【正文】 know the weather ____________.(通過電話 ) Jim ___________ me. （ 對 … 生氣 ） You could ___________ some money_________ your brother. （從 … 借） They are___________ my friends39。s aunt gives them a big meal. （ ） 1. A. play B. live C. stay D. like （ ） 2. A. and B. or C. but D. so （ ） 3. A. day B. time C. autumn D. week （ ） 4. A. does B. makes C. borrows D. has （ ） 5. A. watches B. drives C. sells D. washes （ ） 6. A. Monday B. Sunday C. Saturday D. Wednesday （ ） 7. A. small B. big C. hard D. short （ ） 8. A. much B. little C. fast D. far （ ） 9. A. clothes B. places C. food D. water （ ） 10. A. clean B. late C. happy D. friendly B Now machines are 11 used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary(必要的 ) 12 us? Because they can 13 us do things faster and 14. A washing machine helps us to wash clothes. A printing machine(印刷機(jī) ) helps us to print a lot of books, newspapers, magazine and many 15 things 16 . Bicycles, cars, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than 17 foot. The puter is a wonderful machine. It 18 not long ago. It 19 stores information but also putes numbers millions of times as 20 as a scientist does. Let’s study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country. （ ） 11. A. wider B. more wide C. widely D. wide （ ） 12. A. with B. of C. for D. to （ ） 13. A. be helped B. help C. helping D. to help （ ） 14. A. better B. well C. best D. good （ ） 15. A. others B. the other C. other D. another （ ） 16. A. faster B. quickly C. slowly D. quick （ ） 17. A. on B. by C. in D. with （ ） 18. A. invents B. is invented C. was invented D. invented （ ） 19. A. not at all B. not only C. both D. either （ ） 20. A. quick B. fastest C. faster D. fast C It is wellknown that English go out always with an umbrella or a raincoat. Why? 21 the weather in Britain often changes quickly. It is not very usual for the same kind of weather to 22 long. Spring can be rainy or windy 23 the weather is getting warmer and you can hope for more sunny days. In fact there 24 as much sunshine in spring as in summer. Summer is 25 time for visitors to go to the seaside and other places of interest. The weather can be sunny and nice. People often go out to have a walk or swim. Autumn is a beautiful season 26 trees in the woods and parks changing color. During autumn, it is still nice to be outside, too. In winter, it gets cold. It may snow, especially on high lands and in the north. There are 27 very strong winds in this season. January and February are the coldest 28 of the year, while the warmest months 29 often July and August. The difference in temperature 30 winter and summer is not so great in Britain. The average(平均 ) temperature for winter is about ○, and for summer, it’s about ○ ( ) . For B. As C. Because D. So ( ) . make B. stay C. change D. take ( ) . but B. and C. or D. for ( ) . can B. can be C. have D. can have ( ) . the earliest B. the latest C. the worst D. the best ( ) . with B. like C. without D. from ( )2 . also B. too C. either D. neither ( ) . seasons B. weather C. months D. years ( ) . is B. are C. was D. were ( ) . in B. on C. of D. between 三、閱讀理解（每小題 分，共 50 分） A Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends. One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （車費(fèi)） for him. “But I don’t have