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1.If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.
A．12:00 B．2:00 p.m. C．12:30 p.m. D．4:00 a.m.
2.While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.
A．having lessons B．sleeping C．watching TV D．playing games
3.Who needn’t go to work on Fridays?
A．Canadians. B．Scots. C．Japanese. D．Egyptians.
4. Which country will welcome Saturday first, Canada, Japan, UK or Egypt?
A．UK B．Japan C．Egypt D．Canada
5.What does “ahead of” mean in English?
A．earlier than B．later than C．after D．until
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never 36 the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 37 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 38 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another 39 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 40 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 41 the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
42 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 43 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 44 was extremely good, almost as great as that 45 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the 46 . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 47 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby __48 that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing 49 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his 50 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
1. A．left B．reached C．jumped D．ran
2. A．encouraged B．ordered C．allowed D．warned
3. A．real B．safe C．special D．expensive
4. A．try B．start C．test D．training
5. A．remembered B．expressed C．shouted D．regretted
6. A．under B．with C．for D．about
7. A．Happily B．Hopefully C．Unfortunately D．Luckily
8. A．friend B．top C．climber D．village
9. A．success B．decision C．freedom D．friendship
10. A．strong B．popular C．bad D．wonderful
11. A．way B．words C．book D．secret
12. A．and B．or C．if D．though
13. A．suggested B．realized C．expected D．hoped
14. A．love B．help C．face D．heart
15. A．place B．lesson C．aim D．story
—Jenny, you have got the first prize in the competition. Congratulations.
— ____________________. .
A．That’s my good luck B．Oh, it’s nothing
C．Thank you D．You can do it , too
—Could you tell me _________? —Just go straight. It’s on your right.
A．where the police station is
B．what your name is
C．which country you come from
D．why you like koalas
— Dad, it’s such a long way from our home to Tianyi Square!
— You mean it’s _________to take a taxi ?
A．popular B．necessary C．possible D．important
— Could you tell me something about the boy who helped you just now ?
— Sorry, I know nothing about him. We are ______.
A．friends B．neighbors C．classmates D．strangers
