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My wife and I were at home when the doorbell__________rang. I sat up in my chair, and my wife said, "It________________________________________someone wanting a doctor. You'll have to go out again.” I was not pleased__________I had just returned from a hard day at work. We heard the door open__________a woman dressed in black entered the room. It was Mrs. Whitney.
"Excuse this late visit," she began "Oh! I'm in such trouble," she said," I don't know________________________________________to do. It's my husband. He has not been home__________two days. Dr. Watson, and I am so worried about him."
"Don't worry I am his doctor." I began to help Mrs. Whitney to look for her husband.
1. A. usually B. quickly C. slowly D. suddenly
2. A. must be B. can be C. has D. was
3. A. which B. since C. that D. Therefore
4. A and then B. but C. before D. until
5. A. what B. how C. why D. which
6. A. after B. in C. for D. since
答案: 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C
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For a crazy Harry Potter lover like me, the years between the publishing of the last two books were long and boring. It was hard to__________time without Harry. The expectations of fans were high for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.________________________________________, J.K. Rowling didn't let us down. The 6th book is more amazing and exciting, but also tragic because of the__________of the kind and wise headmaster, Professor Dumbledore.
I read my first Harry Potter books when I was in Grade 5 in primary school. I fell in love with the story________________________________________. I read all four of the books which had been published at that time. I often went to Harry Potter sites and the official website. It was really great to surf there. I especially like the official website______________________________you feel like a member of the magical world.
After all the suspense of Harry Potter the 6th, I'm__________about the next book. This next one will
be the last Harry Potter book. I wonder what J.K. Rowling will bring us!
1. A. cosplayt B. pass C. use D. waste
2. A. Surprisingly B. Hopefully C. Easily D. Luckily
3. A. die B. dead C. death D. died
4. A. once again B. at once C. even more D. long ago
5. A. though B. while C. because D. if
6. A. worried B. satisfied C. tired D. excited
答案: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A
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One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag__________from his horse onto the road. He did not know what to do about it because it was________________________________________heavy for him to lift it by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and__________him a hand.
Just at this moment, a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer's heart went down when he saw who he was. It was the great man living______________________________.The farmer had not hoped to ask
such a great man to help him. But to his________________________________________, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, "I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time. "Then he took one end of the bag, and the farmer took the other. They together raised and put it on the horse
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “How can I pay you?”
"It' s quite easy, "the great man replied with__________.
“Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”
1. A. stood B. fell C. rose D. jumped
2. A. very B. so C. quite D. too
3. A. let B. ask C. borrow D. give
4. A. nearby B. faraway C. nearly D. near
5. A. surprised B. surprising C. surprise D. surprises
6. A. smiles B. smile C. a smile D. one smile
答案: 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. C
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once a Frenchman got to England. He knew__________English. One day when he was sitting__________the window of a restaurant and having lunch, he________________________________________a voice ”Look out!” So he put his head__________
the window to find out what was happening outside.________________________________________a bowl of dirty water poured over his head. Then another. He was very angry. He shouted, ”Damn you! See what you have done.”
The man passing by__________him and he got even angrier. One of the men said to him, "You must be a foreigner! ' Look out' in English means ' Be careful '.”
D. nothing about
1. A. a lot of B. a little C. no D. nothing about
2. B. at B. on C. in D. by
3. A. called out B. shouted C heard D. listened to
4. A. out of B. into C. from D. away from
5. A. After that B. Before that C. Just then D. In a moment
6. A. look at B. watched C. called D. laughed at
答案: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. C
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The word “Hello” is probably used more often than__________one in the English language.
Everybody in the United States uses the word again and again and every day of the week. In the United States the first thing you hear when you pick up the phone is “Hello”.__________the caller is an Englishman, he might say, "Are you there? “ The American inventor, Thomas Edison, is________________________________________to be the first person to use “Hello” in the late 1800's soon after the invention of the telephone.__________people had greeted each other on the telephone with ”Are you there?” They were not sure the new tool could really carry__________.
Thomas Edison, however, was a man of__________________________________________________words. He wasted no time. The first time he picked up the phone, he did not ask if anyone was there. He was someone there and simply said, "Hello.”
1. A. else B. the other C. any other D. another
2. A. If B. But C. Unless D. And
3. A. regarded B. believed C. thought of D. made
4. A. The first B. At first C. First of all D. First
5. A. noise B something C. nothing D. voices
6. A. a little B. little C. few D. a few
答案: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. C
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It is very easy to get to places in Singapore by bus. The SBS Or Singapore Bus Service Private Limited planned the routes to__________almost every part of Singapore. The routes are planned__________
the public can get from one place to__________without________________________________________change buses too many times. There are buses from every living area to the city and to other living areas.
