1. My brother was watching TV while I was ____ to study.
A.try
B.tries
C.trying
D.to try

C

2. What was the weather like before the heavy rain ____?
A.start
B.starts
C.starting
D.started

D

3. That bird's song is ____ beautiful ____ we all follow it.
A.so; that
B.too; to
C.such; that
D.so; what

A

4. This elephant weighs many times this panda.
A.more
B.than
C.much
D.more than

D

5. The babies often die ____ illness and do not live very long.
A.with
B.of
C.at
D.in

B

6. The (火柴) burned quickly and went out.
7. What is the (人口) of this country?
8. Love and poverty are hard to (隐藏).
9. You look better in colors like orange and red.
10. You shouldn't sit on the when it's wet.
11. Some people still believe in (魔法).

6. match 7. population 8. hide 9. bright 10. ground 11. magic

12. He often his clothes to charity.
13. —Where would you like to vacation?
—I'd like to go . I don't like cold places.
14. That new book is very interesting. You can when you are free.
15. there lived a king who had three daughters.

12. gives away 13. spend your winter; somewhere warm 14. have a look 15. Once upon a time

四、妙语脱口秀
A: Hello, Tom!
B: Hi, Mike! Long time no see. 16.
A: I've been to the countryside.
B: 17.
A: For a week.
B: For what?
A: For the "hand-in-hand" activity. We gave some school things to the children there.
B: 18. What else did you do?
A: We lived together with the children and made friends with them.
B: Great! 19.
A: Though they live a hard life, they study very hard. By the way, 20.
B: We have just finished our exams, and I have passed it.
A: Congratulations.

16. Where have you been? 17. How long have you been there? /How long did you stay there? 18. That's really kind of you. /It's very nice of you. /You're so helpful. 19. What do you think of them? /How do you feel about the children there? 20. how about your exams? /how was your exam? （16～20 题答案不唯一，合理即可）