4、Running a company is not_______ a matter of hiring （雇佣） people-they also need to be trained．

A．simply               B．partly             C．hardly           D．mostly

3、--Hi, Jim. I didn't see you at the party.

--Oh, I _______ready for the maths exam.

A．am getting         B．have got        C．got        D．was getting

2、Mary entered the contest because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be ___．

A．something          B．anything        C．nothing        D．everything

1、Life was very hard in the 1950s.______ poor people lived in squatter places and many _____ had to sleep on the streets.

A．Thousands of; thousand                   B．Thousands; thousands of

C．Thousands of; thousands                  D．Thousands; thousand of

30、One afternoon Mrs. Green's husband wanted to catch the 3：30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

‘'What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Green．

“Well,” said Mr. Green，”Everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me?”

      “Why did he catch you?’’

“I don't know．” said Mr. Green．”As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me?”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi．Jack’．You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends?”

    “But you don't know the sentence ‘Hi，Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force（武力）．”

1．How was Mr. Green going to London?

2．Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

3．Who did Mr. Green meet when he walked across the runway to the airplane?

4．‘Hi．Jack’ is often used to say hello to somebody, but it also has another meaning．What is it?

29、INVITATION To A GOINGAM，AYPARTY

  Tuesday,22nd March．2009

Dear Michael and Lisa，

    You're invited to a farewell（告别）party for the “ZHAO FAMILY’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA”．

Departure（出发）date：29th of March

The best part of our big adventure to Australia will be when we come face-to-face with crocodiles，dolphins，kangaroos and other Australian wild animals．We have always wanted to do this．

Party given by：Mr. and Mrs. Zhao，Zhao Wei and Zhao Ming

    Date：Saturday, 26th March

    Time：2:30 P．m．—6：30 P．m．

    Place：Golden Great Wall Hotel

    Reply by：Friday, 25th March

    Phone：86738626

    Food and drinks will be provided at the party．

    This party is NOT to be missed! We hope to see you there!

1．Who was this invitation sent to?

2．By what date is it necessary to reply to the invitation?

3．What will the Zhao family see most of all on their trip to Australia?

4．Why will the party be held?

28、The first wild animals taoled（驯服）by humans were dogs．This （A）________in Europe about 10,000 years ago.

    The first “dogs” were like the ones we have now．Maybe they were small wolves（狼）or a type of dog like the Australian dingo（澳洲野狗）．

    These dogs probably came near humans to get some food．Some of their puppies（幼犬）were caught by people and grew up with （B）them．These puppies were quite tame as they grew up.（C）They thought humans were part of their group!

    Humans realized the dogs were very （D）helpful to them in（E） a number of ways．The dogs helped people hunt（打猎）．They could smell and hear danger before people could．They helped keep people（F）________on cold rights．It was fun to have them!

    Over a long time, people were able to keep the dogs for different purposes．Some were for hunting；some for herding（放牧）; and some just for pets．These dogs looked quite different from each other．For example，a German Shepherd looks a lot different from a Yorkshire terrier!

  （G）It is said that世界上有400多种犬．Today．dogs depend on human more than any other animals．

1．在文中（A）和（F）的空白处分别填入一个适当的词语： ________；________

2．在文中（B）和（C）处分别指代：________；________

3．写出划线部分（D）和（E）的同义词或近义词：________；________

4．将文中（G）处划线部分句子译成英语：________________________

5．从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的句子：________________________

27、Time flew while I was in Sydney．Soon came Christmas．then the New Year．I had（A）________spent the New Year without my family．But this year, I was so far away from them．I missed my parents very much．（B）But l was too busy to make a telephone call to them．Sometimes I thought about what my family was doing．I didn't know（C）他们想念我是否像我一样那么多地想念他们。That afternoon，my school held a New Year party for us．But this made me miss my family even more．In the evening，I couldn't wait to （D）phone my family．（E）________I heard their voice，I begun to cry．I found that I missed them so much．This had been the first time I cried since I （F） arrived in Australia．My homestay mother held me in her arms and told me not to cry．（G）This made me feel better．I was so lucky that I had a good family in Sydney．Now those days in Australia have become the sweetest time in my life．

1．在（A）和（E）填入恰当的词语________；________

2．将划线部分（B）改写为：But I was ______busy ______ I couldn't make a telephone call to them．

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________

4．写出划线部分（D）和（F）的同义词或近义词：________；________

5．划线部分（G）指代的是：________________________