( ) 1.Working in the countryside is ________ the wish of Xiao Pan’s parents, but she really wants to do something for the villagers there.

A.without
B.towards
C.against
D.besides

() 2.Don’t use your phone while driving. It’s dangerous for passengers (乘客) as well as ________.

A.themselves
B.ourselves
C.himself
D.yourself

() 3.The little boy is very ________ about robots, so he keeps asking questions about them.

A.curious
B.careful
C.creative
D.worried

() 4.The internet, when used ________, can be a tool that helps you open your eyes.

A.luckily
B.easily
C.clearly
D.correctly

() 5.Living in a fast developing world, we may ________ if we don’t keep learning.

A.fall over
B.fall behind
C.give up
D.get over

() 6.I have three good friends. One of them is a(n) ________, and the other two are ________.
A. Indian; JapaneseB. India; Japanese C. Japanese; IndiansD. Japanese; Indian

() 7.— She reaches the final of the poem competition (比赛).
— So proud of her. I wish her a great ________.

A.skill
B.secret
C.quality
D.success

() 8.— How was your Maths test?
— I did ________ than last time, but I still need to improve.

A.best
B.better
C.worst
D.worse

() 9.________ pass the test, you need to work much harder from now on.

A.So that
B.In order that
C.Even if
D.In order to

()10.— The team lost the game again. — Well, ________. They never practised hard.

A.it depends
B.it came as no surprise
C.that was the deal
D.you had a point

二、完形填空(10分)
When I was young, my family was poor. So our weekends were filled with simple things we could do for __1__, like picnics, bike rides, and my favourite—trips to the library.
Thanks to the library’s children’s section(区), I fell in love with __2__. I had my parents read the books we borrowed over and over until we needed to __3__ them.
When I was about five years old and started to read on my own, I had a curious thought: I knew we could get books from the library or buy them in shops if we had the money, but __4__ did stories come from? I asked my mother this question, and she said that the stories were made up by writers. These people wrote down the stories so they could be __5__ with others.
Many years later, I still remembered that moment. It was like I’d been struck (击中) by lightning (闪电). I knew my dream in this world. I would be one of those __6__. I began by making up stories about animals, telling them to my grandmother __7__ I didn’t have the writing skills to write them down __8__. I filled notebooks with words when I grew a little older. I started to learn some of the writing __9__ at school, such as grammar and basic story structures (结构). I finished my homework __10__ each day so I could write for the rest of the evening. In this way, I completed my first story by fourteen.
( ) 1. A. change B. free C. love D. help
( ) 2. A. games B. pictures C. stories D. music
( ) 3. A. return B. buy C. record D. keep
( ) 4. A. when B. how C. what D. where
( ) 5. A. shared B. changed C. bought D. dreamed
( ) 6. A. students B. riders C. writers D. shopkeepers
( ) 7. A. if B. because C. but D. so
( ) 8. A. myself B. herself C. themselves D. ourselves
( ) 9. A. materials B. skills C. styles D. words
( )10. A. correctly B. carefully C. patiently D. quickly