(  )31. Long, long ago people didn’t know how to _______.

   A. write             B. write zero            C. write numbers         D. sixty-three

(  )32. Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred and eight, people wrote _______.

   A. 28               B. 2 8                  C. 228                 D. 208

(  )33. Later _______ was used to mean space.

   A. not any           B. letter “O”             C. zero                D. a dot

(  )34. People used circles ______.

   A. to remember ways  B. to remember numbers C. not to forget the space  D. to mean nothing

(  )35. The story tells us ______.

   A. how zero came to be used              B. how to write zero

   C. what’s the use of zero                 D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space

John was ten years old, but he was still 21 Grade One. He liked 22 and didn’t work hard 23 his lessons. His parents always wanted him 24 a good boy. This afternoon John 25 back, he was very happy. He said to his parents. “Today our teacher praised(表扬) 26 .” Of course his parents were happy, too. They said, “Tell us about it.” “27 class she asked Tom 28 easier question, but he couldn’t answer. And I answered it at once.”

　 “What question”? “How much is one 29 one?”

　 “What did your teacher praised you?” asked his parents.

　 She said to Tom “You’re the most foolish(愚蠢)student in our class and John is 30 than you.”

( )21. A. at　　　 　　B. on　　　　　 C. in　　　　 D. with

( )22. A. playing　　 B. to play　　　 C. play　　　 D. is playing

( )23. A. in　　　　　 B. at　　　　　 C. for　　　　 D. with

( )24. A. to be　　　 B. be　　　　　 C. become　　 D. is

( )25. A. come　　　 B. are coming　　 C. comes　　　 D. came

( )26. A. I　　　　　 B. my　　　　　 C. me　　　　 D. mine

( )27. A. At　　　　　 B. In　　　　　 C. On　　　　 D. For

( )28. A. a　　　　　 B. an　　　　　 C. the　　　　 D. \

( )29. A. to　　　　　 B. and　　　　　 C. for　　　　 D. with

( )30. A. good　　　　 B. the best　　　 C. best　　　　 D. better

 Be careful _____ the street.   A. crossing     B. cross    C. across    D. to cross

 Thanks for the tickets _____ the next week’s game. You are really friendly ____ me.

   A. of, with           B. to, with              C. for, to          D. with, to

–I hope it’s a fine day tomorrow.　　　

- ______. I want to go camping.

　 A. I hope so　　　　 B. I don’t hope so　　　 C. I hope not　　　 D. I hope to

 The boy had a hard time _____ the movie.

   A. understands        B. understanding         C. understand      D. to understand

Linda has ____ been to Disneyland, has she?　

A. never B. ever C. already D. even

 ____ fact, I don’t like art at all.   A. At    B. In    C. On     D. To

–How long ____ your grandpa _____?　　　

- Since six years ago.

　 A. was, dead　　　　 B. has, died　　　 C. was, died　　　　 D. has, been dead

–Have you ____ heard of the story? 　

- No, ______.

A. already, never　　 B. ever, ever　　　 C. never, ever　　　 D. ever, never