She spends her money _________ books _________ on clothes.
A. on; instead B. in; instead
C. in; more than D. on; rather than
—Have you heard the story of “The Merchant of Venice”?
—No. When and where does the story ______ ?
A. take up B. take on
C. take placeD. take off
—Daddy, can you buy me a new MP3 when you go to Beijing?
—You ______ get one if you are admitted to a key middle school.
A. could B. shall
C. may D. can
Nowadays ______ Internet is becoming increasingly popular and ______ new high speed broadband network was recently started.
A. a; the B. the; a
C. a; a D. the; the
— Thank you for your wonderful meal. —______.
A. No, it was just so-so B. The same to you
C. No, that’s all right D. It’s my pleasure
在短文的空格中填入恰当的词 (每个空格只能填一个单词)，使全文意义完整、通顺。
Last summer my family moved to a new neighborhood. Ramon, a boy living right across the street from our new house, came by to ___1.___ hello. When school started, I was happy that Ramon was in my class. One day Mr. Rosen, our teacher, told us about the big Art and Music Festival coming up at school. He said, “Who wants to be in the show? Raise your hands.” The class became restless. About a dozen hands went up. I started to raise my hand, ___2.___ I stopped and put it down. I couldn’t say a word. I just sat there while the others volunteered. “There is a piano in the hall. We could use a piano player,” said Mr. Rosen. Still I said nothing. And ___3.___ asked me to perform at the festival, for I had never even told anyone that I could play the piano. Every day when I went home to learn the sonata in C Major(C 大调奏鸣曲) by Mozart , I told Ramon I had to do my homework. Every day it ___4.___ better and better and I grew more and more disappointed that I had not ___5.___ to play at the festival. One afternoon I was practicing as usual. Suddenly there was a ___6.___ at the door. I was in the middle of Mozart’s Sonata, so I kept on playing. My mom opened the door and told me it was Ramon. “What nice ___7.__! ” I heard him say. Then he walked into the living room and saw me ___8.___ the piano. When I finished, Ramon jumped up and clapped. He ran over to me and gave me a pat on the back. “Matthew,” he said, “that was great! I never even knew you could play the piano! ___9.___ were you keeping this a secret?” I kept quiet for a minute. I felt foolish. Ramon had stopped by to borrow my math book because he had left his at school ___10.__ mistake. Now he knew I played the piano. The next day in school, Ramon told Mr. Rosen that I was a great pianist. The rest is history.
