Self Check

　　Ⅰ.. 词汇运用。

　　A)根据句意及汉语提示填写单词。

　　1．The man hates watching TV，so he seldom(很少) watches it.

　　2．Look! There are some ants(蚂蚁) climbing the tree.

　　3．He has an interview(面试) next Monday for the manager's job.

　　4．Jim did his best but he failed(失败) in the end.

　　5．Mr.Lee is very friendly and humorous(有幽默感的)．We all like him very much.

　　B)用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。

　　general，introduce，silent，speak，Africa

　　6．I didn't know why Susan sat in silence．

　　7．South Africa is one of the richest African countries.

　　8．The general opinion is that the party was a success.

　　9．If you ask Tara to give a(n) speech in front of crowds，she'll get nervous.

　　10．If you don't know the city well，there's a(n) introduction about it in this magazine.

　　Ⅱ.按要求完成下列句子，每空一词。

　　11．Peter used to play computer games after school.(改为否定句)

　　 Peter didn't use to play computer games after school.

　　12．His daughter didn't go to school yesterday.(改为同义句)

　　 His daughter was absent from school yesterday.

　　13．She stayed at home and looked after her mother.(改为同义句)

　　She stayed at home and took care of her mother.

　　14．The girl used to hate ants.(改为同义句)

　　 The girl didn't use to like ants.

　　15．Frank has become the top student in his class.His parents are proud of him.(改为同义句)

　　Frank has become the top student in his class.His parents take pride in him.

　　Ⅲ.完形填空。

　　An old woman has two large pots(壶)，one on each end of a pole(扁担)．She carried the pole with the pots__16__ her neck.

　　One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it while the other pot was perfect and always filled a full pot of water.At the end of the long__17__from the well(井)to the house，the cracked pot__18__ only half－full left.

　　For two years this happened daily，with the woman bringing home only__19__pots of water. Of course，the perfect pot was__20__．But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.

　　One day，the cracked pot spoke to the woman __21__ the well："I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your __22__．"

　　The old woman smiled："Did you notice that there are __23__ on your side of the path，but not on __24__ pot's side? That's because I have __25__ known about your crack，so I__26__ flower seeds(籽) on your side of the path.And every day while we walk back，you __27__ them." She added，"For __28__ years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate(装饰)the table.Without you，being just the __29__ you are，I would not have this beauty."

　　Each of us has our own cracks.But it's these __30__ that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.

　　(B)16.A.cross　　　　　　　 B．across

　　C．past D．through

　　(C)17.A.travel B．ride

　　C．walk D．trip

　　(A)18.A.arrived B．held

　　C．reached D．meant

　　(B)19.A.one or two B．one and a half

　　C．two D．half and one

　　(A)20.A.proud B．sad

　　C．happy D．worried

　　(C)21.A.with B．from

　　C．by D．in

　　(D)22.A.field B．side

　　C．well D．house

　　(D)23.A.seeds B．pots

　　C．plants D．flowers

　　(B)24.A.other B．the other

　　C．another D．others

　　(C)25.A.never B．ever

　　C．always D．often

　　(C)26.A.took B．made

　　C．planted D．kept

　　(A)27.A.water B．see

　　C．visit D．understand

　　(C)28.A.many B．a few

　　C．two D．three

　　(D)29.A.road B．side

　　C．path D．way

(D)30.A.decorations B．seeds