综合训练二Ⅳ.单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）从每小题的四个选项中选出一个能填入题中相应空白处的最佳答案。

21.Which of the underlined parts has a different pronunciation?A.cheapB.greatC.easyD. least 22.—How was the evening party yesterday?—We enjoyed ___________ very much.B.ourselvesC.itsD.itself23.Which is __________, an elephant or a tiger?A.strongB.strongerC.strongestD.the strongest24.My mother __________ when I got home.A. cookB. cooksC. cookedD. was cooking25.— You see, a man is cutting a tree on the moon.— It_________ be true. The teacher says there is no air on the moon.A. can’tB. may notC. shouldn’tD. mustn’t26.—I’m afraid the meeting has begun.—Don’t worry. It _______ until the bell ________.A.doesn’t begin/ ringsB.won’t begin/ will ringC.won’t begin/ ringsD.doesn’t begin/ will ring27.If you are famous, people will watch you _________ and follow you everywhere.A.all the timeB.by the timeC.on timeD.at timesA. put outB. put onC. put offD. put upA.Yeah, probably.B.No, thanks.C.Let me look at the menu first.D.I am afraid I have no time.28.— How have you been recently?—So far, so good. I’ve __________ my own company.29.—Are you ready to order, sir?—____________30.When something is on fire. People throw sand （沙子） on it to put out the fire. The main use of the sand is to ___________.A.protect the thing on fire.B.add weight to the thing on fire.C.keep the air away from the thing on fire.D.lower the temperature of the thing on fire.“Oh, sir. It doesn’t 41 much. Please let me wear it.”“I’m not that 42 , Quick!”With shaking 43 Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as 44 as she could to one of her friends.The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 45 six pounds.31. A. ended B. stayed C. stopped D. lasted32.A. busy B. quiet C. noisy D. wide33.A.part B. block C. building D. street34.A.moring B. afternoon C. evening D. night35.A. die B.escape C.fight D.stay36. A. funny B. safe C. brave D. bright37. A. other B. others C. the other D. another38. A. handed B. threw C. passed D. put39. A. own B. keep C. have D. protect40. A. cheap B. expensive C. more D. less41. A. weigh B. take C. spend D. cost42. A. afraid B. angry C. silly D. bad43. A. hands B. feet C. head D. body44. A. much B. early C. carefully D. fast45. A. really B. already C. only D. hardly先阅读短文，然后从文后每小的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber （抢劫者） many years ago.That evening, she went to a birthday party which 31 until two o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 32 street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 33 a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good 34 ,lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 35 here!” “What do you want ? ” “ Your earrings. Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a 36 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar （衣领）of her overcoat while she used 37 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 38 them on the ground.“Take them and let me go, ” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 39 the necklace. It would cost 40 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容从文后每小题的四个选项中，选出一个能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的正确答案（A）WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL?TOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELSFIRST HOTEL Address:222 Edward Road Telephone:414-6433The number of rooms:120 Single room: $25 Double room: $35Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. French restaurant. Swimming pool. Shops.Coffee shop and bar. Telephone, radio and television in each room. Close to the city center.FAIRVIEW HOTEL Address: 129 North Road Telephone:591-5620The number of rooms: 50 Single room: $12 Double: $18Special attractions: Close to the airport. Telephone in each room. Bar. Restaurant.Garage. Swimming pool.ORCHARD HOTEL Address: 233 Edward Road Telephone:641-6446The number of rooms:120 Single room: $15 Double $20Special attractions: Facing First Hotel. European restaurant. Coffee shop. Television.Nightclub.OSAKE HOTEL Address: 1264 Venning Road Telephone:643-8200The number of rooms:180 Single room: $30 Double $50Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. Japanese and Chinese restaurants. Swimmingpool. Large garden. Shops.46.If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in _________.A.Fairview HotelB.First HotelC.Orchard HotelD.Osaka Hotel47.The cheapest price for a single room is _______ in ______ in Boswell.A.$ 12 / First HotelB.$ 15 / Osaka HotelC.$ 12/ Fairview HotelD.$25 / Orchard Hotel48.The total number of the room is the best hotels in Boswell is _______120 B.170 C.290 D.470A.49.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, ________ is the right place for him to go to.1264RoadVenningRoad B.EdwardA.233NorthRoad129Road D.EdwardC.22250.Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?A.First HotelB.Osaka HotelC.Fariview HotelD.No hotel(B)HA VE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil（化石）in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings（翅膀）. In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.THERE will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite（卫星） into space be September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure －1.4 billion yuan!YUAN Longping, the father of hybrid rice （杂交水稻）, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.51.If the X-43A goes round the Earth, it will take about _______ hours to finish the trip.A.3B.5C.8D.1252.The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was _______ years older than believed.A.10 millionB.400 millionC.20 millionD.380 million53.Which of the following about the new star is NOT true?A.It will go into space by September 2008.B.It will stay in space for twelve months.C.It costs a lot.D.It will go around the moon.54.Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he ______.A.is the father of his childrenB.likes to eat hybrid riceC.developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid riceD.grows more rice than others55.The above paragraphs are taken from _______.A.a storyB.an advertisementC.an explaining writingD.a newspaper。