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nless16. Does your sister _________lots of money on her clothes? Yes, she does. A. spend B. cost C. take17. She _______after her mother. She is similar __________her. A. looks, to B. takes, to C. takes , as 18. In the 17th century, Western people __________coffee __________tea. ,to B. preferred, than C. preferred, to19. The young ___________has over twenty__________. A. inventor , inventors B. invention , inventions C. inventor , inventions20. My brother is only four years old. He is not __________to go to school. A. young enough B. old enough C. too young三、完形填空 We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They 1 2 3 a tree, you can see that it has many rings(年輪). Most trees grow one new ring 4 5a tree is. A tree over a hundred years old means that it has more than a hundred 6 . When the climate is dry or very cold, the trees do not grow very much and their rings are usually . When it is wet and warm, the rings are much thicker. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick, this means that the 9 10 our climate is changing today. 1. A. tell 2. A. also B. either 3. A. cut down C. walk past B. every 5. A. how big C. how old B. leaves B. thin 8. A. changed B. kept C. lost 9. A. people C. climate B. why 四、閱讀理解ALofton is a little village not far from Manchester. Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. Not many families live there, so the people all know each other. Most of them are polite and helpful. Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. Some work in the big factories. A few work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually takes them about an hour to get from Lofton to Manchester. 1. The people in Lofton know each other well because _______. A. it is not far from Manchester