1. Lisa was so careless that she made many spelling_______ in her homework.

     A. plans             B. decisions        C. grades    D. mistakes

2. Daniel is_______ to buy gifts_______ all of us.

     A. generous  enough ; to                   B. enough  generous ; for   

C. enough  generous; to                  D. generous  enough ; for

3. There aren't many tickets left for the concert; you'd better_______ that you get one today.

   A. make sure of      B. make a decision    C. make sure    D. make plans

4. Daisy is such a good daughter that she_______ most of her spare time with her parents.

   A. spends             B. costs              C. takes              D. affords

5. -When did you_______ the pen?

   -I_______ it for 3 years.

   A. had; have bought    B. buy; have had    C. buy; have bought    D. had; have had

6. He speaks_______ English_______ French. Instead, he speaks German.

   A. either; or         B. not  only; but  also    C. both ; and    D. neither; nor

7. China may not be_______ Norway(挪威) , but it is a large country.

   A. more beautiful as    B. less beautiful than    C. as beautiful as    D. as beautiful than

8.Cross the road carefully, _______ you'll keep yourself safe.

   A. so            B. or                  C. but                D. and

9. _______ in the morning every day will help you improve your English greatly.

   A. Read        B. You read        C. If read                  D. To read

10. A year has four seasons and it_______ twelve different star signs.

    A. divided into   B. is dividing into    C. divided into    D is divided into

11. The room is too small for me_______.

    A. to live    B. living      C. to live in  D. to living

12. -What does the instruction say?

    -The colours in the dress will_______ if you use hot water.

    A. fall         B. appear    C. run         D. shine

13. Millie's mother was kind to her and did all she could_______ books for her.

    A. find        B. to find    C. found      D. to look for

14. Many students in our school_______ the old and they usually offer their seats to them on buses.

    A. worry about    B. care for    C. agree with    D. take care

15. -it's too hard for me to be a trailwalker.

    -Never_______. Believe in yourself!

    A. put up    B. give up          C. hurry up         D. look up

    Mr Black was over fifty years old. He sometimes made some mistakes in his work, and he lost his work. So he had    l   time every day to do something. Then he often met his old friends under a big tree. They drank there and   2  anything they liked.

    One day, some old men were sitting together again and talking about young people in this world. They all agreed that old people were   3   than young people. Then one of the old    4   said that young men were stronger than old men.

      5   of them agreed that this was true,   6   Mr Black didn't. He said, 'No, I am as strong now as when I was a young man. 'His friends were surprised  7  what he said.

    'Well, 'said Mr Black. 'Near my house there is a big stone. When I was a young man, l used   8   to move it, but I couldn't because I was not   9   . I am an old man now, and when I try to move it, l still   10   . So I am as strong as when I was young.'

1. A. many             B. a lot                C. lots of                 D. lot

2. A. talked for         B. talked to          C. talked with          D. talked about

3. A. clever             B. cleverer            C. cleverest           D. a clever

4. A. man                      B. woman            C. men                 D. women

5. A. All                 B. None              C. Both                D. Neither

6.A. so                   B. or                   C. and                  D. but

7.A. at                   B. to                       C. of                    D. on

8.A. trying             B. try                  C. to try                      D. to trying

9. A. strong enough    B. enough strong    C. weak enough      D. enough weak

10. A. can               B. can't                 C. could                 D. couldn't

A

    Dave was a college student. His uncle was very rich, but he had no child of his own. Soon after Dave left college, his uncle died. He left Dave a lot of money, so Dave decided to set up his own company.

    He found a nice office, bought some new desks and chairs and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards his house.

    'It's my first customer(顾客)! 'he thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended(假装) to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York. The caller wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

    The man knocked at the door while this was going on, and he came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, 'I'm from the telephone company, and I was sent to fix(修理)your telephone. '

1. Dave could set up a company of his own because_______.

  A. he got a lot of money               B. he had borrowed a lot of money

   C. his father left him a lot of money

2. Dave had been there for_______ when the man from the telephone company came.

   A. almost a week         B. two days        C. a few hours

3. Why did Dave pick up his telephone when he heard someone coming?

   A. Because someone called him from New York.

   B. Because he wanted to let him know he was busy with his business.

   C. Because his uncle telephoned him at that time.

4. What did Dave's company sell?

   A. Colour TV sets.       B. Houses.          C. Clothes.

5. Could Dave receive a telephone call from New York before the man from the telephone company came?

   A. No, he couldn't.       B. Of course, he could.    C. We don't know.