閱讀理解。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從短文后所給各題的四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案，

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,   destroying (摧毀) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破壞)  that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was

killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and   lasted for

over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but

then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when  she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利機構) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1 How many homes altogether (總共) were damaged in the storm?

    A. Fourteen                                 B. Twenty-one

    C. Twenty-nine                            D. Thirty-six

2 Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

    A. He was in bed.                                  B. He was inside the house.

    C. He was outside the house.                 D. He was on the roof.

3 Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.

    A. her husband knew there would be a storm

    B. they were all inside the house when the storm became worse

    C. she felt the house was moving

    D. the welfare department helped her

4 The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

    A. something to eat        B. something to wear

    C. somewhere to study  D. somewhere to stay

5 Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

    A. A Terrible Storm       B. A Lucky Woman

    C. Good Soldiers           D. Clever People

補全對話。用下面框中提供的信息補全對話（其中有兩個選項是多余的）

A: You look unhappy.    1     .

B: Bad luck! I didn’t pass the English exam again.

A:  2     But please don’t give up.

B: Well, maybe my way of studying English is not good.

A:    3   .

B:I study it by doing my homework early in the morning.

A: Oh, It’s better to read early in the morning. It’s easy to remember things at that time. Do you agree?

B: Yes, I’ll do some reading instead.

A:     4  

B: Never! I just listen to what the teacher says.

A: That’s not good. You should write down the important things that the teacher tells you. After class you can review them.

B: OK. I’ll buy a notebook.

A: Good luck to you!

B:     5

Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents  1  five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.  

One morning, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his 

hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.  

"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out." 

"Let me try, " Martin said. "I    2   it isn't too hard for me. " Martin tried his best but he 

couldn’t work it out,     3    .  

"If we had a small computer,  all the problems would be     4    for us to do.

 " Jimmy said. 

"A small computer. . . , " Martin thought for a minute,  then he said, "I've got an idea. We can        5   one in a shop. " 

"A computer is very     6    , and we don’t have enough money. " 

"That's OK," said Martin. "We can ask the new president     7     some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."     

So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was

 finished and they hurried to the post office. In front of the post office stood a small

 box. They     8    the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.  

The next morning ,they9he post office on their way to school. They found,__10,  the box  was not a post box but trash-box(果皮箱). 

1 A. have died           B. had died           C. died               D. have been death 

2   A. sure                B. think              C. hope               D. wish  

3   A. neither               B. either              C. too                 D. also 

4  A. easy enough                        B. enough easy     

C. difficult enough                    D. enough difficult 

5  A. borrow              B. lend               C. bring               D. buy 

6  A. expensive         B. cheap                 C. important          D. useful 

7  A. to                    B. for                C. about               D. on 

8  A. place                B. take                C. dropped             D. bring 

9   A. passed             B. past                 C. pasted              D. passing 

10 A. with their surprise                  B. in their surprise  

C. to their surprise                      D. of their surprise

 Lucy often goes to school on foot, doesn’t she?

   A.. takes walk at school          B. walks to school

   C. goes to school early           D. goes to school with feet

Wang ping is no longer a child. 

       A. not…any much    B. not…any longer     C. not more    D.not longer

We are proud of our strong country. 

       A. take pride in        B. take pride        C. are pride of     D. are pride

 The teacher came up with an idea to stop the boy from playing computer games 

   all day 

   A. thought of        B. went over        C. asked for        D. found out

請從下列各題的四個選項中，選出一個相同或相近的選項替換句中劃線部分If you are confident enough , social situations don’t bother you in the slightest .

   A. anymore          B. at all             C. as usual              D. in fact

 The young trees should ______well as often as possible.

    A. be water              B. watered            C. watering    D. be watered

 --Dinner is ready. Help yourself!

   --Wow! It ________ delicious．Could you please tell me how to cook it?

A．tastes                B．hears             C．sounds     D．feels