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I. 选择填空（15分）( )1. -_ is your father staying in Sydney? -For two weeks. A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How many( )2. Is Jack _ than Jim? -No, Jack isnt so _ as Jim. A. taller, taller, B. tall, taller C. taller, tall D. taller, short( )3. How long does it _ you to go to Shanghai from Beijing by train? A. spend B. take C. make D. use( )4. How far is the store? -Its near here, about _. A. ten minutes walk B. ten minutes walk C. ten minute walk D. ten minutes walk( )5.-Can you go to the cinema this evening, Jenny? -_. A. Yes, Id love B. Id like to, thanks. C. Yes, please. D. No, I cant( )6. Is there _ in todays newspaper? -No, I dnot think there is _. A. interesting anything, something interesting B. something interesting, something interesting C. anything interesting, anything interesting D. anything interesting, something interesting( )7.This shirt is _ big for me. I want a smaller one. A. much too B. too much C. little D. a few( )8. _ he was very tired, _ he didnt stop working. A. Though, / B. though, but C. But, / D. Because, /( )9. Our city is getting . A. beautiful and beautiful B. more and more beautifu1C. more beautiful and more beautiful D. much and much beautiful( )10.-Im stressed out and tired. -_.3. A. You should drink some water. B. You should have a good rest. C. You shouldnt take any exercise D. You should drink some hot water with honey.( )11. I think its necessary for us _ English well.A. learning B. to learning C. to learn D. learn( )12. Simon and Bruce blue eyes.A. has B. have both C. both have D. all have( )13. Diana is not good at sports Emma.A. much . than B. very . as C. so .as D. as .so( )14. Can we finish the work with time and people?A. less, fewer B. lesser, few C. fewer, less D. little, fewer( )15. He his father, and he is good at basketball.A. like, playing B. looks like, play C. likes, playing the D. is like, playingII.完型填空（10分） We see the sun every day. If it is _1_, we can see the moon in the night, too. The sun and the moon are very near us. They are _2_ stars in space(太空)Light travels at 300,000 kilometers a _3_. Light reaches us from the moon in _4_ a second and a half. The moon is about 382,000 kilometers _5_. Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5 minutes. The sun is about 149,640,000 kilometers _6_ the earth. Other stars are _7_ away than the sun. Light from the nearest star reaches us in about four years. When you look at a star, it is very _8_. But in fact many of them are _9_ than the sun. They look small only _10_they are much farther away than the sun. ( )1.A. rainy B. windy C. sunny D. bad( )2.A. near B. the nearer C. nearest D. the nearest( )3.A. second B. minute C. hour D. day( )4.A. more than B. less than C. much more D. as( )5.A. far B. near C. high D. away( )6.A. far B. away from C. far rom D. away( )7.A. near B. very farther C. more farther D. much farther( )8.A. small B. big C. far D. near( )9.A. little bigger B. very bigger C. much bigger D. more bigger( )10A. when B. because C. if D. asIII.阅读理解（25分）One morning in London, the weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctors waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in the country. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line.She sat nearest to the doctors door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to the doctors door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You dont understand! You are all after me! Im the doctor! ”( )1_ were there in the doctors waiting-room.AA few people. BA lot of people. CFew people. DNobody.( )2The woman came _. Afrom the country Bfrom a town Cfrom a factory Dfrom a farm( )3The old woman was the first in the line so that she could _. Aspend less time Bspend less money Csee the doctor quickly Dhave a talk with the doctor( )4The doctor came from _. AEngland. BScotland CAmerica. DLondon( )5. Which sentence is right?A. The American saw the doctor irst. B. The woman came very late. C. The American was a queue jumper. D. The woman came earliest of all.Why was 2004 a special(特殊的) year? Because it was a Leap Year(闰年)! What was so special about that? Well, Leap Year happens only once every four years. And it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days. Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar(日历) in step with(与一致) the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the whole year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. However, a true year is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. Thats the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, then we have a Leap Year, and we put it at the end of February-the shortest month of a year.( ) 6. How often can we have a Leap Year? A. Every year. B. Every February. C.Every other year. D. Every four years.( ) 7. What is a calendar? It is a kind of clock _.A. for the whole year B. only for Leap Year. C. for the usual year D. for the unusual year( ) 8. It takes the earth _ to travel around the sunaround the sun. A. a day B. a little longer than 365 days C. a year D. a month( )9.Mrs Green was born on February 29. 1972. Now she is 34. How many birthdays has she had?A. 34. B. 16. C. 8. D. 10.( )10. Which of the followi