小学英语升学考试试题

小学英语升学考试试题

（满分：60分时间：40分钟）

考号____________姓名__________

一、根据要求写单词。（10分）

here ___________（反义词）leaf ____________（复数）

let’s _________ （完整形式）can not ___________ (缩写形式) I ________（宾格）sheep ________（复数）

go____________(过去式) heavy_____________(比较级) swim _____________(现在分词) write ____________（名词形式）二、选择正确答案填空。（10分）

( ) 1. You’re taller _______ your brother.

A. then

B. than

( ) 2. Line up from shorter ____ taller.

A. at

B. to

( ) 3. _____ tail is about 38 cm long.

A. It’s

B. It is

C. Its

( ) 4. My boxes are bigger than _________.

A. you

B. your

C. yours

( )5. If you have a fever, you ____ have the flu.

A. might B, must C. can

( )6. There is a football match _____ Class 5 ____ Class 6.

A. between, and

B. between, with

C. Between, to

( )7. What do you usually do on the weekend? I often ________.

A. do my homework.

B. did my homework

( ) 8.What did you do last weekend? I ___________

A. go swimming

B. went swimming

( )9. My grand parents ______ in a farm.

A. lives

B. live

( ) 10. --____ is Miss White? --She’s OK.

A. How

B. How about

C. Who

D. What

三、根据要求写句子。（10分）

1. to year we last went Canada （连词成句）

_____________________________________________________________________ 2. I’m 1.6 meters tall. （就划线部分提问）

_______________________________________________

3. Our school isn’t near from my home.(给句子换一种说法，意思不变。)

_______________________________________________________________

4. There are many fish in the river.(变为一般疑问句)

________________________________________________________________

5. He often goes to school by bus. (就划线部分提问)

__________________________________________________________________ 四、根据问句，选择正确的答句。（10分）

( ) 1. How are you feeing now?

( ) 2. What’s your new English teacher like?

( ) 3. Does your father go to work by bus every day?

( ) 4. Where does your sister work?

( ) 5. What’s your friend’s hobby?

( ) 6. Where is your school?

( ) 7. When are you going to the bookstore?

( ) 8. Is there a science museum near here?

( ) 9. How do people go to Beijing?

( ) 10. How tall is your brother?

A. He is 130cm tall.

B. She is young and strong.

C. Very well.

D. By plane.

E. No, there isn’t.

F. He likes collecting stamps.

G. No, he doesn’t.

H. Near the post office.

I. She works in a bank.

J. I am going to go there after school.

五、认真阅读并理解短文，根据短文内容选择填空。（10 分）

Mike likes to collect stamps. He started this hobby of collecting stamp the year before last. He has stamps from China, France and Japan. But most of his stamps are from China, because he has lots of friends in China.

Mike’s stamps are of various shapes(各种形状) –triangle（三角形）, square（正方形）, rectangle（长方形）and circle（圆形）. His favorite shape is circle. Mike puts all his shapes in several albums. To increase his collection, Mike sometimes exchanges stamps with his friends.

John is one of his friends, who also like to collect stamps. His stamps are pretty and colorful. John and Mike meet once a week. Each time they meet they will show each other their new collection.

( ) (1) Mike’s hobby is to

A. collect stamps

B. make friends

C. travelling

D. keep albums

( ) (2) Most of Mike’s stamps are from

A. Japan

B. France

C. China

D. Not mentioned

( ) (3) Mike has stamps of different shapes.

A. five

B. four

C. three

D. two

( ) (4) John is Mike’s

A. father

B. neighbor

C. classmate

D. friend

( ) (5) How often do John and Mike meet? _________

A. four times a week

B. three times a week

C. twice a week

D. once a week

六、完形填空。（10分）

Bob thought that he was very clever. He thought that no one could fool（欺骗）him because he (1) too clever. One day he (2) to Dick, the man on watching at the gate: “You (3) fool me. Dick. You (4) too foolish!”

“ (5) here by this gate.” Answered Dick, “I (6) a way to fool you.” then he went home.

Two hours later another young man (7) along.

“Why are you standing here?” he (8) bob.

“ I (9) for Dick, ” answered Bob, “ he is going to try fool me.”

