Ⅴ. 完形填空。
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
It was Sunday. Martin and Steve were riding through the town on their bikes. Martin was riding in front. He was twelve years old. Steve was 1. ____. He was eleven. The two boys were going to the river. They often went to the river 2. ____ they liked fishing. Then Martin saw a thief. He was coming 3. ____ a shop. He had an ugly (丑陋的) face.
He was 4. ____ two large bags to a car. The boys could see a fat man 5. ____ glasses. He was sitting in the car. Just then the ugly man dropped one of the bags and some things 6. ____ out of it.
The ugly man 7. ____ the things quickly, put them into the bags and 8. ____ the car. Martin and Steve rode quickly. They were going to ride to Martin’s grandpa’s house 9. ____. They wanted to call the 10. ____.
()1. A. taller B. younger
C. cooler D. older
()2. A. so B. and
C. but D. because
()3. A. out B. back
C. out of D. in
()4. A. making B. taking
C. bringing D. leaving
()5. A. on B. off
C. at D. with
()6. A. fell B. put
C. pulled D. stopped
()7. A. woke up B. got up
C. picked up D. jumped up
()8. A. got to B. got in
C. got on D. got off
()9. A. slowly B. at once
C. early D. later
()10. A. teacher B. police
C. doctor D. worker

1 - 5 BDCBD 6 - 10 ACBBB

Ⅵ. 短文填空。
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my 1. ____. Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t 2. ____ good student. Sometimes she said I 3. ____ too much, and so on. I tried to put up with her as long as I 4. ____. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father 5. ____ tears in my eyes.
My father 6. ____ a newspaper at that time. He stopped and listened to me 7. ____, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder 8. ____ you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me and 9. ____ my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.
I 10. ____ the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about 11. ____. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be 12. ____ to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, 13. ____ hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. The situation often 14. ____ in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask 15. ____ advice. For some advice you will treasure all your life!

1. shortcomings 2. a 3. talked 4. could 5. with 6. was reading 7. quietly 8. what 9. to 10. brought 11. yourself 12. helpful 13. but 14. appears 15. for