【正文】 erstand . A. are B. is C. with D. has ( )37 .Jim’ s never been late for school ,_____ he ? _________ . He is always the first to get to school every morning . A. is 。 Yes B. has 。 No C. is 。 No D. has 。 Yes ( )38 .When did you go to school _______ , Lily ? When I was in Grade 6. A. by your own B. on your own C. by you D. in your own ( )39 .Do you often your _______ friends at the weekend , Lilei ? A. other B. the other C. another D. others ( )40 .It has rained_______the beginning of last week. A. at B. in C. until D. since 三 完形填空 (15分 ) Once there was a rich man named Chulong. One day, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange___41___with beautiful features(特征 )and sweet voice in a tree. Chulong___42___went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could___43___and get lots of money. “Don’t think about making money through me!” said the bird, “___ 44___will buy me, because, in imprisonment(監(jiān)禁 ), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.” Chulong’s hope of making money was shattered. He became angry and wanted to___45___the bird for the meat. Then the___46___bird suggested, “Well, set me free. In return I shall teach you___47___simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.” Chulong didn’t believe the bird___ 48___, and he was afraid that the bird would fly away. However, the bird___49___it would keep its word(守信 ). Chulong wanted to take a risk. He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree. It became___50___again. Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.” “Certainly,” said the bird. Then the bird taught Chulong the___51___: The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand. “You silly bird,” shouted Chulong, “These rules are known ___ 52___ everyone. You cheated()me.” But the bird said, “Today, you had me in you r hand, but you threw me away. You believed all that I said. And you are sad about not having rules are simple, you have never followed them. Now have you got the___54___of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.”With these words, the bird___ 55___and disappeared from his sight. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ever on first last ( ) B .remembered ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) up down away on 四 閱讀理解 (30分 ) A Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons .First , First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself you like reading , you will never feel bored or tired. Next, you can read a book almost anywhere : in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book！ Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As you reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork bees much better. Some people say that reading is out of date(過時的 ). This is not true. You can read on puters, and the more you read, the better your puter skills will be. Good readers may bee writers, too. They always have more things to write about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why don’t you start reading right now? ( )56 .Reading can always keep yourself________. ( )57 .You can read a book ______. in the classroom on a plane you are driving a car anywhere ( ) can read faster_______. you read a book you are a student you read as a hobby you like books ( ) is ______ that reading is out of date. true fact ( )60 .What does the passage mainly tell us? A. Reading is a good hobby . can read on puters readers must be good writers should buy more books . B When Mr . David retired ( 退休 ) ， he bought a small house in a village near the sea .He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it . But to his great surprise , many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays ,for it was the most interesting building in the village . From morning to night there were tourists outside the house . They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden . This was too much for Mr. David .He decided to drive the visitors away .So he put a notice on the window .The notice said , “ If you want to satisfy your curiosity( 好奇心 ),e in and look around . Price : $ 20 .” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop ing , but he was wrong .More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house . “ I came here to retire ,not to work as a guide .” He said angrily . In the end ,he so