“Dick (10) home. ” said the young man, “ He has already fooled you!”( ) (1) A. is B. was C. will be D. is going to

( ) (2) A. said B. says C. was saying D. is saying

( ) (3) A. don’t B. didn’t C. can never D. never

( ) (4) A. were B. are C. will be D. was

( ) (5) A. Wait B. Waits C. Waited D. Wait for

( ) (6) A. find B. found C. will find D. founded ( ) (7) A. comes B. came C. had come D. coming

( ) (8) A. asked B. asks C. is asking D. told

( ) (9) A. was waiting B. waited C. am waiting D. were waiting ( ) (10) A. goes B. has gone C. had gone D. went

附：参考答案与评分标准

一、根据要求写单词。（10分）

here there （反义词）leaf leaves（复数）

let’s let us （完整形式）can not can’t (缩写形式)

I me （宾格）sheep sheep （复数）

go went (过去式) heavy heavier (比较级)

swim swimming (现在分词) write writer （名词形式）

二、选择正确答案填空。（10分）

1. B

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. A

6. A

7. A

8. B

9. B 10. A

三、根据要求写句子。（10分）

1. to year we last went Canada （连词成句）We went to Canada last year.

2. I’m 1.6 meters tall. （就划线部分提问）

How tall are you?

3. Our school isn’t near from my home.(给句子换一种说法，意思不变。) Our school is far from my home.

4. There are many fish in the river.(变为一般疑问句)

Are there any fish in the river?

5. He often goes to school by bus. (就划线部分提问)

How does hw go to school?

四、根据问句，选择正确的答句。（10分）

( C ) 1. How are you feeing now?

( B ) 2. What’s your new English teacher like?

( G ) 3. Does your father go to work by bus every day?

( I ) 4. Where does your sister work?

( F ) 5. What’s your friend’s hobby?

( H ) 6. Where is your school?

( J ) 7. When are you going to the bookstore?

( E ) 8. Is there a science museum near here?

( D ) 9. How do people go to Beijing?

( A ) 10. How tall is your brother?

A. He is 130cm tall.

B. She is young and strong.

C. Very well.

D. By plane.

E. No, there isn’t.

F. He likes collecting stamps.

G. No, he doesn’t.

H. Near the post office.

I. She works in a bank.

五、认真阅读并理解短文，根据短文内容选择填空。（10 分）

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. D

六、完形填空。（10分）

B A

C B A C B A C B

（）1. Would you like ____ the football match？

A. to watch

B. to see

C. watch

D. see

（）2. There is going to be a good film at the _____.

A. stadium

B. cinema

C. office

D. school （）3. My family usually go to the park together _____ Sunday .

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. /

（）4. I would like to go to Beijing _____ the morning of Monday .

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. for

（）5 _____ is the first day of the week .

A. Saturday

B. Sunday

C. Monday

D. Friday

（）6. —Would you like something to drink？—Yes，_____.

A. I would like

B. I would like to

C. I would

D. I like （）7. He with his mother going shopping .

A. is

B. are

C. be

D. am

（）8. He and his mother going shopping.

A. is

B. are

C. be

D. am

（）9. Jackie Chan is my _____ film star.

A. like

B. best

C. favourite

D. good （）10. —Let’s help our teacher carry the heavy bag .

—_______.

A. That’s OK

B. That ’s a great idea

C. That’s right

D. That’s all right

（）11. This an _____ to the cinema.

A. invitation

B. invite

C. invites

D. invited

（）12. Let me _____ the teacher to help answer the question.

A. ask

B. to ask

C. asks

D. asked

（）13. The Taijiquan _____ is in Garden Hotel.

A. class

B. lesson

C. classes

D. lessons

（）14. My son has piano _____ every week.

A. class

B. lesson

C. classes

D. lessons

（）15. To be a good swimmer, I must have _____ lessons.

A. swim

B. swimming

C. to swim

D. swims （）16. —Let’s play basketball on Sunday. —_____.

A. That’s a great idea

B. You’re welcome

C. That’s right

D. That’s all right

（）17. —What day is it today? —_____.

A Monday B. fine C. sunny D. May 1（）18. —Where is the football match ? —It’s ____ the stadium.

A. to

B. at

C. on

D. of

（）19. ______ the world, we have a lot of friends.

A. To

B. Around

C. With

D. On

（）20. Would you like ____ water ?

