It was about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to __1_ up my wife by 2 the doorbell, but she was fast 3 , so I got a ladder and put it 4 the wall and began 5 towards the bedroom window,. I was almost there when a man’s 6 below said, “I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this 7 of the night.” I looked down and 8 fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I at once 9 answering in the way I 10 , but is said. “I enjoy 11__ windows at night.” “ 12 do I,” answered the policeman in the same tone. “Excuse my interrupting you, but would you mind 13 with me to the station?” “Sorry,” I said. “You see, I’ve 14 my key.” “Your __15 ?” called. “My key!” I shouted. Luckily my wife got up and opened the window just as the policeman started to climb towards me.

　　1.A. wake B. get C. ask D. hitting

　　2. A. knocking B. pushing C. ringing D. hitting

　　3. A. out B. asleep C. answering D. away

　　4. A. to B. in C. by D. against

　　5. A. jumping B. climbing C. walking D. running

　　6. A. voice B. speech C. sound D. noise

　　7. A. day B. o’clock C. time D. place

　　8. A. already B. just C. quickly D. nearly

　　9. A. regretted B. couldn’t help

　　C. finished D. gave up

　　10. A. climbed B. did C. went D. returned

　　11. A. sweeping B. cleaning C. breaking D. looking up

　　12. A. Like B. As C. Too D. So

　　13. A. coming B. come C. to come D. came

　　14. A. missed B. brought C. forgotten D. found

　　15. A. Whose B. Which C. Why D. What

　　名师点评

　　“我”深夜回家，无法进屋，只好爬窗，巧遇警察。“我”和警察的对话，生动幽默。短文常用短语较多，完成空格时多加注意。

　　答案简析

　　1. A。“叫醒某人”应表达为wake up sb. or wake sb. up。

　　2. C。ring the bell（按门铃）是常用短语。

　　3. B。fast asleep表示“睡得很熟”。

　　4. D。against the wall表示“靠墙”。

　　5. B。梯子放好了就往上爬。

　　6. A。作者爬窗户时，听到下面有个男人的说话声。

　　7. C。at this time 表示“此刻”。

　　8. D。作者回头看见警察时，差一点儿摔下梯子。

　　9. B。couldn’t help doing something表示“禁不住做什么”。

　　10. B。did = answered。

　　11. B。作者说：我喜欢夜里擦窗户。

　　12. D。警察说：So do I =我也喜欢夜里擦窗户。

　　13. A。mind doing something 是常用搭配。

　　14. C。 从作者的上述表现来看，他的确把钥匙给忘了。

　　15. D。下文说：我的钥匙！推断上文：你的什么？

　　Mr. Miller had a shop in a big town. He 1 ladies’ clothes, and he always had two or three shop girls to 2 him. They were always 3 because they were cheaper than older women, but 4 of them worked for him for very 5 , because they were young, and they did not meet many boys in 6 shop.

　　Last month a girl came to work for him. Her 7 was Helen, and she was very good.

　　After a few days, Mr. Miller 8 a young man come into the shop. He went 9 to Helen, spoke to her for a few 10 and then went out of the shop. Mr. Miller was very 11 and when the young man 12 he went to Helen and said, “That young man didn’t 13 anything. What did he want to 14 ?”

　　Helen answered, “He just wanted to see 15 .”

　　A. kept B. sold C. made D. mended

　　A. learn B. teach C. help D. follow

　　A. young B. strong C. clever D. boring

　　A. many B. most C. neither D. none

　　A. long B. much C. soon D. often

　　A. children’s B. men’s C. clothes D. women’s

　　A. friend B. parent C. sister D. name

　　A. realized B. guessed C. saw D. chose

　　A. away B. straight C. back D. by

　　A. words B. times C. things D. minutes

　　A. nervous B. pleased C. surprised D. interested

　　A. arrived B. left C. smiled D. finished

　　A. buy B. try C. treat D. touch

　　A. do B. take C. spend D. save

　　A. money B. nothing C. me D. nobody

　　名师点评

　　这是一个幽默故事，故事简单明了，却说明了一个大家所共知的道理：异性相吸。

　　答案简析

　　1.B。根据常识，商店是“卖东西”而不是“保存东西”，“制造东西”或“修理东西”。

　　2.C。指帮他在店中打点打点。

　　3.A。从后面的older women得知。

　　4.D。从上文but可知，没有一个姑娘为他工作很长时间。

　　5.A。

　　6.D。根据上文，这是一家卖女士服装的商店，所以其他都不可以。

　　7.D。

　　8.C。see sb. do sth.，此处意为看见有人进来。

　　9.B。指年轻人径直走向Helen，故用straight，其他意思都不对。

　　10.D。由于前面有介词for，所以不可用a few words，a few times，a few things.。For a few minutes 意为“跟她说了一会儿”。

