V. 单项选择(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
26. Their plants don’t grow well, but _______ look really good.
A. we B. our C. ours D. ourselves
27. The _______ of the activity is to raise money for a new hospital.
A. silence B. purpose C. culture D. language
28. I used to go to school _______ my father’s car, but now I ride to school.
A. on B. by C. in D. at
29. ---Diana, I forget new words quickly. How can I remember them?
---Don’t worry. It is _______ to forget new words. I suggest you read the words and try to use them.
A. rude B. exciting C. perfect D. natural
30. On the first day of Chinese New Year, we _______ new clothes and visit people.
A. pick up B. put on C. take off D. throw away
31. The shop _______ at 7:30 p.m. on weekends.
A. will close B. closes C. closed D. is closing
32. ---What a beautiful skirt!
---So it is. I _______ it for two months.
A. bought B. have bought C. had D. have had
33. ______ the lights were changing to red, a car suddenly appeared around the corner.
A. Until B. After C. While D. Before
34. ---Oh, your room is too dirty, Mike!
---Sorry, Mom. It ________ yesterday. I forgot to do it.
A. didn’t clean B. doesn’t clean C. wasn’t cleaned D. isn’t cleaned
35. According to the rule, used batteries ________ be dropped in the red bin for harmful wastes.
A. must B. need C. can D. may
VI. 完形填空(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
The teacher sent me home with a note for my mother that said I needed to visit the eye doctor because I
failed the vision test. The trip home that day was very slow. My mother said it would all be just fine. “It wouldn’t hurt a bit,” she said. But I wasn’t worried about pain—I was worried about looking 36 .
The next day, my mother pulled me to the eye doctor’s office. I 37 a set of frames (镜框) and
tried to believe my mother when she said they looked really 38 on me. The doctor said the glasses would be ready soon. But I wasn’t ready at all, and I didn’t think I ever would be.
When the glasses arrived, the eye doctor put them on my face and walked me out onto the sidewalk in
front of his office. When I looked 39 from my shoes, I found myself in a whole new world—a world filled with 40 pictures, bright colours, and fine detail everywhere I looked. Suddenly I 41 the beautiful outline of red leaves on trees. I could see the details of people’s faces long before they were standing in front of me. I could see my mother 42 as she watched me see the world in a whole new way. “Glasses aren’t so bad, are they?” Mom asked. “Not at all,” I thought to myself. On that first day, they were a 43 . The Monday morning came, and I had to 44 the kids in my classroom. And it happened, just like I feared it would be. A mean kid pointed at me in the middle of the maths class and shouted, “Four 45 !” But at the same moment, looking through my new glasses, I could see all the way across the room that the kid who had said it had an awfully big nose.
36. A. smart B. old C. funny D. blind
37. A. chose B. made C. fixed D. owned
38. A. silly B. good C. huge D. strange
39. A. around B. back C. down D. up
40. A. pale B. dark C. clear D. rare
41. A. noticed B. recorded C. developed D. imagined
42. A. crying B. worrying C. dreaming D. smiling
43. A. present B. wonder C. beauty D. fashion
44. A. impress B. visit C. face D. avoid
45. A. noses B. eyes C. glasses D. frames
