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上宝中学 Exercise for 6BU4
I. Choose the best answer.
1. It’s ________common knowledge that light travels faster than sound.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. Miss Fang’s never been to Hainan Island for a holiday. ________Mr. Lin
A. Neither is B. Neither has C. So is D. So has
3. -- Have you ever _______him before? --No, he is just a stranger to me.
A. heard from B. heard of C. heard D. listened to
4. --__________do you play basketball? --Every afternoon.
A. How B. How long C. How often D. How much
5. The meat is __________expensive. I haven’t got ________money.
A. too much, any B. much too, enough C. too much, enough D. much too, any
6. His __________look told us he was quite __________at the puzzling news.
A. puzzling, puzzling B. puzzling, puzzled C. puzzled, puzzling D. puzzled, puzzled
7. What do you think ________solve the problem?
A. you can do B. can you do C. you can do to D. can you do to
8. I want to go to the doctor, but you _________with me.
A. need not to go B. do not need go C. need not go D. need go not
9. -- I remembered ________the letter to Mr. Lu.
-- Miss Huang, you were in the office the whole morning, you must have forgotten _________so.
A. sending, to do B. to send, doing C. sending, doing D. to send, to do
10. The young woman ________a millionaire since her father __________two years ago.
A. has been married to, died B. has married to, died
C. has been married to, dead D. has married, dead
11. ________useful advice they have given us!
A. What a B. What an C. What D. How
12. The girl was _________, but I could do nothing but _________her.
A. dying, to accompany B. dying, accompany
C. dead, to accompany D. deadly, accompany
13. To my great __________, Mr. Gao didn't know how to solve this math problem, so we were _________.
A. puzzle, at loss how to do B. puzzlement, at a loss how to do it
C. puzzle, at a loss what to do D. puzzlement, at a loss what to do it
14. ________with his, the list you ________ didn’t meet my standards.
A. Comparison, were made B. comparison, had made
C. Compared, were made D. Compared, had made
15. When Mrs. Zhang was ________ in thoughts, the students were waiting ________ outside her office.
A. loss, unpatiently B. lost, impatient C. loss, unpatient D. lost, impatiently
16. The reason ________you have a headache is ________ you watch ________television.
A. for, because, too much B. why, that, too many
C. why, because, too much D. why, that, too much
17. That’s terrible! I ________ my key to the house in the cinema.
A. forgot B. left C. made D. kept
18. She eats _________than any other sister, so she is the ________child in her family.
A. healthier, healthiest B. more healthy, most healthy
C. more healthily, healthiest D. more healthier, healthiest
19. _________the students in the world are sending information by QQ every day.
A. Many millions B. Several millions C. Several million D. Several million of
20. Have you decided when you will __________?
A. leave Canada to America B. leave to Canada
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C. leave from Canada to America D. leave for America
21. _________good time the children are having in the Century Park!
A. How B. What C. What an D. What a
22. Mary ________ill for three days. Let’s go to see her together.
A. has fallen B. has been C. has become D. felt
23. His father suggested he ________ the lazy boy a lesson.
A. to teach B. teaching C. teach D. should teaches
24. He knows Beijing very well. He said he _________.
A. had gone there twice B. has been there twice
C. had been there twice D. has gone there twice
25. -- Mum, would you like some hamburgers?
--__________, I don’t like hamburgers. I prefer rice dumplings.
A. Yes, please B. Don't give me hamburgers C. No, thanks D. Yes, I’d like to
26. _________he agrees with me or not is very important.
A. However B. Whether C. If D. Unless
27. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream _______in the field.
A. forms B. has formed C. had formed D. forming
28. I ________at home _________ to play.
A. would rather stay, than going out B. would stay, than go out
C. prefer to stay, to going out D. prefer to stay, rather than go out
29. If you want to stay ________, you shouldn’t eat those _______ food which are called junk food.
A. health, health B. healthily, unhealthy C. healthy, unhealthy D. healthy, unhealthily
30. I think we students should have enough time to relax ourselves.
A. That’s all right B. I can’t agree with you more
C. I don't think so D. You are welcome
II. Write down the words according to the phonetic symbols:
31. My parents had me stay ___________/in’dɔ:z/ all day long.
32. The doctor is asking his patient what’s wrong with his ___________. /’stʌməkeik/
33. If you can not __________/ri’membə/ anything, you are not able to bring it back into your mind when you make an
effort to do so.
34. The waiter serves green tea and autumn chestnut ___________. /’biskits/
35. We’ve never _____________/fə’gɔtn/ the holiday we spent together.
36. My little brother enjoys making a ___________ plane. /’mɔdl/
III. Word Transformation:
37. I am _________(puzzle) that she left without saying goodbye.
I was left with ___________as to whether human beings are the master of nature.