A. some

B. any

C. a

D. an

（）21. How many people are there in your _____ ?

A. family

B. house

C. home

D. room （）22. I have _____ uncle named Mike.

A. an

B. a

C. the

D. /

（）23. How _____ water do you want ?

A. many

B. much

C. some

D. any

（）24. You call your mum and dad ______.

A. mother

B. father

C. perent

D. parents

（）25. _____ you got any brothers ?

A. Have

B. Has

C. Is there

D. Are there （）26. You call your mother’s or father’s sister _____.

A. sister

B. aunt

C. uncle

D. brother

（）27. I have got an aunt and an uncle. _____ names are Kate and Mike.

A. Her

B. His

C. Their

D. Its

（）28. Tony ____ got four sisters.

A. have

B. has

C. there is

D. there are

（）29. I ____ want to learn Japanese .

A. too

B. either

C. also

D. as

（）30. Thank you for ____ me.

A. e-mail

B. e-mailing

C. to e-mail

D. emails

二、A：In our school, 1 . In my classroom, 2 .

B： 3 . That’s 24 boy s and 22 girls. No, 4 .

There are 25 boys and 21 girls. There are 48 desks.

A：Are there any computers on your desks? Is there a computer on miss Li’s desk?

B：No, 5 . And there aren’t any computers on our desk..

A.There isn’t a computer on Miss Li’s desk.

B.There are 46 students in my class.

C.there are 20 students in a class.

D.That’s not right.

E.there’s a blackboard and there are 22 desks.

三、1.There are some birds in the sky. (变为否定句)

There ______ ______ birds in the sky.

2. There’s a little dog under the tree. (变为一般疑问句)

______ ______ a little dog under the tree ?

3. Her shoes are white. (就划线部分提问)

______ ______ are her shoes?

4. There’s a map on the wall. (就划线部分提问)

______ ______ on the wall?

5. T here’re twenty-five boys in the class. (就划线部分提问)

______ ______ boys are there in the class?

四1. There are differences between Chinese and Americans in an __________ (邀请)

of dinner.

2. Yesterday I saw a lot of film stars at Dalian __________ (体育馆).

3. ___________ (周三) is the fourth day of the week.

4. I like ____________ (看) football matches.

5. He can play table _____________ (网球) very well.

6. The _____________ (魔术) show is wonderful.

7. It’s Manchester United, my _____________ (最喜爱的) team.

8. ___________ (野餐) in the open air is cool.

9. My family usually go to the park at __________ (周末).

10. __________(保持) healthy, and you can do the work well.

五、Mr White and his 1 decided to paint the outside of their house. To save money they wanted to do it 2 . On Saturday morning they bought some paint and two brushes. They began that afternoon 3 the back of house. The next Saturday

4 went to a football match while his wife painted the

5 of the house. On Sunday they found they couldn’t open

6 of the front windows. They got them all

7 in the end. But they

8 three of the seven and they were very expensive of repair. Next time

9 they try to save money, they’ll certainly pay 10 to do the work.

（）1. A. wife B. sister C. daughter D. mother

（）2. A. themselves B. himself C. yourselves D. itself

（）3. A. and B. with C. of D. on

（）4. A. Mr White B. Mrs White C. a player D. a painter

（）5. A. before B. front C. back D. top

（）6. A. any B. some C. every D. no

（）7. A. open B. closed C. broken D. shout

（）8. A. broke B. closed C. opened D. shut

（）9. A. when B. after C. before D. while

（）10. A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. none

六、I have a good family. There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister and I. My father is 40. He is a Chinese teacher. My mother is 38. She is an English teacher. They work in different schools. My sister’s name is Li Fang. She is ten. We are in the same school, but in different classes and grades. We have a nice picture of our family. It’s on the wall. Look! Our father and mother are in the chair, and we two stand behind them.

根据短文内容，判断正误。（对的T，错的F）

( ) 1. My sister and I are at school.

( ) 2. My sister and I are twins.

( ) 3. Li Fang is in Class Three, Grade One. I am in Class Three, Grade Two.

( ) 4. My father and mother are in different schools, they are English teachers.

( ) 5. In the picture, they stand behind the door.

B One afternoon when the lessons were over, Peter and Paul did not go home. They stayed at school to help their teacher. They worked for an hour.

