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I. Write out the word or phrase according to the given meaning.
1. t_________________: a problem or difficulty
2. q________________ : with little sound or no sound
3. g_________________: door in a wall outside a building
4. p_________________: a card with a picture on one side ,that you write on and send by post
5. s_________________: not usual, surprising
6. a_________________ : a quarrel, an angry disagreement
7. d_________________: act, behave in a certain situation; handle a problem or person
8. d_________________: select the numbers on a telephone; make a phone call
9. h_________________: move or do something quickly
10. s________________: look at someone or something with great interest, with your eyes wide open.
II. Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms.
1. Yesterday an old woman reported a __________ to the policemen. Three people _________the bank. The policemen went there immediately.
2. Wendy sent me some _____________ from the USA.
3. ___________, Mrs. Brown noticed that her purse was not in her handbag.
4. Children, don’t play with matches, or you’ll hurt ____________.
5. The students are reading newspapers and magazines___________ in the reading room.
6. Just now Li Hui and his brother got into a big____________.
7. My grandmother does some shopping in the biggest supermarket ____________ a week.
8. It’s ____________ for Ben to be late for school. He always gets to school early.
9. That road is always ______________ with traffic.
10. Kitty looked _____________ because she failed the exam.
11. Every summer thousands of ___________come to visit the Summer Palace in Beijing.
12. Tommy is _______________ in playing football.
III Choose the best answer.
1 Ben didn’t come to school last week. What _______ him?
A. will happen to B. happened to C. happens to D. is happened to
2. Tommy is __________ them something about his school.
A. saying B. talking C. telling D. speaking
3. Yesterday she________ a letter, _______ she?
A. writes …doesn’t B. did write…didn’t C. write…didn’t D. wrote …didn’t
4. John______ this magazines for 5 years. He _____ it at the biggest bookstore of the city.
A. has bought… bought B. bought…bought
C. has kept…has bought D. has had…bought
5. I heard my neighbours _________ in their flat when I was sleeping yesterday afternoon.
A. argued B. arguing C. to argue D. argue
6. There are more ________ than before in China.
A. women doctors B. woman doctors C. women doctor D. woman doctor
7. Last night I saw a ______. Two thieves stole a woman’s purse.
A. theft B. robbery C. accident D. discussion
8. Dad _________ the telephone and quickly dialed 120 to save my grandma.
A. picked B. picked up C. put up D. put on
9. Just now I saw a lady and a man shouting _______ each other around the corner.
A. for B. to C. with D. at
10. Teachers always teach us how to deal ___________ problems.
A. in B. with C. at D. on
11. She __________ at the expensive book on the shelf, but she couldn’t afford（负担得起）it. The underlined part means“_______”.
A. looked with great interest B. looked with surprise
C. listened quietly D. listened with great interest
12. It’s __________ of you to get up early today. The underlined part means“_______”.
A. unusual B. difficult C. kind D. upset
13. He ______ my friend’s purse.
A. steal B. stole C. stolen D. stealing
14. The teacher shouted _______ at the boy?
A. angry B. angrily C. show D. slowly
15. I happened _____my former English teacher last Saturday.
A. to saw B. saw C. seeing D. to see
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required.
1. Mr. Smith did something to help the poor man.
______________________________________________________
2. The man held out __________to the women.
______________________________________________________
3.______________________________dad picked up the phone and dialed 110.
______________________________________________________
4. The crowd stared at the three people.
_______________________________________________________
5. Mr. Johnson spent two hours cooking the meal.
It _________ Mr. Johnson two hours _________ cook the meal.
6. He picked up his bag and hurried off.
He picked up his bag and _________ in a _______________.
7. The farmers sTOPped working when it rained hard.
The farmers ____________ sTOP working ___________ it rained hard.
8. My dad said quietly to one of the women，“What’s going on?”
My dad said quietly to one of the women, “________________?”
V. Choose the words or expressions to the complete the passage.
Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market. She hoped to sell them to people from town.
The mountain road was __________ and the old woman was walking carefully because she didn’t want to have a __________ and lose her cabbages.
Suddenly she heard a loud bell, and a bicycle came around the corner. It passed her and went very fast down the hill. The old woman had to __________ to one side of the road so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley.
She __________ , and saw a young man on the bicycle. He was riding on without even looking round to see __________ the old woman was all right.
The old woman began to shout," Come back, young man! You dropped something!" When he heard this, the boy sTOPped the bicycle so __________ that he nearly fell off. Then he turned and began to push the bicycle back up to the __________ . “What did I drop?” “Young man,”the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners.”
1. A. crowded B. narrow（窄的）C. wide D. clear
2. A. story B. surprise C. accident D. bicycle
3. A. ride B. walk C. sit D. stand
4. A. queued up B. made sure C. went on D. looked down
5. A. why B. whether（是不是）C. when D. where
6. A. angrily B. slowly C. suddenly D. quickly
7. A. hill B. market C. village D. town
