Section A

一、從B欄中找出與A欄相匹配的答語。

A

( )1.Why don’t you talk to your teacher?

( )2.What’s wrong?

( )3.Why not forget about it?

( )4.Thanks for your advice.

( )5.What can I do?

B

A.I had a fight with my best friend.

B.You are right.

C.She may be unhappy to hear that.

D.You should explain to your friend.

E.You’re welcome.

二、根據(jù)漢語提示寫出單詞，補全句子。

1.My parents don’t a_______(準許)me to hang out with my friends.

2.Look,there are black_______(云)in the sky.It’s going to rain.

3.Can you e_______(解釋)to me how to do this math problem?

4.Do you have lots of_______(交流)with your parents?

5.My father will help me_______(無論什么)I decide to have a try.

三、根據(jù)句意填寫單詞，首字母已給出。

1.His parents are very busy.They have little time to c_______with their children.

2.You shouldn’t c_______my homework.You should do it alone.

3.He is ready to help others,and he always o_______money to the people in the poor villages.

4.If you borrow books from the library,you should r_______them on time.

5.You always have p_______ways to solve all kinds of problems.

6.Are you c_______about what you can do and what you can’t do?

7.The r_______between the cold weather and the death of the sick person is not clear.

8.Rick has an e_______brother and a younger sister.

9.There isn’t anything w_______with his computer at all.

10.He didn’t go to school,but to the park i_______.

一、單項選擇。

( )1.—The workers_______building the houses when it began to rain.—How hard they worked!

A.stopped B.continued C.enjoyed D.minded

( )2.—Mr.Liu,we have too much homework today.We may not finish it all.—OK,I’ll_______some of it.

A.take out B.run out C.try out D.cut out

( )3.—It’s_______of you to play soccer in the rain!—We are trying to practice it in order to win a prize.

A.clever B.kind C.crazy D.proud

( )4.—It’s not good for parents to_______their children with other children.—I agree with you.

A.compete B.compare C.communicate D.match

( )5.—Is it good for us to learn to do some of the housework?—I think so.It’s good for our_______.

A.fairness B.spirit C.decision D.development

二、完型填空。

Section B

There was an American writer who told many people about his own story.

It was at an art show organized by the Red Cross.I was invited as a special 1 to the show.Two cute girls of 16 or 17 years old came to me and 2 me for mysignature(簽名).

“I haven’t brought my pen.Is the pencil okay?”Actually,I knew they wouldn’t ____3_.I just wanted to show a well-known writer’smodest(謙遜)to the common _4_.

“Certainly,”the young girls agreed.I could see they were very 5 .Of course,their excitement also made me feel more proud.One of the girls 6 her beautiful notebook to me.

I wrote a few 7 on it and signed my name.The girl read my signature,frowned(皺眉), looked at me 8 and asked,“Aren’t you Robert Charboss?”

“No,”I told her,“I’m the author ofAlice Adams,the 9 of two Pulitzer Prizes.”

The young girl turned to another one,shrugged and said,“Mary,lend your eraser to me.”

At that moment,all my 10 turned into abubble (氣泡)at once.Since then,I always warn myself:no matter how outstanding you are,don’t think highly of yourself.

( )1.A.artist B.idea C.player D.guest

( )2.A.bought B.asked C.helped D.looked

( )3.A.promise B.refuse C.think D.know

( )4.A.writers B.neighbors C.interests D.readers

( )5.A.excited B.upset C.worried D.funny

( )6.A.provided B.sold C.handed D.dropped

( )7.A.minutes B.pages C.ideas D.words

( )8.A.carefully B.seriously C.sadly D.simply

( )9.A.writer B.winner C.volunteer D.performer

( )10.A.dream B.pleasure C.pride D.spirit

三、閱讀理解。

Shirley worked in Chicago.Every day,she took a bus to her work place and back home.She noticed the driver was a particular man.Whenever the passengers got on the bus,he would smile at them.All the people smiled back at him wonderfully.

However,Shirley also noticed there was a passenger never smiled back at the driver.He wore a bushybeard(胡須).He often coughedrudely(粗魯?shù)?as he got on the bus and forced others to offer the seat to him in a loud voice.

All this didn’t make the driver stop his smile at the passengers.Instead,the“bearded”man seemed never to see the smile.

This aroused Shirley’s interest.Once,she asked the driver,“Sir,may I ask why don’t you throw that damned“bearded”man out of the bus?”

The driver looked at Shirley and said,“He’s my guest.”

“Then you take back your smile at least.Don’t be so kind to him!”

“Let me tell you about my puppy,”the driver said patiently,“each time the moon shines, the puppy would bark at itincessantly(不斷地).”

Hearing this,Shirley was puzzled and asked,“What can this dog and the moon account for?”The driver said,“It keeps barking,but the moon still shines.”

( )1.The driver smiled to every passenger getting on his bus to_______. A.find who was polite B.greet them

C.check their names D.make them angry

( )2.How was the bearded man?

A.He was friendly to Shirley. B.He often offered his seat to others. C.He often coughed when he got on the bus. D.He didn’t like the driver’s smile.

( )3.When Shirley asked why the driver was kind to the beared man,_______.

A.she really wanted to make friends with the driver B.she expected to get off the bus C.the driver didn’t understand her question D.the driver told her something about his dog

()4.The underlined sentence“What can this dog and the moon account for?”means“_______”

A.Does the dog have something with the moon? B.Can the dog bark at the moon without stopping? C.Isn’t the bearded man like the dog? D.How can we deal with the problem between the dog and the moon?

