25、根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。（有两个词是多余的）

Nine-year-old Antonio "Dan Boy" Femandez Jr was playing with his younger brothers Ken and Billie in their yard after lunch one day last June when he noticed  1   coming from the roof of their house. Realizing his three-year-old brother, Nathaniel   2  in the house, Antonio protected his head with his hands and rushed inside the 3   house.

 "I was so   4   to see the flames （火焰）on the roof, but when I heard my brother crying, I just closed my  5  and rushed in, "says Dan Boy.

Just   6  they reached the front door, Nathaniel stopped. A nail （钉子）had  7  his shorts. Flames reached the upper part of the door as Antonio tried to get his brother 8  With one last, hard pulling, they ran into the yard as the house was finished.

 9   what he had done, Antonio received a special, ___10_ from the government and a university in the city offered to help him go back to school. "I would have done the same, if Nathaniel were not my brother." said Dan Boy.

23、More and more advertisements appear on the Web. You have to be careful not to be fooled or tricked（欺骗） by the advertisements on the Internet. Something is said to be a bargain, but it isn’t always cheap. And some so-called new things just have a new outside.

　　However, shopping online is a kind of fashionable thing today. I love to buy things of everyday use, so I often get lots of information about them on websites online. For example, if I want an MP4, I can choose my favourite one, and look for what the users like or don’t like about it, then decide whether to buy or not. And at the same time, you don’t have to go to a shop or walk around a crowded shopping area, so you don’t have to waste much time. The Internet is really useful for shopping, but be careful not to spend too much.

1．If you want to shop online, you should ________.

A．never believe the advertisements            B．spend too much 

C．be careful not to be fooled                   D．always believe the advertisements

2．What does the writer think of the advertisements online?

A．They’re always true.                           B．They’re not useful at all.

C．They’re always fashionable.                 D．They’re sometimes not true.  

3．What does the underlined word “bargain” in the passage probably mean?

A．便宜物品           B． 讲价            C．贵重物品           D．协商

4．What does the writer often buy online?

A．New things.                                              B．Things of everyday use.

C．cheap things                                        D．They’re sometimes not true.

5．If you shop online, you________.

A．can save time                                     B．have to waste time

C．have to get expensive things                        D．can only buy things with a new outside

22、Of course, London is the best city in England and first place to visit for all the tourists. But there are still many other famous cities to visit.

Oxford and Cambridge are England's two most famous university cities. They are full of beautiful old buildings, churches, museums, parks and gardens. Each city has its river the Isis in Oxford, and Cam in Cambridge. You can take a "walking tour" of each city, or there are the Special open-topped tour buses.

Birmingham is England’s biggest city after London. It is famous for art, music and shopping. There are a lot of good eating places, and they are not expensive.

Liverpool stands on the River Mersey on the northwest coast of England. It was the home of the Beatles, the famous pop group from in the 1960s. Beatles's fans can go to see The Beatles Story exhibition, or take a Beatle Tour.

Bath, in the southwest of England, was famous in Roman times and then, again in the nineteenth century. The writer Jane Austen lived at 4 Sydney Place between 1801 and 1804.The city is famous for its Royal Crescent and other beautiful buildings. One of the most interesting museums to visit is the Museum of Costumes.

1．Which is the second largest city in the country?

A．London.        B．Bath.        C．Liverpool.      D．Birmingham.

2．According to the passage,_____________________

A．Jane Austen .lived in Bath for more than four years

B．Birmingham is famous for beautiful buildings.

C．Jane Austen was a French writer

D．the city of London attracts the most tourists in England

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．You can visit the Isis when you go to Cambridge.

B．Oxford and Cambridge are famous for the universities.

C．The Museum of Costumes is the most interesting museum in the country.

D．You can still watch the Beatles' performance when you go to Liverpool.

4．After reading we get to know that

A．Bath was once famous in the history of the country.

B．Birmingham is famous for the pop group, the Beatles

C．People can travel around the country on special open-topped buses

D．The city of Bath lies in the northwest of the country

5．The passage mainly introduces

A．some places of great interest for people to visit in England

B．some famous universities and museums in England

C．some famous cities worth visiting in England

D．the ways of traveling around the country

21、While reading a book in English, every few lines of text, you run across a word or two that you don't know. You look every new word in the dictionary. Bad move. All that does slow you down. Even electric or CD-ROM dictionaries can get in the way of your reading progress. A dictionary is like a road map. It can help you if younger lost and point you in the right direction. But if you stop to look at the "map" each time you take a step, you'll get nowhere fast .

On your English learning "journey （旅行）”, a dictionary Can be a helpful “travel companion"---if it is not overused. To help you start thinking in English, use an English-to-English dictionary. Otherwise（否则），you will always depend on your native（本国的）language and end up translating in you head.

A good dictionary can help you do more than just find the meaning of a word. it can help you verify （test and check） spelling, check word forms and grammar usage, find example sentences and learn pronunciation. Some dictionaries even provide exercises to teach you how to use their resources（资源）.

Take time to get to know your dictionary. Learn the pronunciation symbols （符号）.

Understand what the abbreviations （缩写字） mean. Try to master the important grammar rules. Look for charts, diagrams and lists that might be useful in the future. You will discover how helpful it can be to make friends with your dictionary. And as they say, "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

1．According to the passage,________________________

A．we should look up each new word we meet while reading

B．dictionaries will be helpful if we use them properly

C．we can't look up any new words we come across while reading

D．we can get everything we want in dictionaries

2．The underlined word "companion" means____________________

A．指南            B．札记            C．工具       D．路标

3．Why do we need a good English-to-English dictionary?

A．Because it is a good friend.

B．Because it can help us to find the right direction if we get lost.

C．Because it can help avoid to think in our native language.

D．Because it can help us to start thinking in English and in Chinese.

4．The underlined word "that" in the last paragraph refers to （指） ____________ 

A．pronunciation symbols and grammar rules

B．abbreviations and usage for grammar rules

C．the meaning of a word, spelling and grammar usage

D．charts, diagrams and lists

5．According to the passage, we learn that____________________

A．the more you use a dictionary, the better you can understand the article

B．the more you use a dictionary, the faster you may read

C．the more you use the resources in a dictionary, the more information you can get

D．the better a dictionary is, the more expensive it is

19、（ H—Helen   D—Dave ）

H: Dave, We've been studying for hours.      1 

D: All right. I'm really feeling a little tired.

H:   2 

D: Yes, please.

H: Coffee or orange juice?

D:   3   

H: OK. Let's have some orange juice then.

D: Dave, you are very good at listening. Are there good ways?

H: Well, I think first of all listen to tapes as much as possible.

D:  4  

H: You need to pay more attention to the important information while listening.

D: Thank you for your advice.

H:  5 

18、在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词），使对话完整。

A: Hello. 1 ?

B: Speaking.

A: Hi，Betty. This is Anne.  2     ？

B: Pretty good! Everything is going well. The city of Beijing is very beautiful and people here are very friendly.

A: 3   ?

B: I’ve visited Tian An men Square, the Palace Museum and the Summer Palace.

A:  4

B: Not yet. I'm going to the Great Wall tomorrow.

A:    5   . I'll go to see you when you come back. Goodbye.

B: Thank you. Bye.

17、I'm sorry for _______I said yesterday, Mrs. Green.

A．that          B．what          C．which            D．/

16、The parents took a great pride ________ their son's progress.

A． to         B．of          C．for          D．in