Unit 7 Abilities ActivitiesClass Name_一、单项选题(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)( )1. The young man has _son. A. a eight-months-old B. a eight-month-old C. an eight- month-oldD.an eight-months-old( )2 .Mr. Lis house _,but he was still _.A. is in the fire; at the work B. is in fire; at work C. was on the fire; at the work D. was on fire; at work( )3. _we have today!A. How fine a weather B. How fine weather C. What a fine weather D. What fine weather( )4. Look! There comes _smoke from the factory. A. lot of B lots C. a lot of D. a lot ( )5.-Could I take the newspaper home? - . You must read them in the reading room.A. No, you couldnt B. Sorry, you cant C. Of course, you can D. I am afraid you neednt( )6.-Can you post these postcards for us on your way home? -_.A. Fine B. No problem C. Its all right D.I hope( )7._good time he had in the zoo yesterday! A. What B What a C. What was D. How( )8. He jumped into the river when he heard an old man _for help yesterday.A. calls B. called C. calling D. to call( )9. Did you _ last week?A. hear from your parents letterB. heard from your parents letterC. hear from your parentsD. hear a letter from your parents( )10. He said he _ swim when he was six. A. mayB. couldC. canD. would ( )11. Simon is helpful. He often gives his seats_ the old people_ the bus. A. for; on B. to; on C. to; in D. to; from( )12. Her sister didnt know the time because she _her watch at home. A. leave B. left C. forget D. forgot( )13. Its important _ fire. A. to care B. be careful C. to be careful D. to be careful with( )14. There was a fire last night, but people _ soon. A. put down it B. put it down C. put out it D. put it out( )15. My parents want to play piano often, but I like playing football. A. the; the B. ; the C. .the; D. the; a二、完形填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now heres a true story of an American girl, Sarah. _1_Sarah left university; she began to live in New York City on her own. She_2_a job in a publishing house, but the salary(薪水)was _3_$30, 000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah_4_live on her salary and still saved $5, 000 in a year. How was that_5_in one of the most expensive cities in the world? Cheap living_6_starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that _7_housing.(住房) So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was _8_. When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. _9_she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then_10_the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often_11_a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking_12_in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor_13_cheap living? Not really. She even managed （完成）to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, _14_to Portland. “Dont think of saving money as something_15_. Its a kind of game,” said Sarah.( )1AUntil BBecause CAfter DUnless( )2Afound Btried Casked for Dlooked for( )3Amore than Bless than C shorter than Dhigher than( )4Acan Bmay Ccould Dmight( )5Adifficult Bpossible CusefulDdifferent( )6Aalready Bsometimes Chardly Dalways( )7Ahelps Bbecomes Cmakes Dmeans( )8Afood Brest Cstudying Dplaying( )9ASoon BFinally COnce DAgain( )10 Aprepared Btook CcaughtDpicked( )11Apay Blend CspendDsave( )12Aalong Bup Cdown Daround( )13Aby Bup CatDbetween( )14Aanother Bthe otherCothers Dthe others( )15Ahard Binteresting Cnice Dgreat三、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，计20分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。A Joe Brown had a shop . He sold(卖) meat in his shop . One Thursday a woman came into his shop at five to one .“Im sorry Im late,” she said.“I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.” Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said, “This is6.50.”“That piece is too small.,”the woman said,“havent you anything bigger?” Joe went into th