



1. It's said that my neighbour will work in Hong Kong______ (sometime,sometimes) next year.
2. Attention, please! We're going to have a get-together______ (some other day, the other day).
3. Our honoured guests have______(already, yet) come to the school gate.
4. Father doesn't like rice, and mother doesn't,______ (either, also).
5. E-mails are now______ (wide, widely) used in our daily life.
6. I don't think it good when your parents give you______ (too much, much too).
7. The young man works______ (so, such) hard that the boss likes him a lot.
8. It seems that I met the old man______ (before, ago) somewhere.
9. To be thinner, the girl doesn't eat______ (more, less) fat any more.
10. Since then, people have been living a______ (free, freely) life in the neighbourhood.
1. Carl never does homework as______ (careful) as Katie. He always makes many mistakes.
2. “Don't eat things as______ (noisy) as before, boy!” Mother often tells me.
3. People speak______ (high) of the city of Hangzhou, which is really a good place for business.
4. We are happy that our country has developed______ (quickly) these years than before.
5. —Mom, I was late for school this morning.
—You'd better get up a little______ (early) tomorrow.
6. —Who lives______ (far) of all the students in your group?
—Jessica does.
7. —Do you know anything about the players of our school football team?
— Yes. They are______ (most) young boys between the age of thirteen and fifteen.
8. She is very good at painting. She can paint as______ (well) as her teacher.
9. I______ (usual) ride a bike to school. But this morning I took a taxi because I got up late.
10. Helen was so excited at the news that she could______ (hard) say a word.
11. Who listens the______(much) carefully in your history class, Luke, Tim or Jason?
12. They clapped and shouted______ (excited) when they saw the champion of the Asian Games appear on the playground.
13. The Internet is very useful for us. We can______ (easy) find information.
14. —It seems that Alice never wants to do anything except draw pictures.
—Right. That's what she likes to do______ (much).
15. Some of the doctors are paid almost twice as______ (much) as the nurses.
1. — Did you go to the cinema to see 3D movie last night?
—No, I_____ go to the cinema. The tickets are too expensive.
A. hardly
B. nearly
C. still
D. only
2. —
D. you consider yourself a rude person?
—_____not. I always have good manners.
A. Probably
B. Usually
C. Generally
D. Certainly
3. —The old woman scientist has moved us deeply.
—Yes, and she is_____ popular with us young students.
A. sometimes
B. never
C. always
D. hardly
4. —You are supposed to drive_____ when you pass the school.
—OK. I can't agree with you more.
A. nearly
B. early
C. slowly
D. really
5. Our new physics teacher explains things very well; what she says can be understood very_____.
A. quietly
B. carefully
C. slowly
D. clearly
6. I work hard this term, but I have finally found Matt works much_____.
A. hard
B. harder
C. hardest
D. the hardest
7. In the piano contest, my brothers didn't play well and I did_____.
A. very well
B. much better
C. very good
D. even worse
8. Though his grandmother lives_____, she never feels_____.
A. alone; alone
B. lonely; lonely
C. alone; lonely
D. lonely; alone
9. —Did you love last weekend's programs?
—Yes, we enjoyed the swing dance_____ of all.
A. most
B. little
C. more
D. less
10. I often laugh when I see my grandma learns the square dance. But she says, “One is never_____ old to learn.”
A. too
B. so
C. very
D. quite
11. At the school sports meeting, Simon jumped as_____ as Daniel.
A. high
B. higher
C. slow
D. slower 12. In my opinion, the blue skirt looks_____ better on you than the red one.
A. quite
B. more
C. much
D. very
13. As we all know, smoking is bad for us,_____ for kids and women.
A. especially
B. recently
C. probably
D. nearly
14. I can't find my cellphone, but it must be_____in this living room.
A. everywhere
B. nowhere
C. anywhere
D. somewhere
15. Look, your clothes are wet through. It must be raining_____.
A. loudly
B. heavily
C. clearly
D. normally
already too up alone finall official probably most over soon
Dads are there for you when you need them (1)______. They look after you well when you're sick and help you whenever you need them. Now it is the time to show them your care, (2)______.
Father's Day is coming on June 20. It is a day to honour (致敬) fathers all(3)______the world and a time to make dads feel special.
Sonora Dodd is said to have first come (4)______with the idea of a “father's day” in 1909. Dodd, who lived in Washington D.C., USA, wanted to honour her father, William Smart. Dodd's mother died while giving birth to the family's sixth child. Her father had to raise the whole family by himself on a farm. When Dodd grew up, she came to see how strong and selfless 无私的) her father had been when he raised them all (5)______.
Dodd's father was born on June 5, so she tried her best to get a holiday made for that day in 1910. But her local government was slow to agree. It wasn't until the third Sunday of June 1910 that Father's Day was first held (6)______.
In other cities across America, people (7)______began to celebrate Father's Day. In 1924, US President Calvin Coolidge tried to make it into a national holiday. But it wasn't until 1966 that the day was (8)______set for Americans.
Since then, Father's Day has (9)______become a time to honour not only your father, but also all people who are like a father to you. That are (10)______your uncles, grandfathers or older male friends as well.