When the boys reached home, it was seven o’clock. It was dark outside, but there was light inside their home and the door was open.

“Who can it be?” said Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I am your father’s friend. He asked me to get some money for him.” The man did not see Paul.

Peter went inside and began talking to the man, but Paul did not. He quickly but went away to call a policeman. The policeman came and caught the man.

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

( ) 1. Peter and Paul stayed behind after school .

A. until the school was over

B. until seven o’clock

C. until eight o’clock

D. for an hour

( ) 2. Their home was bright because .

A. it was still early

B. there was light

C. it was dark outside

D. a man was inside

( ) 3. Paul and Peter .

A. were brothers

B. were afraid of the man

C. often helpful to their teacher

D. tried to catch the man

( ) 4. Paul went away to .

A. call the police

B. say to others

C. telephone their parents

D. tell his friends

( ) 5. From the story we know .

A. the policeman knew the man inside Paul’s home

B. Peter called the policeman

C. Peter and Paul’s teacher was in trouble

D. their pare nts went shopping, but they didn’t take enough money with

them

C

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a beautiful tree.

Days before the holiday season, Western children begin decorating (装饰) Christmas trees. They put colourful lights and stars on them. But the best things are the gifts (礼物) under the tree!

Where did the first Christmas tree come from? There are many stories about it.

One is about the German Martin Luther. He was walking through the forest (树林) one Christmas Eve. As he walked, he saw millions of stars above ever-green (常绿的) trees. He thought it was beautiful. He cut down a small tree and took it home to his family. He put candles (蜡烛) on it.

Another story is about a poor woodman. He met a lost and hungry child on Christmas Eve. He was very poor himself, but gave the child food and a place to stay.

He woke the next morning to find a beautiful tree outside his door. The hungry child was really an angel (天使). He wanted to thank the man.

People first had Christmas trees in Germany in 1600s. Now there are different kinds of Christmas trees, even man-made ones. But they all have a very big star or an angel on the top.

( ) 1. The passage (短文) is about .

A. Christmas Eve

B. Christmas Day

C. Christmas gifts

D. Christmas trees

( ) 2. The passage tells us stories about Christmas trees.

A. one

B. two

C. some

D. many

( ) 3. People first had Christmas trees in a country.

A. eastern

B. western

C. southern

D. northern

( ) 4. “man-made ones” here means .

A. Christmas gifts made by men

B. Christmas stars made at Christmas

C. Christmas trees made by men

D. Christmas holidays made by men ( ) 5. The best title (标题) for the passage is .

A. First Christmas Day

B. The best Christmas gifts

C. Beautiful Christmas trees

D. First Christmas trees

七、Ⅰ、单项填空

1—5：ABBBB 6—10：BABCB 11—15：AAADB

16—20：AABBA 21—25：AABDA 26—30：BCBCB

Ⅱ、补全对话

1—5：CEBDA

Ⅲ、句型转换

1. aren’t, any

2. Is there

3. What colour

4. What is

5. How many

Ⅳ、单词拼写

1. invitation

2. Stadium

3. Wednesday

4. watching

5. tennis

6. magic

7. favourite

8. Picnic

9. weekend 10. Stay

Ⅴ、完形填空

1—5：AADAB 6—10：AAAAA

Ⅵ、阅读

A.1—5：×××××

B.1—5：DBAAC

C.1—5：DBBCD

Ⅶ、作文

I Choose the different word（选择不是同一类的单词）

( ) 1 A April B Saturday C March D May

( ) 2 A wet B dry C warm D always ( ) 3 A never B seaside C often D rarely ( ) 4 A south B west C north D first

( ) 5 A speak B mountain C film D lunch

II Choose the right answer（选择正确的一个答案）

( ) 1Yesterday, the Clarks_______ to a restaurant.

A go

B goes

C went

( ) 2 Sandy usually_______ me with English.

A helps

B helped

C help

( ) 3I’m going to _______this packet of rice on the weighing machine.

A weighs

B weight

C weigh

( ) 4 Have you _______paper and ink ?

A little

B any

C many

( ) 5Where do you come from?--------- I come from _______.

A America

B American

C Americans

( ) 6 I go to work early_______the morning.

A to

B in

C at

( ) 7 Amy usually walks to school, but this morning she is_______a bike.