　　11.C。看到这种情景当然是感到好奇。

　　12.B。根据常识，他须等年轻人离开才去问Helen。

　　13.A。年轻人什么也不买。

　　14.A。他想干什么呢？

　　15.C。

　　Bob: In a book I was reading, some men had to 1 a desert. There was nothing 2 sand they could see. It was so large 3 it seemed to them that it had almost no 4 .

　　Tom: It 5 be very hot.

　　Bob: That’s right. 6 hot in a desert. But they rested 7 the day and traveled at night. .

　　Tom: But there’re no trees or anything like that 8 you to get cool.

　　Bob: 9 . But they had some tents (帐篷). They 10 when they were going to rest.

　　Tom: That was a lot of trouble, 11 ?

　　Bob: Yes. Every night 12 they 13 on the next part of the trip, they had to take the tents 14 . Then they had to put them on their camels. That’s the 15 way you can travel in a desert.

　　1. A. go B. walk C. cross D. reach

　　2. A. for B. and C. else D. but

　　3. A. because B. that C. as D. enough

　　4. A. end B. water C. people D. animals

　　5. A. perhaps B. maybe C. sometimes D. must

　　6. A. It always is B. It’s always C. It never is D. It’s never

　　7. A. on B. at C. during D. until

　　8. A. for B. to C. will D. have

　　9. A. Yes B. No C. All right D. Very good

　　10. A. put up them B. put them up C. made them D built them

　　11. A. indeed B. too C. wasn’t it D. wasn’t that

　　12. A. when B. after C. before D. when

　　13. A. took B. got C. kept D. set out

　　14. A. away B. down C. up D. on

　　15. A. good B. first C. only D. strange

　　名师点评

　　本文是一个对话，关于沙漠中人们如何旅行、如何休息，其中有大量的初中部分很重要的一些词组，如：so… that , must be , put sth. up。

　　答案简析

　　1.C。cross a desert 意为“穿越沙漠”。

　　2.D。nothing but 是“除了……之外什么也没有”之意。

　　3.B。固定词组，so… that …即“如此……以至于……”。

　　4.A。根据上文，此处应选end 。 “ no end”意为“无边无际”。

　　5.D。表示有把握的猜测，一定，肯定。

　　6.B。根据常识，沙漠应该总是很热。

　　7.C。during the day 在白天。

　　8.A。for sb. to do sth. 全句意为“没有树或那样的东西让你纳凉”。

　　9.B。 此句学生在做时，很容易根据中国人的思维。事实上，上文是一个否定句，如果是对整个否定句进行肯定回答，应用No，否则，用Yes。

　　10.B。动词和副词构成的这类词组，如果所接宾语是代词必须放在这两个词之间， 如果是名词放中间，放在后面皆可。Put them up 意为“把他们支起，搭起”。

　　11.C。这是一个反意疑问句，前部分是肯定句，所以后部分要用否定形式，而且主语用人称代词。

　　12.C。联系上下文，意为“睡觉之前”。

　　13.D。set out 意为”出发”。

　　14.C。与上文的put them up相反，意为“收起帐篷”。

　　15.C。唯一的方法。

　　Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore, in the place where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is 1 .

　　These bridges can make people 2 roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.

　　They are more efficient (效率高的), 3 less convenient (方便的) because people have to climb up a lot of steps. This is inconvenient to the old. When people 4 an overhead bridge, they do not hold up (阻挡) traffic. But when they cross a 5 road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is 6 the government (政府) has 7 many overhead bridges to help people and 8 traffic moving at the same time.

