10.---Who was hurt in the fire?   ---__________man called John.

A.A 79-years-old          B.A 79-year-old       C.A 79 years old       D.A 79 year old

11.---What is Nancy’s hobby?   ---She likes singing. I often hear her_________in the next room.

A.sing         B.singing        C.to sing      D.sings

12.---Your coat looks nice. How much did you____________it? ---Two hundred yuan.

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

13.---Doctor, __________should I take the medicine? ---Twice a day.

A.what time           B.how often          C.how long       D.how soon

14.---Who do you want to help? ---Children in poor areas, because many of them are_______poor_____go to school.

A.enough; to           B.too; to           C.to; too          D.too; can’t

15.---I am poor at English. I am unhappy all day.

---___________. If you work hard, you will learn it well.

A.Come out              B.Go out           C.Come on         D.Go on

二、完形填空(15*1’=15’)

Dad lost his job . When Christmas came that year, we had no money 16______. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket, so I 17_______ Dad to share with me, but he said, “No, thanks. ”We 18______ at the sky. Those beautiful stars were one of the 19______presents for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, lived in 20______ flats, but their air was dirty, so they 21_____ not even see the stars.

“ Pick up your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He 22_______ me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas 23______ . “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “ 24_______ has the stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose(假设) it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I looked at the stars, and tried to find out 25_______ was the best one. Then, I found one.

“I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was 26_______ than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her 27_______ light. She shone only from reflected(反射)light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I loved Venus even 28_____ that Christmas. You could see it in the early

evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared(消失).”

Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I accept(接受) your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave  29______ Venus.

We all laughed about the kids who think the Santa myth(圣诞传说)is true and only got a lot of cheap toys. “Many years later, when all the things they got are broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “You will have your star 30_____the end. ”

16. A. at first          B. at once         C. at all         D. at least

17. A. asked          B.ask             C. reply         D. replied

18. A. looked up      B. looked for       C. look out       D. look after

19. A. strange        B. special          C. bad          D. famous

20. A.beautiful       B. small            C. old          D. poor

21. A. needed        B. could            C. should       D. must

22. A. told           B. tells            C.said          D. spoke

23. A. dinner         B. card            C. party         D. present

24. A. Everybody     B. Somebody        C. Anybody     D. Nobody

25. A. which         B. why             C. when        D. how

26. A. slower         B. farther           C. closer       D. higher

27. A. small          B. bad             C. strongly      D. own

28. A. when          B. before           C. after        D. until

29. A. me            B. us              C. we          D.it

30. A. before         B. never            C. already      D. till