A ride

B rides

C riding

( ) 8 My mother is going to buy_______flour in the supermarket.

A some

B any

C many

( ) 9 How much_______these trousers ?

A is

B do

C are

( ) 10 Let’s _______a picnic.

A has

B have

C had

( ) 11 This is a map ______ our country.

A for

B in

C of

( ) 12 My friend Jenny lives______Canada. She speaks ______.

A at English

B in Chinese

C in English

( ) 13I like to play chesss_____ my grandfather.

A with

B and

C to

( ) 14 What does Lingling like?---------She______ dogs.

A like

B likes

C is liking

( ) 15 Yesterday the family ______the coffee at the restaurant.

A duink

B drinks

C drank

V Fill in the blanks with correct forms ( 用所给词的正确形式填空)

1 Look ! My sister__________________ ( play ) with the toy cars.

2 I__________________ ( get ) up at 6:30 every morning.

3 Do they like__________________( swim ) ?

4 Tom’s mother__________________ ( have ) a nice jacket.

5 Can you__________________ ( make ) a paper plane for me ?

II Choose the right answer（选择一个正确答案）

( ) 1The Clarks always _______ early every day.

A get up

B gets up

C getting up

( ) 2 Sandy usually_______ me with English.

A help

B helped

C helps

( ) 3I’m going _______ the park this afternoon.

A at

B to

C on

( ) 4 In the morning, mother usually satys _______ home?

A from

B on

C at

( ) 5Where do you come from?--------- I come from _______.

A English

B England

C Englandian

( ) 6 I go to work early_______ midday.

A at

B with

C of

( ) 7 Amy usually walks to school, but this morning she is_______ a bike.

A ride

B rides

C riding

( ) 8 My mother is going to buy_______ flour in the supermarket.

A some

B any

C many

( ) 9 I want some buttons, but I don’t want very_______.

A little

B many

C much

( ) 10 Let’s _______a picnic.

A has

B have

C had

( ) 11 This is a map ______ China.

A for

B in

C of

( ) 12 My friend Jenny lives______Canada. She speaks ______.

A at English

B in China

C in English

( ) 13Whose is this exercise-book ?--------- It’s _______.

A Sandy’s

B Sandy

C Sandys

( ) 14 What does Lingling like?---------She______ dogs.

A like

B likes

C is liking

( ) 15 It never ______ in January in Hami.

A rains

B raining

C rainy

( ) 16 The wind often ______ in the North.

A blow

B blowing

C blows

( ) 17 Diana likes her piano teacher ______ .

A very many

B very much

C very

( ) 18 That computer ______ work at all. It’s broken.

A doesn’t

B is

C do

( ) 19 I can play the violin and she can ______ the flute.

A play

B plays

C playing

( ) 20 This night they are listening to English, but tomorrow night they are going to ______ to the radio.

A listening

B listens

C listen

VI Fill in the blanks with correct forms ( 用所给词的正确形式填空)

1 Look ! My sister _________ ( play ) with the toy cars .

2 I _______ ( get ) up at 6:30 every morning .

3 Do they like ________ (swim) ?

4 Tom’s mother _______ (have) a nice jacket .

5 Can you _______ (make ) a paper plane for me ?

用括号中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空，补全句子。

1. Does she_________(want) to keep the monkey at home?

2. They made three_________(kite) in art class yesterday.

3. Elephants are much _________(strong) than giraffes.

4. _________ (take off) your coat, please. It's hot in the room.

从下列选项中，选择恰当的一项完成句子。

6. Judy _________ her homework now. She didn't _________ it last night.

A. is doing; finish

B. does; finishes

C. is doing; finishing

D. did; finish

7. He drinks _________ milk for breakfast every morning.

A. a few

B. many

C. a little

D. lot

8. Tom is 45 kg. Jim is 50 kg. Dave is 52 kg. Tom is _________ than Jim.

Jim is _________ than Dave. Dave is the _________ of all.

A. lighter; heavier; heaviest

B. lighter; lighter; heaviest

C. heavier; heavier; light

D. lighter; lighter; heavy

9. —_________one do you like, the big one _________ the small one?

—I'm not sure.

A. What; and

B. Which; or

C. Whose;

also D. Who; with

2. 单项填空：

( )1. Now put ______ your clothes and go downstairs!

