III.完形填空20分

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各小题所给的选项中选择最佳的一项。

What is the sky? Where is it? How1 is it? What lies above2 ? The question are difficult to 3 , aren’t they?

Is the sky blue? The sky has no4 . Is the sky full 5 air? We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings (翅膀) . Planes6 fly very high because when they go higher, the air gets 7 . If we go far enough away from the 8 . We find there is no air.

Maybe we can answer some of our questions now. What is the sky? Nothing. Where is it? It is all around the 9 , the sky is space (空间).

In the space there is nothing10the sun, the moon and all the stars .

( )1.A.far B.long C.big D.high

( )2.A.there B.it C.them D.here

( )3. A.say B.answer C.tell D.ask

( )4.A.water B.cloud C.colour D.wind

( )5. A.of B.at C.with D.in

( )6. A.can B.will C.cannot D.must

( )7. A.fatter B.thicker C.heavier D.thinner

( )8. A.moon B.earth C.sun D.stars

( )9. A.cities B.villages C.countries D.world

( )10.A.only B.and C.or D.but

IV Ⅶ.阅读理解30分

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后面各小题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

A

Mr. White bought some things from a big shop last month and when he got the bill(账单) a few days later， he thought that there was a mistake in it. So he telephoned the shop and asked to speak to the Accounts Department(会计处). “Who do you want to speak to in the Accounts Department?” the telephone operator(接线员)asked. “It doesn’t matter to me，” Mr. White answered. He did not know the names of any of the people in the department， He heard nothing for a few seconds (秒)and then the operator said, “Hello, you wanted to speak to someone in the Accounts Department, didn’t you?”

“Yes, that’s right,” Mr. White answered.

“Would you like to speak to Mr. Hankinson?” the operator said.

“Yes, that’ll be all right,” Mr. White said. “It doesn’t matter.”

“I’m sorry, but Mr. Hankinson isn’t in today.”

( )1.Mr. White bought some things from ______.

A.the Accounts Department of a big shop

B.Mr. Hankinson

C.a big shop yesterday

D.a big shop last month

( )2.Why did Mr. White telephoned the shop?

A.Because he got the bill too late.

B.Because the things he bought were not good.

C.Because he thought there was a mistake in the bill

D.Because the telephone operator is one of his friends.

( )3.Who did Mr. White want to speak to on the telephone?

A.The operator.

B.Mr. Hankinson.

C.Anyone in the Accounts Department.

D.Anyone in the shop.

( )4.At last Mr. White didn’t speak to Mr. Hankinson because ______.

A.he didn’t know Mr. Hankinson

B.Mr. Hankinson didn’t know him

C.Mr. Hankinson was very busy at the moment

D.Mr. Hankinson wasn’t in the shop

( )5.Which one of the following is true?

A.Mr. Hankinson wouldn’t like to speak to Mr. White.

B.The telephone operator was very kind and friendly to Mr. White.

C.Mr. White’s bill was still(仍然) a problem.

D.The big shop changed(改变)the bill at last.