　　The government of Singapore has 9 a lot of money building these bridges. For their own safety, people should be given hope to use them 10 rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little 11 climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road 12 all the moving traffic.

　　Overhead bridges are very useful. People, 13 old and young, should 14 use them. This will stop accidents 15 happening.

　　1. A. noisy B. not safe C. crowded D. not busy

　　2. A. cross B. crossing C. across D. through

　　3. A. though B. or C. if D. till

　　4. A. pass B. use C. visit D. build

　　5. A. wide B. narrow C. busy D. free

　　6. A. what B. why C. when D. where

　　7. A. made B. let C. built D. asked

　　8. A. see B. keep C. find D. feel

　　9. A. used B. made C. spent D. borrowed

　　10. A. full of B. fond of C. in spite of D. instead of

　　11. A. difficult B. different C. worried D. exited

　　12. A. past B. along C. about D. with

　　13. A. both B. either C. neither D. not

　　14. A. almost B. always C. nearly D. hardly

　　15. A. in B. at C. with D. from

　　名师点评

　　新加坡，一个美丽的国家。但本篇着重介绍新加坡花费大量财力建筑立交桥，以及它们的利弊。最终得出结论，人们应该使用立交桥因为它们对防止交通事故的发生起很大的作用。

　　答案简析

　　1.B。本句是定语从句中的第二个小分句，做时特别要注意。意为“在交通拥挤和过马路不太安全的地方”。

　　2.A。make sb. do sth. 其它词性不对。

　　3.A。“效率高”与“不方便”意思上相反,故用though，有“尽管”的意思。

　　4.B。 pass与bridge无法搭配,而visit ,build与bridge搭配意思不符。

　　5.C。繁忙的马路。

　　6.B。why引导表语从句，意为“这就是……的原因”。

　　7.C。建造立交桥.。

　　8.C。keep … doing 意为“让……一直干某事” 。

　　9.B。spend…(in) doing 意为“在建立交桥上花费了大量的财力”。

　　10.D。建立交桥一方面有利安全，另一方面帮助人们。所以人们应该使用它们，而不是横穿马路(有如在建立交桥之前)。instead of “而不是”，“代替”。

　　11.A。 老人上下立交桥当然是有点困难，difficult形容词作宾语补足语。

　　12.D。指过去没有立交桥时，既有人又有车辆过马路，with“伴有”，“带有”。

　　13.A。两者都(老年人和年轻人)。

　　14.B。建议人们应经常使用立交桥，其它选项在意思上都不对。

　　15.D。固定短语stop sb. from doing，本句意为“阻止交通事故的发生。

　　The water and the land are thought part of the earth surface (表面). The air is 1 thought a kind of blanket (毯子) 2 the earth. But it is 3 than that. Maybe you have been in a cave (洞穴) 4 in the earth. Did you think about the air that was in the cave? The land has some air mixed in it. Air is even mixed 5 the water in the sea. These examples show that some air is 6 the earth’s surface as well as above it.

　　Men once 7 that there were four basic things from which everything else was made. They 8 these things-earth, fire, air and water the four elements (元素). 9 man made more observations, they 10 that fire was not an element. 11 they concluded (得出结论) that land, air and water were not elements, 12 .

　　13 , there are more than 100 elements from which scientists believe all things are made. 14 land, air and water are not elements, they are three main parts of man’s environment (环境). You will 15 more about them as you study the earth.

