12．Tommy hated school was always looking for excuses not to go．If he sneezed，he asked his mother to write a note saying，he had a cold．If he had headache，he asked his mother to take him to the doctor's during school hours．
He spent more time at home than he did at school．
On the days that he did go to school，he looked for excuses to come home early．
One day，he came from home school in the middle of the morning，his father was surprised．
"You are home early，"he said，"Is school closed today？"
"No，Dad，"Tommy said，"It'open，I came home early．"
"How did you do that？"his father asked him，"What did you say to the teacher？"
I told her that I had a new baby brother and that I had to come home and help you．"
"But your mother has had twins，"his father said，"a boy and a girl．You have got a baby brother a baby sister．"
"Yes，I know Dad，"Tommy said，"I'm saving up my baby sister for next week．"

56．Tommy tried to find excuses for not going to school becauseA
A．he didn't like it．     B．it gave him a headache．     C．it made him sneeze
57．Tommy spent most of his timeB．
A．at school        B at home       C at the doctor's
58．When he did go to school，heB．
A．was always late        B tried to leave early       C was always sick
59．He did not tell his teacher about the twins becauseC．
A．they were very young．
B．he didn't know about them．
C．he wanted to keep one of them for another excuses．
60．There areCpeople in Tommy's family．
A.3     B 4    C 5．

11．Wembley Stadium（温布利大球场）is one of the _____ soccer fields in the world．
It will be the place for soccer matches during the Olympics next month．（　　）

A．

famous

B．

more famous

C．

most famous

10．到2011年底为止，你父母已经去过好几个国家了吗？
Had your parents been to several/quite a few countries by the end of2011？

9．越来越多的公司正在重视提高他们的产品质量．
More and more companies are paying attention to improvingthe quality of their products．

8．他把一生都投入到保护环境上去了．
Hehas devoted all his lifetime to protecting the environment．

7．除非在医疗上投入足够的钱，否则这些病人难以被治愈．
These patientscan't be cured unless enough money is spent on medical treatment．

6．我想知道他离开澳大利亚多久了．
1wonderhow long he has been away fromAustralia．

5．他给我们提供了一条多么有价值的建议啊!
Whata valuable suggestion he offeredto us!

4．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
What are the British like when they learn languages？
（1）B is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe-62percent of them can't speak（2）A other language except their own!（3）C 38percent of them speak at least one foreign language，only18percent speak two．
Learning a foreign language is not（4）A at school in Britain； children start studying a foreign language at 11and many（5）C completely at 14．So why don't young people（6）B
studying languages at school？
The government is now looking at different ways to （7）B language learning．One idea is to start much（8）A and introduce foreign languages when kids are five．（9）C idea is to give school children more choice-they can choose to study their favorite language．
It may be difficult to（10）C people's attitude（态度） to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!

1．A．That	B．It	C．This
2．A．any	B．no	C．some
3．A．As	B．When	C．While
4．A．popular	B．good	C．interesting
5．A．wake up	B．turn up	C．give up
6．A．look for	B．go on	C．set up
7．A．stop	B．improve	C．find
8．A．younger	B．sooner	C．slower
9．A．Other	B．One	C．Another
10．A．choose	B．take	C．change．

3．Is the art of conversation dying？The other day，my wife 16A two teenage children did something we haven't 17C for ages．It didn't require the Internet，a TV screen，batteries…or anything else for that matter．But we all 18D it so much we're thinking of doing it again sometime．
We had a conversation．The kind of real，live conversation that was 19A when I was growing up，but which seems all too rare these days．Today we have chat rooms，text messages，e-mails but we seem to be losing the 20B of communicating face-to-face．We all know 21C young people are out on a date（约会）these days，they spend most of that time 22D their mobile phones．And teenagers nowadays seem to 23B communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 24C to them．
If we carry on like this，in the future，we'll lose the use of our 25B．What do you think？E-mail me，and who knows？Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

16．A．and	B．or	C．but	D．after
17．A．made	B．known	C．done	D．seen
18．A．acted	B．blamed	C．decided	D．enjoyed
19．A．common	B．careful	C．extra	D．enough
20．A．name	B．art	C．attention	D．aim
21．A．because	B．how	C．when	D．unless
22．A．buying	B．collccting	C．repairing	D．answering
23．A．dislike	B．prefer	C．admire	D．believe
24．A．writing	B．introducing	C．speaking	D．hurrying
25．A．eyes	B．voices	C．mouths	D．hands