Self Check

一、單項選擇。

()1.—I had a fight with my brother this morning.—_______.

A.That’s nothing B.Great!You are right C.You should say sorry to him D.You shouldn’t talk to him first

( )2.—Why is there a mirror_______over the hall of your house?—That’s a tradition in our hometown for good luck.

A.getting B.looking C.giving D.hanging

()3.—The temperature rises higher and higher every year.—Yes,we have to think of ways to_______against the hot weather.

A.turn B.live C.meet D.fight

()4.—What were you_______about with Jim?—About who we were making friends with.

A.thinking B.telling C.arguing D.asking

( )5.—I don’t want to be Aron’s best friend again.—Don’t be angry.It’s not a big_______between friends.

A.fight B.deal C.difficulty D.accident

()6.—Will you take a plane to Beijing?—Now I want to drive there_______flying.

A.instead of B.such as C.more than D.but also

()7.—Why didn’t you practice playing football today?—I don’t want to play it_______.

A.anywhere B.anywhen C.anyhow D.anymore

()8.—When will you_______the bike to Henry?—Tomorrow.I’ll buy one for myself tomorrow.

A.lend B.return C.offer D.throw

( )9.—Do you_______your classmates talking in the classroom?—Never,I do my own things and I am used to it.

A.mind B.keep C.hear D.stop

()10.—What would you do if you see an old man standing on the bus?—I’ll_______my seat to him at once.

A.offer B.provide C.send D.sell

二、完成句子,每空一詞。

proper/clear/look through/look up/typical/crazy

1.Can you_______this article and tell me the main idea of it?

2.This is the_______Chinese dinner for the New Year.

3.Is it a_______way to solve their problem?

4.The Bushes are all_______baseball fans.

5.It’s a good time to go sightseeing when the sky is_______.

三、完型填空。

A father had a son,who was sixteen years old and who he was not pleased with,because he had nocourage (勇氣)at all.He was 1_about his son.At last the father decided to ask one of his friends,a wise old man,to help him 2 his boy.

The old wise man said to the boy’s father,“You should leave your son alone here.I’ll make him into a real 3 in three months.However,you can’t come to see him during this 4 .”Three months later,the boy’s father returned.The old man 5 aboxing (拳擊)match between the boy and an experienced boxer.Each time the experienced boxer 6 the boy,he fell down,but at once the boy stood up;and each time a punch knocked him down,the boy stood up again.Several times later,the old man asked the father,“What do you think _7_your child now?”

“What a shame!”the boy’s father said,“I never thought he would be so _8_knocked down. I won’t 9 him here any longer.”

“I’m sorry that that’s all you see.Don’t you see that each time he falls down,he stands up again instead of 10_?That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

( )1.A.worried B.sure C.excited D.mad

( )2.A.share B.catch C.train D.accept

( )3.A.thing B.friend C.story D.man

()4.A.month B.time C.match D.year

( )5.A.saw B.started C.checked D.organized

( )6.A.hit B.met C.touched D.held

()7.A.up B.of C.over D.with

( )8.A.slowly B.simply C.beautifully D.easily

( )9.A.leave B.teach C.allow D.watch

( )10.A.crying B.beating C.dying D.fighting

四、閱讀理解。

Mr.Brown’s horse was stolen at night.All of his friends were very sorry about it and came to see him together.After they had been told about it,one of them said,“Why didn’t you lock the door of yourstable(馬廄)last night?I think that it had something to do with your horse being stolen.”

“You aren’t a deaf man,”the second complained.“Didn’t you hear anything at that moment? The thief must have driven the horse away out of the gate,and couldn’t have carried it away on his back!”

“I agree with them,”blamed(責備)the third,“How careless you are!Every evening,before I go to bed,I lock my stable first and hide the key in my box.Why didn’t you do so?”

The more they said,the more excited they became.At last Mr.Brown couldn’t bear any more and said angrily,“I’m glad that you have come to see me.But none of you would help me either look for my horse or catch the thief.Do you think that it’s all my fault?Why don’t you blame the thief?”

1.Mr.Brown must have_______to lock the door of his stable.

2.One of his friends thought Mr.Brown didn’t hear the_______when the thief drove his horse away.

3.The third would lock his stable_______he went to bed.

4.None of his friends_______him but blamed him.

5.Was it Mr.Brown’s_______losing his horse?

五、閱讀理解填詞。

Mrs.Brown lived in a small town near a big farm.One Friday afternoon,after she f__1 her housework,she went to her small shop.She opened the window of the shop and looked o 2 . She liked to see the green farm.There were many cows,horses and small animals on the farm. Suddenly she saw akangaroo(袋鼠)under her window.It was interesting to see that it was w 3 an old jacket.It stood there and looked very h 4 .Mrs.Brown gave some bread and water to it.The kangaroo finished them all.Then it became happy andjumped(跳)away.Suddenly something d 5 on the floor from its jacket pocket.It was a w 6 !She picked it up,opened it and found there were$300 and a photo in it.That was a man’s photo with his name“John”on it.John?She looked more c 7 and remembered she had a brother many years ago.His name was also John.“Is this man my y 8 brother?”she thought.She asked many people in the town,and then she came to the farm and asked the farmer.To her great s_9_,it was just her own brother,John.They were very e 10 and happy to see each other.

1.f__________ 2.o__________ 3.w__________ 4.h__________ 5.d__________ 6.w__________ 7.c__________ 8.y__________ 9.s__________ 10.e__________

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