Ⅲ．完形填空（共10小题，20分）
先阅读短文，然后从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，使短文意思完整。
It was a few days before Christmas， so when the office 36 at half past five， most of the young men 37 and had a party. They ate and drank， danced and sang songs， and 38 wanted to go home. But Joe had a wife at home. and 39 quite a long way from the city. Every few minutes he looked at his 40 ， and at last， when 41 was very late， he wanted to 42 .
"Joe！" shouted his friends. "Are you leaving？ Why 43 you stay and enjoy the party？"
"I'm not leaving，" said Joe， "I'm only going down to the station to 44 the last train back home， I'll be back here 45 a few minutes."
36. A. closed
B. Opened
C. started
D. stopped
37. A. read
B. stayed
C. arrived
D. shouted
38. A. somebody
B. anybody
C. nobody
D. everybody
39. A. ran
B. went
C. built
D. lived
40. A. book
B. watch
C. picture
D. friends
41. A. I
B. he
C. it
D. that
42. A. Sing
B. dance
C. leave
D. sleep
43. A. do
B. will
C. don't
D. mustn't
44. A. take
B. catch
C. drive
D. miss
45. A. in
B. at
C. for
D. after Ⅳ．阅读理解（共10小题，20分）
先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容从文后每小题的四个选项中选出一个能完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
Skin-diving（轻装潜水）is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you under water， it is easy for you to climb big rocks， because you are no longer heavy.
Here， under water， everything is blue and green. During the day， there is much light. When fish swim nearly， you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks of air on your back you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides， there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep water.
Now you see skin-diving is both useful and interesting.
46. Skin-diving is a new sport. It __________.
A. will take you to the moon.
B. will take you to a new world of land.
C. will take you to the mountains.
D. will take you to the deep water.
47. In deep water there is __________.
A. some danger
B. no light at all
C. a lot of blue fish
D. lots of green things
48. You can climb big rocks under water easily because ______.
A. you are very heavy
B. you are as heavy as on the land
C. you are not as heavy as on the land
D. you have no weight at all
49. With a tank of air on your back， you can __________.
A. catch fish easily
B. stay under water for a long time
C. climb big rocks
D. have more fun
50. Which of the following is not true？
A. Skin-diving is a new sport.
B. To have a skin-diving is like to visit the moon.
C. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.
D. Skin-diving is not only interesting but also useful.
B
You speak， write a letter， make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate（交际）with words. Do you think you can communicate without words？ A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears（眼泪）in your eyes tell others that you are sad.
When you put up your hands in class， the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake（摇）your head， and people know you are saying "No". You nod（点头）and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example， a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time？ People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains， about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books， magazines（杂志）， TV， radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
51. People communicate ________.
A. with words only
B. in many different ways
C. in letters and drawings
D. with smiles， tears and hands
52. Signs can carry as many _________ as words.
A. questions
B. examples
C. tears and smiles
D. messages
53. Which of the following is not talked in the passage as which can help us communicate？
A. books and magazines
B. TV and films
C. newspapers
D. radio
54. Communication（交流）is important because it can help people to ______.
A. understand the world and other people better.
B. teach each other to speak， write， read and draw.
C. know what other people are thinking about
D. learn what is happening in the world more quickly.
55. The best title（题目）for this short passage is _________.
A. Signs Carry Messages
B. The important Communication
C. Words， Signs and Drawing
D. Ways of Communication.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）（共65分）
Ⅴ．单词拼写（共10小题，10分）
根据所给句子中的汉语提示，再句中写出符合句意和语法的单词。
1. Did you have a good summer ________（假期）？
2. Thank you for ________（教）us so well.
3. Do you like learning a ________（外国）language？
4. I think science is ______（受欢迎）than English.
5. Please be more ________（小心）from now on.
6. "Would you come here？" he asked very _________（有礼貌地）.
7. Thomas Edison was a great ________（美国的）inventor.
8. When he saw her， he said that he needed an ________（手术）at once.
9. They will do the _________（整个的）of the work.
10. I hope that ______ （一切）goes well.
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