　　1. A. usually B. seldom C. never D. sometimes

　　2. A. above B. around C. across D. among

　　3. A. better B. more C. less D. worse

　　4. A wide B. high C. long D. deep

　　5. A. at B. in C. with D. to

　　6. A. below B. before C. between D. beside

　　7. A. found B. thought C. knew D. understood

　　8. A. called B. told C. name D. said

　　9. A. That B. For C. As D. So

　　10. A. believe B. planned C. decided D. want

　　11. A. End B. At last C. Hardly D. Nearly

　　12. A. too B. neither C. also D. either

　　13. A. True B. Read C. In fact D. Correctly

　　14. A. When B. As C. Since D. Though

　　15. A. exam B. study C. exercise D. know

　　名师点评

　　本篇着重介绍与人们的生活休戚相关的地球、水、空气以及人们对它们的认识过程。这是一篇说明文，文章浅显易懂。

　　答案简析

　　1.A。空气通常被看成是裹在地球外表的毯子。

　　2.B。

　　3.B。more than固定短语“不仅仅”。

　　4.D。根据常识，洞穴当然在地球的深处。

　　5.C。固定短语be mixed with。

　　6.A。与下文中above的意思相反，即在地表之下。

　　7.B。人们误以为，事实并非如此。

　　8.A。他们“称之为……”told , said 都不准确，而name的时态不对。

　　9.C。这里的as有“随着”的意思，相当于when 。

　　10.C。此处decided意为“得出结论”。believe很具有迷惑性，但其时态不对。特别要当心呀。

　　11.B。最终得出结论。另外三个选择都很显然不对。

　　12.D。 either用于否定句，“也不”的意思。

　　13.C。 无论是语法结构还是意思只有In fact对。

　　14.D。 尽管它们不是元素，但他们是人类环境的三个主要部分。

　　15.D。 你会对它们了解得更多。

　　Debbie got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted 1 in Green Park with some of her friends. She was very 2 about it. 3 she was ready, she got on her bike and 4 for the park -- it was on the other side of the town. Suddenly, as she was riding fast, she 5 sirens (警笛). The sound of the sirens was getting 6 , so Debbie looked 7 her to see what was happening. As a result (结果), she fell off her bike and lay in the middle of the road. Luckily, Debbie wasn’t hurt, 8 a car hit her bike. After the car 9 , two men got out and started running. 10 , a police car stopped next to the same car and three policemen got 11 and started running 12 the two men. One of the policemen shouted, “Stop the thieves (贼)!”

　　13 a policeman came to see Debbie. He thanked her because, in a 14 , she had helped them 15 .

　　1. A. goes to skate B. go skating C. going to skate D. to go skating

　　2. A. happy B. angry C. sad D. worried

　　3. A. While B. As soon as C. If D. As quickly as

　　4. A. carried B. left C. went D. leaving

　　5. A. heard B. listened to C. found D. saw

　　6. A. close and close B. closer and closer

　　C. big and big D. bigger and bigger

　　7. A. after B. in front of C. behind D. before

　　8. A. because B. so C. but D. and

　　9. A. fell over B. passed away

　　C. turned back D. stopped

　　10. A .Few minutes later B. Just then

　　C. After an hour D. Very fast

　　11. A. in B. of C. out of D. out

　　12. A. after B. before C. in front of D. behind

　　13. A. In a few days B. Sometimes

　　C. Some time later D. At the same time

　　14. A. word B. shop C. moment D. way

　　15. A. get out of the car B. run after the two men

　　C. catch the thieves D. shout at the thieves

　　名师点评

　　这篇文章写的是关于一位妇女无意间帮助警察抓获小偷的故事。读完我们不禁会说，Debbie这一跤摔得太值得了——不仅抓住了小偷，而且自己毫发无损。

　　答案简析

　　1.D。want to do sth 固定短语。

　　2.A。要和朋友一起去公园，此时的心情只有“高兴”最为适合。

　　3.B。她一准备好，就骑上自行车准备出发。As soon as “一……就……”。

　　4.B。leave for 离开去某地。D选项形式不对。

　　5.A。听见警笛。意为“听”这个动作。这里强调“听见”这个状态。

　　6.B。警笛越来越近。Bigger and bigger很容易被当选，但形容声音最好用louder and louder。

　　7.C。看她的身后。

　　8.C。虽然自己没伤着，但自行车还是被一辆小汽车给撞了。

　　9.D。从下文可知，小汽车是停下来了，而不是“走过”或“转弯”

　　10.B。就在这时警察也过来了。其他选项所表达的时间太慢了，根据上下文可知，都是不可能。

　　11.D。get out 出来。如果要选C得加一个宾语the car 。

　　12.A。run after 追赶，跟在后面跑。

　　13.C。应该是在小偷被抓之后，所以这个最为准确。

　　14.D。in a way 固定短语，“在某种程度上”。 In a word “总而言之”；in a shop “在商店里”；in a moment 一会儿。

　　15.C。是她协助抓住小偷的。