Mr. Smith has two sons, one of  _____   working as a bus driver.

 A．them B．who C．whom D．whose

Will you see to ______  that my birds are well looked after while I am away?  

A. them B. yourself C. it D. me

— I am going to be a volunteer at the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou this November．

—  ___   ! Me, too.

A. That’s it   B. Good luck       C. No problem   D. That’s great

The computer software is old   _____  very out of date．

  A.or rather    B．rather than    C．other than  D．more than

There is nothing more I can try _______ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.

　A. being persuaded   B. persuading   C. to be persuaded  D. to persuade

．---Let me help you cross the street.--  ______    ! I’m not that old.

 A．Take your time  B．No way  C．Come on   D．Go ahead

   A pair of twin-brother ligers, a rare lion-tiger hybrid(杂种), have become superstars in China's southernmost island province of Hainan after becoming the first ligers in the country to reach their first birthday.

     Tens of thousands of tourists visited the liger brothers at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park during the week-long May Day holiday that ended on Sunday, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare animals. At least 10,000 people signed a red banner when the park celebrated the liger's birthday on May 2. People expressed the hope that the twins would be strong and healthy, the Hainan Daily reports. Zookeepers even made the twins a special birthday cake out of beef and eggs.

    The ligers, born on May 2, 2005 , are named 'Ping Ping' and 'An An', which together translate as 'safe and sound'. Their mother Huan Huan is a six-year-old tigress and their father is a four-year – old lion named Xiao Erhei.  The couple first gave birth to a liger in June 2004 but the cub (幼兽)  died of respiratory(呼吸的）failure 72 hours later.

    The pregnancy (怀孕) rate for lion-tiger couples is only between one and two percent and the cubs normally have a short life expectancy due to the differences in their chromosomes(染色体). Zoologists say only six to eight ligers are living in the world. China's first tiger-lion hybrid cub was born at Hongshan Zoo in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, in 2002. But it died a week later.

    Ping Ping and An An have broken the survival record set by a liger who lived for 113 days at Hongshan Zoo.

1. Why can Ping Ping and An An become superstars?

      A. Because they are the most beautiful ligers.

    B. Because they are the cleverest ligers.

    C. Because they are the most attractive ligers.

    D. Because they are the first ligers to live for a year.

2. Why can't ligers live long ?

    A. Because their chromosomes are different.

    B. Because they are too small when they are born.

    C. Because their parents don't live long.

    D. Because they are short of food.

3. How many ligers did the passage mention?

    A. Three.         B. Four.          C. Five.         D. Six.

4. What is the best title of this passage?

    A. China's longest living twin ligers celebrate their lst birthday

    B. Why can't ligers in the world live long

    C. How to raise ligers safely

    D. The story behind the ligers

II. 短文改错 (10处， 每处0.5分，满分5分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的一下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词,多者（从第11处起）不计分；

      2.只允许修改10处。

As we all know, the frightening sandstorms had a bad effect in people’s life in Northwest China in the past. On the one hand, that was difficult for people to travel in the flying dust, and which also caused damages to their health. On the other hand, many rich fields and forests were covered with sand before sandstorms. And many roads and houses were even complete destroyed by sandstorms.

  To our great joy, many measures have taken to protect the environment against sandstorms. For example, many fields have been planting with trees to prevent the soil from flowing away. Besides, many people immigrated as planned to other places, which they live in their new houses with the help of the government.

  In my opinion, all these measures are necessary, and only when they are fully carried out we protect the environment well.

. The boy lost his parents in such a terrible earthquake, so he was ______by the government.

 A. brought out     B. raised up        C. grown up        D. brought up

       I hope I will not be called on in class as I’m not yet ____ prepared.

A. attentively         B. readily                  C. actively            D. adequately