
Have you got any shoes ______________________________________?
2．他的鞋穿坏了。

His shoes are _____________________________.
3．他因为要去美国而太兴奋，以致于没睡好。

He was so _____________________ going to America that he didn’t sleep well.
4．你星期天经常去买东西吗？
Do you often _______________________ on Sundays?
5．我觉得这双鞋非常舒服。

I think this pair of shoes ____________ very _____________.
6. 我们继续谈了两个小时。

We talked ____________________________________ two hours.
7．他气得说不出话来.
He was _____________________ that he _________________________.
Key: 1. in other sizes 2. worn out 3. excited about 4. go shopping
5. is ,comfortable
6. on and on for
7. so angry, couldn’t say a word
四、书面表达：假如一批外国朋友要在中国过春节，请你根据下列要求写一篇短文介绍
春节。

（80词左右）1。

春节是中国的重大节日。

2．节前进行大扫除
3．除夕夜全家吃团圆饭，看电视节目。

4．新年初一穿新衣服，访友，互道吉祥。

The Spring Festival usually comes in January or February. It’s winter in China. It’s China’s traditional festival. Family members usually get home to get together before
New Year’s Eve. They usually have a big dinner and listen to the bell of the New Year.
The elder give the children some lucky money. Children like the Spring Festival very
much. During the Spring Festival people wish a happy New Year each other.
Lesson 53 (Homework)
Name _______________
一、选择填空:
( )1. Jim, the cost is for you. ________, please.
A. Wear it on
B. Put on it
C. Try on it
D. Try it on
( )2. The dress _____ me more than one hundred yuan.
A. took
B. paid
C. spent
D. cost
( )3. Oh, you are _______ a new shirt. What about the old one?
It’s _________. So I bought the new one.
A. worn , wearing out
B. wearing, wearing out
C. wearing, worn out
D. worn, worn out
( )4. The shoes in the shop aren’t ______ your size. They are ______ too big _____ too small.
A. with, either… or
B. in, either …or
C. in, neither… nor
D. with, either… or
( )5. _________ he was tired, he helped me ________ my lessons.
A. Even, with
B. Even, do
C. Even though , with
D. Even; either… or
( )6. That’s a little expensive. I ________I’ll ________ it.
A. think… not take
B. don’t think about… take
C. think about… not take
D. don’t think… take
( )7. The box is _____ heavy. Nobody can move it.
A. much too
B. too much
C. much
D. a bit of
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( )8. This pair of trousers _______ too long for me.
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. was
( )9. Jack ________ his left arm when he was playing basketball.
A. had hurt
B. has hurt
C. hurt
D. was hurt
( )10. I haven’t got any black shoes _______ that size at the moment.
A. at
B. on
C. in
D. with
( )11. This shop sells_______ shoes and clothes.
A. man’s
B. men’s
C. men
D. man
Key: D D C B C , D A C C C, B
二、完形填空：
everyone needs friends. We all like to __1___ close to someone. __2____ is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. ___3____, someone we need to be alone. We don’t always want people ____4____. But we would feel lonely if we ___5____ had a friend.
No two people are ___6____. Friends ____7____ don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean ___8___ they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up（言归于好）and become ___9___again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feeklvery ___10____. We miss them very much, but we can ___11____ them and write to them. It could be that we would evern see them again. And we can ___12____ new friends. It is surprising to find out ___13____ we like new people when we got to know them.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. why? It could be that they are ___14___. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take ___15____ care of yourself.
( )1. A. look B. watch C. feel D. see
( )2. A. It B. He C. There D. Someone
( )3. A. Hardly B. Nearly C. Suddenly D. Certainly
( )4. A. alone B. away C. all over D. around
( )5. A. ever B. never C. just D. really
( )6. A. friendly B. kind C. just the same D. quite different ( )7. A. always B. sometimes C. often D. .usually
( )8. A. that B. whether C. how D. why
( )9. A. friendly B. good C. pleased D. friends
( )10.A. angry B. sad C. happy D. alone
( )11. A. call B. ask C. tell D. talk with
( )12. A. look for B. find C. make D. know
( )13. A. how often B. how long C. how many D. how much
( )14. A. happier B. stronger C. kinder D. richer
( )15. A. less B. better C. little D. no
Key C A D D B , C B A D B , A C D A B
Lesson 54(Classwork)
Name________________
一、选择填空：
( )1. My watch has stopped. It seems that I’ll go and _______ this afternoon.
A. have repaired it
B. repair
C. have it repaired
D. have it repair
( )2. ______ the digital camera is a little expensive. I’ll buy it for my daughter.
A. While
B. Because
C. Even though
D. As soon as
( )3. After ________ the Internet for two hours, she found some useful information.
A. searching
B. had searched
C. has searched
D. searches
( )4. The baby is ill. You’d better ______ a doctor.
A. send away
B. send up
C. send for
D. send to
( )5. I can do everything as well as ________.
A. them
B. themselves
C. they
D. their
( )6. The car hit the tree ________ hard _______ it fell down.
A. to , to
B. such, that
C. so , that
D. very, that
( )7. Where shall we go for the holiday? Let’s make a good _________.
A. decision
B. decide
C. decisions
D. deciding
( )8. They wanted to go to study in Chongqing University, so they had to ______ its information online.
A. check out
B. click on
C. come up
D. fill in
( )9. There is no place to buy the films（胶卷）as she lives _______ the country.
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A. into
B. out at
C. on
D. out in
( )10. He found ________ very difficult ______ learn maths ________.
A. it, for, good
B. /, to, good
C. that, for, well
D. it, to, well
Key: C C A C C , C A A D D
二、用所给动词的适当形式填空：
1．Would you mind my _____________( shut ) the window?
2. He asked if I ________________( go ) to the cinema this evening.
3. Your homework must ________________( hand ) in after class.
4. I think it difficult ________________(make) her ________________(stop) the work.
5. I hear his long hair ______________already _________________(cut) off.
6. He _________________(come) to visit us in a week. I’m glad ______________(hear)
that.
7. He said they ____________(climb) the hill if it ___________(not rain) tomorrow.
8. Will you please ____________( not make) any noise? The baby ___________ (sleep).
Key: 1. shutting 2. would go 3. be handed 4. to make, stop
5. has, been cut
6. is coming, to hear
7. would climb, didn’t rain
8. not make, is sleeping
三、完形填空：
My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella. He has had it ___1___ and as he is so ___2___ it, it looks ___3___ new. I wonder if it ____4___ him a lot of money. So I asked him about it one day. He ___5____ me a story. About ten years ____6___, he ____7____ along the street ___8___ it suddenly began to rain. He stopped a young man with an umbrella. To his great ___9____ the young man __10___ the umbrella and ran away quickly.
( )1. A. since childhood B. for years C. for months D. since then ( )2. A. happy with B. careful with C. proud of D. pleased on ( )3. A. as well as B. as bad as C. as good as D. so good so ( )4. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
( )5. A. told B. talked C. spoke D. said
( )6. A. before B. later C. after D. ago
( )7. A. was walking B. walked C. had walked D. walks ( )8. A. while B. when C. as D. before ( )9.A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise D. surprisings ( )10. A. shut B. stopped C. droped D. dropped Key: A B C C A , D A B C D
四、书面表达：根据汉语提示写一段70词左右的短文：
1. 去年夏天我去北京旅游。

