"I can't believe what I’m hearing!" I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候选人) for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I’m sorry, Mike, I really thought you should be _ 36_ ."

Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a 37 "congratulations" and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.

"I'm, er—I'm just wandering if you would … consider coming to work on my team," he said  38 . "You are really smart, and you would he a great manager."

“I don't think so," I replied, feeling unsure.

"Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.

All right, I thought about the 39 from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process ( 选举过程) would give  40  a chance to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them. 

My first goal was to   41_ a catchy advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway   42_ passing Jeff's smiling face.

My next step was to 43 which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and. a volleyball team.

With tile information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster   44 to add these activities to our school program.

With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well   45  at school.

An eighth grader said, "It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.

Hearing these words made my heart filled with  46 I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his  47  . The fact that it has made a difference in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

36. A. beard B. chosen C. invited D. followed

37. A. polite B. loud C. warm D. cheerful

38. A. proudly B. quickly C. nervously D. regretfully

39. A. advice B. chance C. message. D. offer

40. A. them B. him C. me D. us

41. A. print B. invent C. create C. send

42. A. for B. from C. with D. without

43. A. carry out B. try out C. work out D. find out

44. A. agreed B. wanted C. expected D. asked

45. A. allowed B. received C. introduced D. required

46. A. pride B. surprise C. patience D. hope

47. A. hick B. spirit C. life D. success



Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret(解读)the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.
Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Parkand Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.
【小题1】Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A.something is wrong with our eyes
B.the two circles are not the same size
C.our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
D.the two pictures change quickly from one to the other
【小题2】 What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?
A.To help the actors look better
B.To make the actors much braver
C.To help the actors become stronger
D.To make the actors seem different in size
【小题3】In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD.

Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?
A. The second one.
B. The third one.
C. The fourth one.
D. The sixth one.
【小题4】 What’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.
b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.
d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
A.a d b cB.c a b dC.a c d bD.b c a d
【小题5】Where may this passage be from?
A.A letter B.An English newspaper
C.A science bookD.An advertisement


Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. ” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. ” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there. ” “I’m looking forward(期待)to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon! ” “And 1 hope I’ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ”
【小题1】Tom and Fred talked about ____ .

A.their school life
B.some interesting news
C.their life in the past
D.their life in the future
【小题2】Machines will ____ .
A. do most of the work instead of people
B. B. do some of the work instead of people  
C. do as much work as people
D. do as little work as people
【小题3】From their talk, we know that ____ .
A.only Fred hopes to fly to the moon
B.both of them hope to fly to the moon
C.one of them hopes to fly to the moon
D.neither of them hopes to fly to the moon
【小题4】Fred said ____ .
A.he liked fish very much
B.he would like to live under the sea like a fish
C.he would go fishing under the sea
D.he would spend a few days on the moon
【小题5】Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned?
A.People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.
B.People will have more holidays.
C.Many people will live and work under the sea.
D.All the factories and farms will be built under the sea

Good morning, boys and girl. Today I’ll talk about going online.

We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable(令人愉快的). Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also when we can send e-mails to our friends, they can get them at once. It can help us contact(交流) people from all over the world.

But some students spend too much time playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents.

At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some activities after school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon . You can play basket ball or football. We also have some interest groups in school, such as drawing, singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.

Title: A 1.  about going online。

Advantages

● Make our lives interesting and make us  2.  our lives.

● Learn how to use the computer and can get more____3.___.

● Send e-mails to our friends quickly.

● Help us get in__ 4.__ with people from all over the world.

Disadvantages

● It  5. too much time to play computer games.

● Some students write too  6. letters to each other and spend too       much time   7. online so they do worse in their lessons.

___8.__

Do it in summer or winter holidays; do some  9.  activities and have some 10.  groups in school.

 

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网