The buses are kept clean and in good running condition. A group of cleaners and mechanics are hired to make sure that the buses are well maintained. The SBS also tries to__________which routes people use the most and puts more buses on them. Some buses are reserved for students at the hours when they start and finish school. Recently too, the SBS has________________________________________air-conditioned buses on certain routes as a tryout. So far the response has been fairly good.
1. A. began B. end C. cover D. uncover
2. A. so as to B. so that C. in order to D. while
2. A. another B. the other C. others D. the others
4. A. have B. having C. have to D. having to
5. A. get rid of B. look after C. find out D. guess
6. A. made B. done C. borrowed D. introduced
答案: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. D
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A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air____________________only 210 kilometres away from the earth. But__________can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket. How does a rocket fly? There is gas in the rocket. When the gas__________very hot inside the rocket. it will rush out of the end of the rocket.
__________it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.
Rockets can fly far out into space. Rockets with men in them__________the moon. Several rockets without men in them__________________________________________________to another planet much farther away than the moon.
1. A. is B. are C. travels D. reaches
2. A. it B. that C. something D. someone
3. A. become B. get C. make D. is made
4. A. so B. because C. that D. for
5. A. been to B. was to C. have been to D. are to
6. A. has flown B. have flown C. will fly D. fIy
答案: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B
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Today is my birthday and I'm__________old. My name is Joyce Lewis and my father is Dr. Frank Lewis. He's a doctor in this city______________________________people think he’s a very good doctor. My mother is a nurse. She's a very good nurse. I have two brothers and one sister. Right now my__________brother is in the Middle East. He speaks Arabic very well and has many friends there. My sister is a student, and my younger brother, Tom, is a student too. Both my sister and Tom want to be teachers. They’re studying languages and______________________________of them want to be language teachers. My fathers brother, Uncle Charles, is a farmer. My mother's brother, Uncle William, is an engineer. Both of my uncles are__________very young. People can't guess how old they are. Uncle Charles is thirty-five and Uncle William is thirty-six. Uncle William was not well last year. He was in the hospital for a few weeks. My father was his doctor. My father was with my uncle every day in the hospital, and my mother was there once______________________________twice a week. I was there to see my uncle twice during the month of June.
1. A. twenty-one year B. twenty-one years
D. twenty-one- year C. twenty-one- years
2. A. but B. so C. and D. for
3. A. older B. oldest C. elder D. eldest
4. A. either B. neither C. both D. all
5. A. still B. yet C. already D. so
6. A. and B. or C. but D. of
答案: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B
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It's never easy to admit you are in the wrong. We all____________________to know the art of apology. Think how often you're done wrong. Then count how many__________you’ve expressed clearly you were wrong. You can't go to bed with an easy mind if you do__________about it.
A doctor friend, Mr. Lieb, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs:
headaches, heart trouble and so on. After some careful exams, Mr. Lieb found nothing wrong with him and said, "If you don' t tell me what's__________you, I can't help you.”
The man admitted he was cheating his brother of his money. Then and there the clever doctor
__________the man write to his brother and returned his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried. "Thank you, " he said to his doctor.“ I think I’ve got well.”
An apology can not only save a broken relationship, but also make it______________________________. If you can think of
someone who should be given an apology from you, do something about it right now.
1. A decide B. offer C. need D. try
2. A. mistake B. people C. ways D. times
3. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
4. A hurting B. changing C. touching D. worrying
5. A. asked B. helped C. let D. saw
6. A. better B. worse C. easier D. newer
答案: 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. A
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I don't really care for parties. In fact, I hate them. Whenever someone rings me up to invite me to one, I always try to__________some excuses for not going. It's not that I don't get__________with people. You seems to______________________________the whole evening on stupid, boring conversation with people you have__________
in common with and certainly don't even like talking to.__________these people always seem to want to find out everything they can______________________________you. Usually I can have it for about ten minutes, then pretend I've got a headache and excuse myself to go to the bathroom.
1. A. take B. have C. make up D. turn on
2. A. up B. in C. out D. along
3. A. pass B. find C. spend D. take
4. A. none B. nothing C. not D. something
5. A. And B. So C. Or D. For
6. A. with B. for C. about D. on
答案: 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C
