Self Check

　　Ⅰ.词汇运用。

　　A)根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。

　　1．She was dressed in pink(粉红色) at the party.

　　2．What a fine autumn morning! Let's go on a picnic(野餐)，OK?

　　3．In the film Alice in Wonderland，a rabbit(兔子)took Alice into the Wonderland.

　　4．I think nothing else in the world is more valuable(有价值的) than my parents' love.

　　5．We are raising money for a physics laboratory(实验室) in a Hope Middle School.

　　B)用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

　　6．Wolves(wolf) are usually friendly and helpful to each other when they live in groups.

　　7．Two trucks(truck) came to pick us.

　　8．If you stay up too late，you will feel sleepy(sleep) in class the next day.

　　9．Some policemen(policeman) were searching the house for useful clues(线索)．

　　10．Some model teachers were invited to__attend(attend) the meeting.

　　Ⅱ.把下列句子改为同义句，每空一词。

　　11．I'm sure there is somebody in the room.

　　 There must be somebody in the room.

　　12．Do you know whose the bike is?

　　 Do you know who the bike belongs to?

　　13．J.K.Rowling is her favorite writer.

　　 She likes J．K.Rowling best of all the writers.

　　14．It's impossible that Nick has been to the Great Wall.

　　 Nick can't have been to the Great Wall.

　　15．They did not find anything strange in the park.

　　 They found nothing strange in the park.

　　Ⅲ.完形填空。

　　Taos is a small town in New Mexico，USA. Many people come here for a visit every year. They don't come to see the beautiful scenes(景色) __16__ eat delicious food. They come to listen to a kind of__17__ sound: the Taos Hum.

　　The word "hum" __18__ a low sound that never stops.__19__ is the sound strange? First，the Taos Hum that people hear is quite __20__．Someone says it sounds like a little bee flying around you.Others think it sounds like a car __21__ in a faraway place.Second，__22__ knows where the sound comes from.Joe Mullins，a scientist from the University of New Mexico，is one of the first persons to do __23__ on the hum.He put some instruments in places where people could hear the hum，but those instruments couldn't "hear" any hum! Others who wanted to find the hum __24__，too.

　　Many people try to __25__ that strange sound. Someone says it is a __26__ made by insects. Someone believes it must come from some secret projects. Someone says there __27__ be an underground UFO base! But no one is sure which is __28__．

　　It might be interesting for __29__ to listen to the hum，but it is not for people who live in the town. They have to hear the sound __30__ .That is really a hard life.

　　(C)16.A.so B．but

　　C．or D．if

　　(B)17.A.awful B．strange

　　C．sweet D．musical

　　(A)18.A.means B．reports

　　C．pronounces D．requires

　　(D)19.A.What B．How

　　C．When D．Why

　　(C)20.A.low B．similar

　　C．different D．high

　　(A)21.A.moving B．reaching

　　C．repairing D．stopping

　　(C)22.A.anybody B．everybody

　　C．nobody D．somebody

　　(D)23.A.discussion B．business

　　C．invention D．research

　　(A)24.A.failed B．succeeded

　　C．avoided D．completed

　　(B)25.A.carry B．explain

　　C．produce D．receive

　　(C)26.A.rule B．role

　　C．noise D．circle

　　(A)27.A.might B．would

　　C．need D．shall

　　(B)28.A.low B．right

　　C．fair D．local

　　(D)29.A.teachers B．pilots

　　C．patients D．visitors

　　(A)30.A.all the time B．on time

　　C．another time D．once upon a time

　　Ⅳ.阅读理解。

Most scientists agree the Great Sphinx of Giza was built around 2，500 B．C.But John Anthony West says that it's much older.If he's right，"everything anybody has learned about ancient civilizations(文明) would have to be completely revised，" he told a magazine.