Here are two letters to George and his replies.
1.Alice is worrying about ________.
A. her friends B. her marks C. her height D her weight
2.Bob should ________ according to George’s letter.
A. take more exercise B. talk to his friends
C. join a basketball team D. learn some French.
3.George advises Alice to talk to ________ for help.
A. her mother B. her teacher C. Bob’s teacher D. Bob’s friends
先阅读短文，掌握其大意.然后从方框中所给的12个词中选出最恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个次限用一次。（每小题1分，共15分）
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Weather affects all of us in one way or 1.__________ directly or indirectly. For example, good weather makes people happy. Bad weather makes people sick and depressed. 2.___ , on a fine day, one can go out for a walk or play a game in the open. On a rainy day, however, he can only stay3.__________. In a word, weather is a part of life for all of us.
The first thing that many people do after getting up is to 4.___________ what the weather is like. With the acknowledge of the weather people can arrange work and life of the day. If it is fine, he may 5.__________ to go on a picnic. If it is 6.___________, he will have to take a raincoat or an umbrella with him when he is leaving the house. 7.___________ the weather may be like, one tends to adjust his activites to it accordingly（相应地）.
In order to know how the weather will be, some special people are organized to provide this information. They 8.___________ data（数据）, analyze（分析） them and predict（预报） the weather of the coming day. This information, which is announced 9.____________ the radio or on TV, is usually very accurate（准确的）. 10._____________ to the efforts of those professionals, we can always know the weather and get prepared for it.
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
41 Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She 42 a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was 43 $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah 44 Iive on her salary and stilI saved $5，000 in a year．How was that 45 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living 46 starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that 47 housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was 48 ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants． 49 she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then 50 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often 51 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking 52 in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．” Did Sarah feel poor 53 cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands， 54 to Portland．
“Don't think of saving money as something 55 ．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah．
1.A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless
2.A．found B．tried C．asked for D．Iooked for
3.A．more than B．less than C .shorter than D．higher than
4.A．can B．may C．was able to D．might
5.A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different
6.A．already B．sometimes C．hardly D．always
7.A．helps B．becomes C．makes D．means
8.A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing
9.A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again
10.A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked
11.A．pay B．lend C．spend D．save
12.A．along B．up C．down D．around
13.A．because of B．because C．before D．between
14.A．another B．the other C．others D．the others
15.A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great
– When are you leaving for the concert?
--I'm not sure. I haven't finished ____ the dishes.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
-- Must I come here at eight o'clock?
-No, you ____. You may come a little later.
A. mustn't B. needn't C. may not D. can't
I have two brothers. ____ of them likes maths.
A. None B. Neither C. All D. Both
