Issue No 48
一、单项选择 (每小题波士顿龙虾的做法2分，共20分)
1. My body is always in ____ pain. I want a bed at the end of the day.
A. the B. a C. an D. /
2. Hua Mei is a five-year-old girl. ____ parents left China in 1996 to go to America.
A. His B. Their C. Her D. She
3. Pandas are unlucky ____ they face a lot of difficulties.
A. so B. becau C. when D. if
4. If you never tell others about your crets, it may make you ____ , or even sick.
A. happy B. excited C. unhappy D. interested
5. Countries have to ____ a lot of money to keep a panda in their zoos.
A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take
6. Teachers ____ love their students like their own children.
A. need B. can’t C. should D. mustn’t
7. The panda is ____ in the world.
A. one of the most popular animals B. one of the popularest animals
C. the popular animal D. one of the most popular animal
8. Brazilians love sports, ____ football.
A. in fact B. usually C. especially D. after all
9. I’m no good at maths. Do you know ____ some books to help me?
A. where can I buy B. where I can buy
C. why can I buy D. when to buy
西周的分封制10. I gave a note to Miss Guo. It ____ “I’m really sorry.”
A. reads B. was read C. read D. reading竹简图片
二、 用下列动词的正确形式填空(每小题4分，共20分)
11. She looked surprid and ____ (stop) for a moment.
12. That night, I couldn’t sleep. I kept on ____ (think) about how to say sorry to Miss Guo.
13. Zoo pandas are made ____ (climb) trees for exerci.
14. Chine ____ (write) about pandas more than 2,000 years ago.
15. Alicia ____ (begin) a world tour next month.
三、 好听的女生网名完形填空(每小题2分，共20分)
Three years is a very long time for Jerry’s fans to wait. But that is how 16 it took to mak
e his new album, “First Time”. Now they have something more to be 17 about. The 27-year-old Taiwane (台湾人) will sing with other famous stars in the “2004 Perfect Show (十全十美演唱会)” in Beijing, on September 17. And the next day, they might e Jerry play 18 Jay Chou in a basketball match!
Jerry, a member of F4, worked hard on his album and is plead to e it finished. “I’m very happy. I spent three 19 years on it.” said Jerry. During that time, other F4 stars had new albums. But Jerry did not hurry at all. It was his first solo (独唱) album. He tried 20 to make it right. He went to Japan to take singing lessons and learnt to play the piano. He also 21 the chance to be in films. For one song, “One foot”, he sang one line of it over 50 times to get it 22 !“They asked me what I was doing, and why I was taking so long? Sometimes I looked at the moon and asked mylf. But I have to do the best!”
金桔的作用There are two parts to the album. One for day and one for 23 干虾的做法. This is like Jerry himlf. He can be 24 and likes to joke. When he works, he’s 25 and rious.
Will his fans like his album? Jerry says he doesn’t want to compare (燃烧英语比较) it to others. But
he likes to hear what others say — even if it isn’t all good news!
“That way, I can do better next time,” he said, “However, it’s better to tell me cretly.”
16. A. far B. soon C. long D. much
17. A. sad B. happy C. angry D. nervous
18. A. against B. to C. at D. for
19. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. different
20. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
21. A. gave in B. gave out C. gave up D. gave away
22. A. right B. wrong C. out D. exciting
23. A. work B. music C. night D. fun
24. A. sunny B. surprising C. silent D. talented
25. A. excited B. quiet C. easy-going D. strong
四、 阅读理解(每小题4分，共20分)
Pandas are very old animals. They have lived on earth for over 3 million years! No wonder people call them “living fossils (化石).”
Chine wrote about this “living fossil_ more than 2,000 years ago. Pandas were always very valuable (珍贵的). They ud panda skins (皮)水稻病虫害防治 as gifts.
But the West didn’t know about pandas until the late 19th century. Frenchman Pere Armand David told the west about pandas. On his trip to south China in 1869, he saw a panda skin. He bought two dead giant pandas from hunters (猎人). After that, a lot of Westerners came to China to get pandas. In November 1928, Americans Kermit and Theodore Roovelt, sons of President Theodore Roovelt, came to China to hunt pandas.
In the 1930s, the West wanted live pandas instead of dead ones. American Ruth Harknes
s was the first to take a panda out of China alive. She came to China in 1936. She took a baby panda, Su Lin, back to the US. Her book, “The lady and the Panda,” came out in 1938 and was a best ller.
26. This passage mainly talks about _____.
A. why pandas are so valuable
B. how pandas got to the West