38. Horowitz was one of the century’s greatest ________. (piano)
39. She gave me some advice about how to eat more __________. (health)
40. Studying in Shanghai Middle school was quite a(n) __________ experience. (forget)
41. Miss Zhang’s wedding ceremony will be held _________. (outdoor)
42. I finally _________the importance of learning English. (real)
43. He is one of the most famous _________ and has composed many pop songs. (music)
44. There are many indoor and outdoor __________ in the club. (act)
45. It’s a huge park where you can go hiking and __________. (picnic)
IV. Sentences Transformation:
46. The new computer cost me RMB 6000 yuan. (改为一般疑问句)
__________ the new computer _________you RMB6000 yuan?
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47. We prefer having a piece of pizza to having rice dumplings. (同意句转换)
We _________ _________ have a piece of pizza ________ have rice dumplings.
48. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. (同意句转换)
Many people pretend ________ _________ modern art.
49. He told me, “Mrs. Smith left two hours ago.” (改为宾语从句)
He told me that Mrs. Smith _________ _________ two hours before.
50. I exercise cycling twice a week. (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ do you exercise cycling?
51. I didn’t go to school yesterday because I was ill. (同意句转换)
I didn’t go to school yesterday because ________ my _________.
52. The kid is too short to reach the top of the shelf. (保持句意不变)
The kid isn't _________ _________ to reach the top of the shelf.
53. It took the girl half an hour to walk to school. (保持句意不变)
The girl ________ half an hour ________to school _________ _________.
V. Translation:
54. 享受美妙的音乐是多么有趣的事情啊!
______________________it is to ______________________!
55. 他是一个健忘的人,他总是忘记下课后关灯。
He is a ____________man, and he always ____________________.
56. 我有很多健康问题,我经常头痛。
I have _______________________and I always _____________________.
57. 你经常发烧是恐怕因为你没有穿足够多的衣服。
You often ______________because you don't _______________________.
58. Joe 一年练习游泳两次。
Joe _________________________________________________________.
59. 他经常晚睡觉,从不帮忙做家务。
He always ___________________and never ___________________for him.
60. 他没有养成一个好习惯,请给他提一些建议。
He doesn't _______________________, please _______________________.
61. 玩拼图和搭建模型是我最喜欢的室内活动。
______________________________________________________________.
62. 我将拍一些关于端午节的照片。
______________________________________________________________.
VI. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
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“Time is money.” This saying means that time is very v____63____.
But time is more valuable than money. The money we have l____64___can be gained again but the time we have
w____65_____can not be regained. Moreover sometimes persons can exist without money but nothing can be done without
time just as no one can l____66_____ without air. D_____67_____being so valuable, time is often neglected by men. Since
time is an invisible thing men often waste their time unconsciously (无意地). Without anything to do they may gossip from
morning till night.
Man can live only at most to about 100 years. It seems fairly long but in fact it is rather short. We often say “How
quickly time f___68___!” How many things can a man accomplish in such a short period? Hence we should use the
valuable time properly to do our work. We will r___69___ with it. We will study and work hard. Never waste a little bit of
it.
B.
THIS MONTH’S GOALS FOR
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HELPING TO SAVE OUR PLANET
1. Save electricity.
2. Recycle.
3. Save water.
4. Save gas.
Week 1 This week, my family tried to save electricity. We never left the lights on when leaving the rooms. We
switched off the TV when n___70____was watching it. Mum only used cold water in the washing machine.
Week 2 We started recycling this week. We tried to write on both sides of our paper, not just on one side. We also
divided our rubbish into d_____71____bags for bottles, cans, paper and food. Mum kept the plastic shopping bags from the
supermarket to use them a____72____as rubbish bags. These are great ways to help our environment.
Week 3 We stopped taking long baths and had short showers i___73____. We flushed the toilet with used water.
When mum and dad made tea or coffee, they used l____74____water in the kettle(水壶). My sister and I didn’t leave the
tap running when we brushed our teeth.
Week 4 Mum used to d___75____us to school, but now my sister and I have started riding our bikes to school. It’s
hard work but good exercise! This week dad and a few of the people he works with also started to go to work together in
one car and share the cost. This should help r____76___ greenhouse gases!
My friends and I became volunteers at school. We help make our school more earth-friendly.
KEY:
1-5. ABCCB 6-10. CCCBA 11-15. ACDAA 16-20. DBACD 21-25. DBDCC 26-30. BBDBC
31. indoors 32. stomachache 33. remember 34. biscuits 35. forgotten 36. model
37. puzzled 38. puzzlement 39. pianists 40. healthily 41. unforgettable 42. outdoors 43. realize 44.
musicians 45. activities 46. picnicking
46. Did cost 47. like to than 48. to understand 49. had left 50. How often 51. of illness 52. tall enough
53. spent going on foot
54. What fun, enjoying beautiful music
55. forgetful, forgets to turn off the lights.
56. many health problems, have a headache
57. have a fever, wear enough clothes
58. practices swimming twice a year.
59. goes to bed late, help to do the housework.
60. get into the habit, provide some suggestions
61. Doing puzzles and making models are my favourite indoor activities.
62. I will take some photos about the Dragon Boat Festival.
63. valuable 64. lost 65. wasted 66. live 67. Despite 68. flies 69. race
70. nobody 71. different 72. again 73. instead 74. less 75. drive 76. reduce