五、閱讀選擇。
Hello, 10 children and 20 parents. Thank you for coming to this meeting. I'd like to start by telling that we will get some money from the government for our school trip to Indonesia. We will get about $1,000 for each child. That will cut down the cost for you.Then, it is time to do some serious plans. We're sure that the trip will be very exciting for the children, especially if they didn't travel to other countries before. There are many benefits of travelling to different places and cultures. Your children will learn a lot about other people and cultures on this trip.Leanne, put up your hand so that we can see who you are. Thank you! Leanne went on the trip last year and she will be happy to tell you some experiences and answer questions you might have. We will hear from her a bit later in the meeting.We have five months to organize the trip. From past experience, I can tell you that time will go very quickly! So we need to start organizing the trip now. In your hand is a list for our meeting. Please read and write down your questions, if any. Now it's 7:10. Leanne will start to answer your questions at 7:20.
( ) 1. How much money will the government give for the school trip to Indonesia in total?
A. 1,000. B. 10,000. C. 30,000.
( ) 2. Which of the following can we put the underlined word "benefits"?
A. We could get out of the ___ of the dangerous animals.
B. Everyone knows reading has many ____for children's growth.
C. We went to the place of interest and the great ___ amazed us.
( ) 3. How does the speaker make parents and students interested in Leanne's talk?
A. By comparing her with other students.
B. By asking her to stand up and raise her hand.
C. By mentioning（提及）her past experience of the trip.
( ) 4. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. The meeting will finish at 7:20.
B. Each parent must write down his or her questions.
C. The speaker thinks the trip preparation time is short.
( ) 5. What is the meeting time for?
A. To tell the children and parents about the school trip.
B. To ask the children and parents for some help about the trip.
C. To tell the children and parents the help from the government.
答案：1.B
2.B
3.C
4.C
5.A
六、短文填空。
arrive bore excite happy
move remind something stranger
surprise use wait wonder
On a cool Tuesday morning in summer vacation, I went to the countryside with my friend John. But when we 1 , the weather became very hot. We wanted to go back, but the next bus came three hours later. So we 2 under the tree. In front of us was a small bridge (橋). And we felt very 3 during our stay because we could only watch people sometimes go across the bridge.
Just at that time, an old man with a fishing net walked on the bridge. He looked 4 . He stopped and started to put his fishing net into the river instead of going across the bridge like others. Clearly, he was fishing.
"I think he usually fishes here. You see, he 5 the net so fast. He must be good at fishing," I said.
"Right. Let's go and ask him about how to fish," John said. But what we saw 6 us when we went near him. In his net, there was 7 but bags, bottles, shoes, and newspapers. There were no fish!
"Grandpa, you're so unlucky!" we talked to him.
"What do you mean?"
"You came to fish, but you didn't get any," we said. But he didn't seem 8 .
"Oh, today is your first time here, right?"
"Yes." We 9 why he knew it."
Then welcome to our village. And can you help me bring your 10 things back when you leave here?" he asked in a friendly way.
答案：1. arrived
2. waited
3. bored
4. strange
5. uses
6. surprised
7. nothing
8. unhappy
9. wondered
10. moving
解析：1. 第一空，“arrive”表示到達(dá)，這里講述過去的事，用一般過去時(shí)“arrived”。
2. 第二空，“wait”表示等待，同樣是過去發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，用“waited”。
3. 第三空，“bored”表示感到無聊的，符合只能偶爾看人過橋時(shí)的感受。
4. 第四空，“strange”表示奇怪的，形容老人的樣子。
5. 第五空，“use”表示使用，主語“he”是第三人稱單數(shù)，一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)用“uses”。
6. 第六空，“surprise”的過去式“surprised”，表示使……驚訝，看到的情況讓“我們”驚訝。
7. 第七空，“nothing”表示沒有什么，網(wǎng)里除了雜物什么也沒有。
8. 第八空，“unhappy”表示不開心的，老人看起來并不不開心。
9. 第九空，“wonder”的過去式“wondered”，表示想知道。
10. 第十空，“moving”表示移動(dòng)的，修飾“things”，指幫著把移動(dòng)的東西帶回去。
