五、单项选择(每小题1分，共10分)
21. Tom is getting ready the party.
A. for B. at
C. of D. with

21. A get ready for意为"为……做准备",为固定短语。

22. —Where is Danny?
—He basketball in the playground now.
A. plays B. played
C. is playing D. play

22. C 根据时间状语now可知,此处应用现在进行时,表示此刻正在进行的动作。主语He是第三人称单数,故选C。

23. He doesn't like maths because it's .
A. interesting B. difficult
C. easy D. relaxing

23. B 根据"He doesn't like maths"可知,他不喜欢数学。difficult"困难的"符合语境。

24. —Sally is middle school student. How about her brother?
—He is English teacher.
A. a; an B. an; a
C. a; a D. an; an

24. A middle的读音以辅音音素开头,第一个空应填a;English的读音以元音音素开头,第二个空应填an。

25. — is my baseball? I can't find it anywhere.
—Oh, it's under the chair.
A. Who B. What
C. Where D. Why

25. C 根据"I can't find it anywhere."及"it's under the chair"可知,此处是询问棒球在哪里。

26. —Does John take a bus to school?
—. He walks to school.
A. No, he doesn't B. Yes, he does
C. No, he isn't D. Yes, he is

26. A 此处考查一般疑问句的否定回答。根据答语"He walks to school."可知,此处应做否定回答;根据问句中的Does和主语John可知,其否定回答应借助助动词does。

27. —What would you like to drink, cola juice?
—Juice, please.
A. but B. and
C. so D. or

27. D 根据答语可知,此处为选择疑问句。选择疑问句中用or连接并列成分。

28. Kind words don't anything. But they give people hope and love.
A. take B. spend
C. cost D. pay

28. C 句意:善意的话语无需付出任何代价。但是它们能给人带来希望和爱。根据句意可知,cost"花费"符合语境。

29. We didn't enjoy the day the weather was so bad.
A. because B. if
C. before D. till

29. A 分析句子可知,空后的"the weather was so bad"是空前的"We didn't enjoy the day"的原因,故用because引导原因状语从句。

30. I want to hear the teacher clearly, so I want to sit the classroom.
A. on front of B. in front of
C. in the front D. in the front of

30. D 句意:我想听清楚老师讲课,所以我想坐在教室的前面。in front of意为"在……前面",表示在物体外部的前面;in the front of意为"在……前面",表示在物体内部的前面。结合题意可知,此处指坐在教室内的前面,因此用in the front of。

六、完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
What a lovely day! A little girl goes out to look for 31 for her mother.
It is very 32, and the sun doesn't get up. The grass is wet. Sweet little birds are singing all around her. And what do you think she 33 besides flowers? It is a home with some 34 birds in it.
When she is 35 them, she hears the mother bird chirping, like saying, "Do not touch my children, little girl, for I love 36 very much."
The little girl is now thinking of her 37. Her mother loves her very much too.
So she leaves the young 38.
Then she picks flowers and goes back home. She 39 her mother what she sees and hears outside.
"Every mother 40 her children very much," the mother says to her girl.
31. A. vegetables B. flowers
C. water D. food
32. A. early B. late
C. sunny D. cloudy
33. A. buys B. gives
C. shows D. finds
34. A. weak B. healthy
C. young D. old
35. A. looking at B. looking for
C. looking like D. looking after
36. A. him B. her
C. you D. them
37. A. father B. mother
C. brother D. sister
38. A. trees B. children
C. birds D. dogs
39. A. tells B. says
C. talks D. speaks
40. A. knows B. helps
C. loves D. believes

六、【语篇导读】本文主要讲述了小女孩外出采花,发现了一窝小鸟的故事。小女孩被鸟妈妈的行为所感动,于是她离开了小鸟,采了花回家送给妈妈。
31. B 根据第二段中的"And what do you think she. . . besides flowers?"和倒数第二段中的Then she picks flowers可知,此处指一个小女孩为妈妈外出寻找花。
32. A 根据空后的"and the sun doesn't get up"可知,太阳还没升起,由此推断天还很早。
33. D 句意:你认为她除了花还找到了什么?该空与第一段中的look for对应,find"找到"符合语境。
34. C 根据第三段中的". . . the mother bird chirping, like saying, 'Do not touch my children. . . '"可知,此处指幼鸟,故用young"幼小的"。下文的young也是提示信息。
35. A 根据下文中的"Do not touch my children"可知,此处指小女孩正看着这些小鸟,鸟妈妈让小女孩不要碰它的孩子。
36. D 根据上文中的my children可知,此处应用代词them。
37. B 根据后句"Her mother loves her very much too."可知,小女孩想到了自己的妈妈。
38. C 根据上文可知,鸟妈妈让小女孩不要碰它的孩子,所以小女孩离开了这些小鸟。
39. A 此处指小女孩告诉她的妈妈她在外面看到和听到的事。tell sb. sth."告诉某人某事"为固定用法。
40. C 上文描述了鸟妈妈对孩子的爱,此处点明主旨:每个妈妈都非常爱自己的孩子。