二、单项填空（15分）
1. The underlined part in the word “birds” is pronounced as ____.
A. /s/
B. /ds/
C. /dz/
D. /tz/
2. Be quiet! I have ____ to tell you.
A. important anything
B. anything important
C. important something
D. something important
3. The movie was so ____ that we all like it.
A. exciting
B. excited
C. boring
D. bored
4. ____ Tina go on vacation last year?
A. Who did
B. Where did
C. Who does
D. Where does
5. ____ do his parent let him watch TV? —Twice a week.
A. How long
B. How soon
C. How often
D. How far
6. —Tom, where’s your mother?
—I’m not sure. She ____ in her office.
A. is
B. may be
C. maybe
D. may
7. ____ he was tired, he went on working.
A. Although
B. So
C. Because
D. But
8. That book is not so ____ as this one.
A. interesting
B. more interesting
C. most interesting
D. the most interesting
9. She is about the same age ____ yours.
A. as
B. to
C. for
D. from
10. We ____ black eyes and black hair.
A. have both
B. both have
C. are both
D. both are
11. Shanghai is one of ____ in China.
A. more beautiful city
B. more beautiful
C. the most beautiful cities
D. most beautiful city
12. Our English teacher asked us to ____ a story about the picture.
A. make of
B. make up
C. made from
D. look after
13. —What do you ____ your hometown?
—I love it very much.
A. like
B. look at
C. think of
D. talk about
14. They’re ____ on vacation next year.
A. planning to go
B. planning going
C. planned to go
D. plan going
15. —How do you like the rock music?
—______. It’s too noisy.
A. Like it very much
B. I can’t stand it
C. Wonderful
D. Thank you
三、完形填空（15分）
When many of us take a vacation, we hope to relax. We spend long,__1__ days on a beach chair or in a hammock(吊床). But too _2___, we return home, too tired.
It doesn’t__3__ be this way. Come home only with happiness after an__4__ trip! __5__ you won’t be too tired! Active vacations are often the most relaxing of all. We don’t __6__ you to take up hiking or backpacking. Rather, we ask the long-sitting vacationers to spend two to four __7_ a day doing things, such as walking on the city streets, going to a zoo or__8__ beside the ocean. These kinds of activities __9__ just good for your physical health. They __10__ your mental (内