A. off

B. out

C. on

D. in

( )2. Mother is at a shop ______ father.

A. to

B. with

C. of

D. on

( )3. The professor usually leaves home _____ eight o’clock.

A. at

B. on

C. with

D. in

( )4. Father usually ______ to work _________ every day.

A. are …by train

B. goes…with train

C. is… by train

D. goes…by train

( )5. We waited _____ them ____ the station.

A. for…at

B. to … of

C. with … to

D. for … with

( )6. Shut your eyes and draw __________of paper out of this hat.

A. a

B. one

C. a piece of

D. two pieces of

( )7. ______ you ever ______ to Russia, Professor Smith?

A. Has…to

B. Have…gone

C. Had…been

D. Have…been

( )8. We’ve already ______ some pictures.

A. drawn

B. drawing

C. are drawing

D. draw

( )9. ________________ Father and Sandy went fishing.

A. Next Saturday

B. The Saturday

C. Last Saturday

D. A Saturday

( ).10. Tom has a newspaper ______ his arm.

A. in

B. on

C. inside

D. under

一、单项选择：

1. Hurry up! We haven’t got _______ time left.

A. many

B. much

C. little

2. The teacher gave two books to _______ student.

A. each

B. all

C. any

3. Of the two brothers, Sam is _______.

A. old

B. oldest

C. older

4. I liked the trip ______ I found it to be a wonderful experience.

A. though

B. which

C. because

5. Who will look ______ the baby while were out.

A. after

B. at

C. for

一选词填空：

1. Are there _________ children in the playground?

a. some

b. much

c. any

2. Look! There is ___________ policeman.

a. two

b. a

c. three

3. I want _________ television.

a. to see

b. to watch

c. watch

4. Paul __________ in England.

a. living

b. live

c. lives

5. Sue comes ________ France.

a. from

b. at

c. in

6. Now look at this map of __________ world.

a. a

b. an

c. the

7. We ________ spend the day at the seaside.

a. go

b. goes

c. are going to

8. We are going to do the homework ________ week.

a. last

b. after

c. next

9. I usually go to work by bus ________ day.

a. next

b. last

c. every

10. There are ________ pencils in the desk.

a. any

b. much

c. some

II Read and choose （选择填空10%）

( ) 1. The girl is from ________ .

A. American

B. Chinese

C. America

( ) 2. I’m going to _______ an email to my friend.

A. send

B. give

C. pass

( ) 3. How old is the town? ________

A.It’s 5 thousand metres long.

B. It’s a beautiful place.

C. It’s one hundred years old.

( ) 4. There are a lot of big restaurants _____ New York.

A. at

B. in

C. on

( ) 5. _______ did you go yesterday afternoon? I went to the library.

A. What

B. How

C. Where

( ) 6 Yesterday, I ______ to a restaurant.

A go

B goes C. went

( ) 7 Have you _______paper and ink ?

A got

B get C. gets

( ) 8 Where do you come from?--------- I come from _______.

A America

B American C. Americans

( ) 9 I go to work early_______the morning.

A to

B in C. at

( ) 10 Let’s _______to school.

A go

B gos C. went

I Fill in the blanks . ( 根据对话内容填入恰当的单词，使对话意思完整 )

A : Hi , look at that new student . Where does he come from ?

B : He comes from .

A : What language does he speak ?

B : He speaks .

A : Is he late ?

B : No , he is late . He’s always early . He’s a good

student .

A : Look ! I have a present him . Let’s go and give it

to him

II Read and complete the passage .( 读短文，用所给单词的正确形式填空) Yesterday __________ (be ) Sunday . Bob _________ ( go ) to the zoo with his friend . He ____________ ( climb ) the wall to ___________ ( see ) the tigers and lions . A zookeeper shouted at him , “ It’s dangerous ” ! He tried to ___________ ( touch ) the bear in the cage . The zookeeper shouted at him again ,“ It’s dangerous” ! He _________ ( want ) to catch the ducks in the pool . The zookeeper shouted thirdly,“ It’s dangerous” ! He ________ ( go ) home sadly .

His mother ____________ ( ask ) him , “ How’s the zoo today ? ”

He __________ ( say ) , “ It________ (be ) not funny .