听第二篇短文，完成16-20小题。

16.  Whose house did the hole lead to(通向)?

A. A mouse’s.          B. The little mouse’s.     C. The snake’s.

17.  What were the snakes doing?

A. They were sleeping.    B. They were catching mice.  C. They were eating.

18.  How did the little mouse’s mother feel?

A. She felt happy.

B. She felt afraid of the snakes.

C. She wasn’t afraid of the snakes.

19.  When did the story take place?

A. On a winter afternoon.   B. On an autumn morning. C. On a winter morning.

20.  What can we learn from the story?

A. Snakes never eat mice.

B. Snakes usually sleep in winter.

C. Mice like to live next to snakes.

二、单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21.        Browns were happy to see       policeman who saved their cat.

A. The, the       B. A, the         C. The, a      D. /, a

22.  A woman was found       in her house this morning. The police said she was attacked with

a knife and bled to      .

A. dead, death     B. death, dead      C. dead, dead         D. death, death

23.  My sister and I often argue        what TV programmes      .

A. about, watching  B. with, to watch     C. about, to watch   D. with ,watching

24.  The robber said that       who moved would be killed.

A. somebody  B. everybody  C. anybody   D. nobody

25.  The women’s volleyball match will be covered       tomorrow.

A. living            B. live              C. alive       D. lively

26. Most men       at home to watch TV       shopping with their wives.

A. prefer staying, to going               B. prefer to stay, to go

C. would rather to stay, than go           D. would rather staying, than going

27.  No one knows       Mr. Li will come to our school tomorrow to give us a talk or not.

A. when           B. whether         C. where          D. if