四、完形填空。
I'm a junior high school student. Cindy is my classmate and good friend. She is a(n) 1 girl and she comes from London. Now she lives in Beijing with her parents. It is eight o'clock in the morning. The 2 is sunny, but it is still very cold. Cindy is reading Chinese in 3 room. She learns Chinese for an hour every day. She wants to learn it well, so she studies very 4. Cindy's father is reading some news on his phone. He hopes to know a lot about the world. 5 is Cindy's mother? She is in the kitchen. She is making breakfast for the family. She is preparing some hot milk for them. She thinks hot milk can keep them 6 in winter.
Mark is also my good friend. He is not an English boy. He comes from another 7—Canada. The weather is rainy in Canada. It rains a lot this week. Mark is at home with his family. They are doing some 8 together. Mark is cleaning his room. His father is cleaning the kitchen. His mother is using a sweeping robot to clean the 9. Mark's little sister is also busy. She is cleaning her toys. She is so cute.
Do you have any friends 10 other countries? Do you know what they are doing now?
()1. A. Chinese B. English C. German D. Japanese
()2. A. time B. season C. weather D. temperature
()3. A. her B. his C. our D. their
()4. A. fast B. hard C. soon D. late
()5. A. How B. Why C. Who D. Where
()6. A. cool B. hot C. warm D. cold
()7. A. city B. country C. school D. street
()8. A. reading B. fishing C. shopping D. cleaning
()9. A. door B. wall C. floor D. window
()10. A. for B. with C. from D. about

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C
7. B 8. D 9. C 10. C

五、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适当形式填空。
Today Helen and Peter 1. (visit) Mount Huangshan with their family. Helen is glad. Mount Huangshan feels 2. a magical place. The trees and 3. (rock) look like a part of a painting. Helen 4. (think) climbing is hard, but they're making good 5. (progress). 6. the weather is bad, many people here are still in high 7. (spirit).
But Peter isn't really 8. (enjoy) the experience. Everything 9. (look) grey, and he can't see much 10. of the heavy fog. The ground is very wet, so he has to climb 11. (slow). Peter thinks climbing is 12. (tired)! So his sister Helen is 13. (encourage) him. 14. he is tired and 15. (happy), it feels good to be at the top.

1. are visiting 2. like 3. rocks
4. thinks 5. progress 6. Although
7. spirits 8. enjoying 9. looks
10. because 11. slowly 12. tiring
13. encouraging 14. Although
15. unhappy