1．A．robot                    B．rocket                  C．possible                 D．complain

2．A．meaning                B．keep                    C．unpleasant              D．even

3．A．astronaut                 B．around                 C．parrot                    D．factory

4．A．flight                    B．direct                         C．kid                        D．thin

5．A．semester                B．destroy                C．direct                     D．electric

6．Look at the black clouds．It ________．Let's go home．

A．rains                   B．will rain              C．rained                    D．was raining

7．Tom wants to be a great scientist．I hope his dream will ________．

A．mix up                B．make sure            C．come true               D．come over

8．He ________serious，but in fact he's very funny．

A．feels                    B．turns                   C．gets                       D．seems

9．This camera is ________ to use．Even children can take photos with it．

A．large                      B．impossible             C．simple                   D．different

10．He thinks that it will be difficult ________ a robot ________ the same things as a person．

A．for，doing          B．for，to do                  C．of，to do               D．of，doing

11．If you don't go to the meeting tomorrow，________．

A．he will，too                                           B．he won't，either

C．he does，too                                             D．he doesn't，either

12．Where's Lily? We're all here ________ her．

A．besides                B．about                   C．except                    D．with

13．The students of Class One will spend their winter holiday in Sanya．But the students of Class Two haven't decided ________．

A．what to buy                                            B．how to go

C．where to go                                               D．which to choose

14．--I broke the windows of Peter's house．

--You ________ say sorry to him．

A．should                 B．can                      C．may                       D．could

15．This sweater is too expensive．I'm afraid I don't have enough money to ________ for it．

A．spend                  B．pay                     C．cost                       D．take

16．--Is Alexis still studying Japanese now?

       -- ________．

A．Yes，I think so      B．No problem           C．It doesn't matter      D．I disagree

17．You should try your best ________ on well with your classmates．

A．get                      B．to get                         C．getting                   D．to getting

18．Can I ________ some money ________ you?

A．borrow，to           B．borrow，from         C．lend，from            D．lend，for

19．--Dennis，don't play football in the street any more!

--Oh，I'm sorry．I ________ do it again．

A．won't                   B．can't                    C．couldn't               D．needn't

20．--Dick gave me a note while I ________ in the library．

--I guess he made it to say “sorry” to you．

A．am reading          B．was reading          C．reads                     D．will read

21．Joe ________ asleep until his father came home．

A．fell                     B．doesn't fall           C．didn't fall                      D．not fell

22．--Do you know what time ________?

--At 7：00 p．m．yesterday．

A．will the plane take off                              B．the plane will take off

C．did the plane take off                                 D．the plane took off

23．The children of the village should ________ their eyes to the outside world．

A．turn up                B．open up               C．look up                  D．put up

24．You're not ________ to ________ loudly in the classroom．

A．suppose，talk                                         B．supposed，talking

C．supposed，talk                                          D．supposing，talk

25．--What did your PE teacher say about your high jump at the sports meeting?

--He said that I ________ better．

A．can do                 B．am                      C．hardly                    D．could do

I started to love running at a young age．I Ioved to race（赛跑）my father and my sister around the backyard．I wished I could run in the Olympics and win lots of medals．

One day my mother saw __26__ for a race in a newspaper．“Would you be interested in __27__ part in this race?” She asked me，pointing（指向）to the advertisement．

“Yes，of course．” I answered．

I __28__ the next few days practicing for my big race．My sister set up a table in the backyard so that she could offer（提供）me __29__ and time．

On the day of the race，just before the race，my __30__ said to me，“Don't use up all your energy（力气）at the beginning of the race．You need to have energy __31__ that you can run much faster at the end．”

The race __32__．Following Dad's words．I didn't run as fast as I could．Then the other runners started passing me，which made me feel __33__．I began to feel tired，and I started slowing down and breathing（呼吸）__34__．

Just at that moment I heard．“__35__．Kelly! You can do it! Don’t give up．Keep running!” Out of the corner of my eyes，I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track（跑道）．

I took a deep breath and __36__ my best to go on running．

I didn't win the race．I came fifth，but I felt like a __37__．I had done my best，and I hadn't given up（放弃）．

Later，as I thought about the race，I felt thankful that my dad had __38__ left my side．He always encourages（鼓励）me when I feel like __39__．He runs alongside me through my life．I'll  __40__ my dad's words forever，“Never give up．You can be a winner，even if you lose．”

26．A．a story                                                 B．a report

C．a piece of news                                          D．an advertisement（广告）

27．A．choosing              B．entering               C．taking                    D．watching

28．A．spent                   B．cost                     C．paid                       D．took

29．A．food                    B．fruit                    C．sandwich                D．water

30．A．teacher                B．mum                   C．dad                        D．sister

31．A．because               B．so                       C．since                      D．but

32．A．began                  B．finished               C．reached                  D．stopped

33．A．proud                  B．happy                  C．nervous                  D．hopeful

34．A．easier                  B．harder                 C．shorter                   D．longer

35．A．Come down           B．Come on              C．Come out               D．Come back

36．A．tried                    B．made                   C．let                         D．kept

37．A．player                 B．winner                 C．soldier                  D．runner

38．A．already                B．yet                      C．once                      D．never

39．A．looking up             B．putting up            C．giving up                      D．turning up

40．A．forget                  B．remember            C．talk                       D．write

（A）

What do you often do when you meet a new word in your reading? You take a guess（猜测）and then read on，because you hope the writer will give you some clues（提示）to the meaning of the new word．In fact，the meanings of many words will be clear from context―the words or sentences before or after what you are reading．You can get the meaning of a new word by looking for clues given by context．For example，if you don't know the word “context” ，you will know its meaning with the help of “the words or sentences before or after what you are reading”．

Context sometimes gives us definition（定义）clues and sometimes example clues．Take the sentence “Linguistics，the scientific study of language，is very important for language students” for example．We can get the meaning of “linguistics” by the definition of “the scientific study of language”．In the sentences with example clues，the examples are usually given by some words or phrases like such as，for example，for instance and so on．

Context clues are useful in finding the meaning of an unknown word．We can make better use of them．