Andy has __________for five years. Five years _______ a long time.
A .left home, is B. been away from home, is
C. left home, are D. been away from home, are
 

There are many trees ________ side of the road and ________ of the trees is growing larger and larger．

A. on both; the number

B. on each; a number

C. on each; the number

D. on every; the number

By the time I ________ on the TV, Beckham ________ two goals．

A. turned; have scored

B. turned; had scored

C. had turned; have scored

D. had turned; had scored

Of the two T-shirts, I’d choose _________ one to save some money for a book.

A. the cheapest B. the cheaper C. more expensive D. the most expensive

— Shall I buy this comic book for Dick?

— . He might already have it.

A. No problem B. I don’t agree C. You can’t do that D. You’d better not

A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s____and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very____They were then told to carry this bag with them____for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at____. The____carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldn’t____it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went____and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a____to other people, but it clearly is for____! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to____them around all our lives.

1.A. age B. name C. hobbies D. weight

2.A. small B. beautiful C. light D. heavy

3.A. everywhere B. nowhere C. somewhere D. where

4.A. home B. work C. night D. school

5.A. students B. days C. potatoes D. teachers

6.A. forget B. buy C. remember D. find

7.A. big B. wrong C. bad D. good

8.A. feeling B. waste C. gift D. greeting

9.A. themselves B. ourselves C. yourself D. itself

10.A. miss B. meet C. carry D. enjoy

As summer ends and fall begins, you can still enjoy spring flowers inside! It's an easy way to make your home look pretty．Some flowers grow from seeds．Other flowers grow from bulbs (球茎)．Some bulb flowers are easier than others to grow inside．A good one to try first is called a paperwhite．As many as twelve sweet-smelling flowers can grow from one paperwhite bulb．

But how can you grow one inside? Please follow those steps below:

1.Find a large glass jar (罐) that is clear enough to see through．Fill the jar almost to the top with stones or shells．This will give the bulb's roots something to hold on to as they grow．It will also give you a place to set the bulb．

2.Place the bulb on top of the stones．The bottom of the bulb is the part that is pointed, like the bottom of a heart shape．Push the bulb into the stones just far enough to make it stay．

3.Fill the jar with water．Use just enough water to cover just the bottom part of the bulb．

4.Put the jar in a place where the bulb will get plenty of light．Check every day to make sure there is still the right amount of water in the jar．Add water when it is needed．Soon the roots will start to grow．In a few weeks, you can enjoy watching the flowers bloom (开花)．

1.What is a paperwhite?

A. A kind of book．

B. A kind of flower．

C. A kind of tree．

D. A kind of paper．

2.Which step tells why you should use stones or shells?

A. Step 1．

B. Step 2．

C. Step 3．

D. Step 4．

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. What is a paperwhite．

B. How to grow a paperwhite inside．

C. When to grow a paperwhite．

D. Who can grow a paperwhite．

Have you ever noticed an advertisement which says "Learn a foreign language in six weeks, or your money back! From the first day your pronunciation (发音) will be excellent．Just send …" and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that．The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue．And think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language in order to read the literature (文学) of the country．

Now speaking the foreign language is what most people want．Every year many millions of people start learning one．How do they do it? Some people try at home, with books and tapes; some use radio or television programmes; others go to evening classes．If

they use the language only twice or three times a week, learning it will take a long time, like language learning at school．A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for six or more hours a day．

It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken．However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary．They need the language in order to do their work better．For example, scientists and doctors mainly need to be able to

read books and reports in the foreign language．Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work．Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the students' work for them．

1.Before the Second World War people learned a foreign language in order to ________．

A. speak to each other

B. listen to the radio

C. read something they didn't know

D. write the literature of the other country

2.The easiest way for us to learn a foreign language is ________．

A. using the language six or more hours a day

B. learning the language at school

C. studying the language in the foreign country

D. reading the foreign stories as many as possible

3.The passage mainly tells us that

A. the more you practise, the quicker you'll learn the language

B. it is possible for you to learn a foreign language in six weeks

C. it is not good for you to learn a foreign language by yourself

D. the quicker you learn a foreign language, the more you must pay for it

I am a Special Agent (特工) for the FBI (美国联邦调查局)．In order to become a Special Agent, you must graduate from college and have some other skills, training, or important work experience．

Special Agents receive training at a place called the FBI Academy, a special school for the FBI．The training is 16 weeks long．While they are at the Academy, they go to class and have homework just like you do! Special Agents take classes in science, law, and how to do investigations (调查)．New Special Agents are also taught how to use a gun safely．Once they graduate from the FBI Academy, Agents must be treated on their shooting skills four times a year．

You know how important it is to eat well and exercise, right? For Special Agents, it is no different．They must be healthy． If they don't pass tests that check their physical skills, they can't become Agents!

At the FBI Academy, Special Agents learn self-defense (自卫) skills．These skills help them protect themselves from someone who tries to hurt them．They also learn how to arrest (逮捕) people without anyone getting hurt．

The FBI has a training town called Hogans Alley． In this town, actors and actresses play bad people and new Agents are ordered to stop them from doing "bad things"．In this way, the Agents can practise the skills they learn in class．

1.What does "they" in the second paragraph refer to?

A. FBI Academy．

B. FBI．

C. The training town．

D. Special Agents．

2.What is Hogans Alley built for?

A. To help Special Agents practise the skills they have learned．

B. To help actors and actresses learn how to act．

C. For Special Agents to live in．

D. For visitors to see how Special Agents save people．

3.Which of the following is the best title for this story?

A. The reason why I'd like to be a Special Agent

B. The FBI Special Agents training program

C. How I can become a Special Agent

D. I am in a Special Agents training program

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, D.C., in the United States．It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans．The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks shops in Seattle．

Things really began to change for the company in 1981．That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran (经营) Starbucks．Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment．He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers and he was curious about the company．Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw．He wanted to become part of the company．In 1982, the original (原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing．

In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy．The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye．To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work place, and coffee bar．His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle．

Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers (顾客) everywhere seemed to like it． Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new shops—and that was only the beginning．In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks shops opened somewhere around the world every day!

Today, Starbucks has thousands of shops, including shops in twenty-six countries．One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local shops and restaurants．By working together with a store already

in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city．This understanding helps Starbucks open shops in the right locations for their customers．

1.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. How Starbucks has grown．

B. What Starbucks makes．

C. Starbucks' customers．

D. How Starbucks makes its coffee．

2.Which is TRUE about Starbucks' first ten years of business?

A. It grew very quickly．

B. It was run by Howard Schultz．

C. It made special coffee makers．

D. It was a small company．

3.What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

A. Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．

B. Only selling locally produced coffee beans．

C. Working with other major coffee-making companies．

D. Learning about local customers．

4.Which shows the right order according to the passage?

a．One hundred and fifty new shops opened．

b．Howard met three owners of Starbucks．

c．Howard got a new idea for Starbucks．

d．Starbucks is popular all over the world．

e．Howard was a member of a company which made kitchen equipment．

A. b—e—a—d—c

B. e—b—c—a—d

C. e—c—a—b—d

D. b—e—c—a—d