十一、完形填空。
Mr Jones and Mr Brown worked in the same office. One day Mr Jones 1 to Mr
Brown, "We 2 a small party at our house next Wednesday evening. Would you and
your wife like 3 us?"
Mr Brown said, "Thank you very much. That is very kind of you. We are free that
evening, I think. But I will telephone my wife and ask 4. Maybe she wants to go
somewhere else that evening." So Mr Brown 5 to the other room and telephoned.
When he came back, he looked very sorry.
"What is the matter?" said Mr Jones. "Did you 6 to your wife?"
"No," answered Mr Brown. "She wasn't there. My little son answered the telephone
7. I said to him, 'Is your mother there, David?' He answered, 'No, she is not in the
house.' 'Where is she then?' I asked. 'She is somewhere outside.' 'What is she doing?'
'She 8 for me.'"
() 1. A. say B. says C. said
() 2. A. have B. are going to have C. has
() 3. A. join B. joining C. to join
() 4. A. him B. me C. her
() 5. A. goes B. went C. go
() 6. A. spoke B. speak C. speaks
() 7. A. happily B. happy C. sad
() 8. A. looks B. looked C. is looking

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C

十二、阅读短文,选择合适的答案。
Long long ago, there lived a very skinny pig. The other animals in the barn(牲口棚)
made fun of how skinny he was. "You don't look like a pig!"
"You're so skinny and the wind can blow you away(吹跑)!"
The skinny pig was sad and lonely(孤独的).
No one would like to play with him because he looked different from the other pigs.
One night, the skinny pig saw smoke coming out of the roof of the henhouse(鸡舍).
He heard the hens shouting, "Help! Help!"
The other animals couldn't get into the henhouse because they were too fat.
The skinny pig decided to help the hens. He rushed inside and saved them all.
From then on, the animals became friends with their hero, the skinny pig.
() 1. The pig was very .
A. fat B. skinny C. strong
() 2. At first, the animals the skinny pig.
A. liked B. were C. made fun of
() 3. The Chinese meaning of the word "skinny" is .
A. 皮包骨的 B. 胖的 C. 强壮的
() 4. Why did the other animals make fun of the skinny pig?
A. Because the skinny pig was their hero.
B. Because the skinny pig looked different from the other pigs.
C. Because they didn't like him.
() 5. The other animals were too to get into the henhouse.
A. thin B. skinny C. fat
() 6. At last, saved the hens.
A. the skinny pig B. the other animals C. the other pigs

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A