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enough loudly ( )11. — Mrs Smith, keep an eye on your child. Don’t leave him around the street. — Thanks for reminding me. A. run B. running C. to run D. to running ( )12. — Sir, please put out your cigarette (香煙 ). This is a nonsmoking area. — Sorry. I the sign. A. don’t notice B. didn’t notice C. haven’t noticed D. won’t notice ( )13. — What should I do to improve my listening skills? — I do have some advice. , practice makes perfect. A. After all B. Above all C. At all D. In all ( )14. — I will get 100 points in the ing test. Wait and see. — . You’d better start getting ready for it now. A. A friend in need is a friend indeed B. Many hands make light work C. You cannot burn the candle at both ends D. Actions speak louder than words ( )15. — But you’re wanted on the p hone, Mr Lin. — Really? Thanks. A. I am really sorry. B. Pardon me for cutting in. C. Hold on for a minute. D. How are you going? 二 . 完形填空 (每小題 1分,共 10分) Last week, my friend and I spent a weekend in the countryside. We 16 my uncle’s farm. I had been to the farm several times before, 17 this was the first time I had gone with my friend. Naturally, it was a 18 event for him. Last 19 morning, we got up very early, because we wanted to leave home after breakfast. We made the journey by bus. We reached my uncle’s farm at noon. After lunch we spent many hours 20 round the village to see the sights and walking through the forest to 21 bird’s nests (巢 ). The next morning, we had a big breakfast 22 plenty of farm products. After breakfast, my uncle took us to a small 23 not far from his home. There we fished and had a nice lunch with the fish we caught. Though the weekend was 24 , we enjoyed it very much. The air in the countryside was 25 and pure. We felt healthy and strong when we came back to the city for our school work. ( )16. A. visited B. left C. moved D. built ( )17. A. and B. so C. or D. but ( )18. A. great B. bad C. sad D. difficult ( )19. A. Saturday B. Sunday C. Monday D. Thursday ( )20. A. flying B. jumping C. walking D. eating ( )21. A. run away B. look for C. slow down D. take off ( )22. A. to B. in C. with D. on ( )23. A. room B. school C. tree D. lake ( )24. A. long B. short C. boring D. interesting ( )25. A. dirty B. delicious C. fresh D. sweet 三 . 閱讀理解(每小題 2分,共 20分) A Once upon a time there was an old man. What he hated most was when people were polite to each other. So he spent a lot of time making a machine which could steal (偷 ) words. With this machine, he planned to steal ‘please’, ‘thank you’, and simila r words people used to be polite. After he started up his machine, people couldn’t say kind and polite things. All those words ended up inside the big machine. In the beginning nothing happened. It looked like people really didn’t need to be polite. Howev er, soon, people started to feel like t