2。

北京是我国最美丽的城市之一，有许多名胜。

我们游园、划船、爬山。

3。

我难忘在北京的那些愉快的日子。

4。

2008年第29届奥运会将在北京召开，全体中国人都很为此自豪。

我会努力学习，到时再去北京。

Last summer I went on a trip to Beijing. It is one of the most beautiful cities in our country. It has many places of interest. We visited the park, boated and climbed the hills. I’ll never forget the happy days in Beijing. The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008. All the Chinese are proud of it. I’ll study harder and visit Beijing then.
Lesson 54 (Homework)
Name__________ _
一、选择填空：
( )1. Before you get an e-mail box, you must _____ your personal information.
A. fill in
B. fill with
C. fill of
D. fill up
( )2. They sell the house _____ low prices.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. for
( )3. This was a special trip ______ they were traveling to Beijing.
A. as
B. for
C. since
D. because
( )4. When I got to the cinema, the film _____ for five minutes.
A. had begun
B. has begun
C. had been on
D. has been on
( )5. There are a lot of ______ in our city.
A. interest places
B. places interest
C. places of interesting
D. places of interest
( )6. The problem is ______ difficult ______ I can’t work it out.
A. very… that
B. too…that
C. too…to
D. so… that
( )7. ______ he ____ an hour watching TV yesterday?
A. Has…spent
B. Has…spend
C. Did… spend
D. Did… spent
( )8. He said he had read the book three days ______.
A. ago
B. later
C. early
D. before
( )9. I have two brothers. ______ of them are teachers.
A. All
B. None
C. Both
D. Every
( )10. The teacher said we ________ an exam next month.
A. had had
B. had
C. will have
D. would have
Key: A C D C D , D C D C D
二．、阅读理解：
One of the things I always believe is that no matter how hard something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn’t sure of that was on September 11.
I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the Norht Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction（反应）was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another lane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing（目击）an act of terrorism.
My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something t would never forget. I couldn’t understand how something this terrible could have happened.
It wasn’t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy(悲剧). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant（宽容）. Little things that seemed to be such a terrible before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍贵的), to let myself get worried over small things. I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and don’t come back. One moment they’re living and the next minute they’re not. And, it doesn’t matter who you are; there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what happened. You can’t be used up by it. You can’t live by it. All you can do is just to live.
( )1. The underlined word “positive” in the passage probably means______.
A. terrible
B. bad
C. good
D. real
( )2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?
A. A fire starting
B. A plane flying
C. A terrible accident
D. An act of terrorism
( )3. From September 11, the writer has realized that _______.
A. people should make the most of every minute they have
B. he has become less tolerant towards others
C. He should get worried about little things
D. life is too short to care about others
( )4. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. A Report about September 11
B. The Tragedy of September 11
C. September 11 and My Family
D. September 11 and My Turn
Key: C D A D
Lesson 55(Classwork)
Name______________ 一、选择填空：
( )1. Alice, could I _______ your bike, please?
I’m afraid not. I _________ it to Tom.
A. borrow, lend
B. have borrow, have lent
C. borrow, have lent
D. lend, have borrowed
( )2. Jack is going to take part in a football team, so he wants to buy _______.
A. a leather football shoes
B. a pair of leather football shoes
C. a pair of leather football shoe
D. a leather pair of football shoes。